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WH/4 had requested Chief, WHO's permission to obligate JMATE funds for support of the station; but Chief, WHO refused, indicating that private money would be available. In October 1960 a similar proposal was made and rejected for the same reasons. By December 1960, however, payment from JMATE funds was authori~ed because private funds were unavailable. 7b/ In terms of the broadcast facilities that were to be established under the propaganda program, CIA ~ was to create and control both short and medium wave shipborne radio broadcasting operations, and to investi- gate the feasibility of an airborne radio transmitter capable of black broadcasts into Cuba.* Aside from the broadcast operations, there were a number of ad- ditional programs calling for printing facilities for the production of propaganda materials and secure * The airborne medium wave transmitter apparently was ruled out early in the planning stages because it was "a terribly expensive operation." Based on DPD's estimates, Phillips figured that three flights per week to six selected Cuban cities -- among others, Havana, Santiago and Cienfuegos -- over a two month period would show operating costs in excess of $83,000, plus an additional $fO,OOO for transmitting equipment on a C-54, and a cost of $250,000 if the C-54 were lost. 7c/ - 210 - :rep 3ECrz~Y