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Personnel. Pending completion of the paper work, utilization of Air Force personnel in black flights was to be suspended; and although it was not specified in the memorandum of consent from the Air Force, it was reported that USAF personnel at the third country training site (Guatemala) were being withdrawn. 73/* With the initiation of DPD as the operational air arm for Project JMATE, it was quickly realized that there was an urgent need for an airbase in the southern United States that would be suitable as the point of origin (and the terminus) for black flights -- for bodies and supplies -- to Guatemala. Among other inactive airfields in southern Florida which were inspected was that portion of the Marine Corps Air Station at Opalocka, Florida. The 4,000 acre field had been declared excess to the needs of the Department of the Navy in early-1959. Following an * Why such withdrawal would have been necessary is somewhat confusing in view of the memorandum from Ed Stanulis, the Deputy Chief of WH/4 on 12 September 1960, in which he pointed out to the Chief, WH/4 that at a briefing on 18 August 1960 for President Eisenhower and ranking US Government officials "approval [for use of DOD personnel in the Guatemalan Training Program] was requested and obtained." Stanulis's memo further said that WH/4 needs were spelled out for two USAF Training Supervisors; 15 crew members from C-54's; and two USN medics (one MD and one Corpsman). 74/