-- UNCLASSIFIED C v IT - -SL -· I October 21 1962 - Swxiay l thought tlua wowd be a day of quietude Suclt 1a not tbe caae 1 received a meaaage from Waah ington early in Uut JDGl'D ine ukinc wlletber 1 npected to be in London today and iomorrow A couple at lwm-• later l bepn to pt telephone calla and mes ups transmitted throup three separate Embuay c ban•J• indicatmi that something unusual was astir in WaahingtOA Telep-am a to me were not eapeclall y enl i htening until supplemented bro11 b 1 out 111' a conversation with Bill Tyler in the Department who said l waa to maet a military pl am at tw'o lve o'clock tonight at Greenham Common Airport Tbere 1 waa to be briefed on what would later be required of me before the plane went on to Pana and citber deatination a A teleiram tbat followed m rsillied me 11ll bU y 'b r narnSnc one cl the pauengers on the plane Dean Acheson Archie Roos evell and I molored out to the airfield near Newbury a trip of over two 'bours Thia is a S AC baae Tbit ahip one ol the Pre• ide ut'a three Jets - arrived ahead d time Aboard it amoupt r • were Red DawliDC Dean Acheson Sherman Kent and Cbet Cooper The told v a tbere - d been a re-at commotion or several da1a in Waabiqton as a n111ult of the dlacoverr tut tla• Soviet a bad been bwlilJr cl evelopJ ne a missile potential in cui that would be uaeflll for offe n11ive C '1 ·· ' ' U £ ·'t c· t - 1 I_ ' 1 t --· · -·• ' UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED SECRET purposes 21 In fact many missiles were already in place and a large number or airplanes including twin-engine bombers _ ready to fly The most dangerous thing about this capability was that medium-range ballistic missiles with a range of 1100 nautical miles could reach as far as Washington and southward ond the Panama Canal The intermediate RBM'a with a range of 2200 nautical miles could blanket the United States with the exception of an area near Seattle as well as reach south deep into Latin America The President had been considering this threat closely for some days In fact the abandonment of his campaign tour on the grounds of having a cold was a pretext for returning to Washington to face this 1mexpected development The intelligence 1 ascertained by hi h altitude reconna isance photoil 9 phy the t validity of which not in doubt l was instructed ta see the Prime Minister tomorrow afternoon at fo11r o'clock while Acheson is to brief General de Gaulle the and the NATO Council later that day and Dowling is to report the affair to Chancellor tomorrow evening t -t midnight tomorrow 7 00 p m • American time the President is going on the air to declare how he intends to handle the crisis It appears there has been violent contenUon at home abo1 it what should be done Some advocated the b -'lrd line of wiping out the bases and equipment but a temporizing policy seems to have won the day lt is rather unclear as to what this consists of but the fresident•s talk will serv zv n elucidation• Archie Chet Cooper who is to brief more full y tomorrow and self L S returned to London about three a m J'lane went on to Paris and thence to Bonn · ' II - · - ' • ••• • _' ··· - V · • • • ' - UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED SECRET IS P 3 22 October 22 1962 - Monday The signals were changed this morniJli l was told to aee the Prime Minister at noon l was also told I would be f11rnished with a draft al the Preaident'a proposed speech so that Macmillan could consider it and communicate any ideu it evoked from him to the President • Accordingly Cooper and m yself went down to Admiralty House but had not yet received tbe promised draft l had a long discussion with the PM attended also by Lord Home and Philip de 2 ulueta l reported the ii at al it 1n this telegram Have delayed sending this telegram in amicipa tian receipt Preaident•a public statement which not et here almost four hOlll'a later except for first of several parts Primin still anxiously awaiting text since he wishes to communicate with President after readin' it Cooper accompanied me and helped brief Fri min Latter accepted validity evidence existence offensive capabilitiea and considered situation p-ave Lord Home sat in on most ol conversation Both British oUic iala speculated about Soviet reaction to aay embargo They thouabt K might retaliate