CUBA-LENINGRAD ANTI-MISSILE NET COULD FORCE U.S. DEFENSE SWITCH
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP65B00383R000400040013-2
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RIFPUB
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K
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1
Document Creation Date:
December 15, 2016
Document Release Date:
February 17, 2004
Sequence Number:
13
Case Number:
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