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42. (Continued) operation. Bundy had not talked to Lansdale but obviously had received some of the “static” that ie being passed around in Washington. (Before) McCone in reporting on the discussions at Thursday's 5412 meeting repeated the views of the President and expressed by the Attorney General it was agreed that the whols Government policy with reference to Cuba must be resolved promptly ae basic to further actions on our part, In general, Bundy's views were that we should either make a judgment that we would have to go in militarily (which seemed to him intolerable) or alternatively we would have to learn to Ive with Castro, and his Cuba and adjust our policies accordingly. , 4. McCone then elaborated on his views of the evolution of Soviet- Castro military capability stating he felt defense was just phase one, phase two would be followed by various offensive capabilities and indeed the existing defensive capabilities such aa the (MIG) 21s 2 very definite offensive capability against nearby American cities and installations. MeCone stated that he thought that the establishment of a very expensive’dffensive mechanism could not be the ultimate objective of the Soviets or Castro and therefore the objective was (a) to establish an offensive base or (b) to insert sufficient Soviet specialists and military leaders to take Cuba away from Castro and establish it as a true Soviet controlled satellite. McCons stated that he felt there were only two courses open << one was to taka military action at the appropriate time or secandly to pursue an effort to split Castro off from the Communists and for thia reason he, McCone, had vigorously supported the Donovan mission as it is the only link that we have to the Castro hierarchy at the present tima. Note in this connection it might be well to study the avolution of the Toure experience in Caines when the Communists moved in and captured al] elements of the Government and economy and forced Toure to expel the Ambassador and try to rectify the situation. There may be a parallel hore. 5, MecCone reviewed the Eisenhower discussions. Bundy read the memorandum covering these discussions. Bundy stated that Adenauer did not express the concern of the U.S. policy reflected by Eisenhower and reported in the memorandum. 6. Bundy rejected the idea of regular NSC meetings stating that every President has to organize his Government as he desizes and that the Eisenhower pattern was not necessarily adaptable to the Kennedy typs of administration. McCone stated that if this is the case he intended to request