with embario agalnat American access to Berl in Or he might repl y by some form of harassment our torei n especialJ¥ Turkish base• They suspected K might s11gest meeting with President and draa matter out But in absence knowledge contents speech such conversation was b ypotbatical 'rim in will conside r text immediatel y upon receipt and comment shortly thereafter We• expected the President's speech to be ready at• moment but as the b ours dragged on nothing waa forthcoming obtained • I I td Several ca ll s to the Department anq the repl y that thinis ba 11 become fouled up and the7 could not understand why we bad not received the text Finalq in desperation we auggitsted that the private channel between Macmillan and Kennedy be used Thia was done and about seven o'clock tonipt we bad thf bum ilia ol reeeivinl from the British the copy of the speech which bad been promised for delivery to WI before noon toda7 Meanwhile General Noratad wbo- Rrrived here this morninito visit some of the lead big firres in the British Government bad been inadequatei briefed on the - r · • UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED SECRET I t t f 1 23 proposal a adopted in Washington 1 sent Roosevelt Offr to fill him in for his fortbcomini conversations with Mountbatten and Home Thua far this bas been a messy as respects this Embascy affair ill coordinated which is BIU'Prisinl in view of ita serious and dangerous nature I had an engagement to lunch with Ken GalbraWa today bit he was suddenl called away under instructions to retlll Jl to India at oace where the difficulties ween the Chinese and the Indians have erupted into war Reginald H Pettus of Charlotte Court House came to see me this afternoon with hi a daughter He is a delightful fellow and a a Commonwealth's Attorney has done a fine job in the county 1 • promiaed last year to give a co iderable sum of money toward the reconstruction of the Court Ho11 e if the local Board of Supervisors would carry out the plan a advocated by Pettus This is now being done As a result of briefing by Cooper and the others I prepared notes for discussion this morning with the Prime Minister as follows • 1 The letter from the President to Mac rnillan on which my eo nversation with the latter was founded was a recital of what steps Mr Kennedy expected to take and invited ·the PM to· take the opportunity should he wish it to discuss the situation between themselves by means o their private channel of communication October 23 1962 - Tuesday My morning started about midnight when Al Wells called me regarding the Cuban affair l't one o'clock the 1 rime Mini ter telephoeed me aaying be had just bad a telephone converaaµon with the President and indicated that the British t J Governmen' would go along with us T f ''14 waa warm and frle ndq u b earlier in the day and said we would be discusaing the•• matter• again ahortq At about the same time though l wa s unco Mcioua ol it there wu a demonstration in ront o the Embassy office building on Grosvenor Squ re proteatinl apinat the t •• • UNCLASSIFIED · UNCLASSIFIED SECRET President's speech whlch 1in London 24 -t v' l Y ti ml I delivered at midnight The I British morning papers did net have time for editorial comment nor will there be much such until tomorrow• morning E and I lunched at Buckingham Palace where the Queen entertained in honor of Laurie and L abel Norstad and their dnughter Mrs Craw The other guests were Lord Mountbatten Prince Philip not being present the Homes Pntonia and Hugh I 5ir- Fraser Sir Micha el Adeane 1 Mark Mil bank and Lady Margaret Hay There was the usual excellent Paface food with a - • C good 1959 Moselle l sat between the Queen and Antonie Fraser the former of whom displayed a lively interest in the Cuban imbroglio The Embassy wns picketed sll day by placard carriers as Cuba Si 1 Y inkees no with I uch signs Some o them hsd to be bodily removed from the lobby• by the Po ace Eugene T Kinmly Administrative Asesistant to Speaker John McCormack came with a friend to see me this nf'ternoon Since he had been aseociated with the legislative branch ror lmos t 45 ye r he had many Btories some ol tbem droll about happenings in the House of Representati ves Robert Lutyens came to see me this afternoon 1 have long COW'lidered bavin him paint my portrait since l