BAY FIASCO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040060-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: March 27, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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LOS ANGELES, CAL.
HERALD-EXAMINER
e. 694,522
S. 708,036
Page Pate Page
MAR 2 7 1964
Bay Fiasco
CPYRGHT
Thank you for the series of fine
articles concerning Communist in-
filtration in our CIA and State De-
partment. After the dismal inabili-
ty to handle Castro, and particular-
ly after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, I am
sure many people felt there must
be a stronger reason than incom-
petence for these failures.
I am just curious why Otto Otep-
ka, a man who was dedicated to
his country and brave enough to
expose this treason, was fired so
quickly, and these accused spie^
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