XEROX COPIES OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE SULZBERGER BOOK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 1, 1962
• Content Type: NOTES

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Xerox copies of the relevant pages of the Sulzberger
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did on demobilization and a cutback on plane production in exchange
for more missiles.
Khrushchev needs a success. But he is unlikely to move against Berlin
now. He will probably work for a bettor atmosphere by something like
a testing agreenment.
The question in Cuba now is: Where are the nuclear warheads? It
is unlikely that the Russians would leave them with the unsteady
Castro. Castro did not go to the November 7 Soviet reception; nor did
his brother Raul.
Lunched with Walt Rostow: He said this administration is not bound
together by a particular ideology. Its members are not just Republicans
or Democrats or New Dealers, etc. Their common link is that they were
junior officers in World War II, and that is the way they reacted on the
Cuba affair-like members of a command post and not like members of
a high-up general headquarters.
The Russians tried to get a quick fix on the nuclear balance by the
Cuban experiment. Now they will have to spend much more money on
something like ICOMS, submarines, or a weapon in space. Or they can
decide to end the armaments race and accept inspection. They will
probably delay a decision and lie low for a while.
Each nation has a central complex. Russia worries about invasion
from the West. The United States worries about another Pearl Harbor.
The Russians touched our deepest nerve by their Cuban deception and
the way Gromyko knew nothing about it when he talked with Kennedy.
WASHINGTON, November II, 1962
SPENT the day at Paul Nitze's farm in La Plata, Maryland. Nitze told
us the story of Dean Acheson's visit to Paris via London, where he spent
a few hours briefing David Bruce and showing him the pictures. He had
with him Sherman Kent of the CIA to explain the latter, plus a security aide
to guard Kent.
When Acheson got to Paris he was smuggled into de Gaulle's office
by an underground tunnel from across the street. Acheson went in alone
except for the Elysee interpreter. Not even Sherman Kent was allowed.
De Gaulle greeted him, then.said: "Je vous ecoute." Acheson explained
everything, and added he had brought along pictures to confirm what
he was saying. De Gaulle said: "It is not necessary to show. me the pic-
tures because obviously a great government like yours would not risk
war for nothing."
Acheson said de Gaulle never made any small talk but when he saw
Adenauer the next day the old Chancellor started off by talking at
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length about bowling. He had recently been down in Italy where he,
bowled with a Cardinal and had clone very well. "Did you win?" Acheson
asked. The answer was: "No, I think his prayers went more directly to
heaven."
Adenauer had been briefed on the Cuban crisis the day before by
Ambassador Red Dowling, so lie was all prepared. He told Acheson the
United States should have gone ahead and attacked the Russian installa-
tions in Cuba without bothering to consult the allies. Acheson replied:
"But wouldn't you have protested that you were not being consulted
about something which might directly affect German interests?" Adenauer
smiled and admitted he would have.
WASHINGTON, November 20, 1962
THIS evening, I had a long talk with the President. I waited in the office
of his principal secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, a very nice woman.
Mrs. Lincoln's walls are hung with presidential mementos. These in-
clude a mounted whale's tooth; she told me the President collects these
unsightly objects. Also pictures of his late brother, Joe, Jr., in football
uniform and as an officer; the President's Pulitzer Prize citation for
Profiles in Courage; honorary degrees; and a galaxy of photographs,
some in color and some in black and white of Kennedy, his family, and
various distinguished visitors. The latter included Nkrumah, Adenauer,
and Macmillan. Macmillan had sent a large photograph and an effusive
inscription revising the well-known quotation to read as follows: "Ask
not what your country can do for you but what we can do together for
all mankind." There were also quite a few cartoons. One of these was
of Nixon and Kennedy and inscribed by Nixon: "To Jack Kennedy, my
neighbor, wishing him the best success in almost everything. Dick Nixon."
They were neighbors in the Senate office building.
The door to the President's office was open when he came in through
another entrance. He spotted me and rushed into Mrs. Lincoln's room,
saying: "Hello Cy, I'm sorry I got tied up. Come on in."
I knew he had been at work since 8:30 that morning and our conver-
sation did not end until late but he looked well and resilient. The only
sign of nervousness was a fidgeting with an unlit cigarette. He was calm,
collected, and moved easily from subject to subject across a broad
spectrum. I am always impressed by his remarkable memory.
My fundamental impression was that despite his very considerable vic-
tory in Cuba (he had just announced that Russia was withdrawing its
troops and bomber planes) and despite the Chinese-Indian cease-fire pro-
claimed today, he was by no means overoptimistic. I shall now give a
detailed account of our conversation based on the notes I scribbled down.
I had taken out my notebook. from the word "go" and told him I did not
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