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    "ocrText": "10\nyou\nTOP OBCRET\nLIMITED DISTRIBUTION\nfew older men in camp, but they are not favored and if they\ncan't keep up are returned to Miami.\n8. Security\na. Every effort has been made to keep this operation\nsecret, but it is obvious that many people in the area\nare aware of what is going on. Although all troop move-\nments are made at night, firing, explosions, aircraft\norbiting over an objective area, parachute drops, and an\nabnormal number of unfamiliar aircraft in the area are a\ndead giveaway. A clandestine ràdio transmitter is known\nto be operating in the Retalhuleu area. The mayor of\nRetalhuleu is a card-carrying communist and lives about\na mile from the airstrip. Leaflets have been circulated\nin Guatemala City by the Communist Party giving many of\nthe details of the activity. Although there are some\ninaccuracies in this material, much of it is accurate.\nIt can therefore be presumed that Castro knows practically\nall about the operation except when, where, and in what\nstrength.\nb. There have been some cases of AWOL among the trainees.\nAt the time of our visit, a group of eight including one\ncompany (platoon) commander was missing. On Saturday night,\na group of 21 men left the camp and went into a small\nvillage nearby to attend a fiesta. By Sunday noon, 19 of\nthis group had returned. Obviously, the presence of\nCubans in fairly large groups is known to the people in\nthe area.\nvor DECRET\nLIMITED DISTRIBUTION\n18\nAppendix \"B\"\nTHE"
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