LETTER TO THE HONORABLE DEAN RUSK FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002900270016-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2002
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: February 9, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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February 1963
The Honorable Dean Rusk,'
The Secretary of State
Washington Z5, D. C.
Attached for your information is a "Position
Paper on Cuba" handed to ne by Senator Keating
yesterday afternoon with the request that I transmit
it to the President, which I did after my meeting
with the Senator.
It is any understanding that lvlr. Bundy will
communicate with you in regard to this _iatter.
Yours vary truly,
John A. McCone
Director
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BY SENATOR KENNETH KEATING, FEBRUARY 9, 1963
POLICY OBJECTIVES:
1. Removal of all Soviet-bloc forces, weapons and other military
equipment from Cuba.
2. Prevention of spread of communism from Cuba to other points.
3. Downfall of communist regime and its replacement by a
freely elected constitutional government.
PREMISES:
1. The maintenance of a Soviet military base in Cuba is a
threat to world peace and its removal by any means short of war would
enhance prospects for world peace.
2. Communist activities in Cuba pose a special danger to the
stability of the Western Hemisphere, the security of the Guantanamo base
and the Panama Canal, and the reliability of launching and communications
facilities at Cape Canaveral.
3. The Russians will not remove their forces, weapons, or
equipment from Cuba unless the burden of their maintenance is made
intolerable.
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4. The United States and the OAS have the right and obligation
to require the removal of any foreign controlled military bases from the
Western Hemisphere.
1. Provide full information with regard to the nature of the
menace provided by the continued existence of a Soviet-bloc military base
in Cuba. Discard the sharp distinction between offensive and defensive
weapons and emphasize that the presence of Soviet Migs, torpedo boats,
tanks, missiles and other equipment in Cuba cannot be tolerated. Make
it clear that in the absence of on-site inspection, it is impossible to obtain
adequate assurance that nuclear weapons are not in or will not be brought
into Cuba.
2. Embark upon an effective and increasingly severe program of
economic sanctions along the following lines:
A. Enlarge existing executive order so that no ships
supplying Castro can carry United States non-governmental cargo.
B. Deny access to U.S. ports and cargoes for any ship
of any line which supplies Cuba.
C. Deny access to U.S. ports and cargoes of the ships of
any country whose ships are supplying any goods or equipment to Cuba.
D. Initiate OAS regulations to provide that no ships supplying
Cuba may pick up return cargoes in other Latin American countries.
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E. Initiate NATO regulations to provide that no ships supply-
ing Cuba may pick up cargoes in other NATO countries.
F. Deny U.S. ports to any country providing refueling services
to ships carrying goods and equipment to Cuba.
G. Deny U. S. non-military aid to any country providing
refueling services to ships carrying goods and equipment to Cuba.
H. Initiate OAS embargo on imports from Cuba.
I. Establish mobile OAS inspection teams to check all ships
and planes arriving in Latin America from Cuba.
J. Cut off sales to the Soviet bloc of any goods or equipment
of a type which the Soviet bloc is supplying to Cuba.
K. Initiate a Free World boycott of Cuban goods.
L. Initiate further restrictions on Free World trade with
M. Initiate ban on flights between Cuba and Free World
countries.
If these are insufficient:
N. Institute quarantine on shipments by Soviet bloc or any
other countries of any military equipment to Cuba.
0. Institute quarantine on shipments by Soviet bloc or any
other countries of any petroleum shipments to Cuba.
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3. Simultaneously with the application of these economic
sanctions, steps should be taken to increase the effectiveness of anti-
communist propaganda inside Cuba, to infiltrate Castro agencies, to
encourage guerrilla activities, and to block Castro-inspired terrorism
in Latin America.
Only a firm and determined policy can force the Soviets out of
Cuba. The actions recommended are severe, but not as drastic as other
alternatives such as a military invasion. The longer such steps are delayed
the more difficult it will be to defeat the communist drive in the Western
Hemisphere. Risks are involved in any effort to dislodge Soviet forces
from Cuba, but there is an even greater risk of all-out war if we do nothing.
Most difficult aspect of policy recommended will be to obtain
understanding and cooperation of other Free World countries. This will
be possible only if the U. S. effectively dramatizes dangers to world peace
inherent in the present situation. Any attempt to minimize or downgrade
the threat which exists will make it impossible to generate the united
action and determination essential to success.
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