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.;rOP SECRET As the paper was being prepared for Special Group consideration, J. C. King, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division had forwarded a memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence, providing him with additional information for use during the Special Group discussions; and the transmittal to the DC! recorded that this paper had been used to brief Mr. Nixon on 2 March 1960. King's memorandum covered much the same ground as the paper which went to the Special Group, but contained considerably more de- tail about the activities of the Castro Government which were directly aimed at over~rowing the legiti- mate governments and replacing them with Communist oriented governments. Col. King's paper also re- vealed that both Guatemala and Nicaragua the only two governments in Latin America which were to throw their full support behind the Agency's anti-Castro activity -- had made offers at this time for both radio time for anti-Castro broadcasts and, also, for training facilities for anti-Castro groups which the Agency might wish to sponsor. 35/ Despite President Eisenhower's previous objec- tions to the over-emphasis on plans to sabotage Cuba's - 62 - T-AD £ CGD CI ,