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“POG Gaheaigattion 18. The four characteristics were: @&. an unspectacular night landing; bd. possibility of conducting air operations from a base on seized territory; c. & build-up périod, after the initial landing, to precede offensive action against Castro's forces, and d. terrain suitable for guerrilla warfare in the event the invasion force could not hold a lodgment. 19. The airfield requirement obliged the planners to shift the invasion site from Trinidad to Zapata. The former area was . close to the Escambray Mountains and therefore offered better guerrilla possibilities, but only the latter had a suitable airfield. 20. The third paper also introduced a plan for a guerrilla- type, diversionary landing in Oriente Province two days before the strike and provided that supplies should be landed at night during the initial stages. It also provided for air strikes on military objectives at dawn of D Day as well as on D Day minus 2. Guerrilla Role 21. Close reading of the three papers also discloses that the invasion was no longer conceived as an effort to assist Cuban guerrilla forces in a coordinated attack. The papers make no claim that significant guerrilla forces existed with