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111. (Continued) ef ra Or Olax é yerage 2 Roush : SSS8U i Intelligence Cuba, we veileve agent coverage ollection operation our Governmer the Soviet there has for the ins of ct Oe i word S 3% 3 1 ck a @ co iD) cee @ B Y Sct OP OOM Do ee ev be chs ap =) o ry ro ow ch bys cba. © OOS fa ros 5 X ewas not made of aeriel pacto~ Lerly during September and Octobe he influx of Soviet military personnel and armaments hed. major proportions, Ve recognize that in September in-~- weather aGelayed Some of the scheduled U-2 missicns, we note that from 5 ceptenber 8 to Sentember 16 U-2 mis- ¢ o Cuba were suspended apparently beceuse of the loss oR) “Mationalist U-~2 over the China mainland on Septembe . note with concern that during the period of inereasina , ey, as pointed up by intelligence indicators, thers was orresponding intensification of the scheduling of U-2 over the island. 3. eu CU q UF sys > Gd fo are surveillancs, t lous a ts <b Pe Gr ft OD AO x YS aE Ro wt 2 8 WO Do © 3 GG 2 ra “tA ck & ooo lade CY HY bt o> or ws “Ay gard to proposals for aerial photographic surveil- Cuba, we make the following additional observations: fhe President granted euthorizgation for all U-2 which were recommended to him by his policy advisers ¢ieal Group having responsibility for such matters, (2) The Special {Group approved, in one instance with modifications, all U-2 overflights recommended to o it. {We surmise that on its own the Special Group could nave initiated ‘overflight recommendations.) , (3) Until October 3, when the ged that suspicicus areas of Cuba missions, it sppeere that there was a Pa a es whole to propose to the Specisl Group mensurate with tne’ “wature The need for more fred ne aad ate aerial Ce nat “survei Tiance | during the swear" end fall was even more pressing in view or tne inadequacy £ clandestine agent resources and the limited effectiveness of POP—SEGRET