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to France Field in Panama. Ydigoras himself was facing strong congressional opposition from those who refused to believe that he had not permitted the use of Guate- malan territory for the training of the anti-Castro Cuban group. How desperate the situation appeared to the GOG was noted in a cable from Headquarters to Guatemala: JMARC principal Department of State contact told [Gerard] Droller that Alejos [presumably Ambassador Alejos] had informed President Eisenhower of Guat plan stage Cuban invasion Guat. According this plan, it is intended for number of Cubans land Guat beach and dig for arms caches osten- sibly placed there by Castro agents. "In- vading Cubans" would be apprehended by Guats and brought to trial. Trial pro- ceedings would be extremely fair and sentences extremely light. Ydigoras desires contrast Guat application justice with that of Castro. Intended that the entire operation be bloodless and without shooting. 38/ It was not clear whether the "invaders" were to be volunteers from among the troops in training at JMTRAV, but before any such operation could take place, a real crisis broke in Guatemala. On 13 November 1960 an emergency cable from JMADD was received in Headquarters' at 0931 (Washington time), stating that Roberto Alejos had arrived at the