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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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DATE: NOV 14 2356z 60
TO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE
FROM: DIRECTOR
COpy
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
OUT 92025
CITE: DIR 11372
OPIM EGLI INFO OPHl GUAT MADD[] MASH
1. COVER STORY FOR TWO C-54 A/C AND CREW DEPART-
ING 14 NOV 60 FOR JMADD FOLLOWS:
A. A/C DEPARTED FROM IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA
DESTINED FOR GUAT CITY.'!'.
B. A/C FURNISHED FULLY LOADED fu~D FUELED
AT IMMOKALEE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FRD.
C. CREW HIRED BY THE FRD ON ASK NO QUESTIONS
BASIS.
2. EVERY ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO JETTISON CARGO
BEFORE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FRIENDLY THIRD COUNTRY. IN
ANY EVENT CREW SHOULD DISCLAIM KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENTS OF
CARGO.
3. CREW SHOULD BE GIVEN HR. I lAS
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EMERGENCY CONTACT INI ~
08685 (OUT86419)
ADDRESS FOUND DIR
END OF MESSAGE
Releasing Officer:
Stanley W. Beerli SC/DPD
Coordinating Officers:
JMC/SO S Stembridge
WH/4 J MULLANE (TELECON)
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