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bar a a ee aoe ee ® for a period of time (some said a week) sufficient to administer a "shock" and thereby, it was hoped, to trigger an uprising. Discard of Original Plan 5. By November 1960 the original planning paper (Annex A) had for practical purposes ceased to exist as e charter for Agency action. By that date the Special Group had come to be unanimously of the opinion that the changed conditions, chiefly Castro's increased military strength through Soviet support and the increased effectiveness of his security forces, had made the original covert activities plan obsoléte. 6. The Special Group had, however, not yet agreed on a ( rn substitute plan and strong doubt was expressed whether any- ©@ thing less than overt U.S. forces would suffice to obtain Castro's downfall. But there appeared to be agreement that, whatever the ultimate decision, it would be advantageous for the United States to have some trained Cuban refugees available for eventual use, and that CIA should continue to prepare such a force. | 7. At the end of November 1960, the Agency presented a revised plan to President Eisenhower and his advisors. This included (a) infiltration into Cuba by air of 80 men in small paramilitary teams, after reception committees had been prepared by men infiltrated by sea; (b) an amphibious i a - 47 -