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, 'FOP SECRET in the nominal rent now paid for the Guantanamo Base, revision of employment practices which appeared to discriminate against Cuban workers, and perhaps other changes.". 30/ In the early spring of 1959, as Castro made known that he was planning to visit the United states, COS Havana revealed ambiguous feelings about the im- portance of the castro trip. He noted for Headquarters information that: Washington yisit can make or break Castro. Unless he gets a strong helping hand from the United states, many serious observers feel his regime will collapse within a matter of months. 31/ Pointing to the serious economic difficulties of the new Cuban Government, COS Havana indicated· that Castro's popularity was very low among the middle and upper classes, but at the same time he emphasized that Castro was "the idol of the masses." 32/ ~COs Havana did an excellent. job of predicting how Castro would act when he arrived in the United states, suggesting that Castro would probably make his pitch. not to the heads of the State Department and to the press, but that he would appeal to the workers, the farmers, the - 19 - .-TOP SECR~r. j'