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purposes had been undertaken, DPD and WH/4 began to get down to the serious business of discussing air operations plans. On 10 Augus~ 1960, the first weekly coordination meeting between JMATE's planning staff and the JMCLEAR's staff was held. Among the items that were on the agenda for that meeting were logisti- cal support requirements for JMATE and JMCLEAR, deter- mination of the numbers and types of aircraft which would be involved in supporting JMATE, the relation- ship between JMATE and JMCLEAR, coordination of cables, .location of operating bases for initial air drops into the target country, the processing of DPD person- nel by the Western Hemisphere Division (WH/D), air- craft transportation requirements, and organizational control of JMATE activities in Guatemala. ~ Among the positive results of this first coordi- nation meeting were the appointments of William E. Eisemann as the senior Support repr~sentative for JMATE and the appointment of Col. John F. Mallard (USMC) as the senior operations coordinator for JMATE. In addition, provision was also made for the mutual coordination of all cables that pertained to either JMATE and/or JMCLEAR. It is significant in light of - 9 -