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the opponents of Ydigoras to discredit his administra- tion. 75d/ Initially, however, Col. King must have ignored Esterline's warning; but the DCI failed to support King's Plan. 75~/ The hassle with the media would continue through- out the course of the Bay of Pigs operation, but in no instance did the Government of Guatemala back off from providing cover for the training activity being sponsored by the Agency at Guatemalan sites. If any- thing, the GOG went to extremes to protect the cover story. In late March 1961, for example, following an article in the Washington Post which stated "an army estimated at several thousands is presently training at a clandestine camp in Guatemala," Carlos Urrutia- Aparaicio, Guatemala's Ambassador to the OAS, wrote a letter to the editor .ofthe Post stating: On behalf of my government I categori- cally deny this to ,be a fact. Not one Cuban exile is receiving training in Guate- mala. There are several hundred of them in my country, but we strictly enforce the Pan American instruments governing terri- torial asylum. Whenever these have been overlooked or disregarded, my government - has immediately requested the Cuban refugees concerned to leave the country. It is our own army which is getting military training, but for defensive