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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. 47 …J.C.KING, C/WHD by I Coordinating Officerd~.------------~ I f WH/4/0PS J. Hawk1ns…
  • p. 50 …J.C.King, Chief, WHD Authenticating Officer: J.D.Esterline, Chief, WH/4 - 21/ SEC/ET
  • p. 58 …Releasing Officer - U J~or J.C.King, Chief, WHD Coora~natlng or lcers: P.E…
  • 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 17 0036Z 60
COpy
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
TO: MADD GUATEMALA CITY
FROM: DIRECTOR
OPIM MADD GUAT INFO PRITY EGLI
REF: MADD 0562 (IN 43622}
our 93064
CITE: DIR 11880
1. ODUNIT HAS REQUESTED NO B-26 AIRCRAFT RETURN
EGLI EXCEPT LAST RESORT. RETURN BLEHAR AND GREENE VIA
C-54. DO NOT RETUAA ANY B-26 UNLESS PRIOR APPROVAL
RECEIVED.
2. ;FOR GUAT: ABOVE ODUNIT POLICY REQUIRES RE-
OPENING WITH I ISUBJECT FLYING MADD B-26 AIRCRAFT
COSTA RICA FOR HEAVY MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT TO BE OSTEN-
SIBLE GUAT VEHICLES. ____IMAY WISH RECONSIDER
ORIGINAL REFUSAL VIEW SUPPORT HE NOW RECEIVING.
END OF MESSAGE
Releasing Officer:
Stanley W. Beerl~, AC/D~D
Coordinating Officers:
Mr. Esterline CTelecon) WH/4
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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.