UNCLASSIFIED nn ·T I • L Sf ' ' I --r First draft dictated as of 28 29 October 1J62 ·- - -- __ 14 ffoVflll ber 1962 Co 1f ' t C 1 M I Hioa to Parla SIJB 11 C • • peeia l party- deputed A adnn Air J'orc• --• l 21 '- Ooto'bolr at ui s ml It ccmai•tad ot Mr Dean Aeheaon th• lreti4-nt'a • pecial •1H1u7 to lraidallt DI Gaul le Aabu•a4or D wllng Cheater 1 Cooper I Jack lllithi id1'Q l'd 1 4 w rt u ld elf of the Ctatral btelllgtnct Ageney 'l'h• tint briefing n undertook wa on the plane vhen 2 n unpacked our aat erlal JI includ 1118 one Ht ot grsphic 1 1 and rNd Me1ara AchHon and tovllng in on the tu 11 1tory ot the her in turn informed ua u mill tary buildup in Cuba to their inatruotion 1 a rratter conc•rninc vh1cb we l ad been in Ambauador Brue• and Archie JlooaeTelt 3 net 1 1 1 at OrHnbUl Comlx n AJ'B a SAC baH - • retuellng 1 all ot LI llllllllllaJ While Ohe plane met in the Cotmllnder'• cO llll nd peat briefing 4 Mr Acbtaon and I tlsv on to J vrirux where ve ware met by C cil Lyon Ambauadcr 1inletter an E B6ST COPY AVAILABLE i' UNCLASSIFIED ' ' UNCLASSIFIED Paris and an armed courier It Villi then about 0130 local time f _ th Pinbauiy to put the rraterial l in the vault 5 22 Octo r Ou thiit dey I conducted or partici l J ted in three brietinge as ol kva a Mecti c g Yith US Officials A vorking l mcheon gt Mr I yon' s house Mr Acheson Anibassador Finletter U8 representative to MCJ U nieter turbrO I Deputy US representative to RAC M iniater Uvrence Le --y enee De e rtment repreeent ative to NACl Cknert1-l J P J ' c mnell U8A1 Deputy C1ncEurJ Generl'll James Moore 8 USA Chief of Staff SacEur l Wl'llter Stoee8cl Polad Sac lrJ Rear Adm 1rt1-l J M Lee i UEm ISA Dep- rt -ncnt of l'IIIIJ' I briefed in coneiderablei d11ttr 11 taking as much a half an hour me The t I had all the briefing material a with generah Yere obv-J oualy much interested in the technical mi 11 t •u--1 airpects of the Cuba buildup of them took verJ extenaive notes throughout Both General Nore tad was in the UK After the br1e 'ing Gener ll Moore brought up f Jr discussion the rMtter or alerting US forces in Europe and putting NATO forces into a condition of - 2 - BEST COPY AVA LA0lE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ts d1 •1•• t l I increased vigilAnce Ht- 1m1Jc i t cl he h d been in I S'-tC- 3 I I touch 111th General NorblA d on th draft of II meaeage from Cine Eur to NATO Ccri m ad ril in uro b Meeting With P rellidtnt de Gaulle At the M r Lynn's r••idenc• vber two JDOde•t automobile• frolll th• Jily»H Pal c• ••1ted UI Mr AchHOQ and Mr Iqon vith a pre•idential eocort officer took I oneJL We entered the Xl ysee the other through the regula r entrance on the Rue du raubourg St Honore I do not bellen ttat there had been any epecial measure to clee r the street of 1i ctator but there wa 1carcely anyone vithln 50 ya rd a or the entrllnc• vho Wll I not in some kinr'l or uniform Onoe 'll'i thin the first courtyt lrd ve followed a tortuous course frQn court to innttr court to innttr court and vere finally brought up to an unprepounaing doorwy under guard We proceeded down alil 11 corridors up et lll 11 sta iI l ya through lIY ' lN corridors and tairvays until ve finally fetched up at a large room ad Joining the President'• pri' l't te office My gue a 1• that if th11 were not the Ce binet ROO ll it 1ened eoms •uch purpon Ther t • 11 very large oval tablet which vould hlve au ted perha-p1 20 l 4 0ple The four Americana and the escort officer vere here Joined by another Frenchman - 3 - I