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79. (Continued) QOP-SHORRA—-EES- ONLY As explained, we expect deployment of 2 missiles per launch position, but to date what we have actually seen are 30 and possibly 32 Medium Range Missiles. (We have not yet seen any Intermediate Range Missiles, although they may be in Cuba under cover’or on’ the Soviet ship POLTAVA, which is due to arrive in Cuba in about five days, and is peculiarly arranged to carry long cylindrical items of cargo. ) The sites are in varying degrees of operational readiness. On the basis of latest evidence we now believe 4 MRBM sites (containing 16 launchers) are in full operational readiness as of today (22 October}. We now estimate the remaining 2 MRBM sites (containing 8 additional launchers) will come into full and 29 October operational readiness on 25 October /respectively , These MRBM's are considered mobile; they are fired from a trailer | bed type of launcher, and their location as now established