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TOP SECRET with WHO) and with Nixon's office became increasingly frequent and apparently quite close. On 21 March 1960, four days after formal approval of the anti-Castro program, Jake Esterline met with Pawley to plan a meeting to be held in Pawley's Miami residence which would include the DCI, Col. King, Gen. Cushman, and Walter J. Donnelly, Vice President of United states Steel and former ambassador to Venezuela as well as Mr. Pawley. wrote: Of the s~ssion with Pawley, Chief, WH/4 Details and the agenda were not dis- cussed other than to say the principal emphasis would be on reviewing what work could be done throughout the hemisphere and public opinion on the pending opera- tion against Castro. Mr. Pawley was told that the time had arrived for careful coor- dination of all activities; that permission had been granted for an all-out op~ration; a government in exile will be formed post haste; that the acceptable non-Batista .groups will be put into contact with each other almost immediately; and that Mr. Pawley's contact, Rublo Padilla, will figure prominently in this effort •.. It was carefully explained to Mr. Pawley that any action involving exiles now should be most carefully coordinated with Chief, WHO and Chief, Branch 4 to avoid any flaps.* 8/ * Esterline also mentioned in his memorandum that Pawley had provided some information on the Dominican Republic which he asked Esterline not to pass beyond CIA until he, Pawley, had the' opportunity to give the information directly to Vice President Nixon. - 250 - ;;POI' SEeR ['F-