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had picked up the stuff that had been dropped ..• and then the messages coming in from the agents on the ground •.. these plaints and these bleats about "What happened to the aircraft? Our fires were there •.. they went all around us and they did all kinds of things." 30/ As previously mentioned, the Cubans organized their squadrons by types of aircraft and/or tasks; and almost immediately upon moving to ~mDD signs of polit- ical action on the part of the Cuban cadre were apparent. On 21 September 1960, a cable from Miami to the Director, reported that the pilot group at Retalhuleu was threaten- ing to leave the training camp and withdraw from the FRD because their families had reported that the FRO Headquarters were treating them badly and "in an arro- gant or condescending manner and that their pride was hurt." The pilots reportedly were dissatisfied because of various administrative difficulties -- principally the screwup in the delivery of mail from home. JMADD \ personnel, however, made clear that they would tolerate little or no more nonsense from the Cuban group. One suggestion was that those who were threatening "drastic action" be put on bread and water and incarcerated un- til they straightened out. - 119 -