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104-10102-10235 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

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                         OPERATION LEONARDO,

          I.- OBJECTIVES:

                        To.establish contact with elements
     within the Government, Rebel Army and Militia, in order to

     panalize into action their present anti-communist feeling

     and Induce those who maintain a passive attitude but who

     are potentially suseeptible to turn against the Regime,

     to act now.. The future plan ,of action and the sze and de-

   . velopment of the present operation would be determined af-

   ter  first contacts  are made and information-thus gathered,

   is  evaluated,. However,  Leonardo should be considered as

   merely  a first step towards coordination  of anti-Castro
   elements  within theCuban  Government, for  producing an in-

   ternal  upheaval.

                       It is the opinion of people with  con-
    tacts in Cuba,-that the moment to act is now, because  the

    conditions for action are ripening steadily.  Reliable  in-

    formation from the Island points out to the gradual inter-

    nal softening of the Castro Regime, to tensions existing

.   among its members, and to the effect President Kennedy's

   words  had in the highest governmental Cuban circles who
   are  said to have acknowledged with sympathy his phrase

   that  I am confident that all over the.island of Cuba, in

 * the Government  itself,, in the Army, in the Militias, there

   are. hny whd  ....have viewed with dismay the destruction

   of freedom faith  and who are determined to restore that


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