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OFFICIAL HISTORYOF THE

BAY OF PIGS OPERATION

VOLUME IIPARTICIPATION IN THE CONDUCT

OF FOREIGN POLICY( page s 168 -255 )

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Par t i c ipa t ion in the Conducto f Foreign Pol icy

Contents

Appendixes

1 . Guatemalan Revol t , November 1960:Miscel laneous Cables . . . . . . 1682. Memorandums re Specia l Force Tra iners 230

A. Four Memorandums o f Agreement . 231B.

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Memorandum fo r Chief , WH/4 fromA/DDP/A, 28 Dec 60 . . . . . . . . . 235...

Memorandum fo r Chief , WH/4 fromA/DDP/A, 30 Dec 60 . . . . . . . . . 241Memorandum fo r Deputy Ass i s t an t tothe SecDef fo r Spl Ops, 30 Dec 60 245

3. P ortio n o f Oral His to ry I nte rv iew withAmbassador John J . Muccio, 13 Apr 71 . . 246


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G u a t e m a l a n R e v b l t , November 1 9 6 0 :M i sc el la ne o us C a bl es

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DATE: NOV 13 1845Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: GUATEMALA CITY

EMERGENCY

IN 41822

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EMERGENCY DIR PACY CITE GUAT 508REF: GUAT 507 (IN 41125)*

MIDEF RUBEN GONZALEZ SIGUI URGENTLY REQUESTS ODYOKESUPPLY ANY INFO CONCERNING f u ~ Y ENEMY SHIPS NOW IN POSITIONACT AGAINST GUATEMALA.

END OF MESSAGE* Reported a t tack by un iden t i f i ed fo rces aga ins t Guate-mala Ci ty a t 0300 l o ca l 13 November.

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DATE: NOV 13 1850Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: JMADD

EMERGENCYIN 41824

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EMERGENCY DIR GUAT CITE MADD 05411. IN VIEW OF LOCAL DISTURBANCES AND RIOTING IN

SURROUNDING TOWNS, STRONGLY RECOMMEND CANCELLATION OFMISSION GS-46-0Q7.

2 . PREPARED TO DEFEND MADD WITH U. S. AND CUBANPERSONNEL. PRESENTLY S U P P O R T ~ N G GUAT CITY WITH C-46TRANSPORT OF GUAT TROOPS TO GUAT CITY.

3. DISBURSED TWO B-26 ' s TO GUAT CITY PER REQUESTSANTORO.

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SIGNAL CENTER NOTE: THIS MSG HAS BEEN SENT TO DPD.

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EMERGENCY

FROM: DIRECTORTO: GUATEMALA CITY JMADD JMTRAV

OUT 91802CITE DIR: 11284

EMERGENCY GUAT EMERGENCY MADD TRAVJMNET

IF NOT ALREADY DONE PLACE ALL C U B h ~ PE RSONNEL ONFULL ALERT AND, PREPARE FOR ANY CONTINGENCY. ADVISE ONCONTINUING BASIS ANY DETERIORATION IN SITUATION.

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Releasing Off ice rC.KING, CHIEF, WHD

Authen t ica t ing Off i ce rJ.D. ESTERLINE, CHIEF, WH/4

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DATE: NOV 13 20S0Z 60TO: JMADDFROM: DIRECTOR

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATEOUT 91807

OPIM MADD INFO GUAT KOLA R I ~ 1 YOGU CITE DIR 1288

CANCEL GS-46-007 PLAN TO EFFECT EVACUATION IFREQUIRED AT DIRECTION OF0 SUPPORTDIN INTERIMAS REQUIRED. CARPENTER DUE TO TAKE OFF FRO!-1 KWCA.J.\IINEAT OSOOL 14 NOV. IF S I T U A T I O ~ W O R S E N S SEND DELAY OFMISSION MSG TO EGLI RPT EGLI OTHERWISE AIRCRAFT WILLPROCEED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE.

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Releasing Officer :Stanley W. Beer l i AIC DPD

Coordinat ing Off ice r :Mr. Este r l ine by phone WH/4

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DEPARTMENT OF STATECONFjENTIAL

FROM: GUATEI1ALA CITY

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Cont ro l : 7063

NO: 223, NOVEMBER 13, 3 P.M.TO: SECRETARY OF STATE Reed: Nov 13, 19607:50 P.M.

NIACTPASS ARMY AND AIR FORCEREFERENCES: EMBTEL 222

[ZACAPA]XACAVA/(SECOND MILITARY ZONE HEADQUARTERS) AND PUERTOBARRIOS MILITARY BASE INCLUDING AIRPORT ARE IN HANDSUNIDENTIFIED REBELS. PUZZLE IS WHETHER ATTACK ON CUARTELGENERAL FAILED OR WAS PLANNED MERELY TO OBTAIN VEHICLESAND ARMS AND AMMUNITION (WHICH WERE OBTAINED). EMBASSYOFFICER JUST TELEPHONED FROM BARRIOS SAYING GOVERNORlXABEL DEPARTMENT ARRESTED AND MATIAS de GALVEX RADIOCALLING FOR A N T I - G O V E & ~ M E N T REVOLT - - BUT SIGNIFICANTTHAT SO FAR REBEL BROADCASTS MENTION NO NAMES OR PARTYAFFILIATIONS.M I D - M O & ~ I N G GAF STRAFED XACAVA AND BARRIOS WITH ROCKETSAND 50 CALIBRE MACHINE GUNS DESTROYING SEVERAL TRUCKS.EMBASSY U N D E R S T M ~ D S GOG PLANS ATTEMPT RETAKE BARRIOSBASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH AIRLIFTED TROOPS FROM GUATEMALA CITY PRECEDED BY GAF STRAFING.YDIGORAS DECLARED STATE OF SIEGE AND CONGRESS MEETING4 P.M. TO RATIFY IT . (CAS RECEIVING CONFLICTING REPORTSRE NATURE MOVEMENT.)EMBASSY IGNORANT WHETHER MOVEMENT CASTROITE OR MERELYANTI-GOVERN1lliNT AND TO WHAT EXTENT ARMY DEFECTIONS IN-VOLVED. MILITARY GARRISON GUATEMALA CITY AND GAF APPARENTLYLOYAL AND NO ADVERSE INFORMATION YET FROM REST COUNTRYOTHER T H M ~ BARRIOS AND XACAVA [ZACAPA].

MUCCIONote: Passed Army & Air ForceReady by Mr. Godfrey (ARA) 8:30 P.M. 11/13 CWO-JSW

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EMERG DIR INFO PACY CITE GUAT 511REF: GUAT 508 (IN 41822)**

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EMERGENCYIN 41832

1. AMBASSADOR REQUESTS I ~ m E D I A T E A R R A N G ~ M E N T SBE MADE WITH APPROPRIATE ODYOKE OFFICIALS FOR SURVEIL-L M ~ C E SOONEST BETWEEN PUERTO BARRIOS AND CUBA, WITH.. _ IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION ~ O RESULTS OF S U R V E I L L M ~ C E .

c = = = ~ ; : ; - - -2. ADVISE II IASAP THAT TYPE SURVEILLAJ.'ICE TOBE EMPLOYED, WHEN AND WHERE BEING SENT, SO CAN ADVISE GOGTO ASSURE NO OPPOSITION TO SURVEILLANCE EFFORT BY GUATAIR FORCE. CHIEF GAP BEING ADVISED BY EMBASSY OF AMBAS-SADOR; S REQUEST.

END OF MESSAGE** Midef Ruben Gonzalez Sigu i urgen t ly reques ted ODYOKEsupply any information concerning any enemy sh ips now inp os i t io n to ac t ag ain st Guatemala.

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DATE: 13 Nov 60 [t ime i l l eg ib l e ]TO: GUATEMALA CITYFROM: DIRECTOR

(OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE) PACYRE: GUAT 511 (IN 41822)*

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OUT 91831CITE DIR: 11293

1. TWO PLANES (PV-2) [P2V] WILL SURVEILL GULFOF HONDURAS AREA NEAR PUERTO BARRIOS EARLY DAYLIGHTHOURS 14 NOV. WILL CONTINUE PANAMA AND REPEAT SWEEP15 NOV. SAME HOURS. .

2. DESTROYER BEING DISPATCHED TO PATROL GULFOF HONDURAS AREA. APPROX ETA ON STATION 15 NOV 60.

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* Guatemala C ity a dv is ed t h a t Mindef Ruben GongalezSigu i ur-gently requested ODYOKE to supply any informat i on concerning any enemy ships-which were in pos i t ionto a c t aga ins t Guatemala.

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EMERGENCYIN 41833CITE: GUAT 513

INFO (EMERGENCY) MADD (EMERGENCY) TRAVSITUATION REPORTRE A. GUAT 507 (IN 41825) **

B. GUAT 512*1. DUE NECESSITY TO COMMIT LOYAL TROOPS ONLY GUAT

ARMY REQUEST I IMOVE ALL GUAT TROOPS FROM FINCA ANDMADD FOR DEPLOYMENT AGAINST REBEL FORCES IN PUERTO BARRIOS-ZACAPA AREA. MADD C-46'S USED AS TROOP TRANSPORTS.

2. IN ORDER ASSURE DEFENSE OF MADD ARMING 200 TRAV. ..

C U B A J . ~ S AND MOVING THEM TO MADD IMMEDIATELY.3. LT. COL. EGAN PROCEEDING TRAV AND LT. COL. NEAL

PROCEEDING MAnD TO TAKE COMMAND RESPECTIVE BASES. SANTOROREMAINING WITHD FOR OVERALL COMMAND AND COORDINATION.

4. GOG HAS REQUESTED USE MAnD B-26'S AND PBPRIMEPILOTS VOLUNTEERING FIGHT FOR GUAT IF NECESSARY. REQUESTHQS IMMEDIATE THINKING RE THIS MATTER.

5. MAJORITY CUBANS TRAV HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHTFOR GUAT AND GOG HAS INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE USE TRAV

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CUBANS AGAINST REBELS IF NECESSARY. REQUEST AUTHORITYTHEIR USE IF NEED ARISES.

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* No record in Cable Sec re t a r i a t as o f 1800 13 Nov.** Reported a t tack on Guatemala City by un iden t i f i ed fo rce s .

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DATE: NOV 13 2159Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: MADD

EMERGENCY DIR INFO EMERGENCY GUAT EGLI

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EMERGENCYIN 41835CITE HADD 0542

1. REQUEST B-26's NOW AT EGLI BE PLACED ONSTAl\JDBY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE U S DEFENSE OF I-ffiDD.

2. REQUEST & ~ AVAILABLE INFO ON AIRCRAFT WHICHCOULD BE USED ON EVACUATION P L N ~ S . AS OF 132030Z MADDHAS ONE C-46 AT MADD. ALL OTHER AIRCRAFT AT GUA'r CITY.UNABLE TO EVACUATE ALL PERSONNEL I I WITH------PRESENT AIRCRAFT SHOULD THIS BECOME NECESSARY. ADVISE.

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BASED ON: D 1864INTELSUPDATA SOURCES PARAS 1 AND 21 __ I_F_R_O_M---'cI======n-__OFFICER IN PUERTO BARRIOS; P A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ U LI I; PARA 51 I F:OM I I1 I; PARA 6 I PARA 7 ~ =========;----FILED: 132130Z

~ 1 8 6 4 , GUATEMALASUBJ 13 NOV REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPT AGAINST GUATEI1ALAN GOVTDOl: 13 NOV 60 PAD A G UA TE MA LA , GUATEMALA 13 NOV 60 APRPARAS 1-4 (2) ; PARAS 5-7 (3)SOURCES PARAS 1 AND 2 HIGH G U A T E M A L A t ~ OFFICIALS (B); PARA3 USIS OFFICER; PARA 41 1 GUATE-

~ M A L A N I I(B); PARA 5 G U A T E M A L A 1 . ~ JOURJ.\JALIST WITH"------------

GOOD POLITICAL CONTACTS (B) FROM RIGHTIST POLITICAL LEADER(C); PARA 6 RIGHTIST POLITICIAN AND ARMY COL (F); PARA 7LEFTIST POLITICIA1.\J (F l .

