Roberto Alejos person
also: Alejos
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Richard M. Bissell Jr. recruited
Roberto Alejos book_quoted
“and of whom Roberto Alejos owned a mountain plantation he called Helvita, a large secluded ranch. Esterling had his successor, Robert Davis, approach him to basically offer to pay him to use his ranch as a training camp. The task force chie…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 19:30
Roberto Alejos provided_bridge_financing_for
Camp Tzacal book_quoted
“We're gonna call our debt due and we're just gonna use your country to stage a coup in Cuba. Sure, come on in. The plantation became known as Camp Trax, T-R-A-X. At the offices of the task force headquarters, Jake Esterling listened while A…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 21:01
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Action that Eisenhower had requested. Immediate activity at CIA headquarters followed President Eisenhower's August decision. The first move became securing a Central American base to prepare the Cuban exiles for the Bay of Pigs. As Guatema…
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and of whom Roberto Alejos owned a mountain plantation he called Helvita, a large secluded ranch. Esterling had his successor, Robert Davis, approach him to basically offer to pay him to use his ranch as a training camp. The task force chie…
▶ 19:59
cleared the move with the secret war managers. Dulles, Bissell, and others asked him to be the front man in Guatemala. Esterling met with Alejos in Miami. Then both of them flew to Guatemala City aboard an agency aircraft. They left secretl…