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TOP SECR:r:T mid-November 1959 were roughly $80,000 each for the operations in C I I j ~nd L / bJ, plus an addi- tional $12,000 for intrusion broadcasts which would originate within Cuba. 2/ Before the end of November, the plans to utilize had been abandoned because it C 10 J was feared that ~ ..~ ::J would not give his approval for such an activity; and by the early part of December,r .b J r:/I r r ~ J had made it clear that h'~" did not want the propa- ganda operation to be set up in r II J. Conse"';' quently, there was considerable discussion about the possibility of getting permission from ~ ~~ II ::7- to agree to permit the broad- casts from his country. Some members of the Special Group also suggested the possibility that the anti- , Castro broadcasts might ~e originated from other of the Latin American countries, a project which Mr. Dulles discouraged because of the lack of suitable broadcast facilities that would be available in coun- tries outside of the immediate Caribbean area. Some- where along the line C. Tracy Barnes, the ADDP/A and Mr. Bissell's right hand man, came up with the - 206 - ~T"'n c> C) C ; I; 1-'"