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to respond to a Cuban charge that Guat6mla was being used as a staging base for a planned invasion of Cuba and that an OAS inspection was in order. Alejos's response was that if Cuba would agree to a similar inspection, Guatemala could be freely visted by the OAS team. In what would be a continuing irritant through the course of Project JMATE, Roberto Alejos also expressed his displeasure with the failures of the governments of Honduras and EI Salvador to break relations with Fidel Castro's Cuba. 5/ Whether Esterline actually met with Ambassador Carlos Alejos at this time is not known, but it appears possible that such a meeting may have taken place.* In any event a cable sent from Guatemala City to the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington, D. C. for Roberto Alejos dated 7 June 1960, addressed itself in part to Raul Roa's (Cuba's Foreign Minister) request for * One of Roberto Alejos's cards with the following note (translated from Spanish) was found in Chief, WH/4 records: Carolio: The bearer is a good friend, I pray that you will assist him and make use of his contacts in the US.