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in peace without further interference from the United States." Carlos Alejos said further that his brother, Roberto, had been authorized by President Ydigoras to deal with Somoza and Truj~llo on the matter; and what Roberto Alejos was looking fOr, because of this respon- sibility, was some reaction from the US, directing his attention not to the US Department of State but to the Central Intelligence Agency. Chief, WH/4 apparently suggested that there was some problem in dealing with Trujillo because of his "unsavory" reputation; and this suggestion was not particularly well received by Ambassador Alejos, who, with some heat replied that Trujillo may be unpopular, but he is certainly anti- Communist and prepared to do something, whereas the alleged great friends of the United States, such as Figueres of Costa Rica and President Betancourt of Venezuela, have made many friendly noises but never once have made a firm offer of real estate or material [sic] support to the battle against Castro. The Ambassador went on to indicate that since the collapse of the invasion he had been getting what he considered a rather unfavorable reaction from Adolf Berle arid other members of the State Department with whom he had been holding discussions. This, perhaps, - 95 - TO~RET