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4. (Continued) to prepare a comprehensive plan for aerial survey of Cuba and to submit the plan at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 3h. . On 9 October Special Group (Augmented) met. oviowed EE JCS proposals and it was agreed that a U-2 flight flying fr: ‘south to north across the western part of Cuba where at least two SAM sites were known to exist should be undertaken promptly and that a number of similar sorties might be mounted if this flight did not activate ground-air fir: {Higher authority approved this one mission and left consideration of further missions until the results af the approved mission were determined.) __ 16, This mission was flown on October l4th. It was successful and encountered no resistance. On October 15th at a Special Meeting (and { prior to receipt of the results of the October I4th flight), two additional H U-2 missions to cover all of Cuba wers approved and thie was concurred in by higher authority. JOHN A. McCONE Director Reverse Blank 17