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A PROGRAJ.\A OF COVERT ACTION AGAINST THE CASTRO REGUviE about the replacement of the Castro regime with one m.ore devo~ed to the true interests of the Cuban people and more acceptable to the U.S. in such a rna!"...r..er 1. Obj~cti.ve·: The purpose of the program. outlined herein is to bring ,•II! I!i Ii i -i, 1& March 1900 -PItS GNff SE~ ../ "\, as to avoid any a.ppearance of U. S. inte!."'vention. Essentially the raethod of accomplishing this end will be to induce, support, and so far as possible db:-ect action, both inside and outside of Cuba, 'by selected. groups of Cuba.ns of. a sort thE.:: they r:1.ight be expected to and could undertake on their own. in:tiative . .. ~ Sbce a crisis inevitably enta.iling drastic action. in or toward. Cub2. could be provoked by circurn.stances beyond control or be U. S. before the covert 2.ctioa program has accomplished its objective, every/effort will be Illa~e to carry it out in such a way as progressively to improve the capability of the U. S. to act in a crisis. 2. Su...-rnrnarv Outline: The program contemplates four hlajor courses of ------'-',,---- action: , a. The first requirement is the creation of a respon.sible, appeal~g and \L.l.ified Cuban oppos ition to the Castro regime, publicly declared as such a.nd therefore neccss2.!."'ily locatec. outside of Cuba. It is hoped. th.::-t withL"1 one month. a political entity ca::t be Iorm.ed L.""!. \:~e sJ:.2.?e of a COL:.:l..:::il or junta, thi:'ough the merg~r of tnree acce?table o.??osi.tian g::o'J.PS with. whic~ the Cent:al Intelligence _~g~ncy i.s ai~e2..c./ ~L C?;ll:2.Ct. The cou..c.c:.i.l will be e::coL'.::a;;ed. to adopt c.S i:::; slo~2.2. "Res:o:-e :o.e