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COPY ® 11 March 61 . 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 mijor propaganda campaign; support for both peaceful and violent resistance 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 la is as follows: | ) a. Political: Over a period of nearly a year, the FRD (Frente Revolucionario 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 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 ee ne ce ee ee ee ee So nthe =