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THE BAY OF PIGS OPERATION Volume I Air Operations Part I Initiation of Air Activity A. Organization and Management Whatever form President Eisenhower's anti-Castro plan of 17 March 1960 was to take, it was clear from the outset that air operations would playa key role in the CIA program to oust the Cuban leader.* In re- sponse to a request for estimates of special flight requirements for fiscal 1961 and 1962 from the Agency's air arm -- the Development Projects Division (DPD) -- Edward A. Stanulis, Executive Officer for WH/4, the component of Western Hemisphere Division established to direct the anti-Castro program, replied to DPD on 29 March 1960, stating that because all major requirements should spring from the action cadre, training and the commitment of action cadres in PM operations, I have requested DPD/ Comptroller for an extension to 6 April * For a copy of the US Government's Anti-Castro Program, see Appendix 1.