UNSUNG HERO

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

CIA-RDP75-00001R000200280005-1

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RIPPUB

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Document Creation Date:

November 11, 2016

Document Release Date:

January 25, 1999

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Publication Date:

March 9, 1963

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NSPR

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Front >_ at-Nor i MAR 9 1963 ?aga o Aaga 1 ADVEISRERd FReleao`9/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200280005-1 MORNING 66,321 :SUNDAY 86,248 1; 3 Unsung Hero The man who rs Soviet missile build-up in Cuba was an obscure - o mos people civil sexvant named Arthur C. Lundahl. i'ec"G~i'o"i "Crritral As assistant IntE~jJigence for photographic Inter- pretation, Lundahl's job was to in- spect the U-2 pictures taken over Cuba on Oct. 14. Late that same- night, he and his staff reached the firm conclusion that the Soviet Un- , ion was installing ballistic missiles on the island. Lundahl cannot be blamed for the. tardfness,,.,of,,he discovery or the apparent gap in U.S. surveillance of the afil'and." His"duty was to.look at the"' pictures and report what they revealed. This he did and the Cuban crisis was on. Lundahl's name might not have been publicized but for the fact that he was one of 10 Career Service Award winners for the year. Along : with the nine other award, winners, Lundahl wi11 ` be honored at a din-. ner March 26. The others are undoubtedly de- serving for various bureaucratic per- formances, but they will understand. thanks for Lundahl alone."His train- ing'and experierice,'irie` uding that as photogrammetry division chief of the Navy Photographic Interpreta- tion Center, was available in one of the most crucial times in the' na tion's peacetime history. 'CPYRGHT FOIAb3b cT Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200280005.-1