CIA Official History of Bay of Pigs Operation

[Ed Jewett]

FWIW, there is a zip file over at http://cryptome.org/ entitled "CIA Official History of Bay of Pigs Operation".

Is the "47-page "after action'' report written by Jack Hawkins, a retired Marine colonel who headed the paramilitary staff for the Bay of Pigs invasion" there?

"Jake Esterline, who headed the CIA's Bay of Pigs Task Force, has also requested release of documents he authored, again so far without success...."

"The thing that bothers me,'' Esterline says, ``is that the recent death of [Manuel] Piñeiro further closed the window of opportunity of ever understanding the full extent, if any, of the Castro government involvement with the death of President Kennedy.''

The source of those quotes is here at Latin American Studies [dot] org.

No doubt, when someone finds the "Unzipper", they will find other knee-slappers they can share with the rest of us.