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, TOP SECRR THE BAY OF PIGS OPERATION Volume III Evolution of CIA's Anti-Castro policies, 1950 - January 1961 Part I Background A. watching from the Sidelines Fidel CASTRO RUZ was identified in one of the earliest reports in Agency files as "one of the young, 'student leaders' in Cuba, who manages to get himself involved in many things that do not concern him." 1/ Beginning in 1948, the activities of Fidel Castro came to be of increasing concern to the Central Intelligence Agency and to the United States Government (USG).. By early 1960 the USG officially adopted a covert action program designed to remove the Castro government from control of the island of Cuba. The policy of the USG was to be carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency and would culminate in the operations at the Bahia de Cochinos from 17-19 April 1961. Beginning in 19'8 and continuing even after the United States had formulated its official policy of - 1 - /