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RR @ 22. The action-cadre instruction training program was being prepared, and $25,000 worth of sterile arms were being sent to the Panama training base, which was activated 11 May. At the same time Useppa Island, Florida, was acquired as a site for assessment and holding of Cuban paramilitary candidates and for training radio operators. Screening of paramilitary recruits had begun in Miami in April, and.the training in Panama began in June. 23. The Miami Base was opened on 25 May in the Coral Gables business district. under cover of a New York career development and placement firm, backstopped by a Department of Defense contract, , and on 15 June a communications site, with Army cover, was opened at the former Richmond. Naval Air Station, which was held. under C lease by the University of Miami. .Safe houses were also acquired @ in the Miami area for various operational uses. The use of other sites for project activities, in the United States and other countries, was acquired for varying periods as time went on. 24. Project officers were engaged in liaison on numerous matters. In April they reached an agreement with the Inmigration and Naturalization. Service on special entry procedure for Cubans of interest to the operation. They consulted with Voice of America and the United States Information Agency on propaganda operations. There were many discussions with the Federal Communications Com- mission on the licensing of Radio Swan and with the Defense Depart- The State Department was regularly consulted on political matters. ment concerning its cover. “e100 =