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6. McCone, Memorandum for the File, “Discussion in Secretary Rusk’s Office at 12 o'clock, 21 August 1962” 21 August 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE Discussion in Secretary Rusk's office at 12 o'clock, 21 August 1962 In attendance: Secretary Rusk, Secretary McNamara, Alexis Johnson, the Attorney General, DCI, General Taylor, General Lemnitzer and McGeorge Bundy Subject: Cuba MecCone stated that the purpose of the meeting was to again review the situation in Cuba in light of the most recent intelligence findings. DCI recalled that in the August 10th Meeting he had reported such information as was then available on the accelerated Soviet supply of personnel and materiel to Cuba. However, information available to the Agency since August 10th indicated that the extent of the Soviet supply operations was much greater than had been reported on August 10th; furthermore, there were indications that construction work was under- taken by Soviet personnel, technicians with newly delivered Soviet equip- ment and while the nature of the construction was not known, it was ‘ probably either highly sophisticated electronic installations or COMINT and =LINT and possible electro-counter measure efforts or missile sites, probably ground-to-air. DCI then stated that on August 10th in discussing the arguments for and against the so-called stepped up Plan B, or alternatively the ! modified Plan B, he had stated that if it was decided to accept the modified Plan B ard such a course is pursued, it is the opinion of the DCI that continuing Soviet aid and technical assistance will present the United States with a more formidable problem in the future than it now confronts or has confronted in the past, McCone then stated that con- clusive evidence indicated such a stepped-up Soviet effort, DCI then read 21 August paper entitled, "Recent Soviet Military , Aid to Cuba"* as prepared by DD/L He then referred to 21 August paper ; of the office of National Estimates, subject, "Soviet View of the Cuban Economy" emphasizing the conclusion that under energetic Soviet direction, the potential of the Cuban agricultural, industrial and natural resources : could be so developed that the economy would be reasonably viable and : over a decade might even earn sufficiently from export surpluses to ‘ reoay credits and advances already made to Cuba by the Soviet Union, ; Therefore, the CLA's conclusion that Soviet economists in analyzing Cuba 21