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Americans consistently looked down on the Cubans. Th~ separation of club facilities, the existence of areas which were closed to the Cuban pilots, and con- stant patronizing by the North Americans antagonized the Cubans. There is no question that some of the Americans undoubtedly felt superior to the Cuban trainees; but by the same token, JMATE personnel were much more concerned with the security and cover as- peets of the operation in which they were involved than the Cubans ever were. In"his.own story, Ferrer said that on several occasions he demonstrated that the Cubans, flying the C-46's and C-S4's, were competent to do the tasks assigned; and in one instance, he was responsible for carrying out some tests of navigational skills which he claims were performed to the.f~ll satisfaction of \the American instructors. On another occasion in early November 1960, he was responsible for bringing together a crew for an airdrop in the Escambray. There, despite some problems concerning the signal in the drop zone, the mission was carried out exactly as planned -- Ferrer being cautioned, incidentally, by Billy Campbell following the debriefing, not to - 116 -