US RECONNAISSANCE ACTIVITY OVER CUBA

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 13, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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RAC No. 001/63
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
13 February 1963
DAILY REPORT
SUBJECT: US Reconnaissance Activity Over Cuba
1. Today's Schedule
a. Missions: One BRASS KNOB in the morning.
b. Purpose : Coverage of priority targets
at eastern end of Cuba.
c. Weather : Broken sky with 5/8 cloud
cover over western and cen-
tral Cuba; scattered c1i510s
4/8 or less over eastern Cuba.
d. IPIR due: 15 February 1963.
2. Yesterday's Activity
a. Missions
flown : Two BRASS KNOB missions over
western and central Cuba.
Pilots estimate 85% and 50%
coverage, respectively, of
scheduled targets.
b. IPIR due: 14 February 1963.
c. Reaction: No significant Cuban air de-
fense reaction noted.
3. Bloc Shipping in Cuban Ports
a. Number : 3 tankers, 1 passenger, 26
dry cargo, total 30.
b. Dry cargo
ships pho-
tographed: 25 of those in port, 2 still
In-bound to Cuba.
c. CIA has received the photographs of 14
of the dry-cargo ships.
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4. General Comments
(Trial Run note--this section may not appear
in every Report. It is provided for re-
porting on projected missions or targets,
or on other matters of interest not covered
in items above.)
Two BRASS KNOB missions were originally
scheduled for today. As of 0400, 13 Feb-
ruary, the mission that was to cover tar-
gets in western Cuba had been cancelled
because of adverse cloud conditions.
5. Commulative Coverage
See attachment and map.
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BRASS KNOB COVERAGE OF COMOR HIGHEST PRIORITY TARGETS IN CUBA
During 5-11 February 1963
Target
Dates
Totals
Days
Sorties Covered
1
6
7
8
9
10
11
1. Siguanea Cruise Missile Site
2. Banes Cruise Missile Site
1
1
. Santa Cruz del Norte Cruise Site
73
1
1
1
6
4
4, Camilo Cienfuegos A/F
1
1
2
2
5. Camaguey A/F
1
1
2
2
6. Holguin A/F
-1
3
2 -
1
1
1
1
2
8
2
5
7. San Antonio de los Banos A/F
?8.
Mariel Naval Base
2
*
1
1
8
4
9. Banes Naval Base
1
1
2
2
10. -Cienfuegos Naval Base
1
1
1
11. Santiago de---euba Port
1
I
2
2
12, La IsabellaPort
1
1
2
2
13. Caibarien Port
1
2
2
1 . ardenas or.
3
2
15.. _ Casilda Port
0
0
16. Matanzas Port
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5
17. Havana Port
1
8
5
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20. Artemisa Military Camp
3*
1
1
6
4
21. Holguin Military Camp
1
1
22. _7617Edios Military Camp
1
1
2
2
23. Santiago de los Vegas Military Camp
1*
1
1
8
4
24. Lourdes (Torrens) Army Camp
3
1
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5 _______4
25. Limonar Military Camp
1
2
1
1
26. Camaguey Military Camp
27. Mayan i Arriba U/I
28. Managua Staging Area
29. Bejucal Staging Area
,
2
1
1
30. Manicaragua Staging Area
1
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1
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