Comment: No sepa ra t e cab le d i s t r i bu t i on i s being madeo f th i sC-~ p a ; -

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CIA INFORMATION REPORT

COUNTRY: GUATEMALASUBJECT: REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPT AGAINSTGUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT. REPORT NO: IL ---..---JDATE OF INFO: 13 NOV 1960DATE DISTR: 13 NOV 60PLACE & DATE ACQUIRED: Guatemala, Guatemala City(13 November 1960)PRECEDENCE: PRIORITYREFERENCES: IN 41848FIELD REPORT NO: 01864 . "

1 . EARLY MORNING 13 NOV 60 GUATEMALAN ARMY REBELSMADE COORDINATED COUP ATTEMPTS AGAINST MARISCAL ZAVALA, .GUARDIA DE HONOR AND MATAMOROS GUATEMALAN ARMY INSTALLA-TIONS. OWING PROMPT ACTION BY MINISTER DEFENSE RUBENGONZALEZ SIGUI, MARISCAL ZAVALA AND GUARDIA DE HONORREMAINED IN GOVT HANDS. REBELS TOOK MATAMOROS.

2 . UNKNOWN NUMBER GUATEMALAN ARMY TROOPS INPUERTO BARRIOS LEFT THE CITY MORNING 13 NOV FOR UNKNOWNDESTINATION. (SOURCE COMMENT: TROOPS BELIEVED TO HAVEGONE TO ZACAPA.l NOT KNOWN IF TROOPS HAVE DEFECTED.

3 . PUERTO BARRIOS AIRPORT IN HANDS REBELS WASSTRAFED TWICE BY GUATEMALA.."I AIR FORCE PLANES. MATIAS

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DE GALVEZ RADIO STATION ALSO FELL TO REBELS NOW BROAD-CASTING h ~ T I YDIGORAS P R O P A G h ~ D A .

4. ON 13 NOV REBELS TOOK ZACAPA AIRFIELD AND MILI-TARY BASE. AIR FORCE STRAFED BASE AND AIR FIELD WITH5-INCH ROCKETS AND 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS. ONE PLANEDAMAGED BY GROUND FIRE. ALL ARMS TAKEN BY REBELS INNIGHT ATTACK ON CUARTEL GENERAL.

5. REBEL FORCES LED BY THREE COLONELS WHO POLITI-CALLY UNAFFILIATED BUT WHO LEAN TOWARD NON-COMMUNIST LEFT .

.....PART OF GUATEMALAN AIR FORCE rS C O ~ r n I T T E D TO NEUTRALITYIN PASSIVE SUPPORT OF COUP. FAR LEFT WILL BE EXOLUDEDFROM COUP BY FORCE IF NECESSARY. COUP WILL REQUIRE 72HOURS AFTER WHICH COALITION GOVT WILL BE FORMED WITH REP-RESENTATlVE FROM EACH NON-YDIGORAS PARTY TO INCLUDE PARTIDODE UNIDAD REVOLUCIONARIA (PUR).

6. COUP LEADERS ARE LT. COL. RAFAEL SESAN PEREIlRA,WHO FOUGHT AGAINST LIBERATION ARMY OF COL. CARLOS CASTILLOARMAS; MAJOR JULIO NHINAS, AN OFFICER ON DUTY AT MATAMOROSDURING COUP; LT. COL. AUGUSTO LOARCA, MILITARY SCHOOL IN-STRUCTOR. ALL HAVE NON-POLITICAL HISTORY. (SOURCE COMMENT:POLITICIANS FROM EXTREME LEFT BELIEVED TO BE BE HIN D TH REECOUP LEADE RS . )

7 1L- - - - - - lIOF PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO (PR), SAID CIVILIAN----

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LEADER OF REBELS IS MANUEL COLON ARGUETA N ~ THAT PRSUPPORTS REVOLT.

8. (FIELD COMMENT: PRESIDENT YDIGORAS DECLARED30 DAY STATE OF SIEGE. CONGRESS CALLED INTO EMERGENCYSESSION. )

9. FIELD DISSEM: STATE, ARMY, AIR, CINCARIB

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DATE: 14 NOV 0001Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: GUATEMALA CITY

EMERG DIR CITE GUAT 514

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1. IREQUESTS FOLL ITEMS THROUGHAIRATT:A. MINIMUM 200 ANTI-PERSONNEL DEMOLITION

BOMBS 100 LBS. EACH.B. 200 S U B ~ M A C H I N F G U N S OR BROWNING AUTOMATIC

RIFLES AND AMMO.2. AIRATT CA1\fNOT PRODUCE. CAN ABOVE BE SUPPLIED

BLACK THROUGH MADD?

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DATE: NOV 14 0001Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: GUATAMALA CITY

TO DIR INFO MADD CITE GUAT 515

EMERGENCYIN 41850

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GOG REQUESTS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE SEND NAPALMBOMBS TO BE MOUNTED ON GOG B'26 'S . DELIVERY TO BEBLACK TO MADD. PLEASE ADVISE .

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DATE: NOV 14 0044Z 60TO: GUATEMALA CITYFROM: DIRECTOR

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EMERGENCYOUT 91823CITE: DIR 11291

TO EMERGENCY GUAT INFO EMERGENCY MADD TRAVRE A. GUAT 514 (IN 41849) *

B. GUAT 515 (IN 41850)**

WORKING ON REF REQUESTS BUT TO DELIVER NEEDYOUR ADVISE SOONEST AS TO AVAILABILITY SECURE AIRFIELDS

..PARTICULARLY MADD AND SAN JOSE. ALSO DO YOU HAVE UNLOAD-ING lND DISTRIBUTION CREWS AND FACILITIES.

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* I I (11 reques t fo r arms and arnmuni t ionthrough AIRATT. Lat t e r could no t produce. Queried ifcould be suppl ied b lack throughMADD.**GOG reques ted if a t a l l poss ib le send napalm bombs tobe mounted on GOG B-26 's .

Releasing Off ice r :Wil liam Bradl ey bY' d i rec t ion of A/CSDOC. Tracy Barnes ADDP/A

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DEPARTMENT OF STATEUNCLjIF IED

FROM: GUATEMALA

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Cont rol : 7268

NO: 225, NOVEMBER 14, 1 a.m.TO: SECRETARY OF STATE Reed: Nov 14 , 19609 :50 a.m.

PRIORITYPASS ARMY AND AIR FORCEEMBTEL 223

STILL ONLY CONFLICTING REPORTS AS TO NATURE MOVEMENT.FOREIGN MINISTER VISITED ME IN EXCITED STATE AT 8 P.M. ATBEHEST PRESIDENT SAYING HOPED US WOULD PREVENT SEA OR AIR-BORNE INVASION FROM CUBA AND "RSSIST IN CASE INVASION FROMNEIGHBORING COUNTRY. INSISTED UPRISING WAS CASTRO-INSPIREDAND THAT GOVERNMENT HAS LONG BEEN PREDICTING WOULD HAPPEN.SAID HE HAD JUST SENT STRONG TELEGRAMS INCRIMINATING CUBATO OAS AND UN. ALSO SAIDPR AJ."lD MARIO MENDEZ MONTENEGRO\'VHO LEFT FOR US TWO DAYS AGO HEAVILY INVOLVED. SAID MENDEZ PLANNED RETURN TO ASSUME LEADERSHIP MOVEMENT IF SUCCESSFUL.ACTUAL SITUATION LITTLE CHAJ."lGED. GAF HAS BEEN STRAFINGBARRIOS AND ZACAPA ALL DAY AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AIR-LIFTED 100 OR SO TROOPS TO CHIQUIMULA TO MOVE AGAINSTZACAPA TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING. ELEMENTS OF MARISCALZAVALA IS REGIMENT REPORTEDLY ALSO ON WAY TO PORT AREA.GOVERNMENT PRONOUNCEMENTS HAVE VARIOUSLY BLAMED UPRISINGON COMMUNISTS (PGT) AND MENDEZ MONTENEGRO.

MUCCIO

Note: Passed OSD, Army, Navy, A ir 1 1/1 4/6 0, CWO-JRL.

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DATE: NOV 1 4 0448Z 60TO : DIRECTORFROM: GUATEMALA CITY

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EMERGENCYIN 41880C I TE: GUAT 517

EMERG DI R CITE GUAT 517

GOG URGENTLY NEEDS AND REQUESTS MINIMUM 1 0 0 , 0 0 0ROUNDS 50 CAL. ARMOUR PIERCING A.J.\JD TRACER AMMO SOONEST,BY 1 4 NOV I F AT ALL POSSIBLE. I IHAS DETERMINEDGOG HAS ONLY 1 5 , 0 0 0 ROUNDS LEFT FOLLOWING 1 3 NOV ACTION.AIRATT STATES THAT AT PRESENT RATE USE GOG WILL EXHAUSTPRESENT SUPPLY EARLY 1 4 NOV. PLEASE ADVISE.

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TO GUAT INFO MADD

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E1'1ERGENCY

OUT 91833CITE: DIR 11295

RE GUAT 517 (IN 41880)*

1 . ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION. WILL ADVISE ETA.2. UTILIZE .50 CAL AMMO IF AVAILABLE MADD STOCKS.

ADVISE QUANTITY ON HAND.

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*GOG urgent ly needs and requestsffi lnlrnum 100,000 rounds50 ca l armour p ie rc ing t r a ce r ammo soones t , by 14 Novi f a t a l l poss ib le . .

Releas ing Off ice r :J . Es te r l i n e

Authent icat ion Off ice r :W. Eisemann

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s DATE: NOV 14 0636Z 60TO: JMADDFROM: DIRECTOR

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATEOUT 91835CITE: DIR 11297

TO MADD RE MADD 0542*CIN 41835)

1. B-26'S ON STANDBY EGLIN.2. EVACUATION PLAN WILL BE AUGMENTED WITH TWO

C-54'S ARRIVING MADD P.M. 14 ~ O V .

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'* MADD reques ted q B ~ 2 6 a t Eg1Ln AFB be placed on s tandbya l e r t fo r poss ib le use in th e defense o f MADD.

Releasing Off.i..cer:Stan Beer1 i

Coordinating Off ice r :J . Es te r l ine

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EMERGENCYTO: GUATEMALA, JMADD, JMTRAVFROM: DIRECTOR

TO GUAT MADD TRAV INFO RIMM YOGU


1 . IN EVENT ANY OR ALL OF ABOVE ADDRESSESS FORCEDCLOSE DOWN DUE ENEMY ACTION AND THERE IS NOT TIME FOR EVENSHORT SITUATION REPORT SEND EMERGENCY QUEBEC SIGNAL INDICA-TING "FORCED.TO EVACUATE."

2. QUEBEC SIGNALS ASSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:A. FOR GUAT: Q W V ' l ~B. FOR MADD: QXXC. FOR TRAV: QZZ

3. ABOVE TO BE TRANSMITTED ONLY UPON AUTHORIZATlONSENIOR KUBARK OFFICIAL EXCEPTING AS LAST DITCH PROPOSITIONCOMMO OFFICER MAY SEND.

4. RIMM AND YOGU COVERING ABOVE STATIONS RESPECTIVELY ON 24 HOUR BASIS.

5. IF EVACUATION BECOMES NECESSARY REQUEST ABOVE\ATTEMPT TAKE RS-l AND NECESSARY CRYSTALS AND PADS TO PER-MIT CONTINUED CONTACT WITH RESPECTIVE BASES.

6. ADVISE HQS ACTION YOU ABLE TAKE INCLUDING ANYSPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO RIMM AND YOGU.

END OF MESSAGEReleasing Off ice r : D/COC o o r d i n ~ t i n g Off ice rs : OC-S I WH/IV Stanu l i s by phoneAuthent ica t ing Off ice r : W.S.Georgla , J r .

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EMERGENCYIN 42027CITE: MADD 0540

TO (EMERG) DIR INFO (EMERG) GUATRE: A. DIR 11294 (OUT 91832)

B. DIR 11295 (OUT 91833)*

PER REF A RESOURCES FOR NAPALM BOMB PREPARATIONAND INSTALLATION NOT A V A I L A B L ~ . GROUND CREW NOT EXPERIENCED IN H i l l ~ D L I N G NAPALM BOMBS.

PER REF B ONLY 15,000 ROUNDS, .50 CAL NEEDED FORLOCAL RESERVE AND 16 ROCKETS AVAILABLE AT MADD.

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* Sta ted arrang ing t r a n spo r t a t i on wi l l adv ise e t a .

