E. Howard Hunt Quotes

I wasn`t privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City.

People don`t have to be in spiffy uniforms: they can... just so long as they can form a military presence and impress the population.

My name is E. Howard Hunt. I`m currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage.

I was not part of the military planning for this operation; I was in charge of the political and the psychological warfare aspects.

As I said, we had acquired some aircraft, and the same propaganda team, Guatemalan propaganda team, prepared leaflets, which were in several phases.

We had, after all, no other recourse to protect ourselves, no other document, let`s say, than the Monroe Doctrine. So that could be cited as a cause for intervention if and when it might become necessary.

I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very talented man, named Dave Phillips, who later on carved quite a career for himself in the agency.

Well, we should have done something we never do - we should have maintained a constant presence in Guatemala after getting rid of Arbenz.

So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force.

I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think a man is fortunate if he can say that at the end of his life.

No one is entitled to the truth.

Well, that`s true... to me, communism is a... it`s a graveyard of skulls, of very unhappy people, below the level of the top bureaucracy.

So you`re quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine.