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students, and the masses in America to support his revolution. COS emphasized that Headquarters should make nd mistake that the Castro Government, while not openly avowed Communist, vas heavily infiltrated with Communists and had taken no stamd in opposition to Communist positions, and, moreover, there was little question about .who would eventuaL1y control the Cuban Government. COS did suggest that Headquarters give serious consideration to planting embarrassing ques- tions with reporters to stick ~ castro while he was in the US. 33/ Both the Deparbnent of State and COS Havana were'in general agreement about the results of the Castro visit. COS Havana ~rized one of his d~spatches as follows: It would be unwise to assume from the minor indications to date that Fidel has undergone a serious change of heart as a result of his visit to the United States. 34/ In a memorandum to Gordon Gray, President Eisen- hower's Special Assistant for ~tional Security Affairs, Robert Murphy, Deputy Undersecretary of State noted that: Despite Castro's appar~nt simplicity, sincerity, and eage~ess to reassure the United States public, there is little - 20' - ,