(Sanitized) REPORT DESCRIBING SOVIET BALLISTIC MISSILES IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A000100090005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 19, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJE CT i Report Describing Soviet Ballistic
tiissiles in Cuba
described missiles he had
seen being transported through Havana on the night of
12 September. To assist his description, he drew a rough
sketch. Later, from photographs shown him, he identified
The Surfaceato-Surface, SS-4 MRBM. The report - 25X10
was disseminated to intelligence analysts
cable form on 2k September 1962, and in "hard copy"
on 27 September. The report included the fact that the
source had drawn a sketch, but it did not include the
sketch itself, and the sketch was never delivered in
Washington. The report did include the fact, however,
that the souroe had identified the SS-4 MRRM, as well as
the details from his verbal description.
(If the attached copy of the disseminated report is furnished,
it should be pointed Out that the bracketed information
attached to paragraph 5 misnames the SS-4 as "SHYSTER;" it
should have referred to the SS-4 "SANDAL.")
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IBJECTt Unloading of Soviet Ships in Cuba under "Secure
Conditions" since November 1962
There have been reports relating to seven identifiable
ships unloading in Cuba under "secure conditions" or
"security restrictions." Three of these ships carried full
military cargo. Two tarried some items of military use;
two carried radioactive materials destined for medical or
industrial uses.
The following summarizes the evidence on the unloading
e these seven ships, arranged chronologically $
MCAT SKLES unloaded about 11-12 January at Marieel, the Cuban
military port at which security restrictions ore
normally in force. Cargo appears to have consisted
of one transport aircraft* plus a full load of lumber.
LIDICE, a Ceech ship? MWW unloaded at Havana on 12 January.
It may have carried some unidentified radioactive
material, possibly for medical use, and a number of
cases of primacord. Routine security precautions
reportedly were in farce during unloading.
MCHURINSK unloaded in Havana on 15 January a small quantity
of radioactive material for industrial use. Special
handling was in farce, as would be normal for this type
of material.
EROPOL arrived in Havana on 17 January with a probable
military cargo. Soviet and Cuban military personnel
met the chip, and the dock and harbor area near it
were checked by frogmen. Cuban military personnel did
the unloading instead of regular longshoremen. Aerial
photography showed crates being discharged; the
dimensions of the crates were such that they could not
have contained military aircraft or ballistic missiles.
Various sources reported that the cargo included
"explosives," The evidence suggests that this was a
routine resupply mission.
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KASIMOV arrived in Havana on 25 January carrying six MI-t+
helicopters in addition to nearly 5,000 tons of flour
and some machinery and equipment. The helicopters
were unloaded by military personnel and security
restrictions were imposed around the ship.
KHIMIK ZELTNSKY arrived in the military port of Mariel on
7-8 February and delivered a full military cargo,
including a large number of military vehicles. Other
items in the cargo are reported to have included crates,
artillery pieces and tanks.
IjIRURG vIQHNEVSKY arrived on 27 February at Bahia Honda, a
port which had been used previously for military cargo.
Normal security restrictions for a military cargo were
in force around the dock area, and the mouth of the
channel was blocked by what appeared to be a patrol
craft. Observers described boxes of various sizes
which they believed contained ammunition. In addition,
photography showed crate-like objects, some 10 feet
long, being unloaded.
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