I · l I BEST COPY VA LABLE I I I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED who turned out to be an emerg11ney interpreter After a few m inutea' We 1t -- which YOUld bAYe been a 1111 nute or 10 afitr 5 •· Mr lqon and Mr Acheeon nre wihered into the General 1 • o1't1ee Mr Lyoa 1-AI reporud on State trca vbl t took pl ace b oaba dated 22 Oat 62 I Iva illlllllliitt 1ud for perl Apa ro mnutn thn th• tvo ot U9 nr• iDYited ••• ot coune tor hi • u et height 'but tor hi• bulJt pNplJ'K Ha 1• irur11T in DDi one or th• l rsfft •n aun I I behind at lea t a he-1 n inch or g1 a1 I llo 1901 aecond 1 mprHsion wa o r eoun hi• ey • a vhich 11• Be 1-d rieen fiom hi• 1naU duk -• not much vi th both or us He ga-n 1111 j opic unttnc _ 1ometh1ng the nod to begin ll l 11 Mr P ruidtnt tha 1ubJ1ot ot thi• briefing 1- the r cent m1l1t ry build-up in Cub which began during the Mrly • llllmer on a prl mt rily dt CtD liTII l11val and bu now taken on a dmon1trably otfenllin vallty I refer principally to the recent emplAcment ot 1 100 and 22QO-lllile 1urrt c1 to 1 l rlllce balll11tic llliHilU capable ot oarrp ng mnltilnt ton nheadl5 Claud lt el who - d been K1ni1ter in the French l mbauy in llcvihington tor a number of ye I III acted a s interpreter - 4- I l C iAI bo 4- Q J 1% H1 I riC T - -il A r1 -r 'l 1d j UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED t h u large photogn ph o the l lUp of CU vhich I put b efor the OcMrt l l ltandin g h bent OTlll' • ywbol oa thit map 1 t •• I b- i ll to• maber of the other# photograph of a P t one•• SA Still to tallt 11 bout 1 1 - grut CQlft rt hll at idffltithd the aymbol and rlth h11 I C7W l 011 tinger poin I then • hoved hill tM 11tt vhich ho uw dngly 1dent1 11 d I pt ned on thtt pbotogn pb of Se ntA C lAra airt1 d p inting out th• K t0-21 1 There vu a r gl u vhich he picbd up t oo p 1t into the proper poe_ition loolted at tM l'l flpt ving aircnft and indieatll'd tni t th u M• 11 nmt- rkabh photograph onl y hehnioal hnn I t Jl 11 did not cope vith in et i nUy- r al ntion lJl r 011 tM grs phic 1 tseU tor thi • pbotogrr ph had •• r n iMet a di g rft 11 of the lltth vinged miu1l11 I then indicatttd that I vould Jl6H to tho ce r ri1td 11 1 deck ce rgo 11ho d h i m the Sdn J'ulllln 11 irfiold UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED pointt d out the cratc l the as116lllbled IL-26 and the tw uncrated t'U1H11f' ge I Agnin M licked up tbs I then Vl nt to m-1 at Sun Crl•toblal and th• CR • it• at Se-p lA Qn ndJt Coti ing bo clt 1lext the to tbe map n I toi ci up tti D llllber of conf'inMd 91 t f 1 the number ' il¢llibl e1 at Raliedioa ••tialt• u 1R lit at Ouan aJay ot I then wnt OT1tr onr Ht1-t•• o the moment or vor11t c Me u prob bleti i 11 1 1 the or url r 1963 •peu ina anotbv I d11CU11ud briefly nucle r warhe ad5 1 the flt at t hnt n could not po • itlvel y idl'ntity ar y but noted the high degrn of prQbab1llt y tti t t y wre in C' b l and the highly • wipiciou a storage a reu vere biline r9 'ld1ed I - ailed h11 at- tention to the 1ton ge eito at OU MJay to three the Dul 1963 my m gi ton 11 I not d tor th Miu and thrlh'I to tin tor I c lo • ed rlth a r'ltmindar that a of early vont ca a11 utilmte could 11 ugr- nt preaent Fklt once in the cou rse or rey briefing ' lt'l e there any hint of incredulity on the l l'rt or the Oennt1 l It - 6 • I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED he no t P ' rt ect ly nt hf ie d tha t the pic tur es nr e 1ce ne1 fro m Cuba nd th• Ye poll l tho u wh ich I au ert ed