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TEN, SAM SITES. OTHER INFO, FROM GROUND REPORTS, POINTS STRONGLY
TO AT LEAST TWO OTHERS.. IN MEETING WITH LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS
HERE 5 SEPT RE CUBA, SEC STATE ASKED THEM TO TOUCH BASE WITH HOME
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August 21, 1962
Proposed plan of action for Cuba in the light of:
(a) The arrival of four to five thousand Soviet/Bloc tech-
nicians and possibly military personnel during July-August.
(b) Arrival of many ship loads of equipment and materiel
during July and August.
(c) The conclusion that stepped up plan (b) will not, in the
opinion (of the National Board of Estimates, accomplish the stated
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1. CASTRO HAS LAID DOWN STRICT CENSORSHIP FROM CUBA.
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1. CUBAN READOUT CONFIRMS EIGHT AND PROBABLY NINE SAM
I..PT SAM SITES UNDER CRASH CONSTRUCTION. EIGHT OF NINE SITES NOTED
WILL BLANKET ENTIRE WESTERN HALF OF ISLAND. NINTH IS ON EAST
COAST AND WE EXPECT OTHERS WILL BE BUILT TO COVER ENTIRE COUNTRY
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1. READOUT OF LATEST (5.SEPTEM
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1. STILL UNABLE TO CO ICLIJDE ON FATE OF LOST U -Z.
QONF R1,1
1T :l E ZS NOTHING TOM V,. ?M 1v ECJ1ANICA , T LFUN ,TION . }R iD
GRADUAL OR SUDDEN LOSS OF ALTITUDE. THERE jHICO
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AT LEAST TWENTY SIX MORE SOVIET,SI-IIPS'CURREN'TLY;EN
OUT. TO CUBA. REFUGEE SOURCE REPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR' SAM
PROBABLY MOVED TO ISLE OF PINES IN LATE AUGUST.
IV IT III CUBAN NAVY CONTACTS REPORTS MORE TORPEDO BOATS
TYPES ANTI-SUB SHIPS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE. IN CUBA'"FROM SOVIET UNION
3. CONTINUING READOUT OF FOOTBALL' MATERIAI14'' OF
REVEALS SECOND CRUISE-TYPE SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE ~S
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