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1=01' SECRET have already been made with the Bureau of Internal Revenue "to permit individuals or corporate entities making donations to claim these donations as contributions to the US Government for tax purposes. He cautioned that this arrangement was being limited to a very small group. ~/ The question also was raised about the relation- ship of the anti-Castro program to the Organization of American States. Mr. Pawley suggested that rather than lean toward the OAS, better use ~hould be made of the us Military Mission in the Latin American countries, "'~ especially having them pass the word on about the dangers of the Castro Government to one and all in the Western Hemisphere. Other items of importance that were dis- cussed by the group were the planned propaganda program and "the present pathetic effort on the part of the Catholic Church to face up to the Communist plot in ," Cuba. II This meeting demonstrated that from the very outset of the formalization of a US anti-Castro policy' Mr. Nixon was being fully informed of the plans that were underway to accomplish the US objectives, and that certain private American citizens were closely involved in the planning. Within a very short time after the April meeting at Pawley's residence, however, - 252 - -FOP SECRET