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end of Cuba, from the Isla de Pinos to Cienfuegos, in- eluding Havana; and on the same night, a C-54 dropped leaflets in the Manzanillo area. Except for one B-26 which tried to unload leaflets through a side hatch rather than the bomb bay -- making it impossible for them to get the full load out -- the mission was quite successful.* Reporting on the operation,JMADD cabled: "Suc- cessful completion of missions has made trainees happy and eager to repeat. Highly recommend fast follow-up any type mission using as many aircraft as possible. Believe time right for airfield strike, if political situation warrants. Don't stop now. Let's go." 66/** Aside from the bad luck associated with the initial drop mission in September 1960 and the abort in the first week of December when the bomb bay doors * One B-26 carried 1,700 Ibs. of leaflets; the other B-26, 1,000 Ibs.; and the C-54, 1,000 lbs. 65/ ** In addition to its combat supply drop and leaflet drop role, Billy Campbell reported that there also were plans to use B-26's for dropping infiltration teams into Cuba. In response to a question of how such personnel would exit this particular aircraft without suffering serious injury or killing themselves, Campbell noted that they had developed a platform for use in the bomb bay. He also stated that a couple of the aircraft had been modified to handle as many as 12 people. §2/ - 142 -