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, I UP S[!CFtET failures, or mishaps," the Special Group seemed to want to cancel everything. This was contrary, com- pletely, to Barnes' concept of operational activity. What both Barnes and Bissell supported in terms of the smaller team activity were that: The implementation of such teams would indicate whether the dissident elements in Cuba were likely to rally around such groups, once it had been established that such groups could provide guidance and supply for the anti-Castro activities. These teams also would provide a test of the Castro forces. Could Castro's militia or his army contain the guerrilla forces, if such forces were led by cadres trained by the Agency? Or would the Castro resistance crumble in the face of effective . . \ d1ss1dent elements? 3/ Even as this discussion was going on, it became clear that the small team concept was going to go by the board; and when the Agency tried to jump the op- tion to a 3,000 man force for making a lodgment in Cuba 1n the conventional manner (e.g., amphibious - 146 - T-8P 3ECftFf ,