FOREIGN RELATIONS BAY OF PIGS REVISITED

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000600230002-2
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November 11, 2016
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January 26, 1999
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2
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February 1, 1963
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FOIAb3b Sanitized - Approved Far Release : CIA-RD CPYRGHT C?`r -, t"al. No. a CPYRGHT 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 iYY,,. rt4 l$t>om 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 Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP75-00149R000600230002-2