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OPERATIONAL I ~ ~ D I A T ETO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASEFROM: DIRECTOR

OPIM EGLI INFO OPIM MADD GUAT


REQUEST CARPENTER AND KEKOLER PREPARE DEPARTFOR MADD ASAP. LOAD MAX AMOUNT 50 CAL COMMENSURATEFLYING SAFETY IN BOMBAY PRIOR DEPARTURE. WX DUE EGLI1700Z. WHEN CARPENTER READY DEPART NOTIFY HQS BY PHONE.

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TO GUAT INFO MADD TRAV EGLINRE: A. GUAT 514 (IN 41849)*

B. GUAT 515 (IN 41850)**1 . PER REF A, FOLLOWING BEING PREPARED FOR SHIP-

MENT VIA TWO C-54'S: 200 SMG CAL .45; 100,000 RDS AMMOCAL .45; AND APPROX 70 BOMBS J;;..RAG 220 LBS.

2. PER REF B, TECHNICAL PERSONNEL NOT IMMEDIATELYAVAILABLE FOR NAPALM BOMB PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION.RECO!1MEND MADD MUNITION RESOURCES BE CHECKED AND UTILIZED.

3 . EGLIN: PROVIDE ETA TO MADD AND GUAT. RECALLPLAN MUST BE INCLUDED AND CREW FULLY BRIEFED. ADVISE HQOF PLAN DETAILS.

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* I ~ r e q u e s t e d a minimum o f 200 ant i -personneldemolitJ..on bo s , 100 lb s each , and 200 sub-machine gunso r browning automat ic r i f l e s and ammo.** The GOG reques ted napalm bombs be sen t to be mounted onGOG B-26 ' s .

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATETO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASEFROM: DIRECTOR

OPIM EGLI MADD GUAT


A. MSN ES-54-049 AND ES-54-050.B. TAKEOFF TIME WILL BE FURNISHED BYHQS VIAl IX.TWO C-54G AIRCRAFT SHOULD BE LOADED AND PREPARED FOR

...TAKEOFF ASAP AFTER C ~ 1 2 4 ARRIVAL.C. TWO C-54G DELIVER 20,000 LBS MUNITIONS TO MADD.D. EGLIN FIELD THREE.E . I'1.ADD

F. AUTHORIZED USE OF USAF AND OSTIARY CREWS OR COMBINA-TIONS.G. BOTH AIRCRAFT UNMARKED EXCEPT FOR TAIL NUMBERS 6096AND 9069. CALL SIGN FOR FIRST AIRCRAFT ES-54-049 IS RASCALONE AND SECOND AIRCRAFT IS RASCAL TWO. COMPLAN FORRASCAL ONE IS LIMROT, FOR RASCAL TWO IS PEKSOR.H. ROUTE TO GUAT IS DIRECT MERIDA, DIRECT GUAT CITY,DIRECT MADD. AIRCRAFT CONTACT MADD TOWER ON ARRIVALWITH CALL SIGN. AIRCRAFT WILL NOT LAND UNLESS COUNTERSIGNI I RHUBARB" RECEIVED FROM TOWER. IN EVENT TOWER IS OUTMADD WILL COUNTERSIGN LOW PASS WITH RED FLARE FOLLOWED

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BY GREEN FLARE. AMERICAN WILL MAN TOWER. IN EVENTCOUNTERSIGN NOT RECEIVED AIRCRAFT RETURN EGLIN THREESAME ROUTE. COMPLAN REPORTING POINTS AS FOLLOWS:

(1 ) 2600N 8800W(2 ) MERIDA RBN(3 ) 1750N 9000W (GUAT BORDER)( 4) GUAT CITY(5) l1ADDEGLI ADVISE HQS, MADD, GUAT, RIMM f u ~ D YOGU OF ATD,

" ' ETA AT MAnD AND ETA AT CHECKPOINT THREE.I . ACFT WILL NOT TAKEOFF MADD UNTIL FLIGHT PLAN AND DE-PARTURE TIME APPROVED HQS AND UNDERSTANDING AND CONCURRENCEACKNOWLEDGED BY MADD.J. FOR MAnD: ACKNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND CONCURRENCETHIS MlG.K. FOR GUAT: ADVISE MAJ BATRES ETAS AT GUAT BORDER(CHECK POINT THREE) UPON RECEIPT TO INSURE NO INTERCEPT.

END OF M ESSAGE

Releas ing Off icer :Stanley W. Beer l i AC/DPD

Coordinat ing Off ice r :C/JMCLEAR C/COMMO/DPD


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DATE: NOV 14 22082 60

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATETO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE MADD

GUATEI1ALA CITY RIMMFROM: DIRECTOR

OPIM EGLI MADD GUAT RIMM YOGU


A. ES-54-049 (LIMROT) AND E S ~ ~ 4 - 0 5 0 (PEKSOR).B. MSNS APPROVED.C. LIMROT TAKEOFF 15/07002.D. PEKSOR TAKEOFF 15/08302.E. WILL ADVISE DEPARTURE DATE AJ.'l'D TIMES FROM MADD.

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Releasing Off icer :Stanley Beer1i AC/DPD

Coordinat ing Off icer :C. Barquin fo r C/JMCLEAR

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OPIM EGLI


REF:: D::: 54-04954-0501. PER TELECON VARTANIAN/HAYES FOLL BEING DELIVERED

YOUR ST VIA C-124 FOR TRANSHIPMENT TO JMADD. REQUEST SHIP-...MENT BE FORWARDED ON P RIORITY BAS IS CITED.

A. 50 EA 220 LBS FRAG BOMBS 13,151 LBS 1S T PRIORITYB. 16,800 RDS 50 CAL AMMO 6,531 LBS 2nd PRIORITYC. 200 EA .45 CAL SMG 4,821 LBS 3rd PRIORITYD. 60,000 RDS .45 CAL AMMO 3,530 LBS 4TH PRIORITY2. PARTIALS OF ITEM PARA 1 A and B ABOVE SHOULD BE

SHIPPED ON EACH ACFT FOR SPACE UTILIZATION AND FOR EACH AIR-CRAFT NOT TO EXCEED 10,000 LBS OF CARGO.

3. BALANCE OF C-124 SHIPMENT TO BE HELD ~ O FUTUREFLIGHTS.

4. REQUEST HQS BE ADVISED WHAT FACILITIES AVAILEGLI FOR STORAGE OF ABOVE TYPE MATERIEL FOR 7-14 DAY PERIODS.

END OF MESSAGEReleasing Off ice r :George Gaines C/JMCLEARCoordinat ing Officers :DPD/AS RLS WH/4 1----1 (Telecon)

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DATE: NOV 14 22312 60TO: GUATEMALAFROM: DIRECTOR

COpy

PRIORITYOUT 92070CITE: DIR 11409

PRIORITY GUAT INFO PRIORITY t ~ ~ D T'RAVREF: GUAT 513 (IN 41833)*

HQS CONCURS ASSIGNMENT NEAL AS COB JMADD ANDEGAN AS ACTING COB J1'1TRAV. PLAN REPLACE EGAN ASAP FORRETURN HQS.

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* Lt. Col. Egan proceeding TRAV and L t. Col. Nealp r o c e e d i ~ g MADD to t ake command respec t ive bases .

Releas ing Off i ce r :R. Bisse l l , DD/PCoordinat ing Off ice rs :J . Hawkins, C/WH/4/PMAuthent icat ing Off ice r :J . C. King C/vvHD

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DATE: NOV 14 2233Z 60

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATETO: RIMM EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE YOGURT OUT 92024FROM: DIRECTOR

OPIM RIMM EGLI YOGU

CITE: DIR 11371

1 . TENTATIVE ETD MISSION ES-54-049 ( P L i l l ~ LIMROT)15/0700Z, ETA MADD 15/1320Z. CHECK POINTS:

" . A. 2600 N 8800 W (TAKE OFF TIME PLUS 1:45)B. MERIDA BEACON (TAKE OFF TIME PLUS 3:40)C. 1750 N 9000 W (TAKE OFF TIME PLUS 4:50)D. GUAT CITYE. MADD

(TAKE OFF TIME PLUS 5:55)(TAKE OFF TIME PLUS 6:20)

2. TENTATIVE ETD MISSION ES-54-050 (PLAN PEKSOR)15/0830Z, ETA MADD 15/1450Z. CHECK POINTS SAME AS LIMROT.FREQUENCIES FOR PEKSOR SAME AS LIMROT.

, 3. IF RIMM RECEIVES TRANSMISSION FROM LIMROT ATCHECK POINT 5 INDICATING THEY ARE DIVERTING TO ALTERNATIVEBASE OR RETURNING EGLIN, RIMM IS DIRECTED TO PASS SIMILARINSTRUCTIONS IMMEDIATELY TO PEKSOR ADVISING QKDAWN & ~ EGLIN AFTER ACCOMPLISHING.

4. FINAL ETD THESE MISSIONS WILL BE FURNISHED VIA------pABLE.END OF MESSAGE

Re1eas'ing Off ice r :Charles F. Quinet te D/DPD/OPSCoordinat ing Off ice rs IDPD!AS MAJ SKINNER oC!AD - - - - -


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OPIM EGLI INFO OPIM MADD GUATRE: DIR 11303 (OUT 91865)*


RELAY CARPENTER DISREGARD REF. PROCEED MADD15 NOV SAME TIMES ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED 14 NOV WX PERMIT-TING. TACTICAL CALL SIGN B.....2( i IS RASCAL THREE. USETACTICAL CALL CONTACTING MADD TOWER. MADD TOWER WILLANSWER COUNTERSIGN RHUBARB INDICATING SAFE LAND MADD.EVENT ACFT RADIO FAILURE BUZ Z MADD TOWER ONE TIME. MADDTOWER FIRE ONE RED THEN ONE GREEN FLARE INDICATING SAFETO LAND. SAME PROCEDURE APPLIES EVENT MADD TOWER RADIOFAILURE. SAN JOSE ALTERNATE AIRFIELD.

END OF MESSAGE

* Requested Carpenter and Kokoler prepare depar t fo rMADD ASAP.

Releasing Off ice r :Stanley W. Beer l i AC!DPD


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DATE: NOV l4 2355Z 60TO: JMADD, GUA,TEMA,LA, CITy, JMTRAVFROM: DIRECTOR

COpy

PRIORITyOUT 92135CITE: DIR 11458

TO PRIORITY/MADD INFO PRIORITY/GUAT/TRAVREF: DIR 11294 (OUT 91832)*

TWO C-S4 CARGO FLIGHTS DUE 15 NOV. CARRYING 50-.'O!J:RAG BOMBS, 16,800 RDS 50 CAL ~ ' EACH AIRCRAFT LIMITED

10,000 LBS DUE TO OPERATIONAL NECESSITY.

END OF MESSAGE

* A l e r t ~ n g Guat of ~ l a n n e d two C ~ 5 4 wi th ordnance i t ems.

Releas ing Off ice r :wil l iam E. Eisemann C/WH/4/SupportCoordinat ing Off ice r s :Tele Coord: Maj. Skinner , DPDI ~ f o r C.WH/4/PMIror c/WH/4/0PSAuthent icat ing Off icer :James S. Burwell WH/4/LOG- 2 0 0


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s ~ DATE: NOV 14 2356z 60TO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASEFROM: DIRECTOR

COpy


OPIM EGLI INFO OPHl GUAT MADD[] MASH

1. COVER STORY FOR TWO C-54 A/C AND CREW DEPART-ING 14 NOV 60 FOR JMADD FOLLOWS:

A. A/C DEPARTED FROM IMMOKALEE, FLORIDADESTINED FOR GUAT CITY.'!'.

B. A/C FURNISHED FULLY LOADED f u ~ D FUELEDAT IMMOKALEE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FRD.

C. CREW HIRED BY THE FRD ON ASK NO QUESTIONSBASIS.

2. EVERY ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO JETTISON CARGOBEFORE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FRIENDLY THIRD COUNTRY. INANY EVENT CREW SHOULD DISCLAIM KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENTS OFCARGO.

3. CREW SHOULD BE GIVEN HR. I lAS---c-------EMERGENCY CONTACT INI08685 (OUT86419)

ADDRESS FOUND DIR

END OF MESSAGE

Releasing Officer :Stanley W. Beer l i SC/DPDCoordinat ing Officers :JMC/SO S StembridgeWH/4 J MULLANE (TELECON)

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DATE: NOV 15 0233Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: MADD

COpy

OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATEIN 42405CITE: MADD 0543

OPIM GUAT INFO OPIM DIR

1 . REQUEST MEETING WITH 1 ----RE STATUS QUO AT GUAT CITY. C O N C E R J . ~ E D OVER TWO C-46 ISWITHOUT CREWS REMAINING AT GUAT CITY MILITARY FIELD.

