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Ga eign ) is unspectacular; no tactical air support will be provided until an air base of sorts is active within the beachhead areas the tempo of the operation is as desired; and the terrain is such as to minimize the risk of defeat and maximize the options open to the opposition force. a. It may be objected that the undertaking of tactical air operations so promptly after the landing is inconsistent with the pattern of a revolution. But most Letin American revolutions in recent years have used aircraft and it is only natural that they would be used in this case as soon as the opposition had secured control of an air strip. Wherever in the island a paramilitary operation is attempted CO and whatever its tempo, command of the air will sooner or ) later have to be established, and aircraft will have to be flown into a beachhead to enable this to be done. Sooner or later, then, it is bound to be revealed that the opposi~ tion in Cuba has friends outside who are able and willing - to supply it with obsolescent combat aircraft. This revela- tion will be neither surprising nor out of keeping with . traditional practice. | bd. An alternative way to handle this problem would be to make a few strafing runs against the Castro Air Force - some days before the landing and apparently as an opposition act unrelated to any other military moves. -T- . TS #176622