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4. (Continued) TOP SECRET to prepare a comprehensive plan for aerial survey of Cuba and to submit the plan at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 9th. . On § October Special Group (Augmented) met. Reviewed JCS proposals and it was agreed that a U-2 flight flying fr south to north acrose the western part of Cuba where at least two SAM sites were known to exist should be undertaken promptly and that a number of similar sorties might be mounted if this flight did not activate ground-air fire. {Higher authority approved this one mission and left consideration of further missions until the resuits af the approved mission were determined.) ___ 16, This mission was flown on October 14th, It was successful and encountered no rasistance. On October 15th at a Special Meeting (and prior to receipt of the results of the October I4th flight), two additional U-2 missions to cover all of Cuba wers approved and this was concurred in by higher authority. Director | : | | | | | | JOHN A. McCONE Reverse Blank 17