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TOP SftRET President Somoza's brother -- came to the United States to attend the Kennedy inauguration, he also met with Allen Dulles to discuss the problem of JMTIDE and of continued US support for Nicaragua. At the same time, the General ,also pressed the DCI for assistance in obtaining the loans that were just mentioned. The DCI however pointed Somoza toward the Department of State, suggesting that Assistant Secretary Thomas Mann was the logical contact for discussing loans. 42/ The question of the quid-pro-quo of loans for Nicaragua in return for the utilization of Puerto Cabezas continued through February, with the Chief WH/4 and the Chief, WH Division both playing active roles in attempting to get a commitment from State for the $2 million loan -- and State support for the $8 million World Bank loan. 43/ On the'last day of February 1961, a proposal from Chief, Western Hemisphere Division to the DCI suggesting that the DDP, the DDCI, or the DCI "press the Department of State for favorable action in Nicaragua's two pending loans" was signed and approved at least through the DDP level. Whether the DCI'actually approved this recommendation is a