MEMORANDUM FOR: DR. JAMES KILLIAN FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003000080013-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 14, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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THE WHITE' HOUSE
WASHINGTON
PRESIDENTS FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
November 1~+, 1962
On behalf of the Presidentts?Board, I wish to express
our appreciation for your submission at our November 9 meeting
of the memorandum dated November 7, 1862, which had been pre-
pared ?~aithin the Central Intelligence Agency on the subject
'CIA Handling of the Soviet Build-up in Cuba, 1 July -
16 October 1862."
The memorandum which you supplied, and your comments
to the Board, were an instructive contribution to our current
review of the intelligence collection and -reporting roles
performed by the United States intelligence community with
respect.to the vitally important subject matter involvedo
In furtherance of the Boards review it would be helpful
if we were supplied with information on all pertinent aspects
of the total U. S. foreign intelligence effort ~Jvhich was
brought to bear in providing advance information and assess-
ments of the developing ballistic missile capability which
was positively confirmed by means of photographic reconnais-
sance over Cuba on October l~, Ig62, Such information will
materially assist the Board in its continuing appraisal of
our foreign intelligence activities and should facilitate
the consideration of measures for the .further strengthening
of our intelligence system, Accordingly, the Board would
like to reaugst _a_ revievr on an all.-source, all-agency basis
of. they actions taken and results obtained within the-"int~ell:i-
gence community ixi provd~ri~ intelligence coverage, reporting
and estimates of the developing build-up during the twelve
month period preceding October l~, 1g62.
It would be appreciated if a.report setting forth the
results of the intelligence community's review would include:
~'"a~ an identification of the- reauremert~s--levied on intelli-
gence collection elements of the Government, (b) a resume of
the intelligence information obtained from such sources as
foreign diplomatic personnel, Cuban refugee interrogations,
in-place agent reports, COMINT, and ELINT during the period
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referred to above, (c) the scope of distribution given such.
information to higher authorit and laterally within the
intelligence community., and (d~ the extent to vrhich such
information was reflected in reports and assessments pro-
vided to policy level officials.
jrJe understand that the Department of Defense is reviewing
its own intelligence activities pertaining to the Cuban
situation, and this will doubtless be helpful in this matter.
If the results of the intelligence community's review could
be made available to the Board in time for consideration at
its next meeting on December 7, without materially interfering
with substantive matters of importance, the Board would thereby
be enabled to respond in timely fashion to requests which are
before it.
Mr o John TZc Cone
Director of Central
Intelligence
James R.
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Killian, Jr.
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