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-1'eJI' SECR~T it did provide a window to the, activities of the Pawley group. Moreover, the Pawley group had a duplicate channel into Cuba and would not necessarily have been restricted by denial of the Agency channel. A restric- tion was placed on the transmittal of communications which would be prejudicial to CIA operations in Cuba; but it was agreed that Pawley should be advised of the cancellation of such messages by Chief, Western Hemisphere Division. The monitoring of such cable ..."., traffic, however, was to be the responsibility of Chief, WH/4, Jake Esterline. Because of Pawley's close ties to the Eisenhower administration, the Deputy Director for Plans agreed that the discussion regarding Pawley should be brought to the attention of the Director of Central Intelli- gence and that Mr. Dulles should be urged to bring this matter before both President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon. 11/ By the first week of June 1960, however, Jake Esterline apparently had reached the end of his tether, for in a Memorandum to the DDP, he wrote: It is our firm conviction, based on months of discussion, that Mr. Pawley's views on the Cuban situation are highly - 255 - -r OP SEeRR