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1) SOME ACTS OF SUBVERSION, SABOTAGES, INFILTRATIONS, AND OTHER CIA ACTIVITIES BEFORE PLAYA GIRÓN

Detention record of a group or counterrevolutionary elements related to the “La Opera” case, November 11, 1960, 10 pages

Sentence from Case number 561 from 1960 (the “La Opera” case), December 16, 1960, 3 pages

Detention record of a group of counterrevolutionary elements related to the “La Liberación” case, December 21, 1960, 8 pages

Report on counterrevolutionary groups in the Pinar del Rio and La Habana provinces, February 28, 1961, 7 pages

Declarations of detainees Roberto del Castillo Fernandez and Adrian Sanchez del Castillo, participants in the attempted terrorist attack on the Nobel Academy, February 28, 1961, 5 pages

Information related to the Bermúdez case, March 3, 1961, 2 pages

Report concerning the attack on an oil refinery in Santiago de Cuba, March 15, 1961, 1 page

Report on the results of interrogations related to the Sorí Marín case, March 27, 1961, 15 pages

Record of Humberto Sorí Marín’s landing, March 28, 1961, 7 pages

Record of the declaration regarding Humberto Sorí Marín and others’ detention, March 28, 1961, 9 pages

Report on declarations made by Humberto Sorí Marín while detained, April 3, 1961, 2 pages

Information concerning the activities and the detention of Humberto Sorí Marín and other counterrevolutionary elements, April 4, 1961

Record of the sabotage of the “El Encanto” store, April 19, 1961, 4 pages
 

2) THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE INVASION

Report concerning the camps and bases of Cuban counterrevolutionaries in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Florida, January 12, 1961, 27 pages

Information concerning preparations of North American war ships and the transfer of Cuban counterrevolutionaries to Panama by air, March 17, 1961, 1 page

Report concerning plans of aggression towards Cuba by the United States, April 15, 1961, 10 pages

Report concerning subversive groups that the CIA sent to Cuba clandestinely to prepare the necessary conditions for an invasion, May 5, 1961, 5 pages
 

3) THE MILITARY BATTLE AND ITS RESULTS

Report concerning the victims and damage caused by the bombardment of Cuba by North American planes, April 15, 1961, 3 pages

Order for an air patrol on the north coast of Havana, April 15, 1961, 1 page

Report concerning the air attack on Santiago de Cuba, April 22, 1961, 3 pages

Memorandum concerning North American war vessels seen near the Cuban coast, April 16, 1961, 1 page

Order to transfer troops to the island of Turiguanó, April 16, 1961, 1 page

Information concerning a pirate flight, April 16, 1961, 1 page

Handwritten notes with information about the landing received by Celia Sanchez and orders sent by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, April 17, 1961, 3 pages

Handwritten notes regarding military orders sent the morning of April 17, 1961 and typed transcription, 6 pages

Order to transfer personnel from the “Australia” center to Playa Larga, April 17, 1961, 1 page

Designation of Raul Curbelo as Head of the Air Force, April 17, 1961, 1 page

Typed notes of dispatched orders and communications from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to various military officials, April 17, 1961, 17 pages

Handwritten order by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to Captain Jose R. Fernandez, April 17, 1961, 2 pages

Intercepted message to the command of the Brigade 2506, April 17, 1961, 1 page

Reports concerning air operations that were carried out, April 17, 1961, 11 pages

Handwritten order from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to Captain Jose R. Fernandez, April 18, 1961, 2 pages

Typed notes of dispatched orders and communiqués from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to various military officials, April 18, 1961, 15 pages

Message from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to Julio (Flavio Bravo Pardo), April 18, 1961, and typed transcription, 3 pages

Report concerning the military situation in the Pinar del Rio province, April 18, 1961, 1 page

Report concerning the capture of a boat, April 18, 1961, 1 page

Messages and orders transmitted by Commander Augusto Martinez Sanchez, 18-19 April, 1961, 27 pages

