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LDR propaganda leaflets on his property. He decided the Agency lacked the professional competence to make clandestine air drops. 6. This operation was recorded as “successful” by the Agency because cargo was actually delivered to the people it was meant for. There were four such “successes” in all, out of 30 missions flown up to 21 April 1961. (The Fiscal Year 1961 budget called for 105 air drops.) The first of these took place on 30 December after numerous attempts beginning in mid-October. There were 13 unsuc- cessful attempts during January and February. “The third success took place on 3 March, when three agents were dropped (previous attempts to drop them had been made on 7 February and 27 February). The fourth successful drop was on 29 March. The Successful Drops 7. Except for the rice-and-beans drop, the successful drops were all to an agent who had been trained in air reception pro- cedures by staff personnel at Headquarters. 8. The three cargo drops known to be successful were all made in the Pinar del Rio Province. In other words, practically all the supplies went to one small area of western Cuba. Small amounts are thought to have been received in Camaguey and Oriente, but none in Matanzas or Havana. Ten missions were flown into the Escambray at the request of an agent who had no training in air reception. .Twice the cargo was not dropped because the drop zone was not located, and once the plane turned back because of bad