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--fOI' SEcRET a flood of letters including, during freak radio propagation periods, re~ quests for· .ball point pens from New Zealand.* 19/ Another evidence of the success of the Swan broadcasts was related to the Director of Central Intelligence by Col. King, Chief, WH Division, who pointed out that WH had a copy of a letter from a Cuban listener who, in the form of a letter bitterly attacking Swan, made it clear that the Swan broadcasts were coming in loud and clear. 21/ ......... Before the end of the summer of 1960, Swan was on the air on both short-wave and medium-wave for a ·total of 10 hours a day, in addition to which they also began to utilize programs that had been prepared by the FRO. One problem which would plague Radio Swan as well as other elements of Project JMARC -- was , the shortage of Spanish language capability. Among * It appears that perhaps baseball cards also were going to be offered as an inducement to get listeners to indicate that they had picked up Swan's broadcast. A propaganda note from WH/4 for 9 August 1960, for example, reported: "M[aney] spoke tOL .3.J, Special Acquisitions. He has contacted a company making baseball cards who claim 'this most unusual order ever. received.' Will get cards, but curious what was wrong with bubble gum." 20/ - 220 - TOP gECRLT