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~p SECRET Instructions were that the Embassies could furnish copies of the document to the "foreign ministers and to other high officials in th~ir respective countries. Additionally, the NATO Council also received a copy of this document; and it was the hope of the Depait- ment of State that the "document would have "some im- pact on the upcoming meeting of th~ foreign ministers of the Western Hemisphere countries, which was to be- gin 16 August 1960 in San Jos~, Costa Rica. According to one interview of WH/4's propaganda chief, Dave Phillips, the theme of the Revolution Betrayed Hammered across the idea that Castro had double-crossed the Cuban people by abandoning the programs and promises that originally won him support. None of CIA's propaganda, spoken or printed, ever urged the populace to rise up against Castro. This appeal, suicidal before the invasion, would be used when, and if, a Provisional Government obtained a lodge- ment on the island. lSI Ac~ording to Phillips's interviewer: Friendly third country diplomats in Havana monitored CIA'S principal broad- casts and confirmed that the signals were loud and clear. To verify its audience the Swan Island radio offered simple gifts (ball point pens were a favorite) to any listener who would write to the station. Considering the police controls inside Cuba, listeners' letters were an act of defiance to the regime. There was a - 219 - ::FOP SECRU