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Sn -aar penn oe aoe 5 ae See a GED 50315 9+ In November and December there were six other successful small boat operations conducted with boats owned by various Cubans. The arrangements were made by individual case officers at Mianf (there being no maritime section) and mainly in response to requests by the owners. No memoranda of understanding Were made end the agreements as to supporting, equipping, and funding these Cuban boats were exceedingly loose, thus causing many problems later. ; , 6. A Cuban would say, "Give me a tank of gas and a machine gun, and you can use our boat and we will help run it." After the operation he was likely to come back and say that the boat needed all sorts of equipment which had been damaged by the operation, and many claims vere built up in this way. T- Although more than twenty of these boats were offered ; to case officers, most of them were too small and too limited in range to be of much use. Furthermore, the bad weather which lasted from December into March made small boat operations . impossible at a time when they were badly needed. In January 1961 there was not a single successful operation. CEE 03s 8. By December the need for some QB boats was becoming obvious. The "Sea Cull" (see below) was picked up by Headquarters about this time. It turned out to be a complete -li-._. . Se te opto en a cet ot aet An te Stig o Fn + et . dee ens. ne . Sa ER NS OE ia ERE SS EEE” SE