MESSAGE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ALL NATO COUNTRIES

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• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: October 22, 1962
• Content Type: NOTES

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:c Nations of this hemisphere. it is necessary for me to order *aryl,: Ltacc
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of the missile sites you have been immeldp Lastalliag la Cubs. This
/sanouaced to the world an last Monday eight in a statement with wb-Lcie ;..
are familiar. A. a result maimed United States planes have conc.,ct.:._
regular surveillance flights over Cabe and from them I have learaud ca._
laformed the American public that you. were pertisting la the coast.-us.-
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shocklag further provocation on your part. coming to my *Strada* :so ;
ey those missile buses. 7 aday your forces have fired on Oat plane ,
was
damaging some of them and shooting down one, killing the pilot. 1 ili.
drafting a response to your recant messages . emotes me to s;vtwty
that further attache on our unarmed reconnaisaace planes cannot bi. tol
sad U such attacks occur soda tier* is no course open to me than to Dr
such action as is necessary to insure the safety of United States plaines.
Obviously you cannot expect me. ia view of the highly secret naturt
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year Cuban operation, to do other than to ham% by all avcil..alt
me the nature of the threat against my country yea are ? crotly tr..5tt4.4 .
If I am to discharge my respoasibility which you so clearly recogni.se.
Yesterday Secretary General U Thant received one proposal from _
the *Yenisei I receive d another quite different one, and this me
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this on introducing a new and wholly unrelated matter. All are we-10w sr
Lou. consideration and discussion, and I am prepared to make su,cls 1:: --
m*nts from my aide. However, I must know that during bath the pr
talks and the mars extended ones you intimate that the work on your of p 1 re
bases in Cuba is halted, the mak missiles are made inoperable ane. uthi sly
are to be removed. Until UN or 'ether agreed 1130&1111 of verificatioc are
established, no course is open to me than atrial survIlillarice as pariiclv
announce, and any action on your part to halt this will necessitate vlIch
actions by the United States as are deemed necessary.
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Message to the North American Council and
the Governments of all NATO Countries
On October 22, 1962, the President d the United States
announced that the presence of offensive weapons in Cuba, which had
been secretly placed there by the Soviet Union, made it necessary for
the United States, after consultation with the Organization of American
State, to take action to protect the security of the Western Hemisphere
against the threat posed by these weapons. Accordingly, daring the
past several days the United States has taken a series of precautionary
" and protective actions. In the first place, in order to inform itself
as to whether the Soviet offensive weapons in Cuba, particularly the
medium range ballistic missiles, had reached a stage of operatiJnal
readiness where they might be launched against the Western
Hemisphere, cl se surveillance was maintained over these missile
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sites by4U. S. hiilitary aircraft. Secondly, the United States acted
through a limited quarantine to prevent the further shipment of offensive
weapons into Cuba. Thirdly, the United States has approached th Soviet
Government, both directly and through the good offices of the Acting
Secretary General of the United Nations, to suggest that further build-up of
the offensive weapons be halted, the weapons already in place be rendered
inoperable, and further shipment of such weapons cease, all pending an
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effort to arrive at a peaceful solution of the issues presented. lihese
later proposals have not been responded to by the Soviet Union. On the
contrary, the construction on the missile sites has continued, and there
is every indication that moreif the missiles are becoming operationally
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ready. Moreover, the U. S. military aircraft which today were
conducting publicly announced surveillance over Cuba were exposed to
intensive ground fire, and one of such aircraft was shot down.
In these circumstances, the United States Government, both in
its own interests and that of its fellow nations in the Western Hemisphere,
is constrained to take whatever military action may be necessary to
remove the growing threat to the Hemisphere posed by these operationally
ready missiles, the status of which cannot safely be assured any longer
through close surveillance. The Soviet Union, in one of a series
of inconsistent and conflicting messages, has equated the existence
of the Jupiter missiles in Turkey, which were placed there in fulfillment
of the Turkish Government's commitment for the defense of NATO, with the
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missiles and other offensiveA which the Soviets have placed in
Cuba. Although there is in fact no symmetry between the defense of
NATO and peace in the Caribbean, it may be that, if the United States
acts in defense.of its vital interests and those of its Western Hemisphere
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allies against the threat in Cuba, the Soviet Government will take ,
military action against the Jupiter missiles in Turkey.
