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to the Cuban complaint, Stevenson was well aware of the fact that Roberto Verdaguer and his brother Guillermo, both officers in FAR, had defected on 14 April in a Cubana airlines cargo airplane and had landed at Jacksonville, Florida. This was on the day prior to the air strike~ 89/ The actual defection of two Cuban airmen, may in fact, have caused problems in the subsequent deci- sions which were made regarding the planned air strike for D-Day. After cabling the Secretary of State about Jose Miro Cardona's statement for the Cuban Revolution- ary.Council -- which was addressed to the members of the United Nations and which repeated the deception story -- the US Mission to the UN then cabled the Secretary of State as follows: Miro Cardona statement (US/UN Tele- gram 2877) given to only a few UN dele- gates, according to Garvia [sial Amador. Cuban Revolutionary Council depending on press to give ample publicity so that all UN delegates will have been informed of statement before resumption debates Monday. Recommend.USIA give full pub- licity. 90/* * Garcia Amador seems to have contributed additionally to the confusion which would grow out of the D-2 air strike. USUN cabled the Secretary of State as follows: . Garcia Amador states that reported bombing of Habana known in advance to (footnote continued on following page)