m11st leave one behind when I quit this post He is an old friend the son of Sir Edwin Lut y e118 the famou s archUect At six o'clock I went to Archie Roosevelt's house to meet Hup Gaitukell and George Brown who were to be briefed on Cuba by Cb et Cooper - I called Joan Koch de Gooreynd thia mornin to inquire about Peter He bad yesterday h teleJ hone d -- mt J1 in a state o evident excitement saying he was under the h lfluence o sedatives and would have to go to hospital later this week for tb e removal of part ol one arm · The chief reason for hi a call was in reference to an article · ' · L '• -- UNCLASSIFIED f '• SE CR E'r UNCLASSIFIED 25 by Ian Fle min g in yes ter day 's OB SE RV ER com men t in on the boo k ''T he Qu iet Ca nad ian ln the cou rse of his rem ark s Fle mi ni ref err ed ll d I I I 8 hav ing Sir Ste wa rt Me nzi es llali bee n Chi el ol MIS dur ina the wa r de Go ore ynd aa one of Me nzi es' dep utie s too k um bra ge at thi s say ing it wu the firs t tim e the ide ntit y of his Ch ief had eve r bee n dis clo sed l cQQ Sid er thi s an inac cu rat e sta tem ent sine1 t it wa s we ll kno wn alt er the wa r to r l 1 ny peo ple tha t Me nzi es kno wn and add res sed in his ow n org ani zat ion onl y as C had bee n car ryi ng on suc h wo rk Joa n Ko ch de Go ore ynd BHl ri Pe ter had nlr end y gon e to the hos pit al wh ere he wo uld rem ain or two ro o nth s mu ch or the tim e und er sed atio n She did not spe ak of an ope rati on so l beg in to sus pec t he mn y be slig htly off hl3 roc ker Th e Em bas sy sua t'9 ine d a mA Bfli ve a s aul t thi s eve nin a Ab out 2 000 peo ple had gai lier ed in Gro sve nor Squ are lm ong t the m tou gh ele me nts pro bab ly bel ong ing to the Co mm uni st Psu ty Th e mn n f esta tion wa s ost ens ibl y the wo rk of the Co mm itte e of One Hw xir ed Lo rd Ru sse l' mrt i-b om b peo r le The c1·owd atte mp ted to bre ak througl 1 too pla te vJ a ss doo rs of the gro und flo or but we re r epulf ied by the Po lic e Tb e Pol ice F'o rce wa s i u gmP nted by off ice rs bro ugh t in re m r par ts of Lon don lt fin ally con sui ted of al r oos t 300 Bo bbi es Th e C-0 mm and aut of the Me tro pol itan Pol ice Dis tric t app ear ed in per son cal led aw11 y t i o m a din ner at Cla rid ges Fin dle y Bu rns tele pho ned me an acc oun t ol the fra cas Sev era l pol ice me n we re inju red I abo ut 145 pro tes ter s we re rem ove d in Bla ck Ma ria s I a cou ple of wh ich we re sto ned i as the y dro ve thr oug h th e str eet s Ha d the dem ons tra ter s S l cce ede d in bre aki ng in we mizbt hav e had a nas ty tim e I Oc tob er 24 196 2 - We ln esd a r 1 l spe nt mo st of the mo rni i ng on the aub jec t cl px oie ctin g the Em bas sy 1 con gra tul ate d Mr Ke mp our w Sec uri ty Olf ce r ' and Ser gea nt 'Go odw in the l 1 • ' '' ' ·- ' · •· l3G6T COfJV V LA0LE UNCLASSIFIED • UNCLASSIFIED SECRET 26 Non-Com beading our US Marine personnel for the excellent way in which theyat h a matters last night The PM sent or me to meet him at Admiralty Rouse at noon We had a long talk at the co 11clusion ot which he asked me to ascertain from the US Government what classified int'ormation he wollld be free to use tomorrow when he must respond to questions in tne House of Commons l telei'Z'B phed home about this at the same time Chet Cooper put the same inquiry faz - me through his channel Some hours l ter we received a reply wb ich l communicated to Philip de Zulueta Our people were generally agreeable to the draft passage proposed by the Prime Minister The changes suggested were woven into the text received from him and came out as follows I lunched with Douglas Fairbanks at Bucks a hlll'ried meal lie was to eo to see Page Smith immediately after lunch to disc1 1ss the Cuban episode This afternoon l opened the Emoossy orientation cr urse by exhorting them to he good boys and g-1 rls worthy of theh· privueiies Findley Burns brought in Commander H J Evans o Metropolitan Police Dur trict No 1 a fine looking t bap whom I thanked warmly or the splendid work of his men last night in protectl Dg the E cohassy Prank Pa ce came to see ri e lie is he1-e for two purposes 1 as a nwml er of the President's Fo-reign lntelligence Boerd# and 2 aa a Director of TIME-LIFE ln the lattercnpacity he e xpects within a - period cl eighteen