MEMORANDUM FOR: THE HONORABLE MCGEORGE BUNDY FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2003
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• Publication Date: December 14, 1962
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable McGeorge L
Special Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
This memorandum is in reference to NSAM #208 dated Decem-
ber 6 transmitting a memorandum entitled "Guide lines for the planning
of Cuban overflights", and requesting An estimate of the adequacy of
such a system of intelligence collection to meet the criteria set forth
On December 6, I wrote to you stating that I was of the opinion
that two regularly scheduled U-2 missions per day would reasonably
satisfy the requirements, with the understanding that postponed flights,
because of weather,. would be flown when weather permitted, and with
the further understanding that low-level flights would be requested if
considered necessary because of special interest in targets or pro-
tracted postponement of the high Covet missions.
With reference to the assumption expressed in ItSAM #208 that
an energetic program for the collection of information by all other
available means would be used to supplement photography, the United
States Intelligence Board has considered these carefully.
I can report to you that:
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(c) The United States Intelligence Board has also -?
sidered ways for more energetic utilization of resources avail-
able in'the military services, most particularly the Army and
the Navy, and will take such actions as might be appropriate to
increase their unilateral activities without duplicating the
activities of CIA.
I think the combination of the photography and other measures can
give uus a reasonably satisfactory body of intelligence. However, It will
not, in my opinion, be totally satisfa*tory nor as dependable as an arrange-
meat for well organised on -sit* inspection, which is politically not
attainable at the present time.
John A. McConne
Director
JAM:at (12 Dec 62) gmk (14 Dec 62)
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