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TOP fRET supervising the re-creation of Puerto Cabezas tipped the local Americans off as to who was behind the activity at the airfield. Rip was particularly high in his praise of the Agency engineer who both reduced the time for getting the operation in order and also had saved money in the process. In reporting on his activities through mid-January Robertson made one complaint which he voiced as follows: In the future, I would suggest that the size of such groups be cut to a minimum. There is something uncommon about a group of four men, of whom only one is occupied (to the eyes of observers) and only one of which knows the business for which they are there. In reality, one engineer would accomplish all that is being done at TIDE with the exception of course, of commo. 47/ In terms of security at JMTIDE, Robertson also had some other problems which he seemed to have handled very well, especially considering that they concerned US military representatives in Nicaragua. The Chief of the US Military Assistance Group to Guatemala, in the course of an inspection of National Guard facili- ties, had come into the TIDE area; and upon his return to Managua had prepared a report on the activities and installation. The US Ambassador requested that this