2. INFO ON SITUATION RELAYED BY FOUR ARMORERS" '

WHO WERE DETAINED BY OFFICER GROUP AT GUAT CITY FIELDTHIS MORNING AND LATER RELEASED INDICATES GUAT ARMY MAYATTEMPT TO SPIKE ALL MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO PREVENT ACTIONBY AIR FORCE. ARMY PERSONNEL ARE POSTED IN ALL GUATAF PLANES.

END OF MESSAGE

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DATE: NOV 15 I 0 2 4 8 ? J 60TO: GUAT MADD TRAVFROM: DIRECTOR

EMERG GUAT MADD TRAV

1 . ODACID REQUESTS FOLLOWINGA. SITREP

COpy

EMERGENCYOUT 92236C ITE: DIR 11518

B. CONCRETE PROOF ...CUBAN INVOLVEMENT SUCHAS PRISONERS, DOCS, EQUIPMENT.

2 . N ~ S W E R EMERG. DESIRED BY 15 NOV 1400Z

END OF MESSAGE

R e l e a s i n g Off icer :I Iby di rec t ion of J . C . K i n g

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DATE: NOV 15 1227z 60 EMERGENCYTO: DIRECTOR IN 42628FROM: GUATEMALA CITE: GUAT 537

EMERG DIR INFO EMERG MADD TRAVREFS: A. DIR 11518 (OUT 92236) *

B. GUAT 521 (IN 42024)**

1 . SITREP:A. SITUATION AS REPORTED IN REF B STILL APPLIES.B. 14 NOV REPORTS OF LEFTIST-COMMUNIST ATTEMPTS

NEGOTIATE REVOLUTIONARY ALLIANCE WITH REBELS TEND TO' ..SUPPORT REF B PREDICTION THAT POLITICAL GROUPS MIGHT

EXPLOIT SITUATION AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE ANTI-GOVTACTS.

C. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPLOSION OF SEVERAL TERRORISTBOMBS IN STREETS GUAT CITY NIGHT 14 NOV, CALM STILLREIGNS IN CITY. STATE OF SIEGE WITH CURFEW BEINGENFORCED.

D. GUAT ARMY AND AIR FORCE CONTINUING MILITARYACTION AGAINST REBELS AND IT STILL TOO EARLY DETERMINE,OUTCOME.

E. ALTHOUGH ARMY AND AIR FORCE CURRENTLY SUPPORTINGGOG, EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT SOME AIR FORCE OFFICERS ONVARIOUS LEVELS OBJECT TO SEVERITY OF ACTION BEING TAKENAGAINST REBELS. CONTINUED LOYALTY THESE ELEMENTS OPENTO QUESTION.2. NO EVIDENCE CUBAN INVOLVEMENT.

END OF MESSAGE

*ODACID r eq ue s te d con cr et e proof o f Cuban involvement .**Revolt appeared to be almost purely mil i t a ry with littleor no po l i t i c a l or c iv i l i an pa r t i c ipa t ion .


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DATE:TO:FROM:

NOV 15 1509Z 60DIRECTORJMADD

COpy

PRIORITYIN 42700

CITE: MADD 0546

PRIORITY DI R INFO PRIORITY GUAT

1. REQUEST IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AMMO RESUPPLY AS FOLLmvS:A. CARTRIDGES, CAL .30, LINKED, BALL 50,000B. CARTRIDGES, CAL .30 , IN 8 RND CLIPS 75,000C. CARTRIDGES, CAL .30 , CARBINE, BALL 10,000D. CARTRIDGES, CAL .30 , BALL, FOR BAR 10,000

~ - E. MAGAZINES FOR BAR 50 EAF. MAGAZINES FOR CARBINE 100 EAG. MAGAZINES FOR THOMPSON SMG 50 EAH. PISTOL, AUTOMATIC, CAL .45 24 EAI . BELT, P IS TOL 24 EAJ . CLIPS, FOR .45 CAL PISTOL 48 EAK. CLIP CARRYING CASE FOR .45 PISTOL 24 EA

2. FIRST THREE ITEMS MOST CRITICAL3. TOTAL WEIGHT ABOUT 15,200 1bs. CUT ITEM D. FIRSTIF NECESSARY.

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1 .

DATE: DEC 15 1559Z 60 PRlORITYTO: DIRECTOR IN 17634FROM: GUATEMALA CITY CITE: GUAT 700REFS: A. GUAT 655 (IN 12474)*

B. GUAT 693 (IN 17002)**C. GUAT 699 (IN 17440)***

IN 13 DEC 60 MEETING WITH I ~ L-I IMADE ITVERY CLEAR THAT NEW GOVT (RESULTING FROM REVOLT BY MIL GROUPAND PR-MLN-DCG COALITION) WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT ODYOKE& ~ T I - C A S T R O OPERATIONS.2. WHEN 1 1 POINTED OUT THAT YDIGORAS FALL WOULDHELP CASTRO, I I E M P H A S I Z ~ ? THAT BOTH MIL AND CIVILIANSINVOLVED ARE STRONGLY A N T I - C O M M m ~ I S T AND ANTI-CASTRO ANDWOULD BE EVEN MORE FORCEFUL THAN YDIGORAS IN THAT RESPECT.HE RECOMMENDED THAT ODYOKE GIVE MORAL SUPPORT NOW TO PLOTTING GROUP BECAUSE YDIGQRAS SURE TO FALL SOON.3 . ALTHOUGH AT OUR REQUEST I IHAS IN PAST S U C C E S S ~FULLY PREVENTED PR ACTION AGAINST YDIGORAS, HE NOW SAYSHE CAN NOT STOP COALITION AND CERTAINLY NOT MILITARY ANDNEITHER HE NOR ANYONE ELSE CAN DO ANYTHING TO PREVENTYDIGORAS OVERTHROW.

END OF MESSAGE

*S itr ep g iv in g [ [view t h a t another mil i t a ryr evo l t againsE YdLgoras could take p lace in the nea r .fu tu re .**Request GALBOND ( l l check with ODACID regarding a idgran t to GOG.***Report on Guatemalan revolut ionary ac t i v i t i e s .

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D E P A R T M E ~ T OF STATECONFJPENTIAL

FROM: GUATEMALA CITYTO: SECRETARY OF STATENO : 230, November 15, noonPRIORITYEMBTEL 226

COpy

Control : 8173Reed: Nov 15 , 19602:56 p.m.

G O V E l l i ~ M E N T FORCES HAVE R ETA KEN SEC ON D MILITARY ZONE HEADQUARTERS AT ZACAPA AND RE-ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATIONS WITHTHE CAPITAL. GOVERNMENT PLANS SEND ADDITIONAL TROOPS TOSE CU RE ZA CA PA PERMITTING OTHERS PUSH ON TO BARRIOS.SEVERAL BOMBS WENT OFF GUATEMALA CITY LAST NIGHT CAUSINGNO LOSS LIFE BUT SEVERELY D A M A ~ I N G MINISTER ECONOMY'SAUTOMOBILE FRONT HIS HOUSE. CAS HAS REPORTS COMMUNISTSWILL ATTEMPT STAGE DEMONSTRATIONS PLAZUELA BARRIOS THISAFTElli"JOON.

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATEIN 42807CITE: MADD 0549

1 . REQUEST ONE C-54 REMAIN MADD FOR POSSIBLEEVACUATION. OTHER C-54 TO RETURN EGLI FOR LOAD.

2. AS SOON AS ONE RETURNS MADD. WILL SEND OTHERBACK TO EGLI.

3. PROPOSE CONTINUAL SHUTTLE RUN AS ABOVE UNTILEMERGENCY IS RESOLVED.

END OF MESSAGE

NOTE: This message has been sen t to DPD


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DATE: NOV 15 1858Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: GUATEMALA

COpy


EMERG DIR INFO EMERG MADDREF: GUAT 540 (IN 42829)

1 . REQUEST ASSIGNMENT TWO ADDITIONAL FULLYOPERATIONAL B ~ 2 6 TO JMADD ASAP.

2. TWO MADD B-26'S BEING T U i l l ~ E D OVER GUAT AIR..

FORCE 15 NOV DUE FACT 11AJORITY GUAT B-26'S NOT OPERATIONALAFTER TWO DAYS COMBAT FLYING.

END OF MESSAGE

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DATE: NOV 15 1901Z 60TO: DIRECTORFROM: GUATEMALA

COpy


EMERG DIR INFO EMERG MADDREF: DIR 11343 (OUT 91978)*

1. ON 14 NOV I IADVISED IT NECESSARYGUAT AIR FORCE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL AMMO AND USE OF THE TWOMADD B-26'S. SITUATION CONSIDERED CRITICAL AS ARMY PURSUING REBELS AND ESSENTIAL IT HAVE AIR SUPPORT. GOG B-26'SSHOT UP f u ~ D NEED M A I N T E N M ~ C E .

2. AIR ATTACHE CONFIRMED 15 NOV THAT GOG B-26'SSHOT UP AND SHOULD NOT BE PUT .INTO AIR IN PRESENT CONDITION.

3. AMBASSADOR CONCURS WITHD THAT ABOVE NEEDEXISTS AND] ] SHOULD BE FURNISHED THIS SUPPORT.

4. MORNING 15 NOV I IREPRESENTING 1"----- _PROCEEDED TO MADD TO OBTAIN AMMO AND B-26 ' s .

5. DREQUESTED \ \HAVE GUAT PILOTS TALKWITH INSTRUCTOR TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY UNDERSTAND ANDQUALIFIED OPERATE AIRCRAFT.~ - - - - - - c6 IN REF TO AMMO AGREED WITH D THATBULK TO BE STORED AT MADD AND GUAT CITY BASE SUPPLIEDON D A Y - T O ~ D A Y BASIS.

END OF MESSAGE

* J o i n t ODACID!KUBARK message concerning ass i s tance to GOG.

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DATE: NOV 15 19Q4Z 60TO: TRAVFROM: DIRECTOR

COpy


TO OPIM TRAV INFO MADD, GUAT

1 . ZRMEDRICK SMALL ARMS AND BASIC LOAD AT MADDINCLUDE 66 PISTOLS, 212 RIFLES, 66 SMG'S, 18 LMG'S, 18BAR'S, 7 EA. 3 .5" ROCKET LAUNCHERS, 4 EA. 57MM RECOILLESSRIFLES, 6 EA 60MM MORTARS, 18 DEMOLITION KITS, 4 INCENDIARY. KITS, 288 GRENADES, 24 AN/PRC-IO'S WITH EXTRA BATTERIES,

..:40 AT MINES, AND"4 CORPSMAN KITS. COMPASSES, BINOCULARSAND FIRST AID KITS PACKED WITH WEAPONS.

2. FIVE-DAY AMMO RESUPPLY THESE WEAPONS h ~ TRAVWEAPONS BEING SHIPPED MADD ASAP. ETA FOLLOWS. ALSO SHIP-P I N G ~ D I C A L FIELD SET WITH PLASMA.

END OF MESSAGE

Releasing Off ice r :J.C.KING, C/WHD by ICoordinat ing O f f i c e r d ~ . - - - - - - - - - - - - ~

I f WH/4/0PSJ . Hawk1ns, C/WH/4/PMW.Eisemann, C/WH/4/SPT

Authent ica t ing Off ice r :W. "Eisemann. C/WH/4/SPT


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DATE: NOV 15 2120Z 60TO: MADDFROM: DIRECTOR

COpy


OPIM MADD INFO OPIM GUAT EGLIREF: MADD 0549 (IN 42807)*

1. RETURN BOTH ACFT TO EGLI.2. EXPECT THIRD C ~ 5 4 ' ~ COMMISSION 17 NOV. WILL

SEND TWO DOWN NIGHT OF 17 NOV. THEN ONE C & BE RETAINEDPER REF WITH ONE ALWAYS REMAINING AT YOUR 1 __

END OF MESSAGE

* \ .Requested one C-54 remain MADD fo r posslb1e evacuat ion .

