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111. (Continued) dential cklist issues failed to reports on 2 2tion, o2 Céatral Inte ence exempted CIA's hi nce Checklist from this injunction, th subsequent to the President's instructior ation from any of the refugee or ngs of offensive missiles in Cuba, ent 's directive restricting the publication of ensi- Te weapons was clearly wise, necessary, The misinterpretations of ‘shis direc 2 endae ed the necessary flow of information and serve as warning that in future situations requiring such restrictions attention must be given to establishing secw trans: on of vital information to offici The Cuba experien to ensure that our _hiuina maters, teliigense. resources to meet the Gemands of President found it necessary to restrict the publi- gation of inf ‘tion on offensive missiles in Cuba and to confine such in ormation to designated categories of recipients, the in- ve in readiness a pl. to meet the repor sting veguirem nts of suck an emergency. S$ a result, signifi- cant information did not reach some elements of the Government, both in Washington and the military commands, and in some ins tances importent intelligence was not brought to the attention of the President and some other high officials. Tyo examples of the con- sequences which followed were (1) officials who checked in normal places concerning such matters as the October 10 speech of Senator Keating were told that there was no evidence of offensive weapons, aithough in fact raw intelligence had already led to the targeting .of the 4 Cristobal area where offensive missile installations were subsequently found through U-2 photography on October 14, and (2) for a brief period the limitation on publication operated in such fashion as to preclude the. Defense Intelligence Agency from: as: ne ig outside the Washington area intelligence publica- tions on the developing Cuba As a consequence, it was necessary to call in‘certain military commanders from the field