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pretty thin and we needed help. Initial- ly, because the target dates that we had were so early and then they kept changing on us." 17/* Eduardo Ferrer was in the first group of Cuban pilot trainees to be flown from Opalocka to San Jose, Guatemala.** From San Jose, they were transported by bus to a coffee plantation near the town of Retalhuleu, a drive of some four and a half hours from San Jose. The coffee plantation, Finca Helvetia, was owned by * The Ft. Lauderdale operation to which Campbell referred was run under cover of 10n was se ontract crews from C-54 operations. The program is discussed in some detail in Persons's book, Bay of Pigs. 18/ ** As shown on the map (see Frontispiece) flights from CONUS to either Guatemalan or Nicaraguan bases were instructed to avoid overfli hts of third countries. , orsru heights of 25 feet to avoid Air Defense Command radar and then regained altitude to check with the Miami control tower. l8al - 109 -