SUGGESTED STATEMENT ON SOVIET PRESENCE IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000400180045-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: January 26, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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ware has been no subeta nttal l ttde ii of Soviet military
d +at snt or ilfEary forces in C::ba since, the",' quarantine' of tact,
962. T b* USSR had iied a great deal military
4rq it ent
bout 50 53Wit
I Ceti-aircraft as. In ? f d:w ? a,d there were:
stiller nieces,. 3S AG 15 and x 7 jet aircraft and
-July 1962, incl tdi.x about 2130 tank.e,
t cl ctaits is C ba advising anE1 trainta
I est a..u or ee fore-ea. then e*ttnaated at 75, 040 regulars and
Ves.
1962 began the rras,iva Influy of Soviet L-Alitarr
qi; tv:ent and military jereoni which was detected by
community an 7 -itored into the Setrter ibor IO,vto r
od when the offensive nuclear w a San syate x (missiles
b re) at ared to the ehin-rents. Theet. ofirrstyn ,.aivmiles
cL directly threatened thvi United S-stee and otiaer
withdrawn after tht t\ .,.trican ann,E tncarrie
e, during t1e rreeviod July to October 24th, the
date of establisshin the quarantine, substantial additional caa sties
of s-r-tilitary equip a nt othar than offensive rni ei:ies and boxrtbars
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red to Cuba. Thus w* now know the number crf tanks
feces 1n Cqba have doubled. The inventory of
106, including of the advanced MlG-2l t * s.
or new weal s were introduced, such as
d-to.air missile irxe *llationA with their radar control,
coastal efenee missile swstemsa, 12 KEG\L&P is silt- -cfrrv t
mb*r of se Lf-?= r+rr lied rnobiie
field pieces. Therefore it can be concluded the totality o 3omet
greatly increased in the -),rind fror^ July to
this :aarrie ocriorf Soviet rnilitary tiersonnei our
reaching a total of about 22, 000 by late October. The
the offensive wean c were witted
n those wens returned to the USSR.. There are now an
n late October. of the now aautnsnt detivred to
"Is Swvtet military rsersen in Cuba, all oa~ nearrl t
r is in the hands of Soviet ersneI.
to "equaraanti ne" +-nded and the offensive weaoont
ny `.SOvlet shims have come to Cuban marts. The
U. S. i.atelli enc. agencies lave closely observed this sNi"Jntt and
ntly
military cargo has arrived in Cuba since late October.
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tis. &WI R.O -X)i., arrived January 17. Its cargo
eiidt4 lftar7 aquipr ant, but it did not i*Ciude objects with
t an atfalxdiVd Aircraft at iisM4.
a asC n Still Uri* quantities
vtet tans, , uas, aircraft said r tlltary rson,&*1 to :14a,
r raves c*ncaru, there a b "u no awsnreciabl
) ttt a ilit* r uLrera or rsoui 1 to
19h2.
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I I says this was handcarried to the
White House and released as a Press
Statement by Salinger.
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