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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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Append. 2-B (contd) HEt-10Rc,l'iDUM F<1.'=t CAPTAIN SPORE SUJ3.JECT: P-E,Tee.;neut -w"ith Guatemala Tnis afternoon~ Deputy Secreta.~ D~~las ~ I discussed the "legal bs.sis for introcluction of U. S. nilitary personnel L'1.to Guatemala for tra.ining tfCROSSPATCH" personnel. I shoved him the me:co from. Tracy Be.rnes~ subject "Speciel Force Tra.iners," de.ted 21 December, end its attached "1·1emorandU!l1 for the Record" to be signed by the Guate!nalan ft.mbassador to Washington. Also~ I told him of the previGus docu:;nent and Assistant Secretary In-riu f s cbje~tions to it. After a thoughtful pause~ Nr. Douglas said that this "Memorandum for Record" "Would be acceptable to Defense. He then asked ,!nat the next step was. I said that I 'iOuld inform CIA, Who iVould then handle through ste.te according to Barnes' meRlO to me. llhen this oemorandwn was received. by Defense, it '\'Tould be best if Hr. Douglas held a meeting ,v1-J:tJ., 9~:rvice representatives and. told. them that this \r'aS Defense policy. Mr. Douglas ~ed. to this suggestion. After leaving Secretary Douglas, I told Tracy Barnes that Douglas believed the me...llorandum vas acceptable. I asked if he needed a note on this) but he said. that my verbal word vas sufficient. He se.id tha.t he would then try to get both state ana the Gua.te..~a1f'_'1. fJ;loassador to approve. I suggested t.l}a.t state's transn.itte.1 be addressed to the ~cretary of Defense, but be delivered to 080 vho would then get it to Secretary Dougle-s. Barnes said he would hs.ve the signed documents hand-carried. to 000 for action by Defense. l;ote: When the signed docum.ents are received by 080/ Deputy Secretary Douglas should. be infonned. 080 should promptly arrange a meeting for !-ir. Dotg las "With the Service representatives, so that he can tell them at first-hand. tha.t this is policy. Suggest tha.t the llurn.ber of' representa.tives be kept to a min1r:rum 60 that it doesn't become a. big mob in his office on this very sensitive subject. If.John Irvin is in toWIl, he should. be included. If, for SC1!le :reason, such a meeting ccnnot be held promptly, then a memo for the Services should be sent to them, signed by Mr. Douglas. EDTrlARD G. LANSDJl..LE Brigadier .General, US.A.F
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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.