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, 170r SECRt:T released until suitable replacements could be fo~ to take over their tasks in the Office of Trainins_ King, therefore, appealed to the Deputy Director Ior Plans for their immediate release. 124/ Not only did the Clandestine Service encoun~ difficulty in obtaining personnel from within its ~ units to serve in WH/4, it also appeared to dra~ =lzn<s in terms of Cubans willing to volunteer for the S~~- gle against Castro. In response to a November l~:9 memorandum to all WH field stations and bases as~ that they supply t~e names of Cubans who would be willing to work as agents against the Castro Gove=a- ment, WH/4/FI reported the results of its search, stating that as of June 1960: Many of the Agents who were proposed by other WH Stations for use in Cuba were either found unacceptable, or did not want to accept such an assignment. Other sta- tions were unable to corne up with any assets ~ho might gain access to the de- sired targets in Cuba. 125/ The problem which Col. Baird had raised bac£ ~ March concerning replacement for personnel who mi;ht be assigned to Project WH/4 was not actually res01~ until June of 1960 when: Colonel White announced that DDS per- sonnel on full time detail to JMARC - 136 - 1'01' seclt~