CUBAN INVADERS SMASHED GUATEMALA REDS FOR CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500270014-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: NSPR

'Govt Sent
Us,' Says
Leader
By AL WOOD
Staff, Correspondent
t DEL RAY- BEACH )At
last two months before it
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Army intelligence veteran' "' ~ _ .. ..", ? ?? --
' 'i
ud Itwl ~ ,hnns were all. lashed a military foothold if r"
of the North African cam.'' dropped into Cuba for anti- adequate U S air support'
)rrign, spoke to a press path-;Castro forces to use. had been given.
bring at the country club Before the invasion sev- "They sent in some I-86s
There. I eral planes were lost or (Saberjets) on Wednesday.
lie. said the bngade hadldamaged by Cuban artillery (April 19, 1961) and they
been used to
uell a Coin-
q
1 '
fire and were unable to flew around hidel's planed}
munist uprising in Guate- make the return trip to the Monlesinonsays "Only op
mala in February 1961, with r:uafemnlan hnca of nnnn,_ of tinncn .. ,I,' 6...... r ....
Americans, Montesino said. [force. If only one Ai'Otican
"The Communists were Montesino said that hr pilot had gone wlld' the', ins
threatening to take over l1,;_rr n..?., nna .,e ,r.. l_......
ss invasion, the ,pptl- there, so the Govt sent us His
Cuban Brl hde, out to put down the revolt craft was riddled he
of bullets over the
Communist ii'ris-and they (the CIA) told the mountains Communist
r=
i 'omala mitb the Communists if they didn't anba an nd he
was forced to land on Jama
Ca wncee A,; mcysurrender we would wipe ica.
being hel,iry the them out," Montesino said. lie says lie hadbeen toot
thrust
b
t
, r
i
member
Guatemai, i {
is the Site of u met
field which was used III
springboard for th~, I
launch In the Bay till $
fiasco as well as ot
tfrj
/
Castro flights. )
A number of air~Yeft`
Americans aboar
,by Communist r,
'according to t;s1
ro Montesino, tJ
fond in comm!j
anti-Castro ij,Ijj
the three dn, o
the Bftp'foilY~di,
Bay of Pigs invasion. These toe rtemista ragto'etattn; that American aid would be
included maintenance men, his had been a bomb;t i' not forthcoming hit the Cu,
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11+1; ,f."1 'ha mate than four teslno says he only droff p! 1 went to company head.
as 1il~r , im-'can. perished. guns on the fh?ht. l+T Iquarters and asked when
The survicnr reports that called CIA headquarte*were- canon , I was told 'in
l f dttr Ihere W, etc 15 13-2s medium Guatemala City and TAI . 30 minutrs' Ii:ey told me
rjf,h$'1 at ; Milt :re 1 1,1,1 been prtmttsed Inreutened Lo relyyt~ t- 'i rue, and still no
r RmA eP 3'htl4Yfih/lttM .'t?1Lf'`1RIryprT-S-ftA>fylSlRfIYIVp5AfG'Y.9(1l~''tQIC I. help
success.
O L n
Wprld War If P-51 M
tahgs, about 30 planes
together.
v.0 of the Central American tanamo Bay -or ~at hey1 forces sustained an estimat-
'oontnc have Sri
the
gave
ed 10
000 casualties
with
,
y
,
,
(ir
West or he would have beer ;,.
[he?1'." I1" said. shot down. eme entire division de.
NI'mi lino claimed that The British
iaroyed by incendiary phos-
air P
t K
d
a
ingsirt
Igs there were it least zoo were prepared to hand gin ldtor?ous bombs dropped by
eri.Americans involved in air - ,. .l the indefensible B-26s.
' ' . 1 ? itllains, t attack I x flow to Jamaica and +I d'r it
VIII ~~?. Will and his crew ft n 1 ii
T'.riiich and hnriiies 1