</s>178-10004-10056 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 8/27/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: ROCKCOM RECORD NUMBER: 178-100044-1056 AGENCY : ROCKCOM RECORDS NUMBER : 178-10044-10055 RECORD SERIES : ASSASSINATIONS FILES AGENCY FILE NUMBER :: MISC. ROCKEFELLER.COM. AND CIA FILES (9) AGENCY FILENUMBER : MISC. ROCKEELLER COM. AND CIA FILES(9) Document Information ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: CIA TO: DIRECTOR, CIA TITLE: (Restricted) DATE: 11/14/1962 PAGES: 33 SUBJECTS: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS CUBA CIA ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES DOCUMENT TYPE: MEMORANDUM CLASSIFICATION: Top Secret RESTRICTIONS: IBJ: IC CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/04/1993 DATE of LAST REVEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : 39

Key individuals involved:

* John F. Kennedy
* Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)
* Secretary Rusk
* Secretary McNamara
* Under Secretary Johnson
* Attorney General
* General Taylor
* Lemitzer
* McGeorge Bundy

Key events:

* Soviet ships carrying equipment and personnel for the build-up made their first voyages to Cuban ports in July 1962.
* The first recognition of unusual activity was a note in a daily review of the NSA Intelligence that certain Soviet ships were in route to Cuba which had declared for other destinations.
* A comprehensive review of aerial photography activities was conducted on July 10, 1962.
* The President asked for a formal analysis of the number and types of Bloc personnel and equipment in Cuba on August 21, 1962.

Key findings:

* The USSR's decision to develop Cuba as a military base must have been made by the spring of 1962.
* The first evidence of the deployment began to come in late July 1962.
* The Soviet build-up was confirmed through shipping information, communications intelligence, and agent and refugees sources.
* The establishment of a missile defense of Western Cuba was confirmed through photography on August 29, 1962.

Key locations:

* San Cristobal, Cuba
* Western tip of Cuba

Key organizations:

* Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
* National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)
* Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
* State Department
* White House

Key findings:

* The September overflight program was delayed by bad weather.
* The Special Group ordered a U-2 mission to cover the suspect MRBM site near San Cristobal.
* Navy photographs taken two weeks earlier of the Soviet Ship Simimov off Cuba were received by CIA.
* A possible MRBM site has been identified, but it needs to be confirmed.

The document discusses the Soviet Union's military build-up in Cuba, specifically the deployment of ballistic missiles and other strategic weapons. The USSR's decision to develop Cuba as a military base must have been made by the spring of 1962. The first evidence of the deployment began to come in late July 1962. The Soviet build-up was confirmed through shipping information, communications intelligence, and agent and refugees sources. The establishment of a missile defense of Western Cuba was confirmed through photography on August 29, 1962.

The document also mentions that an agent report on September 20 stated that Castro's personal pilot had said on September 9 'We have 40-mile range guided missiles, both surface-to-surface and surface-air, and we have a radar system which covers sector by sector all of the Cuban air space and (beyond) far as Florida.

The document also discusses limitations on publications, where an item on the subject of possible strategic weapons in Cuba might have been written for CIA current intelligence publications. However, there was an injunction not only to write but also to publish anything on missile sites without NPC corporation.

Finally, the document mentions that these restrictions did not apply to the Checklist, which was a compendium of reporting on Cuba, and had the effect of cutting the Checklist off from information on offensive weapons.

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