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TOP~ET Government could not officially sponsor or openly sup- port the movement; and, therefore, these Americans were working unofficially to assist the Cubans in their search for volunteer instructors, cadre leaders, and so on. As one report put it, "the cover story didn't hold up well and the agents soon knew they were working for the CIA; however, in almost all cases the agents believed that Army intelligence had loaned them to CIA and compartmentation was maintained." 63/ With the closeout of the Panama training activity and the move to Guatemala and with the opening of the JMTRAV activity and the increasing number of recruits, the small number of Soviet Division assets who were being used to train the Cubans were being spread too thin; and JMATE turned to the United States Army Special Forces for assistance. The problem of the acquisition of the requisite number of Special Forces training officers was the one which would involve Chief, JMATE in a unique relationship with the GOG, and would precipitate a lengthy, often acrimonious, series of discussions which involved the Special Group, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, and even the