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

I resires commend Robertson for
excellent presentation and accomplishment
mission. Robertson's detached objective
approach, vis-a-vis Somoza. Ambassador and
I underlined positive results. 52/*
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F. Who Would Do What for Whom?
Robertson's suggestions for discussions were
taken to heart in Nicaragua and in Washington. Almost
immediately upon his departure, a series of cables
indicate that meetings were held between the President
of Nicaragua and Ambassador Whelan and, in Washington,
between Lou Napoli and Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa. A
principal subject of the conversation was the status
of Nicaragua's pending loan applications to the USG
and the DLF. In neither Managua nor Washington did
Nicaragua get any commitment that the loans were going
* It should not be inferred from the foregoing that
all of Robertson's activities were devoted to hand-
holding with the Somozas. He got down to the very
nitty-gritty things directly related to the planned
operation against Fidel Castro, concerning himself
with such matters as port security, planning for
fueling and watering the vessels which would be used
to transport the Brigade to Cuba, and, probably, to
negotiating an agreement with Nicaragua to dispose of
the Brigade dead resulting from the invasion. One ~
knowledgeab~e source recalled that an arrangement was
made whereby the bodies would be transported to Nica-
ragua by boat or air, and that Somoza had offered to
give them a hero's burial. ~/