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104. (Continued) SUMMARY CONTENTS I. Surveillance of 26 October and preliminary analysis of yesterday's coverage shows that the development of both IRBM and MRBM sites in Cuba is continuing its rapid pace. All 24 MRBM launchers now appear to have reached full opera- tional readiness, One nuclear storage facility is essentially complete, but none of the bunkers observed i t be in operation . There are some indications Be ne 7 that the U-2 lost yesterday over Banes was the SA~2 system. Cuban military units remain at a high state of alert and the Castro regime is making a maximum effort to whip up troop and public morale. Ii. As of 0700 EST, two or possibly three more Soviet Saips are heading for Cuba in addition to the two ary cargo Ships and four tankers we have been watching. The tanker GROZNY should have reached the quarantine line early this morning. One Soviet transport aircraft which reached Brazil is there to pick up the body.of the Soviet ambassador. An- other scheduled for Cuba via North Africa and Brazil turned back at Morocco. III. No significant redeployment of major Soviet ground, air or naval forces has been noted. The general posture of Soviet ground forces in forward areas is one of precaution- ary defensive readiness. The overall total of Soviet subma- rines on extended operations is somewhat greater than normal, and a fourth F~class submarine may be in the area of the Cu- ban quarantine line. In non-military developments, Khrushchev's bid for re- ciprocal withdrawal of offensive weapons from Cuba and Turkey looks like the first step in a series of moves to demonstrate the USSR's readiness for a negotiated solution. Soviet spokes- men continue to play down the possibility that the Cuban crisis could lead to general war.