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Bayofpigsvolumeiairoperationsmarch1960 April1961
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The C-46 aircraft -- like most of the JMCLEAR
aircraft -- were nominally owned
__________-----lla legal
1
1 corporation
and, also, an Agency proprietary.
The aircraft
were leased to Manuel F. Goudie, and, in turn, by
Goudie to the Cuban exile organization, the FRO.
The C-54 work horses which were used to transport
the bulk of the troops and materiel from Florida
Unlike the C-46's which actually belonged
were simi-
to Guatemala during the
larly under the nominal
training period
cover of~I
~f
toO
I, but had conditional sales papers
-s-h-o-w-~-·n-g-t-h-e-o-wn-e-rship by I
---Jr the C-54' s
(with the exception of two of the aircraft) were
leased from the United States Air Force. 67a/
As with the B-26's, acquisition of the
C-54's gave rise to additional occasions of
displeasure among DPD, WH/4, and DOD.
Although
the original memorandum was not recovered; it
is apparent that a direct approach was made by
WH Division to the Department of Defense --
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