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Whelan that Somoza, through Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa, expressed the opinion that Napoli had not kept him properly informed regarding the military activities at the time of the invasion. In the memorandum of his conversation with Whelan, Napoli pointed out that this undoubtedly was true because he, himself, had not been informed immediately of the developing military situa- tion; and, in fact, it was through Captain Quintana of the Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional at TIDE that he first learned that the beach at Playa Giron was being aban- doned. Moreover, Napoli pointed out that the Agency had violated its own commitment to Somoza that none of the Brigade wounded would be brought back into the TIDE area -- a commitment that Napoli had made to President Somoza after receiving prior Headquarters guidance. Further, the Agency failed to meet the date that it had agreed to for removing those wounded. In addition some of the vessels returning to TIDE/from Cuba had wounded aboard, but through Napoli's efforts, apparently, they were not off-loaded. Somoza apparently bore no ill will toward Napoli, for upon the latter's departure,.