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TOP 7RET awareness of the political implications of the position that he was assuming: 1. Am I cleared to speak frankly with local President and local Chief of Army as to US Government participa- tion? 2. General but not spec~fic operational concepts (example: we plan supplies and infiltrations until we can stir up something, and then we will support it with plenty of firepower). 3. Announcement of the number and type (resupply, bombing, strafing, etc.) air missions daily on the day it is to run? 4. When the local President asks for politics and identity of indigenous movement or movements we are support- ing, do we tell him? (Where can I get a good briefing on this point?) 5. Have arrangements been made for reim- bursement to local President abroad for expenditures he may assume for us? What do I tell him re this subject, at first meeting?* 21/ Also, as Robertson was about to depart, there was considerable concern about the problem in Nicaragua * Robertson also asked for guidance on the most prag- matic questions of contracting authority, cover, and base-security -- particularly whether DPD would be subject to WH security practices even at the expense of air ops.