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early in December, and I Iwas instructed that - - - - - - either he or the Ambassador should advise President Somoza about Robertson's role and arrange for an early meeting. 25/ On 8 December 1960, Robertson had his first meeting with President Luis Somoza and Noel Pallais Debayle, Somoza's cousin and contact man with JMATE. The purpose of this initial meeting was to establish his identity with Somoza and to arrange for the black flight for another survey team that was coming in to examine the Puerto Cabezas area. For all practical purposes, from this time forward until his departure in mid-February of 1961, the conduct of a major segment of US foreign policy was in the hands of a CIA contract employee -- the State representatives standing to one side as the Agency forged ahead with its anti-Castro program. 26/* * Not only did the State representatives stand aside, but also ~ ~ In his transmittal of Robert- son's first reports'c==Jreported as follows: "CADICK [Robertson] is now operating l/ completely outside of I because c::::::::J wants to kn-o-w-n-o----.t"h,---l~·n-g-m-o-r-e-'t'h-a'---n- what is absolutely required that he know regarding these activities, he has given CADICK the essential cryptonyms, ~ I (footnote continued on following page) - 11~:L TOP jCRET