FOREIGN RELATIONS BAY OF PIGS REVISITED
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CIA-RDP75-00149R000600230002-2
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November 11, 2016
Document Release Date:
January 26, 1999
Sequence Number:
2
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Publication Date:
February 1, 1963
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FOREIGN RELATU)N& `
Ray of Pigs ervhitedY.!`; :
The disastrous faalure ct tt l;,' ly
Pigs invasion is all'thh agcy, ean1~}r-
ing to Jan F'. Kenner y b widely believed accoMnts he St 1tt nfawe
promised U.S. air. cover. ;
IMF
I'resident'8 brother miictt 4p; gttgnp i kq
INv4PZR PZNA Atm,n,ff ~'>a tai
.The Moon hos.neuer,:ls~;.t? ~: t
erase that veratttn ofw1 t., tuF0wiML id
Attamey +Genetal Rohtsrtr iiAlso
interview: "I,thnwrWuecgui~ro that
Preeidettt Kattteedy : nc rers 1,Ua
air cover . '. There hevtr were Anykphsds .
made fort :UiS.:: air csor+er..:stti~rt}tereosatis
e g
nothing to. withdraw." ' nu aul, .41 d;
That staterttmt, of tbe?+kcasst ssdam+ded
pretty firm and f nal- -exc jA t'liatdtxa*~
tradicted the accounft of:thahytoth* peRii
pie, including some rttembereidf rthtr'&t
of Pigs expedition. Oue roI: thaat~.lltUa~tvel
Penabaz, charged a 'f W- greets age' that
"we were be yed.", TWiinitasWrei le>id-
rrs, he said, "had bem' assured of U.S.
air cover." Dr. Manuel Antonio de Va-
rona, a member of the Cub".PWV -tion-
ary Council, insisted that the'llta'd
indeed assured the invaders' of, "full 'air
control," though another itii~aibtt+aldlt',
:Manuel Artime, declared that to-U.S.
air upport had been promised. Adding to
the confusion, Publisher 'Jack WV. GotV of
the Fort Lauderdale News said''tltat is
May Igf}r the President bimsel' hhd'totd
a group of seven Florida iteiaspapet` e>911r1t:~ti~ o 1 61
ol
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v f.{ Iyxs ,aai`,,_r#ttl``a
n T4t!Qa Oft i?+rlY~MlR hIc
PV4%rtbot s.~~t - tQOtP '
from U.S. Air Forte storage by the CIA.
The pilots were mostly Cuban wiles, but
some were U.S. citiseni (at Mast one U.S.
pilot was killed during the invasion
Nicaragua.
The basic missi
tine bomber force
planes on the
planners d
of repea
tunity."
posed 4i
But a
WAY,
ins t
days be
the
second stri , but it ,was
-CJ 1t ' ch t +" +tt L+
shattered by Castrq's T-33 Jet trainers.
Offshore stood at best one U.S. aircraft '
a~:r' 'Ito 'jet~=+Q ei`8;a lttlt~d6''iie
aldelin~es.' seiavadt is~oi l for1ielp-- + '1 tC ! to ft
E . sion;'.the' U.S.' "I' aw'yr says'the!t'to'tie; I t .. _' ..ftdid7r `?
discovered and attacked in international fell . to'Kennedy.' .. fr
v-#tefli-=+ft't Was I slot 1-T*sos ' K ?A d e6.ri siaC, t~ 1~dE isii "
lfhditsg'.! !' 1 ~trr'rl ?.,rn n r.) w t'trrr ',
'A final plea, for help, ssent out I ' #~Vitlltbc Of
tYtVtssloiv'fdree'g'' al l 'Jose g'~t t f1 i C' ' S tf
Roman. 'It was denied; In` a burstof Tuffie much'u(efit bed hu lnesi," he '
anger, San Roman cried back into bh 't! 'a's Ba +_Gotdwater den tni9bd,Itdr in-
4a, as ltlt 4t; Tiit ' if Fgtn thqrtotve
9rnl ?txttQes4ti ftirtat~"~
ttsloiiA etn e: f t ,. zt S ..
tussah; ``then the ?3.S: , oners, tIhc4 l
case' 'f>x ,r`reluncit ttrtth~ts
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