ACTIONS TAKEN AT USIB SPECIAL MEETINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000100110038-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: October 23, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
23 October 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: Actions Taken at USIB Special Meetings
1. A record of the actions taken at the USIB Special
Meetings held in East Building on 20,i 21 and 22 October 1962
are transmitted herewith to each Board member for information
and record purposes.
2. The attachments supplement the record of actions taken
at the USIB Special Meetings on 18 and 19 October 1962 which
were previously distributed to each Board member at the meeting
on the following day.
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Actions Taken
USIB Special Meeting.
20 October 1962
1. Approved the Joint Evaluation by.GMAIC, JAEIC and NPIC,
dated 19 October 1962, for presentation to certain principals
of Board members.
2. After discussion of a memorandum from COMOR
requested the Chairman of COMOR to consult with NRO as to whether
any other vehicles could be made available for satellite recon-
naissance missions.
3. Approved with amendments SNIE 11-19-62 as a slightly
revised and updated version of SNIE 11-18-62.
ii. Requested CCPC to study and recommend means to maximize
intelligence collection capabilities world-wide in this critical
situation.
Executive Secretary., USIB
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Actions Taken
USIB Special Meeting
21 October 19 2
1. Discussed possible changes in Supplement I to the
Joint Evaluation by GMAIC, JAEIC and NPIC, dated 20 October
1962, as guidance for the next daily Supplement.
2. Approved a sanitized version of the "Evaluation of
Offensive Threat in Cuba" with a Top Secret classification for
use in briefing authorized personnel.
3. Requested BNE to draft for Board consideration the
next morning an estimate on probable developments, expecially
the situation in Cuba and Soviet reactions, following certain
U.S. courses of action. (After this USIB meeting, the request
for this estimate was cancelled.)
4. Approved, subject to certain amendments and specific
timing, the recommendations in the memorandum from CCPC on
"Crisis Collection Recommendations", (USIB actions
subsequently circulated through CCPC channels as
5. Noted and concurred in the Special Watch Report #637A,
as read at the meeting by the DDCI.
Executive Secretary, USIB
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Actions Taken
USIB Special Meeting
22 October 1962
1. Discussed and agreed upon certain advice to the DCI
for his use in meeting with certain principals of the Board.
2. Noted the statement by the DCI that'no photography
should be identified with the U-2, but should be described in
general terms such as the information derived from military
reconnaissance.
3. Discussed the intelligence aspects of briefings on the
Cuban situation of other foreign governments and of the press,,
and agreed that:
(a) The sanitized Top Secret Evaluation approved yesterday
should be distributed to USIB members for use along the
lines discussed in the meeting, subject to identification
as 0 and deletion of the words "Background Use Only"
on the covers.
(b) State, in consultation with DD/I, should prepare
a further sanitized version of the Evaluation which could
be used in connection with briefings of the press and
similar purposes.
4. Agreed that the Joint Evaluation by GMAIC, JAEIC and
NPIC should continue to be prepared on a daily basis for the
time being and distributed to the USIB member agencies without
Board review.
5. Discussed whether the Cuban situation indicated a basic
change in Soviet policy or in the USIB appraisal thereof.
6. Agreed that the next USIB meeting should be on the call
of the Chairman, rather than regularly at 0830 each day as during
the past few days.
Exec ve Secretary, USIB
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