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,;;rap SECRET interested in supporting anti-Castro groups both within and outside of Cuba, including goon squads or other direct action groups to match against the pro-Castro groups in Cuba. Among the other subjects discussed with General Cushman on 23 February 1960 were propaganda attacks on the Castro government and the possibilities of economic sanctions similar to those which had been suggested by former Assistant Secretary of State Henry Holland, '.• whose views on the need for economic sanctions had not only been discussed with Agency representatives, but also had been forwarded to the Vice President's office. Another facet of the Agency's anti-Castro ef- forts which were of some interest to th~ Vice-Presi- dent were CIA's relations with the Department of State, , which obviously· was not one of the Vice President's favorite· organizations; but Col. King made it quite clear that all of CIA's actions were undertaken only after pOlicy approval. 3/ After it was pointed out to Gen. Cushman that the Department of State's knowl- edgeability about Agency operations was on a strict "need-to-know" basis, even for the Ambassador in Cuba, - 244 - T'OP SECRET"