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J:QP Sl:CRE [ 6 November 1959 and "would remain ln effect until further notice." The RMD stated in part as follows: For the moment, CIA operations should be carried out on the assumption that the revolutionary government is basically non- Communist, with legitimate reform goals that deserve US respect and support. Cov- ert operations should support overt efforts to arrive at a rapprochement with the pres- ent government and to eliminate the con- ditions described above without resorting to forceful means. If it should be established that the Cuban government is Communist-led or Com- munist-dominated, or if that government cannot be swayed from adopting measures which intentionally or unintentionally accomplish Communist objectives, the question of direct attacks against Castro will be re-examined. In planning for such a contingency, each existing or new asset should be evaluated in terms of possible future utility from a paramilitary point of view, nor will the development or re- cruitment of assets be precluded merely because they lack a paramilitary capa- bility. Under no circumstances would any asset be apprised of this-contingency planning. In fact any disposition to undertake violent action should be promptly and emphatically discouraged pending a change in policy at the policy-making level. 44/ Even as the RMD was being dispatched to the field, another and more significant program was being evolved in Headquarters. On 1lDecember 1959, J. C. King, Chief, WH Division prepared a memorandum for the - 28 -