the m to be he gav e me no 1D ltli t i ot d C1 11bt l'u rth en ¥m it he exp Nu ed dJ lubt 1 to Mr Ac bH on and Kr lqo n I aa 1u n the-1 vo uld 1- n r p o-r ted ' ' IJ iMr Aabeaon and Mr 11i1XUt11 it • 1 rOll tl llo nd 1n • f'n We al l ot ua w ite d in tM big roc a un til 10111111 oth er Ti si tor a ver e C111t of the and the n pl'OCHded u bad come in I do no t be lln • tbi lt Mr c bl• on wu rec og niz ed by- an -on e bu t itu 1id en tX OIII th• l IO llent he leN Iqo n' • hou l• Wt til th• 100111en be ret urn ed Ob rto u• ly I 'lltl 9 no t A rte r I had Cct llpl• ted th• tin t dra ft or th 1 1 Dl llllOrtlnd um I saw Mr Ac hH on Yho tol d lllil the fol lOY in g con fW '• d h11 me na ge he tol d tht t Ge ner al tha t the N w• Al int ell ige nc e off ice r wi tin g out aid • to bri er him on the rY ide nce Ge ne al de Qi l u lle 1 11 rH pol llle w 1 tha t M n d ed no suc h nid en ceJ he 'tilU aat 11 t1e d Yi th Jo r Ache • on ' • 11 cco untJ att u· aJ l Pr- • 1de nt Ittn ned y obviOU11 l' vcr uld no t h n un t a mn or Mr Ac hu on '• - 1 - UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED · I c Heeti with the North Atlantic Council During the day the etation received the USI1l- Mr Acheeon approved briefing note to be read to the MAC got e copy o nd he d read it awited the full text Hse 111 hile ve hopefully ot the speech vhich the Pre•ident rou ld dell -•r at midnight local tillle wu 1cheduled tor 10 JM The MO meeting By the time I bad to 11 '8 n the 'blbauy only Part l of had been receind Once again to Mr Lyon'• ruidenco vhe re I met Mr Aoheeon and Mr l lrbrov and proceeded 1n autorob le to the NATO building vhen W1 Jfo one was in the lobby arr1-red and Mr Acheson reached office unol laened Mr D 1rbrov'1 Mr Finletter'a Genertll '6 xlre Mr Levy and Mr Stoenel were there about Cknenu N r • t l d's There was sane converaat1on iwa11age to th11 l'IATO corrme ndera in Europe e nd it vao agreed that nenl ibore 1 ou ld come d to the meeting but would w 1 t in a n antero0tn until called Mr Acheson Mr 1inletter and I entered the roomful of permanent repreeenta ti vea and a hook hand B all th l Italy ' fty around The Acti Cbe 1X1ll ln Colom111 'Ile or He intro 1uceJ Hr Acheeon aa needing no intro- rr 1ct1on to the grnu p noting that he mi1sinn for the President of the US at the right of the Chairt 1' n 'iltl 11 on ri apeciril Hr Ache1on eat I eat e t hi11 right and - 8 - r UNCLASSIFIED t 0 I UNCLASSIFIED Hr Finletter at Mr Acheeon began by rie ht W f triefly d1scu11sinc the natur of our miuion read eooie excerpts from the portion of the Preaident's epeech that ho had at hand and tMn indicating that he vi11hed to read a atatcunt introduoed me u q iHtiona WMn he finished reading hi• prepared text He then nad the xt Then nre a fn queation 1 on the • timated -per o nu noe of tti NftJI and I RI a general quution a't _ 1 lt their 1tate of readineu and e _f'ter tM meeting an aid11 of th• Oenan pernanent repreaentaU folloved ua to Mr 1'l nletter 1 11 office to atilt the eatima ted yield o th V lrhead ca ted lcv ll llltimegaton I ind1- There va11 no quution n root•ly bearing U p n aources and l lethoda and there were c mr•e u per US B 1natruct1on1 no gni phlc• vhateTer vith one exception I p ased around the mp from G'W IC JAElC NPIC report thh f'rom icy or l' Octob r I had cut uvn copy e nd cut all thit code '1 Qrde and deeign tion of cle Ksitication oft it or ot rt __ 1l- l lS ' v SC' IC member _ l __ T kept 11ec 1 l I 11ly in my p ick1tt thr ughout ' J'VZ L V 11 I