Releasing Officer :Stan ley W. Beer1i , AC/DPD


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DATE: NOV 15 2214Z 60

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OPIM EGLI INFO PRIORITY MADD GUATHBJADE-X:

1. EX-54-052 (RASCAL 2)


2. ACFT 764 WILL REMAIN MADDAFTER CARGO OFFLOAD. CREW WILL RETURN WITH AASCAL 1.

3. EXPECT 764 TO RETURN EGLI AFTER DELIVERY 577.MISSION OF 764 IS PROVIDE EVAC CAPABILITY. EGLI INSURECANVAS ROLL-UP SEATS AND SAFETY BELTS INSTALLED PRIORDEPARTURE 17 NOV.

END OF MESSAGE

Releasing Off ice rStanley W. Beer l i , AC/DPDCoordinating Off icer :

C. B a r q u i n / C / J M C L E ~

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATEOUT 9 2 5 9 3CITE: DI R 1 1 6 6 7

REQUEST IMMEDIATE REPORT SITUATION AT PUERTOBARRIOS WHICH ACCORDING RADIO NEWS REPORTS STILL INHANDS REBEL FORCE.

END OF MESSAGE

R e l e a s i n g Off ice r :J . C . K i n g , C h i e f , WHDAuthent icat ing Off ice r :

J .D .Es te r l ine , Chief , WH/4

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DATE: NOV 15 2357Z 60

COpy

PRIORITYTO: GUATEMALA, JMADD, JMTRAV OUT 92605FROM: DIRECTOR CITE: DIRE 11679

TO PRIORITY/GUAT INFO PRIORITY/MADD, PRIORITY TRAVREF: 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 CARGOAS FOLLOWS:

A. 20 FRAG BOMBS, REF A, 5200 LBSB. 83,200 RDS 50 CAL REF D, 32,000 LBSC. 200 SMG and 100,000 RDS AMMO REF A, 11400 LBSD. BLASTING CAPS AND TRAINING AMMO REF B, 1600 LBSE. EVACUATION RATIONS REF C, 24,000 LBSF. FIVE 81 MM MORTORS AND 250 RDS AMMO FOR WEAPONSPACK AT MADD, 13,775 LBSG. FIVE DAY RESUPPLY SMALL ARMS AMMO FOR MADD

WEAPONS PACKS, 50,000 LBSH. 50 CAL MG AND ~ ~ REF E, 3050 LBSI . 52 FIVE IN. ROCKETS JMCLEAR TRAINING 10,000 LBS

2. DUE CRITICAL SHORTAGE AIR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIESREQUEST YOU ADVISE IMMEDIATELY ORDER OF PRIORITY FORABOVE SHIPMENTS.

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3. FYI: 50 CAL AMMO AND FRAG GRENADES SHIPPED VIA2 C-54 ON 15 NOV NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE.

END OF MESSAGE

*ETA two C-54's**Request fo r b las t ing caps , ammo and hand grenades***Request fo r evacuat ion canned goods****Request fo r 50 ca l ammo*****Request fo r an t i - a i r c r a f t 50 c a l guns and mounts

Releasing Off ice r :Ed s t anu l i s , Chief , WH/4/0PSCoordinat ing Off ice r s :Tele Coord - Var tan ian , DPD

I f WH/4/P1'1E.S tanu l i s , C/WH/4/0psAuthen t ica t ing Off ice r :R.W.Brown, Chief , WH/4/Log

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DEPARTMENT OF STATECONFIDENTIAL

FROM: GUATEMALA CITY

COpy

Contro l : 8458

NO. 237, November 15 , 6 p.m.TO: SECRETARY OF STATE Reed: Nov 16, 19601:42 a.m.

PRIORITYDept . Telegram 332.

SOMEINFORMATION IN RESPONSE DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM CONTAINEDEMBASSY TELEGRAM 226. THERE IS ALMOST NO EVIDENCE, SHOWINGCUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN CURRENT UPRISING IN GUATEMALA, REPORTSCONTINUE TO CIRCULATE, HOWEVER, THAT THIS IS THE CASE ANDGOVERNMENT SEEMS CONVINCED THIS IS SO. FOR EXAMPLE, ARMYATTACHE JUST APPRISED BY ARMY"'CHIEF STAFF OF MESSAGE RE-CEIVED BY DEFENSE MINISTER FROM MILITARY COMMANDER POPTUNBASE, TRANSMITTING WHAT BASE COMMANDER SAID WAS INTERCEPTEDMESSAGE FROM RADIO CUBANA, PRESUMABLY TO REBEL FORCES ATBARRIOS, ASKING WHETHER AIRPORT AT BARRIOS USEABLE AND IN-DICATING PROMISED SUPPLIES WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.

CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION ARTURO AGUIRRE MATHEU TOLD EMBASSYTODAY .THAT ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, FOLLOWING A VIST TO HONDU-MS, HE'TURNED OVER TO PRESIDENT-INFORMATION SECURED INHONDURAS IMPLICATING C A P T ~ I N ARTURO CHUR DEL CID IN CASTROACTIVITIES HONDURAS, CHUR DEL CID IS REPORTEDLY ONE OFLEADERS REVOLT WHO LED INITIAL ATTACK NOVEMBER 13 ON CUARTELGENERAL (EMBTEL 222) . AGUIRRE ALSO TOLD EMBASSY THAT COL.PAZ TEJADA, CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF ARBENZ AND EXTREME LEFTISTREVOLUTIONARY, WAS THE MILITARY LEADER BEHIND THE REVOLT.COLONEL ENRIQUE PERALTA, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, TOLD

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DEPARTMENT OF STATECONFfENTIAL COpy

Page 2 , #237, November 15 , 6 p.m. from Guatemala Ci ty .

EMBASSY OFFICER YESTERDAY PAZ HAS RECEIVED UNCONFIRMEDREPORTS TO EFFECT PAZ TEJADA RECEIVING MONEY FROM CUBAFOR HIS REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES. NEWSPAPERMAN TOLDEMBASSY OFFICER SOME WEEKS AGO HE "KNEW" PAZ TEJADA HADMADE A TRIP TO CUBA SEEKING FUNDS.

IN SUMMATION NEITHER THE EMBASSY NOR CAS SO FAR HAS BEENABLE TO DEVELOP POSITIVE rROOF OF CASTRO INVOLVEMENT INTHE' CURRENT" UPIUSING.

MUCCIO


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DATE: NOV 16 Q243Z 60TO DIRECTORFROM: GUATEMALA CITY

COpy

OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATEIN 43052CITE: GUAT 545

OPIM DIR INFO OPIM MADD OPIM TRAV

1 . AT 1500/2300Z! !REPORTED THAT PUERTOBARRIOS AND GULL.1.lli I GUALAN] WERE THE ONLY TWO TOWNS:REMAINING IN THE H A J . ~ D S OF REBE,LS. HE ADMITS THAT POCKETSOF RESISTANCE ARE PRESENT BETWEEN THESE TWO TOWNS. HEFURTHER REPORTED THAT THE AIR FORCE IS SUCCESSFULLY INTER-DICTING THE HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNSDURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

2. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT I I DEPARTEDFOR PERSONAL INSPECTION OF THE ZACAPA AREA IN MIDDLE OFAFTERNOON 15 NOV. SMALL SCALE MOPPING UP EXERCISES STILLGOING ON IN VICINITY ZACAPA. HOWEVER TOWN REPORTED INHANDS OF GOVT TROOPS.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATECONFrfrIAL

FROM: GUATEMALA CITYTO: SECRETARY OF STATENO. 238( November 16, 11 a.m.PRIORITYEMBTELS 226 and 230.

COpy

CONTROL: 8996RECD: Nov 16, 1960

3:05 p.m.

PRESS, RADIO AND TV 9 p.m. LAST NIGHT REPORTED ON VISITTO ZACAPA "BATTLE FRONT". SAID GOVERNMENT FORCES ROUTEDREBELS AND COMPLETELY IN CONTROL THERE. DECLARED GROUNDACTION AGAINST BARRIOS (AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST BASE HASBEEN CONTINUOUS} WOULD BEGIN TODAY. (WITH ARMING OF CIVILIANS AND CONSOLIDATION REBEL POSITION, THIS COULD BE BLOODY.)SAID GOVERNMENT WAS INFORMED REBELS HAD RECEIVED AIR FROMFIDEL CASTRO, THAT "WE ARE ALONE BECAUSE ONLY THE GOVERN-M ENT H ON DU RA S OF DR. RAMON VILLEDA MORALES HAS OFFEREDITS HELP A 1 ~ D SUPPORT", AND THit:T GUATEM ALA HAS SATISFAC-TION NOT A SINGLE FOREIGN SOLDIER AMONG ITS TROOPS. DECLARED COMMUNISTS TRYING EXPLOIT SITUATION AND ENCOURAGEDPOPULACE HAVE FAITH AND BE VIGILANT AGAINST COWARDLY STREETBOMBING ACTIVITIES, ET CETERA.STREET DEMONSTRATIONS CALLED FOR LAST EVENING QUITE UN-.SUCCESSFUL. ESTIMATED 100-200 PERSONS APPEARED, SOME OFTHEM CRYING "DOWN WITH YDIGORAS" . A 1 ~ D "VIVA CASTRO". BUTWERE QUICKLY DISPERSED BY POLICE WITHOUT UNTOWARD INCIDENT.UNDERSTOOD CASUALTIES AMONG GOVERNMENT TROOPS ZACAPAABOUT 50 KILLED AND NUMEROUS WOUNDED. SOME REBELS TAKENPRISONERS BUT MANY FLED TO RESIST ELSEWHERE OR TO TRY JOINBARRIOS FORCES. GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE ARRIVED BARRIOS.EMBASSY AND CAS H E A ~ I N G NUMEROUS REPORTS TO EFFECT DISSATISFACTION WITH YDIGORAS GROWING AND TH AT C OM MU NIST S ACTIVEAND VARIOUS O TH ER G RO UPS ITCHING ACT.

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NO. 239, November 16, 5 p.m.SENT DEPARTMENT 239, REPEATED INFORMATIONTEGUCIGALPA PRIORITY 10

FROM:TO:

DEPART. MEjtOF STATEUNCLrSIFIED

GUATEMALA CITYSECRETARY OF STATE

COpy

Cont ro l : 9180Reed: Nov 16 , 196010:53 p.m.

RELIABLY REPORTED GOVERNMENT TROOPS IN CONTROL BARRIOSAHD COMMUNICATIONS RESUMED WITH CAPITAL. AFTER FAILURETO OBTAIN FAVORABLE TERMS SURRENDER, UNDERSTOOD REBELLEADERS FLEEING TOWARD HONDURAS. UNDERSTAND ALL AMERI CANS

" ' SAFE.

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SECRET

DATE: NOV 16 2329Z 60TO: GUATEMALA CITY MANAGUA

I IFROM: DIRECTORPRIORITY GUAT MANAc===J1

------;:::====-REF: DEPTEL 329*(NOT SENTI---

COpy


1. HQS URGENTLY NEEDS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE CUBABACKING ENEMIES OF REGIME OR DIRECT INVOLVEMENT GOC INPLAL'\lNING REVOLUTIONARY MOVES FOR FUTURE. IS ANY PROOFSUITABLE FOR EXPLOITATION AVAILABLE YOUR AREA?

2. DO YOU SEE ANY OPP@TUNITY TO FABRICATE HARDEVIDENCE OF GOC PARTICIPATION YOUR AREA?

3. DOES GOVT HAVE CAPABILITY TO EFFECT QUICKROUNDUP OF KNOWN ENEMY ACTIVISTS ON SUITABLE PRETEXTAND 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 AREAWHICH MIGHT BE EXPOSED AS REVOLUTIONARY BASES?

6. PLS ADVISE ASAP. HQS. DESIRES ACCUMULATE USEABLE EVIDENCE SOV-CUBA INSTIGATION AND DIRECTION UPRISINGSYOUR AREAS.

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*OCR/CB no t i f i ed o f r e fe rence .

Releasing Off ice r- U J ~ o r J .C.King, Chief , WHDC o o r a ~ n a t l n g o r l ce r s :

P.E .Obers t , C/WH/CAAuthent ica t ing Off ice r :E.A.Stanul i s fo r J .D .Es te r l ine , Chief , WH/4

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DATE: NOV 16 233QZ 60TO: JMASHFROM: DIRECTOR

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PRIORITY MASH INFO PRIORITY GUATTRAV, !'1ADDREF: MASH 1617 (IN 41745)*

1. IN VIEW UNSETTLED CONDITIONS GUAT AND SATURA-TION TRAV FACILITIES DESIRE MASH SUSPEnD RECRUITMENT OFPM GROUND TRAINEES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. GROUND TRAINEESALREADY RECRUITED SHOULD BE RELEASED TO ON CALL STATUS

.

