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should not be undertaken without a reason- able assurance that the operation was to go forward. 86/ On 22-23 August of 1960, after discussions with Mr. Stans and Mr. Macy, the Agency was notified that the requested $10 million for FY 61 would be made avail- able from the Agency Reserve for Contingencies.* 87/ C. Cooperation and Challenge As already mentioned, immediately following the Eisenhower decision to. promote the anti-Castro program, th~re was a considerable degree of coopera- tion between CIA and other of the concerned Agencies -- the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and others. As WH/4 continued to expand and develop the various programs -- propa- , ganda, covert action, staybehind networks, and para- military operations -- there were ever increasing contacts between CIA and the representatives of other * One explanation for the sharply increasing demand for reserve funds may lie in the fact that materiel was being written off upon issue, rather than upon c~nsumption -- an aspect of the operation that was explained to the author by William E. Eisemann, formerly Chief, Support WH/4. 88/ - 104 - -TOP SErRE l'"