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THE DIRECTOROF CENTRALINTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON
2.5, D.C.
28 November
MEMORANDUM
THROUGH:
1963
FOR THE PRESIDENT
Mr. McGeorge
Bundy
Special Assistant
for National
Security
Affairs
Time prevented
me from mentioning
this morning
- Soviet Union
- and ~onsular functions in Cuba. The adoi)tion by tho
preoent C\1bn.nr,oveITlllxmt or a tot.all tar.Lan c om,~.miat rr.rstem a.nd its all.gnmant
with t,.ljc intt.:rn~tioml
coi':U'!l\miot mover.10nt, which ware already clear at that
time havo become more complete
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I gave Ely aa much background on this whole situation
as I could in the time available. ~I.:! was not strongly impressed
with his ability to absorb the realities ol thia situation as
we see them. · I do think, however
- and at the same time fully cons is tent with
the President 1 s open-door statement. As John Crimmi~s
noted , it is a little verbose but he did not want to tamper
too much with HEW drafting. Do you have any problem with
it?
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WGBowdler
Attachments
Tabs A, B
- ?. Or can't they? What about
response time? Cloud coverage?
Another problem is satellite coverage of Cuba as it might affect satellite
coverage in other areas (e.g. Soviet Union, China). Then there is the matter
of cost. A satellite launching costs between $8
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e·quipment to the troubled Caribbean. The fact of the
matter is that the Belgians have not been particularly
cooperative and Ed Little brought this transaction to the
attention ot a Belgian Embassy officer at about the time
you wrote to Dick; a memorandum