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

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With the reorganization of the political structure
of the Cuban exile group in the United States demanded
by the Kennedy administration, the leaders of the newly
formed Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) visited Guate-
mala from 29-31 March 1961. Again Roberto Alejos played
host and President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes met with
Jose Miro Cardona, Chairman of the CRC, Tony Varona,
Manuel Artime, and Carlos Hevia. Once again Ydigoras
lectured the Cuban political leaders about the need for
unity and cooperation with the US government, and once
again the political leaders were impressed by the visit
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to the training facilities at JMTRAV and ,JMADD. 78/*
I. Third Country Involvement
During the summer of 1960, as negotiations were
proceeding with Guatemala for the training bases, an
incident occurred which foreshadowed one of the few
areas where the US would be in contention with the
GOG during the course of Project JMATE. In a cable of
* This visit of the CRC leaders to Guatemala in March
of 1961 caused considerable consternation to President
Somoza of Nicaragua when he learned that his country
would not be visited by the CRC.