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TOP :3r!CR:ET In view of subsequent developments, one inter- esting suggestion made by the Inspector General in November 1957 was the following: On the island of Cuba, probably only a us citizen, in some way known to be connected with the US Government and "assumed" to be backed by Washington, would have the ability to act as inter- mediary between the various opposition groups in the Batista Government and work out a possible "cease fire." This would have to be done covertly, and any results achieved either not ever publicly announced or certainly not advertised until after the election. Any public attempt to bring peace would be fore- doomed to failure by each side probably indicating exorbitant demands and then being unable to withdraw from its announced position.* 9/ Although it may have had no relation to the Kirkpatrick memorandum, on 25 November 1957, less than a week following the Kirkpatrick memorandum, William Wieland of the Department of State notified Adolf ~erle, one of the country's leading experts on Latin American Affairs and a former member of the * It is interesting to speculate whether at this time Kirkpatrick was thinking of William D. Pawley, former US Ambassador to Brazil and Peru and an American businessman who operated significant enter- prises in Cuba, to negotiate with Batista. Within ~ year's time, Pawley, who also stood high in the ranks of the Republic Party contributors, was desig- nated to undertake such a mission to Cuba. - 5 - ,