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~ep SECRr:!T Swan appear more legitimate. Barnes, however, took exception and recommended that the US Government should consider overt sponsorship of the Swan broad- casts.* 21/ It was also in July 1960 that Vice President Nixon's office, principally through the person of General Cushman, first indicated an interest in the activities of one Mario Garcia Kohly Antiga. "Garcia was a Cuban exile who claimed to have extensive back~ '.,.~ ing both within the Cuban commUnity in Miami and among dissidents inside Cuba. At one point he claimed that he could raise a force of 2,000 men in the Miami area and 10,000 men inside of Cuba -- if he were given proper financial support for training and equipping these men. Garcia's name first came bef~re the Agency in mid-June 1960 following a meeting he had with a , Cuban exile who was an Agency contact. During this * Whether the FCC was chastened by Mr. Nixon or whether a determination ~as made concerning the increased use of commercial advertising for Radio Swan is left in doubt. But Barnes's suggestion of official USG par- ticipation in Swan was rejected. A note from Ester- line on the official routing slip from Barnes for- warding this memorandum read: "I believe Mr. Bissell reversed this position?" To this query King noted "Yes" on the buck slip. - 265 - WP SECRET