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This is the Central Intelligence Agency Office of Current Intelligence's Current Intelligence Weekly Summary for 9 November 1962, a secret periodical of intelligence appraisals. Much of it covers the Cuban missile crisis: Soviet missile equipment being loaded onto ships in Cuban ports, IL-28 bombers still in Cuba, and Khrushchev's moves to hold together Soviet bloc support. Other sections cover the Sino-Indian border conflict, Laos, Yemen, the Congo, European elections and Ne Win's Burma. It contains no UFO material.
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY
WEEKLY REVIEW
CUBAN DEVELOPMNTS
Military Situation
Continuing aerial surveil-
lance of Cuba discloses that
Soviet offensive missile equip-
ment is moving into port areas--
principally Mariel, Casilda,
and La Isabela--and is being
loaded aboard Soviet ships.
The photography also shows that
surface-to-air missile (SAM)
sites remain operational, with
no evidence that any such fa-
cilities are being dismantled.
Photography of 5 November re-
vealed, however, that missile-
associated equipment at two
SAM assembly areas was no longer
visible.
An additional cruise-mis-
sile site in Cuba was identified
by photography of 4 and 5 Novem-
ber. This site, which appeared
operational, includes two un-
revetted, canvas-covered launch-
ers and is similar in configura-
tion to the cruise-missile site
near Banes. The new site is
near La Sierra on the southern
coast of Las Villas Province,
about 15 miles southeast of
Cienfuegos. It is the fourth
missile installation of its
type to be positively identi-
fied in Cuba.
There is no evidence of
any movement to withdraw Soviet
IL-28 (Beagle)jet light bomb-
ers from Cuba. As of 6 November
nine of these aircraft--five
completed and four still being
assembled--were observed at San
Julian airfield, where 24 addi-
tional IL-28 fuselage crates
were also observed as recently
as 7 November. Nine more of
the fuselage crates were noted
on 4 November photography at
Holguin airfield in Oriente
Province. This is the first
confirmed use of that airfield
since completion of an extensive
construction program there in
late July. The IL-28s known to
be in Cuba now total 42.
Early November photography
also discloses that Cuba's re-
cently acquired MIG-2ls (Fish-
beds), at first concentrated at
Santa Clara airfield, now have
been dispersed among three mil-
itary airfields where the bulk
of Cuba's MIG-15 (Fagot), -l7
(Fresco), and -l9 (Farmer) air-
craft are located. Several
MIG-15s were also observed at
Holguin airfield for the first
time in early November.
The Cuban military alert,
in force since 22 October, is
being relaxed. A radiobroad-
cast on 6 November in Santiago
de Cuba referred to a "partial
demobilization" of the armed
forces and urged all local cit-
izens to greet the returning
"demobilized combatants...who
have gained a new victory over
the threats of imperialism."
Th< broadcast added that only
those forces necessary to halt
any "surprise enemy attack"
would continue on full alert.
Other indications of a general
relaxation include a more normal
selection of radio programs, which
until 5 November were almost ex-
clusively devoted to material
connected with crisis.
Nonmilitary Developments
Cuban propaganda media con-
tinue to stress Castro's opposi-
tion to any inspection of Cuban
territory and his five demands
for further guarantees against
US "aggression." Castro re-
iterated these themes in his
last public speech on 1 November
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