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TOPOECRET traveling to Miami with William Snow, an Assistant Secretary of State, and Henry Holland, formerly a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Col. J. C. King, Chief, Western 'Hemisphere Division, met with William D. Pawley on 18-19 November 1958 to discuss a plan which would have Pawley travel to Cuba to meet with Batista in an attempt to convince him to bow out gracefully. Pawley was a long-time acquaintance and friend of Batista from the days when Pawley had been running the Cubana Airline. In return for Batista's support for a friendly military junta -- nominally to be responsible for his ouster --·the representatives of the Department of State and the Agency agreed that Batista should be provided safety for himself, his friends, and his close cronies, particularly those whose lives would be endangered should there ever be a truly violent . , overthrow of the government. Batista also was to be. provided protection for his personal assets in Cuba. Various individuals were identified as possible candi- dates for the junta, and, according to King, the objective was that various of these members would have - 10 - ~J? 0