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report not be forwarded to Washington, but as a result of the trip, the Military Attache and the Air Attache in Managua got the hots to trot down to TIDE. Ambas- sador Whelan, however, backed Robertson's request that such trips be denied; but fearing that the Ambas- sador would be unable to contain future requests from the Department of Defense representatives, Robertson asked Headquarters for assistance. On 1 February 1961, a cable went to Robertson from Headquarters stating "Headquarters has arranged with Pentagon superiors Mil Attache and MAAG Chief to send them today orders neither visit nor report on JMTIDE". 48/* Rip Robertson performed yeoman service in his stint in Nicaragua in the early months of 1961. In * An additional problem with a us military contingent apparently was headed off when the Agency requested the Pentagon to scrub the planned visit of an Army Map Service NIS (National Intelligence Survey) group to TIDE. ~/ Toward mid-June 1961 the arrangements which the Agency had made through the Subsidiary Division, Joint Staff and Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, US Army still held. At that time (12 June 1961), how- eve4 the Agency did authorize access to JMTIDE to US military personnel who were involved in decisions con- cerning disposal of the materiel still stockpiled at Puerto Cabezas. 49a/ - 130 - TOP~RET