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between 11 and 15 August 1960 for maintenance work on the B-26's, explaining to the ANG members that the work would be outside the continental United States and would be for a period of thirty days. Cover stories, emergency contact numbers, insurance, and secrecy agreements were all concluded with the CIA representatives; and this was the first contingent of Air National Guardsmen who were signed aboard for service with Project JMATE.87/ Before the operation closed out in April 1961, there were 33 members of the Alabama ANG, 21 from the Arkansas ANG, 14 from Georgia, 9 from the District of Columbia, and 2 from California who served"with the project.* Of nearly gO ANG personnel, who participated in the anti-Castro effort, 19 served as overflight crews.** The four Americans who lost their lives over * The California duo were apparently not in the ANG in that State, but "were spotted by Guard or military contacts." ** In addition to those 80 who actually. belonged to National Guard Units, another SO contract employees with either ANG affiliation or spotted by ANG personnel were under contract to one of pro~ect JMATE's cover companies I I ~r were d1rect h1res. onsequentIy, tne LIgure co only used for total ANG participation in the Project is 130. - 71 - ,