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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 SECR ET Cuban IOs operating under diplomatic cover in the United States are in frequent contact with a wide range of U.S. ° citizens, mainly to lobby against the current U. S. military build-up and the continuation of the U. S. trade embargo against Cuba. Their contacts include Cuban exile groups, members of Congress, Congressional staff members, the media, student organizations, businessmen, and state and local political leaders. Some of these contacts have visited Cuba at the invitation of the Cuban Government, where they have been the recipients of the Cuban public relations campaign designed to foster a pro-Cuban attitude. Although the current major objective of the CulS is collection of information on U. S. military disposition and readiness, other objectives remain--the collection of information on anti- Castro exile groups and emphasis on issues surrounding the trade embargo and efforts to repeal same. Objectives, such as penetrating the FBI and CIA, and the collection of some U. S. technology, will probably continue. The CulS has been generally effective in achieving its objectives. It has established an extensive network of agents within the Cuban immigrant population. Furthermore, Cuban IOs have met with a degree of success in the projecting of a positive image of their revolution to the American people. Source reporting suggests that a number of high-level Cuban officials are becoming disenchanted with Castro and the GOC. This disenchantment may be based upon the belief by Cuban officials that the Cuban Revolution has failed and that a bleak future is in store for Cuba under communism. Disenchantment with . and a loss of personal loyalty to Castro suggest that an overall softening of the Cuban target may be taking place, and in the coming years the CuIS may become more vulnerable to penetration by U.S. counterintelligence services. SECRET - 18 - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2