Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 1

report not be forwarded to Washington, but as a result
of the trip, the Military Attache and the Air Attache
in Managua got the hots to trot down to TIDE. Ambas-
sador Whelan, however, backed Robertson's request
that such trips be denied; but fearing that the Ambas-
sador would be unable to contain future requests from
the Department of Defense representatives, Robertson
asked Headquarters for assistance. On 1 February 1961,
a cable went to Robertson from Headquarters stating
"Headquarters has arranged with Pentagon superiors
Mil Attache and MAAG Chief to send them today orders
neither visit nor report on JMTIDE". 48/*
Rip Robertson performed yeoman service in his
stint in Nicaragua in the early months of 1961. In
* An additional problem with a us military contingent
apparently was headed off when the Agency requested
the Pentagon to scrub the planned visit of an Army Map
Service NIS (National Intelligence Survey) group to
TIDE. ~/ Toward mid-June 1961 the arrangements which
the Agency had made through the Subsidiary Division,
Joint Staff and Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
US Army still held. At that time (12 June 1961), how-
eve4 the Agency did authorize access to JMTIDE to US
military personnel who were involved in decisions con-
cerning disposal of the materiel still stockpiled at
Puerto Cabezas. 49a/
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