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,J;()fi' SELRE I for approval. The amendment concerned the need for more money and pointed out that: Not only has the initial $900,000 already been expended, but it is cur- rently estimated that an additional $1.0 million is immediately required to carry the activity through 30 June 1960 Note is also made •.• of possible contingencies amounting to an additional $1.4 million for which no funds are re- quested at this time. 67/ In addition to an early updating for the DCI, WH/4 also undertook to educate the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Cuban problem very soon after the Eisen- hower approval of the anti-Castro program. On 8 April 1960, General Cabell headed a CIA delegation including .Mr. Bissell, Col. King, and Jake Esterline which briefed a very high level group of Department of Defense representatives in the JCS conference room at the Pentagon.* General Cabell made only introduc- tory remarks, and the bulk of the briefing was con- ducted by Mr. Bissell with some assistance from * Included among the Defense participants were Thomas Gates, Secretary of Defense; Gen. Twining, Chairman, JCS; Gen. Shoup, CornmandantU.S. Marines; Admiral Burke; CNO; General Erskine, Chief, Special Ops, U.S. Army; Gen. White, COS/USAF; and Gen. Woolnough, repre- senting COS/Army. 68/ - 90 - .oP SFPR rq;, ,