READY FO R RECALL ON SHORT NOTICE AND MOVE.HENT TO TRAV OROTHER CM1P AS DIRECTED.

3. FO R TRAV: IF DECISION REACHED TO SEND ADDI-.TIONAL RECRUITS TRAV YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED IN A D V N ~ C ETO CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL BARRACKS. PERSONNEL W ILL NOTBE SENT UNTIL YOU INDICATE READY TO RECEIVE.

END OF M ESSAGE

*MASH has 50-75 PM t r ain e es a v ail ab le shipment TRAVwith in 10 days. Reques t es t imate when shipments toTRAV to begin again.

Releasing Officer :Dfor J .C.King, C/WHDCoordlnatLng OfficersII 'I C/WH/4jSupportJ.ftaWKlnS, CjwH!4/PMAuthent icat ing Off ice r :EAStanulis,C/WH/4

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DATE: NOV 17 0036Z 60

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATETO: MADD GUATEMALA CITYFROM: DIRECTOROPIM MADD GUAT INFO PRITY EGLIREF: MADD 0562 (IN 43622}

our 93064CITE: DIR 11880

1. ODUNIT HAS REQUESTED NO B-26 AIRCRAFT RETURNEGLI EXCEPT LAST RESORT. RETURN BLEHAR AND GREENE VIAC-54. DO NOT RETUAA ANY B-26 UNLESS PRIOR APPROVALRECEIVED.

2. ;FOR GUAT: ABOVE ODUNIT POLICY REQUIRES RE-OPENING WITH I ISUBJECT FLYING MADD B-26 AIRCRAFTCOSTA RICA FOR HEAVY MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT TO BE OSTEN-SIBLE GUAT VEHICLES. ____ IMAY WISH RECONSIDERORIGINAL REFUSAL VIEW SUPPORT HE NOW RECEIVING.

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Releasing Off ice r :Stanley W. B e e r l ~ , A C / D ~ DCoordinat ing Off ice rs :Mr. Este r l ine CTelecon) WH/4

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DATE: NOV 17 2021z 60TO: GUATEMALA CITYFROM: DIRECTOR

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE GUATREF: GUAT 546 (IN 43126)*

1 . TO REMOVE ANY DOUBT THESE ARE CURRENT INSTRUC-TIONS: CUBAN TROOPS, AIR AND GROUND, ARE NOT TO BECOMMITTED TO SUPPORT YDIGORAS GOVERNMENT. THIS DOES NOTMEAN THEY SHOULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES IF ATTACKED. BYSAME TOKEN IF EVACUATION BECOMES A i'JECESSITY, THEY AREAUTHORIZED TO FIGHT THEIR WAY TO EVACUATION POINT.

2. IF REF SHOULD BECOME A REALITY, NEW INSTRUC-TIONS WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

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* Base Cmdr a t Poptun repor t ed i n t e r cep t o f b ro ad ca stfrom Radio euoana re help for thcoming soon fo r rebe l sa t Puerto Barr ios .

Releas ing Off ice r :Richard M. Bi s s e l l J r .Authen t ica t ing Off ice r :

J . e .K ing , e/WHD

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DATE: NOV 17 2242Z 6QTO: GUATEMALA.FROM: DIRECTOR

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OPIM GUAT INFO OPIM MADD

1 . HQS ADVISES ALL KUBARK ACFT SHOULD BE RETURNEDMADD ORDER A F ~ O R D B E T T E R PHYSICAL SECURITY FLEXIBILITYAND MAINTENANCE PROVIDED IN REINGRUBER OPINION WILL NOTPREJUDICE POSITION 1-,=1= = = = = : : : " J I ~ GOG SUPPORT TO BE CON-

'..DUCTED FROM MADD.2. FOR 11ADD: RE"QUEST FUTURE I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ U R E P O R T S

INDICATE ACTIVITY EACH ACFT ENGAGED IN. EXAMPLE: GOG,TNG, FERRY, ETC.

3 . FOR GUAT AND MADD: ALL MILITARY DETAILEESAND ANG PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MADD WILL NOT REPEAT NOTLEAVE PERIMETER LIMITS MADD UNTIL APPROVAL OBTAINED HQS.

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Releasing Off ice r :Stanlex W. Beer l i AC/DPD

Coordinat ing Off ice r :Mr. Stanu l i s (Telecon) WH/4- 2 2 6 (SF.CrT


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DE PAR TM EN T OF STATE

FROM: GUATEMALA CITYTO: SECRETARY OF STATENO : 248, NOVEMBER 18 , 5 p.m.PRIORITYEMBASSY TELEGRAM 239 AND PREVIOUS.

COpy

CONTROL: 10774RECD: NOV 19, 19602:32 p.m.

REBELLION APPARENTLY COMPLETELY DOMINATED, ALTHOUGH SOMEREBELS WITH ARMS AT LARGE IN COUNTRY AND OTHERS FLED TOHONDURAS. SEVERAL DAYS AERIAL BOMBARDMENT CAUSED REBELSFLEE BARRIOS. pRESIDENT ARRIVED BY AIR LATE AFTERNOONNOVEMBER 16 WITH OCCUPYING T J l ~ O P S . YDIGORAS RETURNEDT R I U ~ H A L L Y YESTERDAY AND ADDRESSED LARGE WELCOMING CROWDAT AIRPORT DECLARING INTER A LI A GOVERNMENT VICTORY WARNINGTO COMMUNISTS LEAVE COUNTRY OR BE EXPELLED. LAST NIGHTYDIGORAS ATTENDED FOOTBALL GAME WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CURFEW MOVED BACK TO 10 p.m.

PRINCIPAL EVENING NEWSPAPER, EL IMPARCIAL, SUSPENDED FOR20 DAYS UNDER ARTICLE 14 LAW PUBLIC ORDER FOR ARTICLE BYLIMON BLANCO (HE HAPPENED TO BE CAUGHT IN BARRIOS BY

. ,REBELLION) DISPARAGING NAVY AND AIR FORCE ACTION. TIMESTRINGER ROSENHOUSE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON CHARGE HADPASSED UNCENSORED INFORMATION ABROAD. INFORMAL CENSORSHIP APPARENTLY BEING EXERCISED AT TELEGRAPH OFFICE.

POLICE ANNOUNCED WOULD SEEN INDICTMENTS AS ACCOMPLICESREBELLION ALL ARRESTED FO R PARTICIPATION IN DEMONSTRA-TIONS, UNAUTHORIZED MEETINGS, DISTRIBUTION SUBVERSIVEP R O P A G A J . ~ D A AND ACTS TERRORISM. SPORADIC L OC AL B OM BIN GSCONTINUING GUATEMALA CITY. NUMBER OF LEFTISTS AND RADICALS ARRESTED INCLUDING EDGAR IBARRA, PRESIDENT LEFTISTSTUDENT ORGAt'\lIZATION FUEGO.

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D EPARTM ENT O F STATECONFInjNTIAL COpy

Page 2, #248, November 1 8 , 5 p .m. , from Guatemala City

EMBASSY HAS STILL SEEN NO EVIDENCE CASTRO INSTIGATION ORSUPPORT REBELLION. CAS HAD REPORTS, HOWEVER, COMMUNISTSTRIED JOIN MOVEMENT AFTER IT STARTED BUT REBUFFED BYREBEL MILITARY. ALSO IT GENERALLY BELIEVED MARIO RENECHAVEZ GARCIA, MEMBER PUR At'JD KNOWrJ COMMUNIST, WAS INBARRIOS DURING REBELLION. PRENSA LIBRE REPORTER CALLEDHIM "CIVIL CHIEF" BARRIOS OPERATION AND SAID HE DIRECTEDPUBLIC MEETING BARRIOS MONDAY NIGHT AT WHICH GOVERNMENTWAS DENOUNCED AND VICTORY REBEL FORCES PREDICTED. THEREWA,S ABORTIVE MOVE BY EXTREME LEFTIST DEPUTIES TO HAVECONGRESS DECLA,RE YDIGORAS I N C ~ M P E T E N T TO RULE.

JUST PRIOR SUCCESSFUL QUELLING REVOLT, EMBASSY HEARD.NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PLOTTING AND INDICATIONS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD FEELING YDIGORAS' S DAYS NUMBERED. EMBASSY HASIMPRESSION, HOWEVER, YDIGORAS'S POSITION MAY NOW BESTRONGER T H 1 \ L ~ BEFORE. HE GAINED PERSONAL PRESTIGE FROMQUICK VICTORY AND PERSONAL DIRECTION OF OPERATIONS.LEFTISTS AND DISPARATE RIGHTISTS HAVE SEEN EVIDENCEHE COURAGEOUS. HE APPEARED COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THISMORNING WHEN I TOOK SENATORS HICKENLOOPER AND BUSH TOSEE HIM. HE TOLD US OF HIS RELENTLESS EFFORTS ESTABLISHDEMOCRACY IN GUATEMALA, CITING DIFFICULTIES DOING SO INVIEW AUTHORITARIAN TRADITIONS AND POINTING EXAMPLESPROGRESS THIS FIELD SINCE TOOK OFFICE. HE EMPHASIZEDHIS G RA VE C ON CER N TODAY NOT MILITARY OR POLITICAL BUTECONOMIC.

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DATE: NOV 25 2337Z 60TO: GUATEMALA CITY, JMTRAVFROM: DIRECTORPRIORITY GUAT INFO TRAVREF: A. GUAT 575 (IN 44738)*B. DIR 12520 (94390 Out)**

COpy


*

1. HQS. DECISION NO KUBARK FLUTTER TEAMS TO PAR-TICIPATE IN INTERROGATION OF REBEL TYPES CITED REF A.

2. SUGGEST AS A L T E R N A ~ I V E GUAT GOVERNMENT ENGAGESERVICE OF PBPRIME COMMERCIAL FIRM THIS PURPOSE. HQS.WILL RENDER APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE. ADVISE.

END OF MESSAGE

R e ~ u e s t assignment o f FLUTTER team fo r in te r roga t ioncap tured rebe ls GUAT.** Response to r e ~ u e s t from GUAT for .FLUTTER Team.

Releasi.ng Offi.-cer:E .A .S ta nu lis f or J .D .Es te r l ine C/WH/4Coordinating Off ice rs :o ~ ( b y phone) , OS/IRDJ. Langan, C!WH/4/SECAuthent icat ing Off ice r :Wm. E. Eisemann, C/WH/4/Support

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Appendix 2

Memorandums re Sp ecia l Force Tra ine rsA. Four Memorandums o f AgreementB. Memorandum fo r C hief , WH/4 fromA/DDP/A, 28 Dec 60C. Memorandum fo r Chief , WH/4 fromA/DDP/A, 30 Dec 60D. M e m o r a n d ~ fo r Deputy Ass i s t an tto the SecDef fo r Spl Ops,

30 Dec 60.

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'-------- [ , ] .:',.p;;endix 2 - A

p er so r. ne l. s uc h i .nqui:des wil l ;, e

It is th e pu,:-p0.ie of this d.ocument to : -ecord ce r ta in agreement s b e : ~ . v e e n CL.;.". _ . , ~ ..... -. . -._" ..... :: ... ,;J."d ~ ~ : - ~ s i d ~ n t ) .Hguel Ydigoras F u en te s, ? u rs u an t to th e l a tt e r' s r es u es t t be furnished. . . . . . ._.- _._- - . .- ..._--_._-.a U.S . ..\_rmy mil i ta ry t ra ining group to t::-ain s e l e ~ t e d e lement s of t ne .Gua te=a lan . ' ; ' rmy.L fu rt1 :e : -anc 'e of this purpose , it is a gr ee d a s fo l lows:

1. The group w il l b e t r an s p or t ed s e cu r el y by CL-\. to tha t a rea o f Guat em . al a ' .vhere( f ~ L - l , . . . .."""":""""' ::r- :; . '1' ;_._ .. "

i t wi l l fo r a per iod of a b ou t e ig h t weeks conduc t t r a in ing of selected inciiviciuals inparaxn i l i t a ryac t iv i t ie s .

