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Il TOP sf-ET duty the next time this occurs. 61/* G. The Special Forces Trainers -- Pragmatism and Patience As mentioned in the introduction to the discussion of the relations with Guatemala, a second episode in~ volving the Agency in a unique situation with the GOG concerned the use of US Army Special Forces personnel to train the Cuban ground forces. Almost immediately following Eisenhower's approval of the anti-Castro program in March 1960, WH/4 faced the problem of acquir- ing trained personnel to instruct the cadre being pre- pared for small unit guerrilla warfare operations; and later there were numerous difficulties in acquiring * unlikel Jduring the course of the activ- i ties relatea to tile Ba of Pigs, I Iwas very positively identified in all of the actions in- volving Agency personnel and he "was particularly close to the center of power with his relationships to Roberto Alejos and President Ydigoras. While the author has no way of knowing what Colonel E~anrs re- action was tO~~-m Billy Campbell indicated that relations between and the air operations at JMADD were also sometim ther strained and that he, too, had been threatened with removal It is not known, however, whether Campbell erring to ,------~---, or to~ Iwho carne in as DecemBer 1960 - even though r---L-----,,;=~~..-.-;=---.o~,-------' I ~for Cuban ops from Dece of the invasion. Whoever made said that he ran theJMADD air DPD not c::::J 6la/ - 57 - TOPfRET