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Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs. The Special Group was particularly concerned about the Agency's requests to operate direct supply, or resupply, flights to the dissident elements in Cuba out of Opalocka or Eglin. There were no positive responses given to the problems presented in any of these areas, prior to the end of December 1960. 84/ In a memorandum to the DDP on 21 December 1960, OSD had apparently set IS January 1961 as the date for pulling out all of the Air Force personnel assigned to the Agency who are on TDY at JMADD. The DDP and the A/DDP/A, Messrs. Bissell and Barnes, respectively, were ready to joust with higher echelons in the Depart-" ment of Defense; but cooler heads prevailed when it was pointed out to the DDP that Major General Winston P. Wilson, Deputy Chief, Air National Guard Bureau had recently stated that he wouid be quite willing to have the Air National Guard do anything that it could to contribute to the success of Project JMATE. Conse- quently, it was agreed that approaches be made to the Air Force to modify the date for the withdrawal of their personnel from JMADD until ANG replacements had been organized. In question were IS positions which - 69 -