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WF SECftE'"f policy -- that would not come ~ntil 17 March of 1960. Subsequent to that announced policy, the author has foillrlno other references to drugs or other types of attack which were being considered upon Castro's person, or the persons of any of the other Cuban leaders, as a part of the Agency's official program.* There is some question as to whether it was the Director of Central Intelligence himself, or whether it was Mr. Bissell, or, perhaps, whether it was Col . . ~ King who actually briefed the Vice President on 2 March 1960. A stamp on the copy of the original Memorandum for the Director reads: "Noted by DCI 28 March 1960." This copy was sent to the DCI through the DDP and carries Mr. Bissell's initials. The car- bon of the memorandum does not show this stamp and the presumption is that it was the Director who did the briefing. A third version of the memorandum is , * See Part VII of this Volume of the History of the Bay of Pigs Operation for clarification of the defini- tion of the Agency's Official policy regarding the anti-Castro program, as contrasted to the unofficial program. The author assumes that regardless of reader's biases regarding the former Vice President, that the fact that he heard about this drug in the course of a briefing will not be construed to make him a member of a conspiracy to assassinate Castro and other of the Cuban leaders. - 247 - "TO[~ SECRET