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109. Memorandum for the Director, “Your Briefings of the NSC Executive Committee,” 3 November 1962 3 November 1962 MORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR Buupirss cf tha NSC euler Core | l. On 23 October you gave a brief intelligence report saying that construction at the sites wes continuing. Lumdahl briefed on the most recent photographs. It wes at this meeting that it was left to your i discretion to consider the matter of disclosures of photos and you aent Lundahl and Cline to New York to assist Stevenson. You 3 At an evening meeting that day you briefed on military developments within the WARSAW countries, describing an increased level of Soviet military communications. 2, 6n 24 October you briefed on the continued rapid progress in the completion of the missile sites and of the fact that 22 Soviet missile ships | were en route to Cuba. 3. On 25 October you told the Group there had been no change in the construction pace; you covered the Watch Committee report meneame” that Soviet armed forces were increasing Somamdictine oi. state of readiness; you described the Soviet ships ja route to Cuba carrying helicopters; mat-yeu- covered the departure of a Cubana plane from Canada to Havanasand § also briefed on the turn-around of 15 of the 22 Soviet ships. on the At an evening mee’ status of Soviet shipping 4, On 26 October, which was attended by Stevenson, you covered the Watch Committee report which concluded that Soviet armed forces had completed measures for an alert but th that here were uo significant deployments. You corewesntholasmpbenscsmakemeren continued construction at the missile bases estimating that it had cost the Soviet less than one- bali as to put these in Cuba rather tham build ICBM's in the USSR. You summarized the status of shipping and made the point that nen-blockade <en-& ships coukd carzy Soviet arms, an You reviewed brie‘ly Castrosapprehensive seaction to the US quarantings, Mi Siexs we Rar on uprising, E SFT. 353