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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 2357Z 60 COpy PRIORITY TO: GUATEMALA, JMADD, JMTRAV OUT 92605 FROM: DIRECTOR CITE: DIRE 11679 TO PRIORITY/GUAT INFO PRIORITY/MADD, PRIORITY TRAV REF: A. DIR 11294 (OUT 91832)* B. TRAV 0114 (IN 39199)** C.TRAV 0108 (IN 36520)*** D. GUAT 517 (IN 41880)**** E. GUAT 451 (IN 36927)***** 1. HQ HAS READY FOR SHIPMENT APPROX 151,025 LBS CARGO AS FOLLOWS: ~ A. 20 FRAG BOMBS, REF A, 5200 LBS B. 83,200 RDS 50 CAL REF D, 32,000 LBS C. 200 SMG and 100,000 RDS AMMO REF A, 11400 LBS D. BLASTING CAPS AND TRAINING AMMO REF B, 1600 LBS· E. EVACUATION RATIONS REF C, 24,000 LBS F. FIVE 81 MM MORTORS AND 250 RDS AMMO FOR WEAPONS PACK AT MADD, 13,775 LBS G. FIVE DAY RESUPPLY SMALL ARMS AMMO FOR MADD WEAPONS PACKS, 50,000 LBS H. 50 CAL MG AND ~~O REF E, 3050 LBS I. 52 FIVE IN. ROCKETS JMCLEAR TRAINING 10,000 LBS 2. DUE CRITICAL SHORTAGE AIR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES REQUEST YOU ADVISE IMMEDIATELY ORDER OF PRIORITY FOR ABOVE SHIPMENTS. (page 1 of 2) - 215- SEC-1r
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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.