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Se te ee nae ae prestige of the U. S., and foster the inevitable popular support @ that Castro's continuance of power will engender. A National Estimate states: "For the Commmist powers, Cuba represents an opportunity of incalculable value. More importantly,.the advent of Castro has provided the Commmists with a friendly base for propaganda and agitation throughout the rest of Latin America and with a highly exploitable example of revolutionary achievement and successful defiance of the United States." 4, POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION: For reasons which require no elaboration the overt use of U. 5S. military forces to mount an invasion of Cuba has been excluded as a practical alternative. Broadly defined the following three possible alternative courses of action remain for consideration: a. Intensification of economic and political pressures .coupled with continued covert support of sabotage and minor guerrilla actions but excluding substantial commitment of - the Cuban opposition's paramilitary force. d. Employment of the paramilitary force but in a manner which would not have the appearance of an invasion of Cuba from the outside. ce. Commitment of the paramilitary force in a surprise landing, the installation under its protection on Cuban soil of the opposition government and either the rapid spread of