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to be deposited for him in a New York bank. He could withdraw the money on the basis of a personal check at the rate of $2,000 a year for a five year period if, according to the scenario "over this five year span ... no word on the deception aspects of the mission leaks out." 31/* One further incentive to the chosen pilot was that his children, if any, or his first two, were to be educated in the United States at company expense. In charge of this deception operation for DPD, was Casimiro Barquin, who apparently huddled with the chosen pilot, Mario Zuniga, in isolation from the eight crews who were being briefed for the airfield missions. According to at least one report, Barquin was in charge of makeup and disguise for Zuniga, in case he should be inadvertently photographed while down in Miami. The aircraft itself, in addition to being painted to resemble the FAR B-26's, was to be given a weather-beaten look, by rubbing the markings * On 18 April 1961, the Chief, WH/4/CI requested that such an account for Zuniga be opened in a New York bank. 32/ Presumably the pilot collected the full amount-.-