Communiqués from Captain Jose Ramon Fernandez, 18-19 April, 1961, 25 pages

Report about contact with a North American naval unit north of Mariel, April 18, 1961, 1 page

Sketch of aerial operations, April 18, 1961, 10 pages

Handwritten note from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to Captain Roger Garcia, April 19, 1961, 2 pages

Various documents concerning Air Force operations, 2 pages

Typed notes of orders and communiqués from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to various military officials, April 19, 1961, 22 pages

Reports and sketches concerning aerial operations that were carried out, April 19, 1961, 6 pages

Report concerning aerial operations, April 19, 1961, 1 page

Communiqué from Commander Augusto Martinez Sanchez concerning the shooting down of a B-26 bomber by anti-aircraft batteries and the death of its crew members, one of whom was identified as a United States citizen, April 19, 1961, 1 page 

Typed notes of orders and communiqués from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to various military officials, April 20, 1961, 8 pages

Typed notes of messages and instructions interchanged between the 17th and the 20th of April 1961, 8 pages

Report and sketch concerning aerial operations, April 20, 1961, 3 pages

Approximate translations of intercepted messages, no date, 1 page

Intercepted messages to the command of the invading Brigade, no date, 5 pages

Report on aerial operations carried out on April 20, 1961, 1 page

Detention order of unidentified civilians, April 20, 1961, 1 page

Report on operations, April 20, 1961, 1 page

Message from Commander Augusto Martinez Sanchez concerning North American war vessels seen south of Cienfuegos, April 22, 1961, 1 page

Transfer order of batteries of artillery and other instructions, April 23, 1961, 3 pages

Report concerning North American air attacks on the ER patrol, April 25, 1961, 1 page

Report concerning North American aerial protection of enemies in Cayo San Juan de Dios, April 25, 1961, 1 page

Report concerning detained invaders, April 26, 1961

Report concerning the cleanliness of Cayo San Juan de Dios, April 26, 1961, 1 page

General report concerning the landing of the invading Brigade on the coastline between Playa Girón and Playa Larga, April 19, 1961, 3 pages

Report by Captain Jose R. Fernandez from Playa Larga concerning the enemy Battalion 5, April 21, 1961, 1 page

Instructions to prepare a copy of the invading Brigade’s operation plan, April 27, 1961, 1 page

Letter from the Permanent Representative Ambassador from Cuba to the United Nations in which he proposes initiating a claim before the International Court in the Hague for the material damages caused by the invasion, June 28, 1961, 3 pages

General report on the attack on Cuba realized by the Brigade 2506 on the morning of April 17, 1961, no date, 9 pages

Request for a report and report from Commander Jose R. Fernandez concerning the operations at Playa Girón, from August 12th and September 18th 1961 respectively, 17 pages 

Remission and synthesis of the report concerning aerial operations at Playa Girón, August 31, 1961, 4 pages

Report concerning the operations of Marine Units during the failed invasion, September 15, 1961, 2 pages

General report on the Brigade 2506, September 18, 1961, 15 pages

General report of the attack on Cuba realized by the Brigade 2506 on the morning of April 17, 1961, December 16, 1961, 7 pages

Report detailing the results of the investigations undertaken related to the invasion perpetrated against Cuba on April 17, 1961, March 15, 1962, 16 pages
 

4) DOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM THE INVADING BRIGADE

Document taken from the invading Brigade: “Standard Norms of Procedure” and annexes, no date, 19 pages

Document taken from the invading Brigade: “Checklist for the Commanding Classes of Battalions,” no date, 5 pages

Document taken from the invading Brigade: “Tactics with Regards to Reconnaissance,” no date, 5 pages

Document taken from the invading Brigade: “Standard Norms for Intelligence Operations,” no date, 3 pages

Document taken from the invading Brigade: Allocution of Jose A. Perez San Roman to the people of Cuba, 2 pages

Document taken from the invading Brigade: Draft of a report, and the report concerning the militant actions of April 18, 1961, with adulteration of statistics of supposed casualties caused by the Cuban Armed Forces, 2 pages

