CIA Briefing for the President

Medium Range Ballistic Missiles in Cuba

Map of Cuban Missile sites

U2 Photo of Convoy

MRBM Filed Launch Site

U.S. Navy low-level photograph of San Cristobal MRBM site no. 1

MRBM/IRBM/ICBM Range

Soviet MRBM

EX-COM

• At your request, we formed a committee to figure out the best way to respond to this new threat from the Soviet Union and their Cuban allies—the Ex-Com.

• After deliberating, the Ex-Com has come up with a variety of options…which will you choose?

OPTIONS:

• Do nothing• Give the Soviets and Cubans 24 hrs. to remove missiles.

If they do not begin missile removal in that time, launch an air strike to take missiles out

• Open diplomatic discussion with Castro and Khrushchev and negotiate the removal of the missiles

• Launch a surprise air strike to take out all of the missile installations

• Quarantine Cuba – do not allow anything in or out without U.S. approval until the missile sites are removed

• Other ideas?