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put him down there in charge of the people. In any event, he did go down and was there in Puerto Cabezas during the operation. This takes us back again, too ••• we got the initial maintenance people down and this gave me a cadre of qualified people to take care of the three types of airplanes we had then. 89/ There is evidence that the push for the acquisi- tion of Air National Guard personnel -- even prior to the time that OSO/DOD and the Agency came to the parting of the ways -- was overly successful. In early December Headquarters cabled MADD as follows: 1. Headquarters feels mandatory all (repeat all) ANG personnel be assigned MADD and kept busy. 2. If necessar~ to JrOVide space, return all I personnel, ex- cept supply to EGL • 3. Realize this may create temporary hardship but feel inability utilize all ANG personnel after all out push to re- cruit may seriously affect relations with ANG. ANG by long odds, most reliable and cooperative source personnel. 90/ That this appreciation of support from the ANG was not overstated was made quite clear in January 1961 when the Agency's representatives again went to General Wilson. They requested five officers and seven additional enlisted personnel, explaining to the General that the USAF was about to withdraw its - 73 -