MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. THEODORE C. SORENSEN FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

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• Publication Date: October 20, 1962
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ctober LQ, l96L
MEMORANDUM FOR: 1,Ar. Theodore G. Sorensen
Special Counsel to the President
The Nhite House
On the attached copy of draft number two of the speech I have
indicated some suggested changes.
on page 3. the reference to Polaris and minuteman is question-
able. The Minuteman is not operational, and being intercontinental
could not be transferred elsewhere. Our attempts to turn over
Polaris submarines to NATO under some appropriate arrangement
has been given wide publicity. On the other hand, we have trans-
ferred Thors to England and Jupiter* to England and Turkey under
e
our operational control. An important point is that everything we
have done in this connection has been done openly and the public
has been fully informed.
On the same page. I suggest dropping out the last sentence.
Numbered paragraph Z on page 5 does not see n to me to meet
its purpose. In serving notice that we reserve the right to take
military action of an appropriate nature if our surveillance indicates
that the Cubans and Soviets persist in the build-up of this ?nissile
capability, I think the President should through this speech place
himself and this country in a position to be absolutely free of the
accusation or indictment of a "surprise attack", if we are forced
to act in our own interests after the blockade has run for a li,-nited
period, and this period might be very short indeed. 214y views are
expressed in the attached final paragraph of any talking paper which
I used in today's meeting. The final sentence may suggest so:ne
wording.
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Along this line I think numbered paragraph 4 on page 4
nullifies the above, for I could envisage the OAS and the United
Nations very quickly appointing inspection teams to investigate
and report back at their leisure, and once this action has been
taken, then it seems to me our hands are tied with respect to any
unilateral action we ;night wish to take.
You will see some suggested wording in numbered paragraph
l on page 6, as the present text would cover everything including
surface -to -air missiles.
no r
Page 7 should be card to the closing out M of Guantanamo,
a condition which would lead should we lose sight of the fact that Castro and his government are
avowed Communists with a stated purpose of spreading Communist
revolution throughout Latin America, a'drwhile we do not wish to
blew up in this aps anon.
;nnix the Castro problem and the missil p
nevertheless let us be sure
out our intent of helpidagthe aCuban people we do not insert necessary actions to carry
replace Castro with leadership of their own choosing.
I know the speech will go through many drafts. 1 therefore
have not attempted to deal with other points which to me do not
seem as important as the ones mentioned above. ~_.__.
u'. g:ed
Cohn A. ,ricCone
')irector
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