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11 1 1 MAR 1961 TOP SECRET PROPOSED OPERATION AGAINST CUBA 1. Status of Preparatory Action: About a year ago the Agency was directed to set in motion: the organization of a broadly-based opposition to the Castro regime; a major propaganda campaign; support for both peaceful and violent resistence activities in Cuba; and the development of trained paramilitary ground and air forces of Cuban volunteers. A decision should shortly be made as to the future of these activities and the employment or disposition of assets that have been created. The status of the more important activities is as follows: a. Political: Over a period of nearly a year, the FRD (Frente Revolucioniaro Democratico), which was created in the hope that it would become the organizational embodiment of a unified opposition to Castro, has proved to be highly useful as a cover and administrative mechanism but important political elements refused to join it. Accordingly, a major effort was undertaken three weeks ago e to form a more broadly-based revolutionary council which would include the FRD, and which could lead to the setting up of a provisional government. Considerable progress has been made in negotiations with the principal -TOP SECRET COPY # DECLASSIFIED IN FRUS 1961-63 vou X DOC e 45M By: MMK NARA, Date 4/19/96

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Supplemental material used in Maxwell Taylor's report on the Bay of Pigs operation.

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