THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996005
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 27, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
27 OCTOBER W62
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1. Cuba
a. A preliminary look at yes-
terday's photography shows no change
in the pace of construction. Our es-
timate of operational readiness dates
stands unchanged.
c. Photography has also turned
up a launcher for the "Frog" missile.
This is a short-range (50,000 yards)
tactical unguided rocket similar to
our Honest John. It can carry either
a nuclear or conventional warhead.
e. Raul Castro's assumption of
personal command in eastern Cuba has
been followed by rapid mobilization
and deployment of reserve units through-
out Oriente province.
f. Cuban spokesmen and media re-
main adamant in refusin an ins ec-
tion b outsiders.
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2. Bloc Shipping
3. Bloc Reaction
a. No significant deployment of
ground, air, or naval forces has been
noted; apparently normal exercise ac-
tivity is continuing in many of the
major commands.
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d. The Soviet propaganda line
continues to be that the USSR is tak-
ing a calm and reasonable approach
to the problem while the US is in a
state _of "war hysteria." The Soviet
diplomatic drive for negotiations also
continues.
e. Khrushchev
earlier this week
was "very pleased"with the progress
of the Rusk-Gromyko talks, and made no
threat of retaliation in Berlin for
US action in Cuba.
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4. Non-bloc Atti-
tudes
a. There has been no distinct
shift in the pattern of reaction else-
where.
b. Further support for us has
come from several quarters in Western
Europe, and unfavorable commentary is
decidedly in the minority. A poll
shows two thirds of British public
opinion to be with us.
e. Many quarters, after some
premature optimism, are now having
trouble deciding whether there has
been an easing of ?the crisis or not.
f. La Paz, Bolivia, was the
scene of street fighting near the
US Embassy involving some 3,000 anti-
American labor union members. The
press also reports that Buenos Aires
and Caracas have been hit by demon-
strations.
g. The Venezuelan Defense Min-
istry has requested riot-control equip-
ment and ammunition for all services
against the contingency of an all-out
Communist effort. Embassy Caracas con-
siders this request to be of the utmost
urgency'.
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