14-00000 - VU —— an 1 ‘Hamilton states that. the Joint Chiefs of ‘Statf assessment team owisited the Guatemalan camps and isoued an enthusiastic appraisal as to : the: Brigads's. ‘training and battle readiness ‘tp. 160), ‘The author notes °:. i> <@het. this was important in. the: Aight ef post-invasion attempts by, the ‘Pentagon to play down ‘thelr rele.’ a a ay na footnote, “Hamilton writes that ‘afier the: favasion ‘Sender. of Pwas. galled®: ‘by the fact that the exiles. xeferred to ‘hisn freely, -and asuall zing torms {p. Mi, Mamititon alee adds that he learned that on iar Col.: King’s crony",, were pecoming increasingly" ctlve among non-Frente: ‘Gabans in Washington and New York (p. 163). fe a Atte Presumably out across Hamilton's political action Maes: ] > a “3, >The remainder of-the chapter is-largely taken up: writ discussions os fl ~ of intra-Frenté: ‘problems, with a note of the fact that American infltre-"' ‘¢lon. operations | into’ ‘Gabe had virteally. conned because of theis lack all success. eee : po : as Be hana? rete ‘ . - DQETD
14-00000 Pwestdont Ydtgoras in Guatemala and: ‘indicates the desire: of te: ‘Cuban = __Theente and-some of the, (Caben Brigade in Gastemala to coms to'hia paslgecn se: se ee tance. Hamilton relayed this ioe pebodiahnarcn eye where tt was considered ? (eat Meplaced hn 390). = * ; GaFip
-. Phiitps) in the propaganda work. An attemptte secure Mexican coopera- «New. "Font are noted (p- 204), io a ; _ a naval task force that was asnémbled in Puerto Rican watsrs. ‘This +. .:: 4 ‘Hamilton moved | to » Washington : te aosist aan Dave. 2 2a * Hes te obtain a re-fasling stop for the Guatemalan- tbhased aircraft. orreernaa . to’bomb Cabs failed because of the wenality.of a Mexican air force: lice: mhooepaiee § CIA would not = meet. . Jn Hanailton's View, ‘thts wes sp errer: ee esta Yor tas tgretrasts” we conster later charger tat CIA ; _ ‘Rha Kidnapped the Freate end imprisoned them by force {p. 200). ae 3. ‘With, gegard to the. selection of the Bay of. Pigs landing alte,” i “dAamilton states that assault plans were almost entirely in the hands. of the. _ Pentagon {p. 203). “Relations with Lem n Jones" yous F felstions § fizm. con ae “ GIA project officer is flows t to the . Carziex Boxer, fMagentp of ; ApS | - officer was to serve as Maison between the x navel sash force: commanies, + at Foden . ARE Shu
ae “Stevenson's dotbt at the UN as to the origina of the planes are sizfaced, |. ae and Barnes and Hamilton draft a message to Stevenson. ‘Whee Stevenson | ‘> > ) gpemtwed {tend was advised of the trae nature of the planes, . Hamilton”: - ELSElar secronsce und called he White Mocon'te express bla arin tt otieay than 86 knocir Wt the Cahn ie oe te becchachad oot with os ~ Seeretary Bask. Es the meant ne ne ee etraree commneste in tos ot Cabell and Bissell west to meet Rusk at State. “Adwewss comments in the a _ War Room about General Cabell are quoted (p- 216). ae Was
14-00000 : ae ‘The tenor of rerdazks in this chapter asd in the conclusion of the previous chapter is that the meeting with Rusk included the President, — _ Restow, and Stevenson. “[Other authoritative accounts have included paly” | Rusk, Cabell -and Bissell; Tracy Barnes has said he also was present, It ie belleved that the President was not at the meeting but waa contacted by: “Rusk on the telephone at his Virginia home. There is no other indication, other than Ramliton's sognsicns \ thet Walt Rostow was 2 eepeeatl: tp. 219). -
14-00000 head, Three jeta from the Boxer were allowed &@ reconnaissance ‘ran - : over. the beach {p. 227). | Finally the President suthorised:an hour's air cover from the Boxer, bat the time was fouled up and the: Brigade's'S ‘B-26's
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