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Wishing to minimize the possibility of such an attack upon
Turkey, and possibly upon other NATO countries, the .jnited States
is willing, if the other members of the NATO alliance so desire,
to render the Jupiter missiles in Turkey inoperative by-
romQval of their warheads and to notify the Soviet Government
to such an effect prior to moving against the Soviet mlEsi.ies in
Cuba. The United States Government is also willing to take
steps to insure that the targets now covered by the Jupiter
missiles in Turkey will be permanently assigned to other
weapons systems capable of striking such targets. Such steps
could include,, if the NATO alliance so desires, the positioning
of Polaris submarines carrying the equivalentnumbers of
missiles in. the Mediterranean.
In view o.the urgent nature of the decisions involved in
these actions, the members of the NATO alliance are asked to
cosu.l immediately a.nd advise the United States of their position
with respect to the course of action which appear .$_ to them to
be in the best interests of the alliance.
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Scabd nav al
Swedish govt on 26 October formally protested US quarantine
on Cuba shipping declaring it "reserves all rights with regara to
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its own shipping." c; U.
Reaction in other Scandinavian countries somewhat
officials
Norwegian and Danish ItxxxlIxAmmenumemtx question legality o1
quarantine but they have indicated their shipping will 3ubmit
to challenge and inspection.
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Ther is little neu reporting on popylar reaction in -stt
Europe. Citizens of the Rumanien Copitel are reacting to the Cuban crtsla
with "alarm and fear of war." ,Many Hungarians reportdly are hopinf 7
a US-Soviet showdown which thoy
occupation of Hungary.
ear a th ir Fopuletion'Irght te-C:laig-emt-rlderne-ct-trgT---Ttri-74:CtEr(4---
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wou1d lead to the end of Evvie..1
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on 26 ctober
Pul its now csffrIrmissmaimi-pauuL4LA4Lligat
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Dania buying in Bucharest has placed a sever* strein on suFplies of ste es.
? Stores are beirg cleaned out, flour end fats arP uravailatle, and acne E',_cre
have been forced to close down. The blickmerket in food has reerpee-eth rhe
letest reports from Warsaw indicete that scare tyir. hat, uttpd,
the situation is outN.prdly calm.
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threat to peace peeled by
the Sorist broadcast this aver Nita Lveiv, ?
Mod tiesses asit &ready relates le eart-,--
atiesetve ctiseike 'lases in L;tabok. 1 b4, j4-4
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essaisbatias tth ake prveranwita si Zmissy. Stair, tbis !liaised Kiassiboo
ether aostabero of MATO whose iatereets are tgractly tavelves. Yes %val.
aadoretaad, however? that the security the *esters kleraisphere r4 gel r ?
the Chided States to take the jpeeithma arm war* ea these bootee is Osbil tia
*rimy oittleative laternaticaal vertileatitek wiM4ary th.ths.airitit oo of
bait ead drs bases thelasetese smart be resedered
madlimiimiddisalk therefore sequoia yea ha the
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frets **Sestet Veto's' its asuman* that wara ea thew* bases wilt halt
babe* thesaseirei will be tendered taaperabas le eviler that sesollati,
dm sat Iterwear4.
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Consistent with the fix tone of President Lonez- Mateo& message of
24 October sliseslieziaanspasseneent to President Dorticos of Cuba, the 7vbxican
government slostatxlandsmizsiosmattsiss is taking steps which provide at least tacit
support for the United States. On 26 October the Secretary of the Navy after-
informed the US Naval Attache that
Mexico was solidly behind the US in the present crisis. He stated that Isxioan
ports have been closed to Cuban traffic but remain available to US quarantine
vessels if normal clearance through diplomatic channels is requested. Afthimxit
He said the president had decided not to seeV congressional authorisation
for Mexican participation in the quarantine forces but unofficial reports
from Vera Cruz said that ten ships of the Mexican Navy have been ordered to
narrow
patrol the/Yucatan channel bec''tween Mexico and Cuba
According to the US Air Attache, all Mexican Air Force jets were
being transferred as of 26 October to Patrol the coast of Yucatan imam againit
movement to or from Cuba. laimdfracktearxxonorxxxoprx UPI reports that troors are
also being moved toward Yucatan and to petroleum installations al] over lexiro
to prevent sabotage.
