Documents / FOIA release
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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SECRET DATE: NOV 16 2329Z 60 TO: GUATEMALA CITY MANAGUA I I FROM: DIRECTOR PRIORITY GUAT MANAc===J1 ------;:::====--REF: DEPTEL 329*(NOT SENTI--- COpy PRIORITY OUT 93074 CITE: DIR 11884 1. HQS URGENTLY NEEDS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE CUBA BACKING ENEMIES OF REGIME OR DIRECT INVOLVEMENT GOC IN PLAL'\lNING REVOLUTIONARY MOVES FOR FUTURE. IS ANY PROOF SUITABLE FOR EXPLOITATION AVAILABLE YOUR AREA? 2. DO YOU SEE ANY OPP@TUNITY TO FABRICATE HARD EVIDENCE OF GOC PARTICIPATION YOUR AREA? 3. DOES GOVT HAVE CAPABILITY TO EFFECT QUICK ROUNDUP OF KNOWN ENEMY ACTIVISTS ON SUITABLE PRETEXT AND HOLD EVEN 24 HOURS WHILE LODGINGS ARE SEARCHED? 4. ARE ANY CUBAN CITIZENS CURRENTLY HELD IN JAIL? IF SO WHO AND ON WHAT COUNTS? 5. WHAT CUBAN INSTALLATIONS EXIST IN YOUR AREA WHICH MIGHT BE EXPOSED AS REVOLUTIONARY BASES? 6. PLS ADVISE ASAP. HQS. DESIRES ACCUMULATE USE- ABLE EVIDENCE SOV-CUBA INSTIGATION AND DIRECTION UPRISINGS YOUR AREAS. END OF MESSAGE *OCR/CB notified of reference. Releasing Officer - U J~or J.C.King, Chief, WHD Coora~natlng or lcers: P.E.Oberst, C/WH/CA Authenticating Officer: E.A.Stanulis for J.D.Esterline, Chief, WH/4 - 222 -
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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.