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~OP ScCRE [:-' (8 January 1960) on Cuba for the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He reviewed the in- creasing hold that the Communist idealogy and those affiliated with the Communist Party were exerting the Castro government. At this time, the DDCI also discussed the need for increased covert and semi- covert programs aimed at Castro -- psychological war- fare, political action, economic action, and para- military action, .all of which had been conducted in some degree during the past year. 47/ This 8 January 1960 briefing can be used to denote the beginning of the serious anti-Castro programs by Central Intelli- gence Agency which would culminate at the Bay of Pigs. , - 31 - ,