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82. McCone, “Memorandum of Meeting of Executive Committee of the NSC, 10:00 a.m., October 23, 1962” 23 October 1962 | t MEMORANDUM OF MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NSC. | 10:00 a.m., October 23, 1962 | | PRESENT: The President. Vice President, Secty. McNamara, Secty. Gilpatric, Gen. Taylor, Mr. Bundy, Secty. Ball, Secty. Johnson, Amb. Thompson, Attorney Gararal, OCI 1. MeCone gave a brief intelligence report as covered by the i attached documents. (Descriptive scte attached}. Lundahl displayed the most recent photographs and a map showing $7 per cent coverage of the island. 2. Robert Kennedy stated that the question had been raised as to . why the situation was not reported earlier, what wae wrong with our ' intelligence. It was agreed that the rapidity with which the MREBM site construction took place, and other events took place, accounted for the suddenness of the findings and that the leadership and selected press should be contacted privately. Action: DCI was requested to contact Fulbright, Russell, Vinson, Halleck, Dirksen, and Hickenlooper, aad for the press, Alsop, Krock and David Lawrence. 3. MeNamara raised questions of when blockade proclamation will be issued, become effective, and discussed plans for the intercept of the first ship which would be the Kimovek. It was decided that if OAS acted on Tuesday, the proclamation would be issued, effective Wednesday morning, October 24. Probably the first intercept would be made on that day. 4. The President discussed the program, defending the steps taken, stated earlier action would not have been supported and would not have shut off the possibility of missiles, emphasized that mobile missiles cz: come in at any time and be set up rapidly. S. MeNamara discussed several military actions, including extension of tours of duty of Navy and Marine Corps personnel, and these were approved. 283