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63. LET [Llewellyn E. Thompson?] Memorandum, 19 October 1962 mepsrcner Ceteber 19, 1982 1 Stegs which would make air strike more acceptahle to bischade group. LsPriog nctice to Zhrushchet by message from the Presideat giving Joviets possiblity of backisg down and our case with our Allies and worid opinion im the event that Ehrushchey takes such action 23 blockading Berlin, 2 seme effort to try to minimize number of soviets killed, or at least show we wanted to avoid this. Message to Khrush- chevy might arge him to remove Soviet technicians lmmedie &. « -Drter antice to our principal Allies, and particularily Turkey i and Raly (because of our missile bases there}, 4 «Prise alticatmn to Castro giving him chance to fold, & Price aotificatica to certain Latin American Governments to allow them to take steps to prevent their being overthrown, {All these notifications could be short but should be maxi- mua military considerations would allow. Eone of them mee sell oct ose proposed actisnm, brat should tedicate it will be extremely eericus. 6. Some Impecvesient in our position before world opinica, i | Exzwpie <- President might make reference to <ovint eon- straction of “Fishing Port* in Cuts, saying that in view other Soviet acticas we are convinced Soviets ware cca- structing Raval base. 7. No sttack on Havana to avoid billing foreign diplosats and thus arousing public opinion against us in those couztries, sop secRst Reverse Blank 195