CUBA-LENINGRAD ANTI-MISSILE NET COULD FORCE U.S. DEFENSE SWITCH

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CIA-RDP65B00383R000400040013-2
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RIFPUB
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K
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1
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December 15, 2016
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February 17, 2004
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13
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Publication Date: 
March 25, 1963
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NSPR
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA SUN App'roved ForgiaaaeS2 OW/11 : CIA-RDP65B00383R00040004001372 A Bert-Scott Report Cuba - Leningrad Anti - Missile Net Could Force V. S. Defense Switch By ROBERT S..Al.LEN and PAUL SCOTT ltu~ia is cr,nt.e!k:ng Cuba into a menacing ant! missile missile base that coup) farce the to make vast changes in its nuclear de- l CnSC', Soviet technicians are installing a comipleir tracking system in Cuba that is con- nttct 'd ilirectdy with a newly established anti- lit ss,ie control tenter near Moscow. 'I his highly - important l?:rc:nint command post in turn i linked to the tmor'lds firs! operational anti-mi-ilc bas' that has been eon- >tru ii?d on the outskirts of 1. ?mnf;t"ad. 'I'ns startling disco; cry t:' lr, se sinister Red missile ir:- sta)I,tt,ons \%as made by an .V: i-'orce Samos reconnais- ,ance satellite and subst- quently confirmed by other intv!!tgence sources. 'I he satellite's highly-sensitive cameras photo. graphed 11 "modified" SA-3 mic,ilcs on launches at !:;r Leningrad base. These ant:-missile mis- si r . iliWe the capability of shooting down inter- 0,11 1nc,111at ballistic mis Iles. THESE AND other sLiil secret details cQ the e! ; sensational anti-missile missile break- and its link to Cuba are now being ni i 'ei at the highest level in the Kennedy & irn;oi