had also re100ved the tri p 01' Cubo vhich • howe l ho• t the S Mf covereJ air p ce s ------r _ µ Us it - t IL fv 1 t 'R the 1 0rth Atlantic Council new ha a sourenir it nevar came back r S - tr-- ' Thia I r - If J -4 J e '-'- J _ __ N t only wuo I 7 t•' _ z f_ c _ A ' J I II Il • v '1 -U - 9 - I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ·-' 4 ' there no que 11t on11 about the 11ourcu or our informa- tion but no queatione whatever to indicate any doubt that Mr Acheeon'e story we not in fact a true 1tory I do not knov what would h ve developed had not che nged the aubJect M de stl ke It ••em• that a hi w • on hi • w y homs at 7 30 that evenil18 he had heard on hi • nd io that General Nor• tad bad on hi• ovn authority put all KATO forces on a n alert on 1 He ru1hing if he vere in poueuion of the truth be d • o ne ywry acid rene rk • about ia • uing wch order• vithout conaultina t lrl• body Arter al t he mu1ed waa it not for ju tt such tteu tl At this bod y e d1tedt anyone could put him to righta he vu joined b f Befon 1 1 J representative of the NetherlAnda vho aaid much th• aa i ie thing adverting to the necee1ity to consult with even the 111 l ll poi en No one knows how long thia vould han gone on had not Hr Finletter insiated on the Ch irman'a attention and 1e id that neral Movre ve 11 in the out r office vith a • tatement which he felt 1o1ould clarity the 11 tuation ae oenl Moore Ii Ho OM h 1 ever had it 10 good ce me into the rn eting and 11peedily read the text of what neral Nor1tad had eent RATO CC' rmlnd11r1 to the The word alart of coune did not a pee r in it anyvhe -e The cOOll J lndera Yere merely urged - 10 - tJ ap-1 UNCLASSIFIED f UNCLASSIFIED to a poo1t1on of vigilance the m • t dra1tic p rt of 'llhich 1o-a a increa11ed intelligence acf 1 rt tiu M de Sta rke vell back on hie heels did not enctly apologize but did the next thing to it He ••id to the Chair that he vhbed to w1 thdrav hi• nmarkll and en tillllnt by the l'fetherlanda u • Joined l n thia Contrillion 'lr' a app rently qui ta deep becau • e at thi• 11r 1111ent the Ketherland er u id 1 turning to Mr Ache on 11omething 11kt 1tate ot atf ir1 what do you vhh UI re-ec d the sentiment OiTtn th11 to dot M de B ke One or tvo other• Joined 1n Mr Achoaon in gr•t good humor indicated that it he vere Secretary or State of the United 8tatea he vould give them th 2 beaefit of hi• thinking on the tter but 1inoe hew a no More than a privet• cititen he 'WOl ll d offer no lilUggestioM Same clodng phru1t of hia deflected the converetion to the forthcoming d ia- cussiora in the OAS and the UN Security Council About thia time M de Bt ¥ke looking at th• clock and seeing th a t he had O minute• to 11 lert hie government to the Prt sident'e er e ch roved tor adJournrocnt All were in accord and the room tied very nry promptly We returned to Mr Finletter'• office briefl y and then wnt dovn to tht front door cover was penetrateJ Doty of the e There Mr Acheeon'a York Times and a - 11 - Pl UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED C BS n11n were loitering in the lobby and 1 nm dlately recognized him I returned to the Embus r to stow the docu- ot mente knd heard the la at third l Jl 'll Ch the Pruident'11 Thia -was the lon ge1t 11e to brief Oe l4 n l Jacqu t er and h111 top tart ii 1liil at the mm about one o'clock and had luncheon with the two officer illl C llif arrind at ElD 'ICI The ti Te of u1 then vent to Ottnere l Jacquier'• of rice shook bal Mll and vent rlth him to a imsll roes