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a = - Porm Se a a oe ee oe a layout and the location of the drop zone, and also the amounts and kinds of materiel desired. WH/4 cabled this requirement to the air base in Guatemala, where all the flights originated. However, the Development Projects Division (DPD) then cabled Guatemala that arms and ammmition would be dropped with food to make a maximum load, also 200 pounds of leaflets for a drop elsewhere. This cable was not coordinated with wH/k, which sent a message to the agent the following day stating that a cargo drop would take place as requested and that the weight would be 1,500 pounds. Rice and Beans 4. A drop was made on 31 December. The 15-man reception team received, not only 1,500 pounds of materiel which was dif- ferent from the original request because the specific items could not be packed in waterproof containers in tim, ‘but also 800 pounds of beans, 800 pounds of rice and 166 pounds of lard. 5. This was the only drop to this Cuban ugent. He was so vexed with the drop that he came out of Cuba Bpecifically to make a complaint and to cancel a succeeding drop which had been planned. He stated that he would not accept another drop, no matter what the cargo was. He pointed qut that the Agency had endangered his ‘gafety by dropping cargo which he had not asked for, did not need, and could not handle. Furthermore, the aircraft had stayed in the vicinity too long, had flown with its lending lights on, had circled around and made numerous U-turns and even dropped