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82, McCone, “Memorandum of Meeting of Executive Committee of the NSC, 10:00 a.m., October 23, 1962” c= 9 atl 23 Oetober 1962 MEMORANDUM OF MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NSC. 10:00 a.m., October 23, 1962 PRESENT: The President, Vice President, Secty. McNamara, I Secty. Gilpatric, Gen. Taylor, Mr. Bundy, Secty. Ball, Secty. Johnsen, Amb. Thompson, Attorney Genaral, DCI 1, MeCone gave a brief intelligence report as covered by the H attached documents. (Descriptive scte attached). Lundahl displayed : the most recent photographs and a map showing 97 per cent coverage of the island. 2. Robert Kennedy stated that the question had been raised as to why the situation was not reported earlier, what was wrong with our t intelligence. It was agreed that the rapidity with which the MRBM site construction took place, and other events tock place, accounted for the suddenness of the findings and that the leadership and selected : prees should be contacted privately. | Action: DCI was requested to contact Fulbright, Russell, i Vinson, Halleck, Dirksen, and Hickenlooper, aad for the press, Alsop, Krock and David Lawrence. 3. McNamara raised questions of when blockade proclamation will be issued, become effective, and discussed plans for the intercept { of the first ship which would be the Ximovek. It was decided that if | OAS acted on Tuesday, the proclamation would be issued, effective Wednesday morning, October 24. Probably the first intercept would be made on that day. 4. The President discussed the program, defending the steps taken, stated earlier action would not have been supported and would not have shut off the possibility of missiles, emphasized that mobile missiles ca: come in at any time and be set up rapidly. S. MeNamara discussed several military actions, including extension of tours of duty of Navy and Marines Corps personnel, and these were approved. 283