[NOTE RE INVITATION TO DR. BRZEZINSKI TO DINNER ON NOVEMBER 8TH]

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• Document Release Date: July 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 16, 1979
• Content Type: NOTES

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1 ~ OCT 197`J
I invited Brzezinski to the dinner on the 8th of November. I didn't get
or expect an immediate answer. Tf we don't hear in a couple of days, call
Trudy.
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ARTiCA
ON FAGSEE_1$___ 7 October 1979
U.S.. SPY PLANE TAKES'
PICTURES OVER CUBA
MIG-23's Spotted In 1178
The SR-71 flights last year brought
back pictures of Soviet MIG-23's, the offs-i
cial said. The mission ordered yesterday I
was evidently to determine whether the !
Russians had increased their military)
SR-71 Photographs Soviet Brigade
in First Reconnaissance Flight
Over the Island. Since '78
By RICHARD HALLORAN
SpaW oe'rbNwYak'[~1.
t. WASHINGTON, Oct 8 - The United
!States sent an SR-7I reconnaissance
plane over Cuba yesterday- to take plc-
tures of the Soviet combat brigade there,
Administration officialsdisclosed today.
The officials said it was the first flight
over Cuba by such planes' since Novem
ber 1978, when President Carter ordered
the missions stopped as a gesture of good
will to President Fidel Castro;
The plane, which can fly at extremely
high altitudes and high speeds, was sent
to get more detailed intelligence on the
numbers and armament of the Soviet
troops in Cuba, the officials said. They
said the results of the photographic mis-
sions were not yet known. Previous
photographs were, taken from satellites
but the cameras and film in an SR-71 can
produce more detailed pictures..
The officials said that more SR-71
flights might be ordered. At the time of
President Carter's speech on- the Soviet
troop issue Monday, a senior Defense De-
partment official told 'reporters that the
flights would be resumed if the Adminis.
ztration thought them necessary_
rength.
Yesterday's flight appeared to be thej
latest in a series of moves by the Admin-4
istration to make public. its displeasure#
with the Soviet and Cuban Governments
over the presence of Soviet combat troops
on the island and the refusal of Moscow
withdraw them:
Within the next 10 days, a marine
am-
phibious unit of 1,600 to 1,800 men sup.
ported by artillery, tanks and aircraft is
scheduled to go ashore at the United
States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay to
demonstrate the marines"ability to
rein-
force the small garrison there. - ,
The Administration, officials said, may
'also order the aircraft carrier Forrestal
and accompanying warships to - call at
Guantanamo Bay, on Cuba's southeast
coast The carrier is an a training cruise
in the Caribbean. The Guantanamo Bay
base receives about '100 United States
Brown to Inspect Florida Site-
plan- became known' while Washington
was at odds 'with Moscow;*. Peking's
archrival, ;over the question_ of troops in.
that Mr. Brown intends to visit China to
discuss security issues with its leaders at
the end of the year. While that trip has
been under study for many months, they
In addition, Secretary of Defense Har
old Brown- is scheduled to visit the naval
air station at Key West, Fla., on Monday
to look at the site of the headquarters of
the Joint Caribbean Task- Force an.
nounced by President Carter an Monday."
- While Mr. Brown often visits American
bases, a trip to a headquarters that will
be staffed. by only 60 people is not ordi-
narily a task undertaken by the Secretary
of Defense and seems intended to-under-
score the Administration's posture to-
ward Cuba. r
Administration officials also disclosed
this week that Mr. Brown had blocked the
export of sophisticated computer. 'tech-
nology to the Soviet Union, even though
other officials had recommended. ap-
proval otthesale.
Officials here have also made known
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Executive Assistant
Military Assistant
Writer
Executive Secretary
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