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l:Qp ;s r::C REI as to where we stand, and what we propose to do."* 10/ When Rubio Padilla and the FRO failed to get together, Pawley informed Chief, Western Hemisphere Division that he was withdrawing from support of the Agency's anti-Castro operation; and Pawley told Col. King that he intended to make his views regarding the FRO known to Vice President Nixon. In addition, Pawley also had a meeting with President Eisenhower on 12 or 13 May 1960 at which time he stated his opinions with regard to the Dominican Republic and probably with reference to Cuba. In view of Pawley's recalcitrance to continue to work on the funding of the FRO, the DDP, AnDP/A, Chief WH/D, Chief WH/4 and others, discussed the pros and cons of cutting off the communications channel between Pawley and the '" Rubio groups into Cuba -- a channel which was pro- vided by the Agency's communications facility. Chief, WH nivision got the group to agree that the communications channel should be continued because * Mr. Barnes's thoughts probably were transmitted to Director Dulles for in a meeting of the Special Grou? on 19 May 1960, the DCI categorized the Cubans sup- ported by Pawley as "unreconstructed reactionaries.- lOa..! - 254 - rer SEeR E'T