months to visit almost every country in the world and make l e ' Ommendations as to how Tl ME-LIFE •- - • reporting might be improved B66T COPY AVAILABLE - ' ' ' '• · - - · UNCLASSIFIED •' •' UNCLASSIFIED Draft passage fr r the Prime Minister's statement on October 25 1962 In his message and through the United States Ambassador in London President Kennedy made it clear to me on Monday October 22 that he had become yery concerned about the Soviet supplies of offensive weapons to Cuba in recent weeks It is of course true that the United States authorities had known for some time the location of a number of surface to air missile sites in Cuba but these missiles even though carrying nuclear warheads ma y be regarded as of a defensive nature Very recently however at least eight ballistic missile sites have been definitely identified in Cuba Normnlq each such site has our launchers and each launcher has two miHiles This indicates a capability of delivering a total of 64 MR BM and IRBM missiles Reports from all American intelligence sources confirm that at least 30 missiles are already p1·e sent in Cuba MRBM missilee witll their range o over a thousand miles could reach a large area of the United States including Washington and nearly the whole of Central America and the Caribbean including the Pc nama Canal Intermediate range balliJ tic mlsslle 1 have an operational range of 2200 nautical miles Further sit1 s for both types of missiles are being constructed All these missiles art • designed to carry and must be presumed to carry nuclear bombs In addition Rllilsia bas supplied Cuba with IL 2li aircraft of which over twenty have been de in i lel y identified These bombers are o course offensive and not defensive weapona It is interesting to note that the Soviet Union do not appear to have denied the presence of these missiles in Cuba and indeed it may be difficult for them to do so since the UDited States believe thaflli ere are at least five thousand Soviet military personnel already on the island Barr COPY AVAILABLE - UNCLASSIFIED _ • ' - - l I t I I I i SECR ET UNCLASSIFIED 27 We bad a cock tail party tonig ht for Mr and Mrs Geor ge Craw ford li r a oo Mrs Harr is Nels on Bar ron's Mr and Mrs Julia n Allen Mr Kenn eth Fox KallS as City star Mrs • Mild red Dilli ng Har pist Dore en Lady Brab ourn e Mr Char les Hard ing Art deale r Gene ral and Mrs Pury ar Mr and Mrs Jack son Smit h lVlr and Mrs Fraz ier Mead e In conn ectio n with Emb assy secu rity we have given stric t b1 st ructi ons to the lrlar ines as well as to the rest of our perso nnel that wide r no circu msta nces are they to uae pisto ls even if attac ked We have sent to Fran kfor t for a supp ly of tear gas with and woul d expe ct it to repu lse any attem pt by riote rs to pene trate abov e the first floor d the build ing I do howe ver waDt to reco nsid er whet her for the prote ction o the code room we shou ld not as a st reso rt open fire Octo ber 25 1962 - Thur sday Chet Coop er r ur ns to Wash ingto n this morn ing ln the after math o hie vi sit we are still havin g repe rcus sion s from the relea se ot some or the air reco nnai aanc e pictu res to the Lond on news pape rs Arte r midn ight two days ago Mike Forr esta l calle-- l me from the Oper ation s Room at the Whit e Bous e to inqu ire into whic h phot ogra phs had Deen show n lt seem s there was a quest ion as to whet her the relea se in the Unite d State s shou ld not be simu ltane ous As a resu lt of a misco nstru cti0 1 1 of what occu rred BW Clar k our PAO bas now been refer red to in the Wash ingto n Post as the erra nt US1 S Offic er in Lond on° ' o made a miat ake Russ Wigg ins or the Post is comi ng to see me this after noon and l shal l strai ghte n it ou t with him Walt er Stoe ssel SHA PE Liais on Offic er came over to •ee De this morn ini on instr uctio ns from Laur ie Nors tad to give me a pape r reco rding certa in featu res Bffir COPY AVAILAislE · - ·· t ' - • • · • 'fr- ' - UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ia SECRET o Noretad'a private conversatio n with Prime ldiniater It wu kind d th I r a l to have gonl t to th is trouble Ba baa conve -ed th s - of what he told me to th Preisident N-s l had heard it directly JD7 ilelf from Macmillan u e can let tbe matter rest B66T COP Y AVAiLA0LE UNCLASSIFIED