Conversation with Mr. Phillips

Memorandum of conversation on the planning and execution of the Bay of Pigs operation.

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SECRET EYES ONLY MR. PHILLIPS (The following notes are not a verbatim record, but represent the general substance of the statements made). STATEMENT: I would appreciate your comments on the two paragraphs we intend to include in our report on propaganda. MR. PHILLIPS: There are only two comments generally. I feel that (1) They give the idea that the propaganda effort was much smaller than it was, and a much more restricted one. (2) They certainly intimate that propaganda activities were carried out without being coordinated with the rest of the U.S. Government. I feel that this is not correct. After the project was approved by President Eisenhower on 17 March 1960, we analyzed our problem. We realized that we had a very tough audience to face because we had to convince the very lowest classes. SAS SECRET YA SIE DES ONLY SA ULTRANSENSITIVE