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TOP SECRET Part VIII Conclusions This volume has traced the history of the CIA's official anti-Castro program from its inception in 1959 through the end of the Eisenhower administration in January of 1961. It emphasized that in the initial period when Castro's revolution was taking place, the ~. Agency, reflecting the policies of the US Government, was caught betwixt and between -- to move ~ith Castro or to move against Castro. Shortly following his take- over, it became clear that Castro had little or no in- tention -- nor apparently concern for establishing cordial relations with the "Colossus of the North. If .. Instead, he turned to the Soviet Union and its allies , for military, technical, and economic assistance. It became clear that a new philosophy ~as being intro- duced into the Caribbean basin and that this philosophy was directly contrary to the interests of the United States Government and to the governments of many of the Latin American nations, whether democratically governed or governed by dictatorships of the right. - 290 - .::I=OP SECRET