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Oral agreements notwithstanding, there is evi- dence that Alejos tried to take advantage of the sit- uation on a number of occasions. As early as August 1960, for example, Alejos's brother-in-law, an engineer, was proposed for a contract of $1,000 per month for work related to the development of the JMTRAV training site; and in January 1961, or shortly prior to January; Alejos had proposed that Agency transport aircraft flying between Guatemala and Florida be used to carry , shrimp to the United States. The numerous difficulties attendant upon such an operation were sufficient to cool this proposal, but far more pressure was exerted by Alejos during the period shortly before the invasion in an attempt to get the Agency to help him sell his coffee crop -- presumably because his participation in project activities had forced him to miss numerous , opportunities to obtain the best price for his coffee. The Agency found an export agent in the US for Alejos, but the coffee sales were to be within the Guatemalan quota. 34/* * How such relationships would be regarded in light of the investigative morality of the mid-1970's, is a moot point. At a time that the Bay of Pigs was being planned, the activities which now might seem (footnote continued on following page) - 27 -