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TOP 'RET Quintana, the commander of the Nicaraguan Gardia Nacional unit which was the security force for TIDE; and then they were confined to SOIDe of the nearby military barracks. 65/ As early as January 1961, General Somoza had told Robertson that Nicaragua would provide detention facilities for any of the Cubans who proved to be "reluctant warriors" when it was time to embark for the invasion. 65a/ This action, however, apparently did not fit the case or else it had not been cleared properly with General Somoza for a cable from TIDE to Headquarters reported that General Somoza had visited TIDE on 13 April and "in strong terms ordered removal from JMTIDE immediately 14 detainees currently in custody Capt. Quintana." 66/* The order for the immediate removal of the Cubans who were being held under guard of bhe Nicaraguan * The only explanation for the discrepancy in the num- ber of detainees is that there were additional Cubans who had been pulled out of the Brigade units when they were being embarked at Puerto Cabezas. The figure of 10 from the Lake Charles comes from a Havana news re- lease attributed to one of the detainees. 66a/ As of 25 April 1961, the crewmen were still in custody, and Headquarters instructed TIDE to release them ASAP to the Captain of either the Lake Charles or the Atlantica.· 66b/ - 1417 TOP SrRET