Copy of a document found with the invaders, April 22, 1961, 4 pages

Letter of instruction for sabotages taken from the invading Brigade, from the date of transfer June 8, 1961, 4 pages
 

5) DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE IMPRISONED INVADERS

Communiqué concerning the designation of the delegates of the imprisoned invaders to travel to the United States, May 19, 1961, 2 pages

Account from the imprisoned invaders elected as delegates to fly to the United States, 2 pages

Communiqué concerning the delegates of the imprisoned invaders, May 20, 1961, 1 page

Translation of letter sent to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro by the so-called Committee of Tractors for Freedom, May 25, 1961, 2 pages

Cablegram about the trip to Cuba by a delegation from the Committee of Tractors, May 31, 1961, 2 pages

Letter of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to Eleanor Roosevelt, Milton S. Eisenhower, Walter P. Reuther and Joseph M. Dodge, concerning the negotiations for the release of the imprisoned invaders, June 6, 1961, 2 pages

Cablegram to Eleanor Roosevelt, Milton Eisenhower and others concerning the negotiations for the release of the imprisoned invaders, June 9, 1961, 2 pages

Transcription of a conversation between imprisoned invaders and foreign reporters in the Naval Hospital, June 15, 1961, 6 pages

Transcription of a telephone conversation with Ulysses Carbo, July 19, 1961, 1 page

Cablegram from the commission of prisoners concerning the measures realized, July 19, 1961, 2 pages

Report of a telephone conversation held with Ulysses Carbo, July 21, 1961, 1 page

Signed agreement between representatives of the Revolutionary Government and the Committee for the Liberation of the War Prisoners, December 21, 1962, 3 pages
 

6) THE POLITICS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST CUBA AFTER GIRÓN 

Report on declarations of detained CIA agent Mariano Pinto Rodriguez, no date, 19 pages

Information concerning new plans for an attack on Cuba, June 19, 1961, 1 page

Act of detention for a group of counterrevolutionary elements linked to the Candela case, June 13, 1961, 7 pages

Report concerning instructions given for an assassination attempt on Commander Raul Castro Ruz related to the Candela case, July 3, 1961, 3 pages

Report related to the Candela case, July 22, 1961, 2 pages

Report concerning the discovery and thwarting of plans of simulated attempts, sabotages, and aggressions against the Guantanamo Naval Base, August 9, 1961, 11 pages

Report concerning the activities developed by counterrevolutionary elements introduced clandestinely in the province of Las Villas, August 19, 1961, 3 pages

Report concerning the detention and guilty plea of Albert Muller Quintana and other protesters in the Oriente province, August 23, 1961, 5 pages

Report concerning an uprising of bandits in the Yateras zone in the Oriente province, and activities developed between August 1960 and December 1961, no date, 3 pages

Account of arms and equipment air dropped on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to bandits were part of an uprising in the Imias zone in the Oriente province, no date, 1 page

Report on activities of members of the Movimiento de Recuperación Revolucionaria (MRR) and other counterrevolutionary organizations related to the Vedado case, September 29, 1961, 15 pages

Act of detention of a group of counterrevolutionary elements linked to the Comprobar case, November 16, 1961, 6 pages

Sentence in Case number 20 of 1962 (Candela case), February 2, 1962 [the document states 1961], 3 pages

Report concerning the interrogation of the detainee Juan Manuel Guillot Castellanos, June 15, 1962, 2 pages

Report on the activities of the detainee Juan Manuel Guillot Castellanos, a CIA agent linked to the counterrevolutionary organization, Movimiento de Recuperacion Revolucionaria (MRR), August 27, 1962, 4 pages

Detention act for Juan Manuel Guillot Castellanos, August 28, 1962, 6 pages

Report concerning counterrevolutionary bands that operate in Cuba, July 26, 1962, 7 pages

Declaration act of the infiltrator, Manuel Reyes Garcia, August 1, 1962, 4 pages
 
 

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