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...;yOP SECRET Even in describing the worst aspects of the present situation, only 30% of all respondents mentioned items which could be construed as criticisms, explicit or implicit, of the Castro regime. Only a few such subjects received significant mention, with each being referred to by only a small minority of total respondents: e.g., the danger of or trend toward Com- munism (7%); criticism of the Revolution's program (7%); economic difficulties (7%); unemployment (6%): confusion and dlsorgan- ization (5%). In view of the overwhelming popularity of the Revolutionary program, it is patently clear that criticisms of Castro's program~ as such~ will fall very~argely on barren~ if not counter-productive ground. The only positive statements that appeared in the Free report, insofar as the objectives of WH/4 were con- cerned, were to the effect that successful attack on the Castro Government should be made in terms of the inability of the government to meet the 'projects it had outlined because of "the unwise and unrealistic means it is employing in the execution of its program~; , and "the Revolution and its program are being perverted through the insidious influence of the Communists."* * The information concerning the Free report, is contained in source reference 24/. - 224 - i=OP SECRF'T ---