TO WHITE HOUSE FOR BUNDY FROM SECSTATE WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000500130001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF MESSAGE BEING PASSED TO ALL MEMBERS
OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CIRCULAR 938, NOVEMBER .19, 9 P.M., FROM SECSTATE WASHDC.
(TO ALL LATIN AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC POSTS NIACT; INFORMATION
JAMAICA, KINGSTONO PORT OF SPAIN, USUN NEW YORK, POLADS
CINCLANT, CINCARIP NIACT)
LIMIT DISTRIBUTION S/S
FOR AMBASSADOR ' '
AS--YOU KNOW PRESIDENT IS HAVING PRESS CONFERENCE ON CUBA
NOVEMBER 20 AT 6 P.M. WASHINGTON TIME. YOU ARE REQUESTED
TO MAKE DATE WITH CHIEF OF STATE-OR FOREIGN MINISTER AT;
YOUR DISCRETION PRIOR TO THAT TIME AND CONVEY THE FOLLOWING
TO HIM A S POSITION OF US GOVERNMENT:
(A) THE US HAS STILL BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN SATISFACTORY
PERFORMANCE FROM USSR WITH REGARD TO WITHDRAWAL OF IL-28S
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OR ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS AGAINST PRESENCE AND REINTRODUCTION
OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS IN CUBA.
;9) RECENT RECONNAISSANCE HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF
ORGANIZED SOVIET MILITARY UNITS IN CUBA WITH MOST MODERN
FIELD EQUIPMENT. THESE CANNOT BE DISMISSED MERELY AS
"'SOVIET TECHNICIANS".
CC) CASTRO HAS NOW ANNOUNCED THAT HE INTENDS TO FIRE ON
US RECONNAISSANCE PLANES. CONTINUED US RECONNAISSANCE IS
ESSENTIAL ACTION AUTHORIZED BY THE OAS RESOLUTION.
(D) SINCE THE US MUST CONTINUE SURVEILLANCE, THERE IS SERIOUS
POSSIBILITY OF INCIDENT AGAINST WHICH US IS DETERMINED TO
TAKE RETALIATORY MEASURES.
(E) SITUATION IS FLUID AND MAY TAKE ONE OF SEVERAL 'COURSES.
SOV-IETS MAY ACT AGAINST CASTRO OR, IN ANY EVENT, -MAY NOT
SUPPORT HIM IN EXCHANGES THAT MIGHT FOLL.-OW HIS., INTERFERENCE
WITH US RECONNAISSANCE. ON THE OTHER HAND THEY MAY PROVIDE
MILITARY SUPPORT TO CASTRO. NATURE OF FUTURE US ACTION
WILL NATURALLY DEPEND UPON WHICH OPTION THE SOVIETS ELECT.
(F) CONTINUED REFUSAL ON THE PART OF THE USSR TO WITHDRAW .
THE IL-28S OR ACTIVE SOVIET MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN, ACTION
AGAINST NECESSARY,SURVEILLANCE MIGHT WELL REQUIRE THE
REESTABLISHMENT OF THE QUARANTINE AND ITS EXTENTION TO POL.
(0) THE PRESIDENT INTENDS TO MAKE CLEAR TO NATION AND
WORLD ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE PRESENT POSTURE OF AFFAIRS
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AND TO INDICATE THAT EARLY RESOLUTION OF REMAINING' PROBLEMS
MUST BE ACHIEVED. THIS APPROACH WOULD OF COURSE BE ALTERED
MATERIALLY IF FAVORABLE tSWER WERE RECEIVED FROM KHRUSHCHEV
ON IL-2,SS BEFORE PRESS CONFERENCE.
(H) US EXPECTS TO BE ABLE TO COUNT OF FULL COOPERATION OF'.
ITS ALLIES IN EVENT IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO REIMPOSE THE
QUARANTINE -- WITH OR WITHOUT AN, EXTENDED- PROSCRIBED
LIST -- OR TO TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION TO DEAL WITH "
THE SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD ALSO INFORM HIM THAT UNLESS SOVIETS AGREE PROMPTLY
TO b!ITHDRAW IL-28S US INTENDS TO ASK FOR MEETING OR ORGAN
OF CONSULTATION ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, TO HEAR FORMAL
PUBLIC. REPORT ON SITUATION AND ACTIONS WE MAY NEED TO TAKE
UNDER OCTOBER 23 RESOLUTION. WE WOULD ALSO MAKE CLEAR THAT
IF SITUATION DEVELOPS IN WAY*WHICH WOULD CALL FOR IMPORTANT
NEW ACTIONS ON OUR PART, WE WILL CALL ON, ORGAN FOR FURTHER
CONSIDERATION OF SITUATION.
TN PERIOD IN WHICH TENSION MAY BE AGAIN HEIGHTENED US IS
DESIROUS OF CONULTING AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH ITS ALLIES
IN THE INTER-ASMERICAN SYSTEM AND SECURING THEIR SUPPORT
FOR SUCH FURTHER ACTIONS AS MAYBE NECESSARY IN THE LIGHT OF
SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS'. A-CONTINUED DEMONSTRATION OF
UNITY AND FIRMNESS AT ORGAN MEETING .WOULD WE FEEL BE HELPFUL
IN ACCOMPLISHING OUR REMAINING OBJECTIVES WITH A MINIMUM
SEC E1J .
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RISK OF EXTENDING THE AREA OF CONFLICT.
REPORT PROMPTLY. YOUR GOVERNMENT' S REACTION TO STATEMENT OF''
US VIEWS CONTAINED IN PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS.
FYI SIMILAR EXPRESSION OF VIEWS BEING MADE TO NATO 'COUNTRIES
AND WILL BE CONVEYED HERE ON 29TH PRIOR TO PRESS CONFERENCE
TO LA AMBASSADORIAL GROUP. END FYI
FOR USUN. YOU SHOULD INFORM,SYG OF POINTS. (A) T}3ROUGH (G)
FOR HIS OWN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION BUT NOT REPEAT NOT TO
BE REVEALED TO'RUSSIANS. RUSK
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