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/ JOPSECRET Part V Direct Action Programs A. Propaganda The desire of WH Division to undertake the propa- ganda operation against the government of Fidel Castro, antedated the formation of Branch 4 in the Division by more than two months; for on 27 October 1959 in a Memo- ' .... randum to the Director of Central Intelligence, J. C. King proposed: That CIA undertake clandestine propa- ganda operations targeted at Cuba. These operations would employ primarily radio broadcasts and other means of propaganda, and at informing the Cuban masses of the truth. 1/ Col. King's memorandum pointed out'that repre- sentatives of various of the Cuban opposition g~oups organized in the United States had requested Agency assistance to set up propaganda operations directed against the Cuban mainland, and, in addition, he also indicated that he and the Director of Communications, Gen. McClelland, had his people studying the best methods for carrying out such propaganda broadcasts. - 204 -