next door vhich bt d a good ai11ed table in 1 t of f1cer1 pNuint vere thoeie vho had been un111 th• intltlligence B I ·-• in condderable detail General jE and l did J '-lt the briefif16 into Trench 0r eane of the other •• Here -6 in th ere wa ab10lutely no hint of doubt vtth re • pect t0 the genuinene u or the phot' l5rsph11 There l ' 8 even to the photcgrti phl I of the IR s1 te and the s a no q1 111et1on cruiM mies Uell which t o b sure required t00rc faith ev-en th an good e7eitig 1'1t - 12 - t UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Tho Briefing fr r tho French PreM 1 1 We returned t ths Embaaey by e lJ Jut 3130 to fin l thtit USIB had authori ted the brie lng or the f1euch prese had eupplied a briefing text and in5tructioru with respect to the uae of thi graphice Hr yon the DCM had hi II doubt about the deairabili ty of this I think hi • principe l concern v1u how the action Pre • ident of the Republic would react w111m next morning he realized that thing • told to him in tel llll of utmo• t 1screcy and by a man w1 thin 36 or Mr Ache aon 1 11 emimmce hours had been dwnped into the p tblic dOOl'lin Re vorried over thi o decision until 1 t seemed ton late to get the neya in t i the mornillf J 3-pel'II l n It loltl • further decided to ce 11 a Pren conference f ir 101 30 the next rnc-rnillf 0 Th1 e I Judged M vinkla him1el '- lUld not dJ the briefins but vould entrust the JQb to I I a young ltl in Mmei ow whr ha cl a gr-eater famil111rity w1 th mill tary 11l ttn11 than M YinY le hi elf It 'W'llB further decided and th111 va11 entir ly satisfnct•Jry with lllff 1 that I would r ue no appearnnce before th neWBI t'lp' lr men but voulll confine my ac ti vi tie a to n ading L 'We in n the eubject _ ' - c 1 t I - ' r- - r _ 1 e n 1 ma dng 11ure tlla t the graphice vcre ltey-ed into hill ar ken ot atement in e f1olproof me nner - 13 - UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED • I It vill be reca Ued that USID'11 inotructiom ni this briefing were as follows I the briefer wa11 to follov a USIB-approved text i hich wa at hand 'l'he briefer wae to refer to certain 11t1pul ted graphice The number was perhapi no more than halt of the total All place name11 loca- m unber ot graphic• 1n the kit tionsl data and numbere were to be reiooved trau the gra phle11 Memoore of the Pren could atudy the graphic• but could not reproduc them Or phic11 llere not to be allowed outdde the Xnl auy- building In the 11g t of the • e in11tructione I per • onally selected the graphics as indicated cut oft the hel d inge at the top of the rr inte rer ioved the 11 ttlc box in ef ch phQto raph vhich C'mtti ined the orientation Mp of Cuba l i th 1 tn delligna ting 11 rrrn 1 the clauificntion 11 nct w iere indicated obl1 tera te 1 l Ctl tionB l ir l'orn'I t1on anl n mibt r11 Tll gi-e phice lll J t NI imrr0Yi1e l Thene vere ranf r 11 ct' the Mfla an i IR11 11 nd a i p of C' iba ehov ng what Car11 n air IIJ cl C 'l ' 'le under protecti· m nf the eAM i I went - v11r the hrfofing mte car ully key d the graphie11 t0 th text - 14 - l I I '' -' '''I 1 'f- ' ' • i Ii '' UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 7 24 October a With my bree ltfa t a rr l ved a copy of the Jlar111 con11iderable l lurpriH 1 emaak i n middle ha U' ot the t'ront ot the top and thnt or tour colum11 Yid• vt1 1 the phot061 p11 of the 8AM si ta rttiernd to in pu-aA tn llinutu latn upon g n pb O of th• briefing nou rr1Y l at the hba tlJ I kit wa 1nfoni d that the - bolt ot pbotogns h i