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rap SECRE t the need to instill an esprit de corps among the trainees. To do this JMTRAV was urged to provide for unit separation, competition in the military arts, and s~cific identities for the individual units through the use of scarfs, caps, or some other de- vice. This new training program was to be instigated in November 1960 and to be completed by the end of January 1961. ~ Even as the discussions over the changing con- cept were going on, the Director of Central Intelli~ gence and the Deputy Director for Plans were scheduled to brief President-elect John F. Kennedy on 18 Novem- ber. 6/ The concept to be presented to the President was that a force of 600 men would be landed by LST on Cuban shores and that these men would move inland to create "a safe area in a mountain fastness. These" , men, with possibly another 600 man unit in another area, and those who' joined them from wi'l:hin, would be resupplied by air drop." 7/ In addition, there would be new recruits in the pipeline to provide sup- port for those who had landed. An airstrip in Nica- ragua would be used to support air operations, and it was intimated that the US and possibly allied - 148 - TO~ .'5ECRCF