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TOP explains why he had come to the Agency with this partic- ular story rather than going to the Department. In any event, however, Chief, WH/4 ended his memorandum with the following suggestions: Action required: Exposure of the Trujillo offer to the DDP and or other interested parties and early advice to the Guatemalan Ambassador with simultaneous notification to I I of the answer given. Recommendation: That acceptance of assist- ance from Trujillo be given the greatest scrutiny. In the writer's judgment, ex- posure of Trujillo's assistance at this time could well swing increasing support to the United States in the wrong direc- tion. No serious consideration should, therefore, be given to this offer. 911 Except for the story of the retrograde and dis-. position of the materiel which will be discussed ln a later volume, this concludes the story of the Agency's policy I.'elated if not policy making -'-- contacts with the Government of Guatemala during the course of Project JMATE. Agency representatives rather than Department of State personnel dealt directly with the President of Guatemala and his closest associates over actions·which involved relationships with the United States Government and bore heavily on the formulation TOP