Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 2

MOSS:
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Yes. And what was your response to this?
MUCCIO: My response was that I had not been consulted
in any way, and I had no role to play in that
particular phase of this operation.
MOSS: Were you informed before the Alejos trip that
he was going?
MUCCIO: No. I know that Alejos had been going back
and forth.
MOSS: When did you first receive official word of
what was going on from the department?
MUCCIO: That was before anything really was underway,
when the liaison man~came down to establish
his role therein Guatemala. His role was
merely liaison between the operating group
and President Ydigoras. Roberto Alejos was
right in the midst of this.
MOSS: Now did you have any specific instructions
from the State Department on this?
MUCCIO: Not any.
MOSS: Okay, now let me ask you when the operation
was underway, when it became apparent that
it was going to end in disaster, what was
the reaction of Ydigoras, of Alejos and
other Guatemalans to this, and of the CIA
people who were in Guatemala at that time?
MUCCIO: Well ... None of the CIA men responsible
for that operation ever came anywhere near
the Embasssy. They were always up in the
They had their own transportation, their
own communication facilities and everything
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