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+:e-f3 SECRET the Ambassador and other members of the American Embassy in Havana also were very much interested in th~ program being advanced; and, in fact, asked Gomez if CIA could "send a qualified Communist expert to Havana to indoctrinate appropriate Embassy officers on Communist doctrines, particularly on their modus operandi and how Communists working under cover could be recognized." Upon his return Gomez received J. C. King's approval to comply with this request.* 41/ Even as Gomez was promising State~s representa- tives in Havana assistance in understanding Communist activities, J. C. King, Chief of Western Hemisphere Division, was going forward to the Director of Central Intelligence with a memorandum complaining about the Department of state's failure to provide CIA with a policy action paper on Cuba -- a paper which, accord- ing to King, had been ,promised as early as May 1959, yet had not been received by the end of October. Nor was there any indication when such paper might be * It would appear from this request that both the DDP and State were remiss in the training of their overseas. personnel. That the Station had to request Headquarters for support on such an issue is difficult to imagine. - 26 -