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fflP SECker Navy was successfully resolved when the' Agency found that.through its o~n resources it would be able to provide for resupply of all of the Island's needs, including transportation of personnel between JMWAVE in Florida and Swan Island without undue difficulty_ The problem of security of the island -- particu- larly the fear that perhaps Castro would send saboteurs to the island -- was never put to any real test. In fact, what might have been the only serious security ...'?'.. incident was most successfully resolved bye 3 ~, the Security Officer for the island and the Deputy Chief of Base. The incident took place in July 1960 when a group of 14 Honduran students landed to assert a claim to sovereign~y of the Swan Islands by the Republic of Honduras, and it was re- ported as foilows: A potentially dangerous situation was averted by the tactful handling of the group by Mr.r= 3 'who persuaded them to leave the1r armament of 13 pistols and three submachine guns aboard their boat and conducted them on a tour of the island. The group leader indicated that he wanted to take a census of the population, and was furnished with pertinent information, with no divulgence of Agency interest in Radio Swan or its personnel. Upon comple- tion of the census, the group was permitted to raise the Honduran flag, was given lunch - 216 -