bei n nil i d J'l·•u io the ritiah night btt o1-e that th · y ire Pl Mrill8 in the L indon pen thi• irorning and indted llt d appecr-ed on A tn minutH later tvo Bri t111h TV p rogr 411 laat night I • nus 11bovn tvo l'l rh 100mins J Sl'lrl on• o r vhich carried the SAM e1 t e abon ntioned the other tho picture ot the SIIJ eupJ1Qrt l N vhich I had not been suthorir eyen to 1th0 f to the Trench •••••• vith I lI - 11 ri--11 I conferred to thtl but procedure a nd f ve agreed th at I ehou ld c ll We ahington or porm1uion t i rele11 n reproduction• or the graphic• which ven to be th7'nl to the Trench Pniu at 10130 thi1 morning The -e VII W acme difficulty in getting through to Washington rmd it w 11 not until about 9150 AM local tim ' that I relLCh-ed the ClA watch Office Ten or flft en minute• later they called be ck author1%1ng thl releaae 1 OlC vith the JX l I prnrnptly cr nfl rred vith Mr Lyon vho - l UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 11t ill with l'lc'tne reluctL r e 1 euthoxi ted the releaae of four pictures A ri ballsy pre 11 iaan accorcllngly l cotch ta ped the four picturu 1n que • t1on MR-1 lR-1 the 1L--28e i t S J'ull n nd tM MIO• at nta G'le ra to the floor e nd photographed tbet1 Yi th a hand- held 35 lllll c l l 'n not th• ruultie but I oan i1Dlgine moat French 111 H1 vu t a ppcared in the a tternoon pl pert b Mr Love of USIS did the briefing in Mr lobvinkle' presence -i 'tl 11 I clld nad ars had much to t ak• on ai th vben they MV8p P r aav ulline only nctural light not pr-e ent As per prior decision I I hav-e no ide vr t newspaper• were C repr sented oor the names of their repre • ent ti Tell At e bv---ut 11 AM ha Ting been in touch with c - C l me hern rd the G-2 at EIJCOH lllwj 1- I nt out to rucCM to give h1 a th1' vord The only nevs rue l 1 received the situation in Cube W-1'1 thtu far regarding hat Oenenu McConnell bad r -p rhd en the bad• of my br1er1 1J3 of 22 October Colon l SheITttrd tookl -Colon l Roland Spritzan 1 USMC and me to th Senior Officer •' p it to ti ' u f' r lunch and I amvered questiorui by O neral McConnell and othere _ -• Shortly th lreaft-er in a briefing ro n I ra n through the brhfing - 16 - 6 i 9 UNCLASSIFIED _j l 1 UNCLASSIFIED Ic t c 1 for a meeting r1 th AndN font illfl ot k d A s is 'lfflll knovn 1 1e J rance' • 1-a inc arternoon Ja per J'or aaiw peaullar rauon the afternoon of 22 October b- n the date 23 October • rontaine bad Md time to hRr and II tud y tht Preaident•• 1peech of midnight 21 October aod to nite an un• thetic front page column on US policy cnd1b111ty of the evidence On vould like to be 1JUie or the acc u t'cy of the 1n orn at1on upon vb1ch ' th• Jre • ident has MUtd ''But unmppily 1 ex-porillnce ahmno that the A mericl I Il intelligence 1errlce1 1 tlme1 i a m 11takes Thi• • et the ton-e Ater on he e gain obllqu•lJ' chal lenged the evidence in the fourth pe ra- lf the Ruuia n • ban not r lly d eli ven d and do not l't v the intention or dellyering •• In 1hort M Fontaine l 311 from - 17 - UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED l • ' l I ' ' 0 I MJ uour 1 and rod rather pereuaeively eet forth hie doubt about the evidence and hie view-· totally uney n pe thetic to tho US•· for the edification of France' 1 beat educated and probe bly JOOllt conaervative reading ellta Movinkl• who kn 1'ontain• well we 11 most t anxio 1 1 thllt I••• Fontaine nd go over the 1cript and graphic rttb him Tl' e DQf grffd l wu pre unted to Fontaine Ulld er a p11e- 1do •• a Dlt lartment