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:WP SECRE 1- expected, despite numerous meetings with Department representatives~ King also was particularly critical of the fact that Ambassador BonsaI had been called to Washington on two occasions, but in neither instance had he called on the Agency for consultation -- this despite the fact that there had been indications from the Department that such consultations were to be held~ 42/ The ambivalence regarding Castro's relation to the Communist Party was illustrated by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence on 5 November 1959 in testifying at the hearings of the Judiciary SubCom- mittee which was investigating the "Communist Threat to the US through the Caribbean." In response to the question of whether Fidel was a Communist, General C. P. Cabell stated: Our information shows that the Cuban Communists do not consider him a Communist Party member or even a pro-Communist. On , the other hand, they are delighted with the nature of his government, which was allowed the Communists opportunity -~ free opportun- ity -- to organize, to propagandize, and to infiltrate. We know the Communists consider Castro a representative of the bourgeoise •.. Our conclusion, therefore, is that Fidel Castro is not a Communist, however, he certainly is not anti-Communist. 43/ In an attempt to resolve, at least part of the dilemma a Related Mission Directive was approved on - 27 -