2. I t is st ipulated tha t a l l f inanc ia l indeb tedness i n cu r re d h e .e u n de r by thisgroup, includL'"1g payment s fo r s

3. It is agreed tha t Guatemala wil l , in the even t of ~ e c e s s i t y . as s i s t in providi:l .g:nedical support , a means of evacua t ion of"this g ro up . an d any o t he r s u ppo rt c o n si de r ed: : .ecessary for it s safety and secur i ty , a t the expense of CIA.

4. In addi t ion , membe r s of the group a re to be a l lowed en t ry ~ =ea :: lS o f a s e cu r e ,=e thod wh ic h woul d, a s : : a ~ a pra .c t i cable , prec lude loca l k:lo';; ' ledge of the i r ? a . ; t i c i p a t i ' ~

~ ' - < L . . '.....:J:n :h is a rea of activ ;i tyL the i r safety and protect ion the e s sence oi . th is ~ o c u n : . e : l t . .

. ...J:"'" ~ L !-U.. iL, .:0 ; ~ : . A . ~ ~ .....,. J i ' - . ; ~ ~ 7\.. ,1. -rt::z- ~ 1 . . , . . " b - ; : > ~ l : . ! - - : . J .I I ':.t ".. , 'I IS::'ould a ny i ll qu ir ie s b e d i rec ted to off ic ia l sources in Gua t ema l a regardi.."1g'::he subject

answereci to the eifect ~ h p . t ~ h e y a re ir:....i tees of the . ; " ' i ~ ~

govern...'"nent and a re : ra ining ~ " ; 5 - = 5 : G i : < 'ss:ea::t'j:;'C?"A-ZD t roops to ci.efend Gua t ema l a aga ins t any! th::eatof bva s ion .

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eec::=-;) ~ t h o d '.lhiQ '.zcmld, a ll ~ a ;l.:J ~ ~ l s , ;:rscl::de loco:l k::t...-,.,laGZ3 ot ~ i . : '..., . . . . ~ . . i c = . . ? Q t 1 o n i ; l ::J.r!)& o.! :l.A:t17itj, Biica to'HIi::' ~ a t 7 a."ld ~ : - c ~ < ; t k ! l .... : l tl:o-

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Memo For: Chief , WH/4

Appendix 2-BCOpy

28 Dec. 160FromSubjec t

A/DDP/ASpec ia l Force Tra iners

1. Attached i s (a) Memo to Lansdale w/dra f t Memo fo r Record;(b) copy o f Lansda le ' s memo on h is t a lk with Douglas approvingthe d r a f t Memo fo r Record; and (c) memo to Mann t r ansmi t t ingthe d r a f t Memo fo r Record. * Also a t tached i s th e o r i g i na l Memofo r Record which i s now to be s igned by the Guatemalan Ambassador .2. I f it would be o f any help to you a t a l l , I would be de-l igh ted to go along with you to see the Guat Ambassador. I amnot ask ing to do t h i s only of fe r ing . At any r a t e , if, as,and when you are successful with him, I th ink t h a t I should pickup th e s t r i ngs with Defense as I have e s sen t i a l l y been th e ba l lc a r r i e r there on t h i s problem.* We rece ived phone c a l I o n Tuesday, 28 December advising t h a tboth Mann and Merchan t h ad approved the d ra f t memo fo r th erecord .

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l ' , , ~ E . M O I t l ) NDU.M: FOR: Deputy . A . 5 f j i G t ~ n t to fb:: " S 2 C : r C t ~ L ' Y 'I ID e f c r . . 3 ~ fo r S V ~ c i : l \ . O p e ~ ~ t l c r - t i

l . FQUO"ning our m ~ ~ U n . g or Decernbar 2 ";Jitb Aa.8!stantScc1"cb1"Y I ~ y l n " VJO met on D e ~ ~ m b e l ' Z-3 with z ' \ ~ $ i G t 3 . n t "Secretari ' l y f u t ' ~ . Ma.nn '(las extremely 1 P ~ 3 i t a n t t ~ g r c ' 3 toany sign; lture by 3. A'ep::es-ontatlve of i'he S ~ D e ~ ; ; r ~ e n t to.0. dvc.ument. . A f t e ~ c o n . s ! d e ~ a b t 0 d l 3 c u s $ l o n ~ 1-..oweve1:'", hedid. n g ~ e e to th.# possibility of having a ~ " ~ e m 0 4 a t ' } 1 " J u m !or thaRocord p ; . - e ~ ' Z ~ d ( G u g g o s t ~ d draf t ~ t t . ; J . c h c . . - d ) wblch could b sisned by the Guatemal\P Amba3Gadvr as .an aCcU?ate :ststc-"~ e n t o L'le uOOeratanding :-.eached between the GO'llcl'omentt) f G ~ a ~ e m < l l a and tho United States. The Department thencould - r e r o ~ this signed r o e r t l o ~ a n d u : m to tb.9 D-apartment ofD 3 f c n 9 ~ tor- app:ropi"lare ac::tion.

2. I beUev6 tha t thi s a r ~ a n g e m e n t it i t cou ld be cai."rled .out. v:outc'! n10et the poirJ:i3 r ~ ! 9 c d by Mr. Irwin. ..1:r. Man:).[ott L"-lat l le wou ld at least have to obt3in the C O ! ; C u ~ . e D C ~ ofMr. Mell'Cbn.cl and p03:Jibl, o f the Secretary. n e f ' ! ) ~ o a ~ k L . " ghim to do this . i t i or couZ'tla impo:rtant that we knv"Wd ~ n n i t . e l 1 ' whether or not tha abo"e proposa. l would satisfythe DOD i ! carried out. Of cou.rse. ~ ( bava no e . s 9 t t t 3 n c ~at th o m o m ~ n t A3 to whether Qr ' n ~ t th" G!;t.atemalan AmbaQsador .witl be willing to agree.

c. T ~ \ C Y BARNESAttachment: Pro?D3ed Draft

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The U..1tod 5 t ~ t ~ a , p!.trSL:.ant to the re'1U-est t!l t h ~ o G c v e r n . . : : ; l ~ : ; ' ? t"

. - --- - - - - - - - . . - - - - . - - . -. . -T h abo,,-e l:ll:;cll.>:-ataty states the u r 4 ~ r s t 3 - n C l n g roached b e t w e ~ n c?--.c:C--

, ,,.....--{dati:l)s : t I -1/!. ... t1l / ' ' { ~ ~ ~ r w 7 J t !

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MEMORAND U ~ y { FOR:

SOBJE'C'r:

A as is tan t Sec re t ar y of Sbti)for Into2."-f,rnel'ican A ! f ~ i r a

--------.---c-----Spacial Force Trainer 1)

. ,.1. . l ~ t t a c h e d ia a copy of the p r o p o $ ~ d M e r o o r ~ n d u m for the

!\.cco?du fOl" submission to the Guatemalan Ambassador inc o n n ~ c t i o n with t..'\e Spedai For ce T ra in er s dlaeu3sed in yourofIlcG on . F r i d a y ~ 23 Decamoor. I f , as it is hoped, t he Gua te malan Ambassa.dor will s ign t ha statement in the lowel" lefthand corner or the attached d r a ! t ~ the document can t ben be ."sent" from the Depart-mont of State to t h Secl"etaxy of Defense - .. ~ for a ~ p r o p r ! a t e a.ction. This internal U. S . documen t should. 1think.. be h.a.ndled by cnty your o f f i c ~ ....Qnd Om'S ~ l t h o u g h tb.'O. 7 ' e c ~ t v i n g office in Defense. I . e . Gorteral L a n a d a t ~ t ~ offic.wQuld be informed.

a. The attached document and the above procedul"o l1ave' b e ~ n . " , x a m i n ~ d a..'"ld appl"ovod by Deputy Sec:retary of Defen.seDouglas and ho baa advised u.s that he wiH see to it that theS ~ e c l ~ l Fo rce T rai ne rs a re rete::\ged i.n accol"danct'J wit!l ourrequest a: l soon as aU ~ t e p 3 have been completed.

3. I would a p p r e c l a t ~ i t . there!ore. H you could giYe meyour reaction as aocn as possible {by tebpbone} so that we nlaytake a p p T o p r i ~ t e steps t9 obtain the sigpature of the Guatemala.nAmbass-ador. I 3S6t1rPO that YO\1 would' pre.fer to have U3 do thiain via"w o! the fact that we had tho previous dealings with him.We propose to ask him f o thlfJ 3e


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mili tary group to provide specializ ,ed training in Guatemst{3. toselected ~ ! ( } m e n t s of tbe Gu::;.tematan f ( } ' l " ' c ~ ! 3 .

Tne detaHs of tM.9 agreement and the procedures wbe:t'cby iteha tt be


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S".,?cci?J. Force T:ca:i.nexs

l\:;;w.cli.c-d. a re the lateG-t doC1T;""C.'1-cS in corulect ion w"i.th the SpecialForce Tcti...'1ers. Q . 1 - ~ io a. mero to Frank llivine v ; t ~ . . i n g 3. suggested


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30 Decemher L960

M E ' i \ . ~ O R A NDUM FOR: Deputy.A 6siatant to thn Secretary ofD c f ' ~ n s e for Spec ia l Operat ion3

SUBJECT: Special Force Trainers

t. Attached a re the origir>...a.t 5 i g ~ e d documents in conn:ectionwith th e Speda l Force Traine rf J wi th wh ich you al'e . famil iar .The f i r s t ia the a g : L ' e e m e n t ~ dated 21 December . signed by"both . t ~ l e j o 9 tho Guatemalan 1 ) m b ~ 3 s a d o r to the U'nitad St.:l.tes,and by Jake Ester l ine; and th e s econd is 4 1>1emorandum for

. t h Reco rd s igned by ..." lajos on 29 December. The l a t t ~ rdccument is ~ d ~ n t i c a l to the one sc.o.yn to Secretary Douglaaby General LanadOlle a few days ~ g o .

.... .2 . The State Depa.:i:"tment wiU pro"oide {I hope today} the... -"lett.er of t ransmit ta l cov


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Appendix 3

Por t ion o fOral His to ry I nte rv iew

withAmbassador John J . Muccio

13 Apr i l 1971

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Appendix 3Port ion of

Oral Hi sto ry I nte rv iewwith

Ambassador John J . Muccio13 Apri l 1971

Washington, D. C.by Will iam W. Moss

........fo r the John P. Kennedy Library*

MOSS: Ambassador Muccio, you were ambassador to .Guatemala beginning in l a t e 1959, if my in formation i s cor rec t . The sources t h a t Ihave ind ica te t h a t th e Eisenhower admin i s t ra t ion went ahead with funding o f a pro j e c t toinvade, o r to do something about r ecap tu r ing ,Cuba in March of 1960. The money went towardst ra in ing guer r i l l a bands in Guatemala. I waswondering what th e f i r s t knowledge you had oft h i s was. How d id it come to your a t t en t ion ,in what way, under what circumstances?

MUCCIO: When th e l i a i son to Ydigoras man ar r ived inGuatemala he had a note to me from one o fthe Ass is tan t Secre ta r i e s of S ta te sayingt h a t so and so wi l l approach you on a programwe intend to be inaugurated in Guatemala.*** Pages 1-6 .

** One such note to Muccio in Guatemala City from R. R.Rubottom, J r . , Ass i s t an t Secre ta ry of Sta te fo r In t e r American Affa i r s , 15 Ju l 60, read as fo l lows: "DearMuch[?] I have asked Bob Davis [Robert K. Davis, I II Iwho wi l l br ing th i s l e t t e r to you, to conveysome in format ion which i s very c lose ly he ld . " (Source:Sta te , PADRC, Micro card f i l e : 60-242, Geneva 762(3-16-62)- In ter ior Dept (7-10-62) , Operat ions . S.)

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MOSS: All r i gh t . Were the terms o f t h a t programmade knCMn to you a t t h a t t ime?MUCCIO: No.MOSS: All r i gh t . In what way did you begin todiscover what was going on?MUCCIO: Well, there were two sources o f informat iont ha t were ava i lable to me. I received nothing

o ~ f i c i a l ou t o f Washington, but the l i a i sonman had been my CAS (Covert American Source)chie f fo r severa l months before being pul ledout , and he and h is replacement d idn ' t ge ton too well .* But th e former l i a i son man wasmore o r less o f a compulsive t a lke r and hef e l t f r ee r to t a lk to me than elsewhere . ",.,...

