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8. (Continued) President requested analysis of the danger to the United States and the effect on Latin America of missile installations. ACTION: DDCI should arrange for preparation of such estimates. 4, President raised the question of whether we should make a statement in advance of our position, should the Soviets install missiles and the alternative actions open to us in such event. In the course of the discussion, apparent many in the room related action in Cuba to Soviet actions in Turkey, Greece, Berlin, Far East and elsewhere. McCone questioned value of Jupiter missiles in Turkey and Italy. McNamara agreed they were useless but difficult politically to remove them. 5. ACTION: He agreed to study this possibility. President raised question of what we could do against Soviet missile sites in Cuba. Could we take them out by air or would a ground offensive be necessary or alternatively could they be destroyed by a substantial guerrilla effort. 6. President raised question of what we should do in Cuba if Soviets precipated a Berlin crisis. This is the alternative to the proposition of what Soviets would do in Berlin if we moved in Cuba. 7. During the conversation I raised substance of my plan of action as outlined in the attached paper. There was no disagreement that we must Chae solve the Bezlin problem. However, we should not start the political action and propaganda effort now until we had decided on the policy of following through to the complete solution of the Cuban problem. -2.