Jacob Esterline

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Jacob Donald 'Jake' Esterline (April 26, 1920 – October 16, 1999) was a CIA specialist in guerrilla warfare. During the Bay of Pigs invasion he was chief of Western Hemisphere Branch 4, reported to DDP Richard Bissell and Tracy Barnes, rather than to the Western Hemisphere chief, J.C. King.[1]

Esterline and Marine Col. Jack Hawkins (also CIA) both strongly thought that the impending invasion should be called off because last-minute changes in the plan would guarantee disaster, and wanted to resign.[2] Bissell convinced them to stay onboad.
Esterline died in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

[edit] External sources

• GWU National Security Archives on Bay of Pigs invasion.
• Cuban Information Archives.
• Bay of Pigs documents and 40th anniversary conference papers, GWU National Security Archives.
• GWU Transcript of Interview with Esterline
• CIA's Internal Probe of Bay of Pigs.
• Watson Institute conference

[edit] See also

• Operation 40
• Bay of Pigs invasion
• E. Howard Hunt
• David Atlee Phillips
• Felix Rodriguez
• Richard Bissell
• Frank Sturgis
• Guillermo Hernández-Cartaya
• Porter Goss
• Barry Seal
• Zapata Corporation
• Watergate scandal