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utilization of military personnel, particularly air ~, either in support of black flights or for assignments in foreign areas.* Permission for assign- ment of USAF personnel to foreign countries was not granted during the course of JMATE; and even the military assignees to CIA who were serving in Guate- mala, were prohibited from serving in Nicaragua during the immediate invasion period. By mid-September 1960, however, the Air Force was amenable to the use of its aircrews for "black" flights into areas outside of the ZI; but the Agency had to insure that in case the operation was blown the crewmen and their families would have all the benefits that they would have accrued had they not become involved in the Agency's anti-Castro operation. The task of acquiring the resignations from Air Force personnel and preparing the volunteer statements, which each individual was required to sign, fell to the Military Personnel Division of the Office of * Volume II of this history discusses the problems presented when the Agency attempted to get a specific allotment of Special Forces Trainers for use in Guate- mala. A passing reference was made in that discussion to the possible assignment of USAF personnel in the overseas area. - 59 -