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On 25 October a usually reliable source reported that the Most
influe al figures in the Mexican Foreign Ministry favor the policy of the
US, feel it is neces;g1,7-,-emd.will support it.
says
USIS Mexico boas that tilAa IWner,4 considers close to the
governmeTrt, is following a dubious editorial Dolicy whicli-tay. provide cover
,for the Mexican govern
Mt. ta,revise_its,, apparent. support of the US.
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,UNITED NATIONS
Considerable fear that the United States will invade Cuba exists
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throughout 0## the UNp\ Latin America reportedly remains firm in its
support of the US and has notified the sectetary general that any Cuban
settlement must include the removal of the Soviet-Cuban nuclear menace
from the hemisphere. The non-aligned group, however, is saying that
all bases should be abolished and the Africans, particularly, are al-aid
that the US is planning to do the same thing in Cuba that the USSR Old
in Hungary.
The talks between Thant and the chief delegates of the USSR, US, an c,
are continuing. Thant believes that the basic cause of the whole
situation is Cuba's fear of US invasion. Thant clearly putting principa:i.
emphasis on the possibility of a US guarantee not to invade Cuba as a
short-circuit solution to the whole problem.
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Dear Mt. Chairman:
have read your letter of October 26 with great :tar
find in it the indications of a willingness on your pe
seek a prompt and peaceful solution to the present
I would suggest, in the light of your letter
elements which might be ineluded in such a solution are th.,
following:
I. You would undertake immediately to cease woe,
offensive missile bases in Cuba and would promptly rarlde
inoperable all weapons systems in Cuba capable of beilig
against the soil of any nation of the Western Hemisphere.
2. You would agree to remove such esapons systat s
frau Cuba under appropriate Unitod Nations obaervatiors
supervision.
3.
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You would undertake, with suitable safeguards
you would not in the future introduce such weapons syst se
into Cuba.
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the United Nations to ensure the carryiNng out of thee c1 eats,
we, on our part, (a) would undertake promptly to remove th.
quarantine measures now in effect; and (b) would mike
give as
to respect the territorial integrity sue
political independence of Cube, and I an confident that at
nations of the Western Hemisphere would be pr.paretl to ,
likewise. However, these assurances could be given onli
Cuba, in turn, were to give assurances that it would not
through military aggression or subversion, to interfere to
the affairs of other American states.
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I have 1ivan my representatives in Nov York ins
that will putt them today to work out an arrangement ilo
these lines with the Acting Seer ry General and your
representatives. If you will give your r.pr.aeittaUv.*sian
instructions, there is no rstaari why we should not be
complete these ;arrangements and announce them to the imrle
no later than tomorrow.
As I was preparing letter I Ieszne4 of your pubil
message attempting to connect NATO bases and Cuba. I rust
tell you frankly that this is not a way to get forward wi t
a. settlement of the immediate crisis. The lammed tit cl:isit
is in Cuba, and it is there that very prompt action is
necessary. When we get agreement there, I shall be ref
der issues.
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Proposed Draft of Announcement in the Event ol
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In accordance with the resolution and-roftel an Oc%obc.
1962 by the Organ of Consultation of the Inter-Amorican Syr,e1-
the United States has been conducting continuing surveUlanve
of the build-up of offensive weapons in Cuba. This coeriur7:_,
called for intensified surveillance of the delivery of tri
implements of war and all other items of strategic impermaAc
to the commmnist regime on Cuba, in order to prevent tIT.:3
accumulation in the island of arms that can be used fox
offensive purposes against the hemisphere. In light ot th
continued Wild-up of activity at the offensive weapon ins;aila
rims in Cuba. the United States is forced to stop up ts
daylight surveillance program.
In add** addition, in view of the fact that =aka- tti11ty
is also under way during night time hours, future survill'
will also include night thee coverage and will involve alp we
of flash cartridges for illumination. The use of suet
flash cartridges poses no danger to ground personnel.
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