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I resires commend Robertson for excellent presentation and accomplishment mission. Robertson's detached objective approach, vis-a-vis Somoza. Ambassador and I underlined positive results. 52/* - - - - F. Who Would Do What for Whom? Robertson's suggestions for discussions were taken to heart in Nicaragua and in Washington. Almost immediately upon his departure, a series of cables indicate that meetings were held between the President of Nicaragua and Ambassador Whelan and, in Washington, between Lou Napoli and Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa. A principal subject of the conversation was the status of Nicaragua's pending loan applications to the USG and the DLF. In neither Managua nor Washington did Nicaragua get any commitment that the loans were going * It should not be inferred from the foregoing that all of Robertson's activities were devoted to hand- holding with the Somozas. He got down to the very nitty-gritty things directly related to the planned operation against Fidel Castro, concerning himself with such matters as port security, planning for fueling and watering the vessels which would be used to transport the Brigade to Cuba, and, probably, to negotiating an agreement with Nicaragua to dispose of the Brigade dead resulting from the invasion. One ~ knowledgeab~e source recalled that an arrangement was made whereby the bodies would be transported to Nica- ragua by boat or air, and that Somoza had offered to give them a hero's burial. ~/