MOSS: In what terms did he put i t ?MUCCIO: . . and in t ha t way he brought to my a t ten t ion

a lo t o f developments as they occurred , inimplementing and carry ing ou t the program.MOSS: All r i gh t . Did he disc uss the program i t s e l fwith you, o r merely th e l og i s t i c s teps , thebusiness o f taking over the p lan ta t ion [Ale jos ' sf inca] , and so on?MUCCIO: I doubt whe ther he knew, excep t what was goingon in Guatemala, very much o f the overa l ls t r a tegy .MOSS: Yes, a l l r i gh t . Now you say you doubt t h a the knew th e pa r t i cu l a r s , o r the purpose o fwhat he was doing a t t ha t t ime.

betweenece e r 1960 whenr - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - ' l - - ~ ~ ~ l - - ~ ~ ~ ~ However, II Iand as noted ln

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MUCCIO: As fa r as he was concerned t h i s was a t ra in ingp ro j ec t . As to whether it was going to beused, where and when it would be used, wasvery nebulous to him.*MOSS: Right . When did you begin to see th e th ingbui ld up and change charac te r? I assume t h a tin the ea r ly days it looked ra th er l ik e age r r i l l a warfare school , much as the Panamaschool i s . I wonder a t what po in t you beganto sense t h a t th i s was a major devel opmen t,and in what w ays.MUCCIO: Anyone t ha t knew any th in g about Pres iden t(Miguel) Ydigora s (Fuent es ) would know t ha the cou ldn ' t keep anything to himse l f . Ydigorasassumed t h a t I knew ~ h a t was going on and het a lked . Almost every tim e I saw him he broughtou t some new f a c t o f what was underway.MOSS: Yes. Now l e t me ask t h i s . As I unders tand

it, the s to ry broke in the American papersa f t e r - - what i s i t ? - - L a Bora in Guatemalapicked it up.** It broke in th e Americanpapers around October, j u s t before th e e l ec t ion ; and then was picked up again by a chapnamed (Paul P. ) Kennedy, cur ious ly enough, fo rthe New York Times in January , and Kennedywas expel led from the country over t h i s , asI unders tand, and then b ro ught b ack. What wasyour involvement in t h i s little episode?

MUCCIO: Prac t i ca l ly none. Ydigoras i nv i t ed me up toth e two f incas where th e t ra in ing was under-way, repea tedly , and I repea tedly avoidedgoing up t he re . I never did go up the re ,except on one occas ion . That was when, a f t e r* Apparent ly Muccio's CIA source was no t such a "com-puls ive t a lke r" as Muccio had indicated o r e l se thesource was not I I -- I Iwas fu l ly aware o fthe ope ra t iona l p lan .

** Presumably t h i s i s a re fe re nc e to th e use o fGuatemalan s i t e s fo r t ra in ing th e Cubans.

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it had become a mat te r o f conjec ture in theAmerican pres s and m ed ia , Y dig ora s inv i tedthe whole diplomat ic corps up th e re fo r anasado, with a s l e i gh t o f hand he had a l l theCubans run up to the o the r f inea, and broughtin some o f the Guatemalans who were beingt ra ined a t th e same t ime . He took a l l o f usaround and sa i d , "See, everybody ' s saying t h a tt he re ' s been Cubans he re : t h e r e ' s nothingbu t Guatemalans. My boys a re being t ra ined ."*MOSS: Did anybody swallow t h i s ?MUCCIO: Dam[n] few. (Laughter) You must remembert h a t most o f those Cuban youngs te r s were fromth e so -ca l l ed be t t e r c l a s s e s . They had means,and they ran a l l o v e ~ t h a t count ry .

There were these spec ia l ly marked j eeps , o runmarked j eeps , going in a l l d i rec t ions a ta l l t imes . I 'm sure t h a t more were ki l l edon the roads o f Guatemala than were ki l l eda t the Bay o f Pigs .MOSS: The whole inep t i tude o f th e opera t ion i s

amazing, not only what you ' r e t a lk ing aboutnow, but I was s t ruck by the s imple t ac t i c sa t the beach. It was j u s t i nc red ib le to met h a t it could have been done t h a t way, butt h a t ' s an as ide - - my opin ion .MUCCIO: On t ha t po in t l e t me mention t h a t I under-s tan d the same ch i e f o f operat ions handledth e Bay o f Pigs prepara t ion , implementa t ion,o r whatever term you want to use , t h a t hadhandled th e famous Guatemalan i nc iden t .

* The Agency cable t r a f f i c does not r e f l e c t any suchouting fo r the diplomat ic corps . US newsmen andmembers o f the Congress o f Gua tema la were given suchescor ted t ou rs .

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MOSS: Oh, yes .MUCCIO: When - - what was h is name - - (Jacobo)Arbenz ...MOSS: Yes. In 1954.MUCCIO: ... 1954, was l e f t i so la ted and CIA (Centra lIn te l l igence Agency) suppor ted Cas t i l lo Armas,

who came in from Honduras. I doubt wheth era s ing le shot was f i red by one o r the othe rs ide in the march from Honduras in to GuatemalaCity . Guatemalan mil i ta ry are brought up ina s:chool where no of f i ce r , no member of thearmed force ever points a gun a t another member,another i nd iv idua l in uniform, per iod . AndI 'm af ra id some of the haphazard planningwas due to th e ease o f the Guatemalan ..." .

MOSS: I see .MUCCIO: . . in cid en t in 1954. They were not aware o fthe con t ro l t h a t (Fidel) Castro had alreadyes tab l i shed in Cuba.MOSS: Yes, Yes, I understand. Now in March of 1961,a f t e r the new admin i s t ra t ion took over , RobertoAlejos went to Washington with a l e t t e r fromYdigoras .MUCCIO: Go ahead.MOSS: Yes. I was going to say , had you foreknowledgeo f t h i s , and were you aware t h a t Ydigoras wast ry ing to p u t p re ssu re on the Americans toge t t h i s thing moving.MUCCIO: Well , on two occas ions the l i a i son of f i c e rcame to me and sa id t h a t they were having

t rouble keeping th e boys under contro l ; t ha tthey 'd been t ra in ed to such a p i tch t ha t theywere eager to ge t th i s t h ing going. He wantedto know if I wouldn ' t w rite to Washingtonsaying t h a t it was t ime to use these exce l l en t ly prepared ( laughter)

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Yes. And what was y ou r re sp on se to t h i s?MUCCIO: My response was t h a t I had not been consul t edin any way, and I had no ro le to play in t ha tpa r t i cu l a r phase o f t h i s ope ra t ion .MOSS: Were you informed before the Alejos t r ip t h a the was going?MUCCIO: No. I know t ha t Alejos had b een g oin g backand fo r th .MOSS: When did you f i r s t receive o f f i c i a l word o fwhat was going on from the department?MUCCIO: That was before anything rea l ly was underway,when the l i a i son m a n ~ c a m e down to es tab l i shh is ro le t h e r e i n Guatemala. His ro le wasmerely l i a i son between the opera t ing groupand Pres ident Ydigoras . Roberto Alejos wasr i gh t in the m idst o f t h i s .MOSS: Now did you have any spec i f i c in s t ruc t ionsfrom the Sta te Department on t h i s?MUCCIO: Not any.MOSS: Okay, now l e t me ask you when the opera t ionwas underway, when it became apparent t ha t

it was going to end in d i s a s t e r , what wasthe react ion o f Ydigoras , o f Alejos andothe r Guatemalans to t h i s , and o f the CIApeople who were in Guatemala a t t ha t t ime?MUCCIO: Well ... None o f the CIA men responsib lefo r t ha t opera t ion ever came anywhere nearthe Embasssy. They were always up in theThey had t h e i r own t r anspor ta t ion , t he i r

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e l se . I took th e p o sit io n t h a t I had no tpersonal ly s een a ny th in g going on, which wasthe reason why I d ism is se d Yd igor as ' repeatedinv i ta t ions to go up and see how f ine theboys were doing. I could l eg i t ima te ly say Ihad not seen them myself . That was very help-fu l , pa r t i cu l a r l y when it became a publ ici ssue .*MOSS: Yes. Do you r e ca l l how Ydigor as re sp onded tothe fa i lu re of the invas ion? Do you r e ca l lh is mood, h is a t t i tude?MUCCIO: Well, his whole a t t i tude was t h a t some o f thepeople in Washington were scared o f t he i rown shadow.MOSS: "!.How about your CAS l i a i son man? Was he stillthere a f t e r it went off?MUCCIO: For a while , yes .MOSS: Do you r e ca ll h is reac t ion?MUCCIO: Well, t ha t something had gone wrong.MOSS: Nothing spec i f i c?MUCCIO: He was the re fo r a while because the ques t ionas to what to do with a l l t h i s equipment t ha thad been brought down the re came up. Now Ihad a ro le to play in t h a t .MOSS: All r i gh t . Let me s h ~ f t the topic somewhat.Well, l e t me ask you f i r s t ... I would be

negl igent if I d idn ' t ask you about yourpersonal f ee l ing about th e o pe ra tio n: i t swisdom, i t s implementat ion, and so on, withhinds igh t o f course , and r ea l i z ing th a t th isi s one man's perspec t ive . Would you commentin genera l on i t ?

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MUCCIO: Well, I had good grounds to be very skep t i c a lo f Ydiogras . He was a man who p re fe rre d tobe mischievous, even when it was no t to h isadvantage. They were not under CIA or the US.These were h is boys . He t a lked about themincessant ly every t ime I saw him. He t a lkedloose ly about t h i s to many o thers . His lacko f percept ion and sens i t i v i t y was evident inthe baf f l ing a t t empt to use Cubans to suppressthe r evo l t o f h is army on November 13, 1960.I heard o f h is plan to i n j e c t Cubans in to t h i spurely Guatemalan f ray as fol lows:Midnight , Saturday , November 13, a t h i rd o fthe Guatemalan armed fo rces " took o ff" ag ain stYdigoras . At La Aurora Air Force headquar te rs ,j un io r of f i c e r s disarmed and i so la ted the Chiefo f Sta f f . Shor t ly t he r ea f t e r some had mis-givings , could no t agree on the next move anddecided to l e t th e Americans know what wasunderway, pa r t i cu l a r ly s ince they had rece ivedword t ha t Ydigoras had sec re t l y ordered someDC-3 planes loaded with Cubans flown to PuertoBarr ios where th e r evo l t was most ac t ive .They'd f i r s t ca l l ed in Lieu tenan t Colonel(William J . ) Cavol i , who was the a i r a t t a che .Cavol i d i dn ' t know what to do and ca l l edColonel John Berry , sen io r Army a t t a che .Jus t as soon as Berry a rr iv ed th ere and sawwhat was underway he ca l l ed my deputy (R obertF .) Bob Corr igan . Bob 'Corrigan sa id , " th i si s something th e ambassador should know aboutr i gh t away." The whole American group carne upt d the embassy re s idence . The l i a i son man carnein a few minutes l a t e r and sa id t h a t the Cubant r a inees were a l ready a i r l i f t e d and shouldhave landed by now in Puer to Barr ios . Iturned around to th e l i a i son man - - he hadi n s t an t access to Ydiogoras a t a l l t imes - -and I sa id , "You go t e l l Pres iden t Ydigoras t ha tthose Cubans should no t be used in Puer to Barr ios ;t h a t if they have landed to keep them a t thea i rpo r t ; if they have not landed to r e tu rnthem back to It What was th e name o f t h a ta i rpor t ?

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Anyway the a i r po r t nea r e s t the t ra in ingf i r i c a [s ic] . (Well , a pp ar en tly th e f i r s tDC-3, when it came down fo r l anding, wasf i r ed upon whereupon the p i l o t took o f fimmediate ly , and he was still in the a i r . )*Pres iden t Ydigoras sen t h is own p i l o t downthere to t e l l these fe l lows to go back tocamp, back to th e a i r po r t . Before I knewwhat ac t ion had taken place by Ydigoras , thete lephone rang , and it was a ca l l fromWashington. It was Secre ta ry Chr i s t i anHerte r asking what was underway down the re .I t o ld him, and he sa i d , "Well, g oo d. I 'mglad you s en t word to Ydigoras , bu t you goover there personal ly r i gh t away and t e l lhim th at h e's to re tu rn those men to thebase immedia te ly . " , . .

* The a i r c r a f t were C-46 ' s and, according to a morer e l i ab l e witness than Muccio, the C-46 ' s were notf i red on - - the p i l o t o f th e f i r s t C-46 mistook gunsbeing f i r ed from escape ha tches and por t s on h isplane fo r ground f i r e and d idn ' t stop ro l l i ng .

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