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Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 2

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This is part of Volume II of the CIA History Staff's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation, covering participation in the conduct of foreign policy, dated October 1979 and approved for release in 2011. The appendixes reproduce CIA and State Department cables on the November 1960 Guatemalan army revolt, including Guatemalan requests for arms, ammunition and air surveillance, memorandums on Special Forces trainers, and part of a 1971 oral history interview with Ambassador John J. Muccio. It contains no UFO material.

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  • p. 50 …J.C.King, Chief, WHD Authenticating Officer: J.D.Esterline, Chief, WH/4 - 21/ SEC/ET
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  • p. 59 …Releasing Officer: ~ Dfor J.C.King, C/WHD CoordlnatLng Officers II 'I C/WH/4jSupport J…
  • p. 61 …J.e.King, e/WHD - 225 - SEct
DATE: NOV 14 2314Z 60
COpy
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
TO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE
FROM: DIRECTOR
OPIM EGLI INFO OPIM MADD GUAT
RE: DIR 11303 (OUT 91865)*
OUT 92069
CITE: DIR 11408
RELAY CARPENTER DISREGARD REF. PROCEED MADD
15 NOV SAME TIMES ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED 14 NOV WX PERMIT-
TING. TACTICAL CALL SIGN B..... 2(i IS RASCAL THREE. USE
TACTICAL CALL CONTACTING MADD TOWER. MADD TOWER WILL
ANSWER COUNTERSIGN RHUBARB INDICATING SAFE LAND MADD.
EVENT ACFT RADIO FAILURE BUZ Z MADD TOWER ONE TIME. MADD
TOWER FIRE ONE RED THEN ONE GREEN FLARE INDICATING SAFE
TO LAND. SAME PROCEDURE APPLIES EVENT MADD TOWER RADIO
FAILURE. SAN JOSE ALTERNATE AIRFIELD.
END OF MESSAGE
* Requested Carpenter and Kokoler prepare depart for
MADD ASAP.
Releasing Officer:
Stanley W. Beerli AC!DPD

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 89 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.