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-I9P :3ECR"ET Chief, WH/4 also touched'on the programs that were being beamed out of Swan Island, on the prepara- tion being made for training paramilitary types, base communications, planned paramilitary activities, the choice of a Third Country's staging area, and that the operation was still scheduled to begin during the month of November 1960. Gen. Cushman noted that the Vice President requested this information in order to prepare for an upcoming NSCmeeting at which he would '..~ be a senior official. The Vice President's aide also asked if there were any particular problems with re- lation to the operation that Chief, WH/4 wished to have brought to the attention of the Vice President. Esterline reported that the only problems that had occurred concerned political differences among the exiles, bu~ that for the moment all factions seemed to be quiescent. Chief, WH/4 also indicated to Gen. Cushman "that much had xetto be done vis-a-vis other countries in the hemisphere to ensure that JMARC would have adequate support at the eleventh hour."* 16/ On 22 June 1960, General Cabell -- Acting DCI at the time -- briefed a special meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban situation. The Vice * Except for Guatemala and Nicaragua, such support would never be forthcomir.g. - 259 - r()P 3ECR ET