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anti-aircraft gunfire, to the point where in early Janu- ary 1961, the DDCI, Gen. Cabell agreed that only the B-26's would be used in propaganda drops over the city areas and that the C-46's and C-54's would do their prop drops in the less-inhabited parts of the island. 69/* It seems that there was probably more propaganda material than the air operations could have handled under the most ideal conditions. On 15 February 1961, it was noted that 75,000 leaflets asking teachers to support a student strike were available from Miami for an upcoming drop and that 100 pounds of materials bearing the "fish symbol" also were to be used in a drop aimed at Villa- nueva University in Havana. On 18 February, a cable from MADD stated that there were approximately 18,000 pounds of'leaflets "occupying about one third of the available warehouse space required for man-pack storage. Request deliveries leaflets to MADD to be withheld un- til present supply reduced." 70a/ For those who questioned the validity of risking air crews and aircraft on propaganda drops, it is difficult to imagine that they were particularly * The increase in anti-aircraft fire probably coincides to the increasing quantities of Soviet heavy weapons, including 37 mm. anti-aircraft artillery, which Cuba claims it began to receive in the final months of 1960. 7J/ - 144 -