211. Message From the Director of Central Intelligence (McCone) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Cuba, General, 11/21/62-11/30/62. Top Secret. A covering note to Bundy indicates that this message was received from McCone, who was on vacation in the Caribbean, at 10:45 a.m., November 25.

212. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/11-2662. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Drafted by Sisco, cleared by U. Alexis Johnson and with Rusk in substance, and approved by Cleveland.

213. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Cuba, General, 11/21/62-11/30/62. Top Secret. Drafted by Cleveland, copies sent to Thompson, Tyler, Martin, and McGeorge Bundy.

214. Memorandum Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 65 D 438, CIA-Cuba. Top Secret; [distribution indicator not declassified].

215. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff toSecretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD Files:FRC 71 A 2896, Cuba (Sensitive) 1962. Top Secret.

216. Summary Record of the 31st Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Executive Committee Meetings, Vol. III, Meetings 25-32A. Top Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Bromley Smith. The meeting lasted until 10:52 a.m. (Ibid., President’s Appointment Book)McGeorge Bundy’s record of action of this meeting is ibid., National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Executive Committee, Vol. III, Meetings, 25-32A. See the Supplement.

217. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI/McCone Files, Job 80-B01285A, Meetings with the President, 1962-31 December 1963. Top Secret. Drafted by McCone.

218. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, S/S Presidential Memoranda of Conversations: Lot 66 D 149. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Edmund S. Glenn of Language Services and approved by the White House on December 13. The time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library) The Department of State prepared a briefing paper with seven attachments for the President in anticipation of this conversation. (Department of State, S/S Presidential Memoranda of Conversation Files: Lot 66 D 149)

219. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, S/S Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Glenn and approved by the White House on December 13. The time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library) This memorandum continues the conversation recorded in Document 218.

220. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Top Secret. The source text is a copy from Moscow and contains no drafting information.

221. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State (Ball) and the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Department of State, Ball Files: Lot 74 D 272, Telephone Conversations—Cuba. No classification marking.

222. Summary Record of the 32d Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Executive Committee, Vol. III, Meetings 25-32A, 11/12/62-12/4/62. Top Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Bromley Smith.

223. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/12-362. Top Secret; Priority.

224. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence McCone to President Kennedy

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI/McCone Files, Job 80-B01285A, Meetings with the President. Top Secret. Drafted by McCone. A note on this memorandum indicates that McCone took this paper to the White House on December 3 and stopped by the President’s office to drop it off after lunch.

This memorandum was attached to McCone’s memorandum of the Executive Committee meeting at 10 a.m. on December 3. McCone noted in the memorandum on the meeting that “later in the day I met with the President privately and pointed out to him my concern over Soviet conduct in Cuba.” (Ibid.) See the Supplement.

225. Memorandum From the Vice President’s Military Aide (Burris) to Vice President Johnson

Source:Johnson Library, Vice Presidential Security File, Memos to Vice President from Burris, July 62-April 1963. Top Secret.

226. Summary Record of the 32d-A Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Executive Committee, Meetings, 25-32-A, 11/12/62-12/4/62. Top Secret; Sensitive.

227. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/12-562. Top Secret. Sent with instructions to pass to the White House.

228. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee (McCloy) and the Under Secretary of State (Ball)

Source: Department of State, Ball Files: Lot 74 D 272, Telephone Conversations—Cuba. No classificaiton marking.

229. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence McCone to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI/McCone Files, Job 80-B01285A, Meetings with the President. Top Secret.

230. Summary Record of the 33d Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Executive Committee, Vol. III, Meetings 33-37, 12/5/62-12/17/62. Top Secret; Sensitive.

231. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball)

Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 65 D 438, ExCom Meetings, December 4, 1962. Top Secret; Sensitive.

232. National Security Action Memorandum No. 208

Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 208. Top Secret; Sensitive;Eyes Only. Information copies were sent to the other members of the Executive Committee.

233. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/12-662. Top Secret; Priority. A note on the source text indicates it was passed to the White House at 10:15 p.m. December 6.

234. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/12-662. Top Secret; Priority. A note on the source text indicates it was passed to the White House at 10:29 p.m. December 6.

235. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/12-162. Top Secret; Priority. A note on the source text indicates it was passed to the White House.

236. Telegram From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Atlantic (Dennison)

Source: Department of Defense, OSD Historical Office Files, Secretary of Defense’s Cable Files, Cuba, December 1962. Top Secret. Repeated to the Commander of the Atlantic Fleet, Commander of the Air Forces, Atlantic, and Commander of Army, Atlantic.

237. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.56361/12-762. Top Secret. A note on the source text indicates it was passed to the White House at 8:35 p.m. December 7 and to principal officers of the Executive Committee.

238. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Gilpatric) and the Under Secretary of State (Ball)

Source: Department of State, Ball Files: Lot 72 D 242, Telephone Conversations—Cuba. No classification marking.

239. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.3722/12-862. Top Secret. Drafted and approved by Cleveland.

240. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Murrow) to Director of Central Intelligence McCone

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Cuba, Intelligence Material, Vol. III. Secret.