MEMO FOR THE RECORD RE: U-2 MISSIONS OVER CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R002600080035-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: November 26, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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Memo for the Record 26 November 1962
From:
1. BRASS KNOB missions flown on 25 November and planned for 26
November should, assuming reasonably good weather, yield as much
as 95% coverage of Cuba. The basic target listing developed on
21-22 November remains the guide to priorities.
2. No low-level missions have been flown since 15 November, and 25X1A
has been instructed to stop accepting or submitting
targets for such missions until they are again authorized. The
need for the program is spelled out in COMOR -
approved by USIB on 21 November. My recommendations for targets
would have been the following:
Havana Port
Casilda Port
Casilda Staging Area
Matanzas Port
Santiago de Cuba Port
3. The limitations of BRASS KNOB coverage in port surveillance should
become quite evident as the weekend missions are read out. Only
low-level coverage could yield sufficient detailed information on
materiel being shipped out or in. The 10 day gap in this coverage
cannot be filled, but we ought to press for resumption of
missions.
GRGi'P 1
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