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Alejos's position from the Cubans -- his role would be as a private Guatemalan citizen, cooperating with the FRD element for idealogical reasons. 9/ In ad- dition to the Agency's interest in protecting the cover stories, Ydigoras himself was very much con- cerned that the training program not be revealed to the public. In one instance when he heard that a Guatemalan Congressman was trying to promote support for a group of pro-Batista Cuban recruits to over- throw Castro, he made it quite clear that such a program would find no support at the presidential level. Ydigoras even went so far as to suggest that perhaps he should expel a few pro-Batista and a few pro-Castro Cubans from Guatemala for propaganda purposes in order to protect the Agency's on-going operations. 10/* By mid-July 1960, construction work had begun on the communications training base and the search was underway for a suitable airstrip. By early August, despite some reservations of the DPD element in charge * Source reference numbers 11 and 12 not used. - 10- TO~CRET