or Defense civilian tell J Ol lll ily in Pari 11 I Accordingly gave him the vord g I oegan by calling hi• attention to the fact the t rur1 ther he nor I wen e q ert enough in the PI'• art to identify the tern in iu Cub n or IOJM ot the I told we poilll and eite• as to vhat they reallJ wra him that 11' he thousht that I YIU about to embe rk upon a 11nov job vi th J 'llbricated graphic• I we a pre r e red to k c sll it off right thei -eJ that H r e willing to take on fw i th the fa ct t t this countryside Cuban and the weapons in fact vhat I eaid they vere n would proceed Interestingly he then 1e id No I DI pre- pc1-red to believe you becauee castro himl elt in a apeech of yut erday procle imed that American aircraft had beon - 18 - CtA1 1J 11-uW1'7 R BV i H1nc 'S A ' J1 -r trt 1 d J UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED r ··· · t This il'I good ellOllgh evidence violating Cul llu t il tl1 C i · for me to - 1 v hat you haTit b en overflying Cul a With theH onrallsani tized tie11 over l ran through the exero1H vith the pictu ro1 and photographing· it trau th• air Al m et the only queution h• 1s• ked vu the al ti tram which the ¢ct 1ree l -or i tak•n• lte prHumed that thi• wu ecret I indicated thJ t it w a indeed Haret and let it go a -c tll 't 2S Octobar Wi I le rt • be1'on I A dat4d printed I vou ld be intere11ted in He- __ ·- Jc ' -' ' ' _ •vn - c1- _ I-- - lb 1118 how llllch or the brle ing 1tuak h Am bll 11sad or Bohlen h d arrived at Le B vre on the night 01' 23-24 October on or He had d r1 ven to Pa rir vi th the lm t e uy o f' 1 cere durine the 24th and h d We received a me••aa• gone straight to the reeidence during the day thl lt he v nted me to give him the brief' 1 ng and W01 1ld I be Vllill tble to com t to the reeidence at 7 PM ri• evening tnf 'ic being 1ffillt it for the re•idence at 6130 11 1111i I left We an iv d on the tick of 'rh e DCM a -rived a f minut e1 later i 7 j1ni n through th• briefing and talked generally vith the Anlbtt 1- 11ador and Mr -4YOn until about 8 30 The unbauador indicated that he wo1 1ld like to see me the 111 1 xt morning ebortly before 9 - 19 - I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 1 It vaa during theu lAt afternoon houre of _ -- 24 Octobu tb 1t-X 11ceiVttd the menage from C Headquarters requesting rey speed y r•turn The t nua- portat l on people checked on • pace available and di•- covered that the but that could be don a J C 6 or -7 out or Aluterdam t that nigh - d e c i d e d that in th• light ot Mr Bohlen'• n e•t thllt I aee him in th• 111 lrning I wuld b4 rlur to • pend the night tad 1 u ov n connecrt or betvnn Idl Yild and Wubington According I did Just thi •• J tance Olli In rrry final One hl• feeling that tMi 8oT111t1 wuld not like bit to h '1 Ruui n 1 killed in Cuba They an a pril d tin people they don't like thi• 1ort of thing Md in the nent that Ru uian 11 an k ill • d Y8 ahould be oth h11 v-ecy greGt lnhrei t 1n belne bpt up to cl Ate vi th trnt progrcl l 5 or the Soviet buildup in Cuba Arter all hie infonMtion w 11 alloo1t a vsek old upon h11 k Ead veather in Em-ope de yed the dep rt1 1 re or T 1A 1'light 8o3 until about 2 FM Becau ae ot head I I I I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED wind11 rar gin g f ram 110 to 11 0 knots it took eight hours to make the fligh t frcm Pe ris to ldliW ild and it did not 11 rriva 1n Washi ngton until 8 Wu S SI ERHAJI KENT Aeai•tant Dire tor Nation al E8timate1 - 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