CABLE TO (SANITIZED) FROM DIRECTOR RE ROCKETS IN CUBA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
• Keywords: MCAULIFFE
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005640611
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-00196
• Publication Date: September 7, 1962

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3. I:/MAIN T HI:RUST OF USIB -APPRO VED ESTIMATES TODAY:
A. (CONSEQUENCES OF DEMISE OF.DEGAULLE)
SG ;: :L, DISORDERS WOULD FOLLOW ASSASSINATION, BUT
BELIEVE SUCCESSION s,':''OO.ULD TAKE PLACE NORI':iA.L.LY,
AS IF HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSE. DO NOT BELIEVE
PLOTTERS HAVE EXTENSIVE s'V LIT BACKING AND COUP
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SUCCESSOR TO DEGAULLE WOULD BE A NOTABLE OE
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B. (OUT.Li;: OK FO ~ SOU'"p si. KOR A) QUARRELING W%ITI-11N JUNTA
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JUNTA, WITH PAK AS KEY FIGURE, WILL REMAIN IN
POWER THRU SCHEDULED 1963 ELECTIONS AND WILL
EXERCISE CONTROL OVER SUCCESSOR GOVT.
4. AYUB HAS PERSONALLY APPROVED B=57 PROPOSAL. USIB
TODAY REVIEWED STATUS OF PACKAGE AND IT APPEARS PACKAGE WILL
BE READY FOR FINAL USIB APPROVAL. NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT
IN HAVING EVERYTHING IN READINESS
AYUB WILL PROBABLY SEE PRESIDENT 24 SEPT IN NEWPORT AND
WILL COME WASHINGTON 25 SEPT TO SEE MCNAMARA AND HAPvMILTON,
AMONG OTHERS. PLANS NOT YET .FIRM, WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
5. LAOS GOVT HAS ANNOUNCED DIPLOI/ A TIC RELATIONS ti~ ITH
PEIPING AND HANOI. IT IS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT EAST
G. RMANY AND IS UNLIK LY TO GO.'~ AHEAD ON T HIS SCORE, PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE NO a' =z-'A. %IT TO JEOPARDIZE POSSIBLE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM Si'i'1ST G R MANY.', CITINA17S HAVE BROKEN DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH LAOS.
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