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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 15 0233Z 60
TO: DIRECTOR
FROM: MADD
COpy
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
IN 42405
CITE: MADD 0543
OPIM GUAT INFO OPIM DIR
1. REQUEST MEETING WITH 1 ----
RE STATUS QUO AT GUAT CITY. CONCERJ.~ED OVER TWO C-46 IS
WITHOUT CREWS REMAINING AT GUAT CITY MILITARY FIELD.
2. INFO ON SITUATION RELAYED BY FOUR ARMORERS
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WHO WERE DETAINED BY OFFICER GROUP AT GUAT CITY FIELD
THIS MORNING AND LATER RELEASED INDICATES GUAT ARMY MAY
ATTEMPT TO SPIKE ALL MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO PREVENT ACTION
BY AIR FORCE. ARMY PERSONNEL ARE POSTED IN ALL GUAT
AF PLANES.
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