STENNIS SAYS CUBA STILL A THREAT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700380040-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: February 9, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

Stennis days
>ba Still a Thr
By the A+MCiatad (U _.ttt4e,v three, #
the ocua' r.....__-- - ..>r----
committee which fs mak rig a At the other eof the range'
reaction was;
study of the whole situation other end
centerin- on the Communist- 1 of congressional John;
dominated island, spoke against this comment froof Conneht
the background of Wednesday's lSutManmemberrtof the House
televised report on Cuba by. member a Committee,.
Secrrtary of Defense Robert S. prepaf~ fora broadcast: on
McNamara and intelligence ex- Ip ?Everyone is an expert rid strangely the ones
b
c
in' Cuba has
there has been no lessening of
the military threat since, ofle[ re
!hive missiles at1d bombers
removed.
mony about ine --- .-- -
onvinced him
ISUI ,i': ?v
not had time to watch al of
and tied
'that unusual showing
r howing
'his rem z n
inruiry.aHe said his study will
go right ahead, unaffected by
the Pentagon accounting.
Ito Lesseninr of Threat Seen
The Senate group had Just
finished a second closed sea-
' hJohn A McCone, di-
this unusu^r m u.
More or las line wi .
Senator Stennis's view..;
en
Everett ,McKinley Dirks
of IUinpi , Senate im Mlno
re I
~eattfar, a4. the Pen
tagon
he got from the
showing was that Cuba is VI
Soviet base from which. " t1-ey4
will continue , to operate for)
_.i_ ?merieL
a, a
Cu
who have never been there,
and particularly those who are'
;
at the greatest dis atnc tfrom
Cuba, are the gre
perta... .
"The resolution of this deli-
cate situations ip an age of
thermonuclear bombs, is not
being advanced bl' re_fkleaa
anA irresponsible riateM+ettts'
sion w A
rector of the Centtal Itttefli-
'TRISITAN _ SCIENCE -- - .`:
Stennis sale, Jae l,o..? ,
probably w'Il be mllltary
leaders. " rted removal
since the repo
at the Iona-Singe missiles and
bombers Incur Cuba, Senator
!ri ?'I don't see any
bombers. Fla Sala h s a
wants to Mrl~t "Just why theYj
jthe SovIfjl;j?~Dre continuing;
of continuedt~vlthdrawa n ,
about s,o~xr 1`chnieiens went;
home wit Fh jai a missiles and
i roup
`~ threat." '
He said tllt~r is no ev ens; j,
Stennis sa the military;
lessening