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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.
(b)(1) b)(3) _ Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03159090 /seem? CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY This performance was also notable for his attempt to smooth over his regime's sharp disagreement with the USSR over the withdrawal of missile bases. Castro used the word "missiles" for the first time in this speech, but he did not mention the presence of IL-28 bombers in Cuba. He indicated, however, that Cuba would still retain “powerful means of defense." \ \ reported on 30 October that Cuban Foreign Ministry officials were "subdued" and very sensitive to any mention of the Soviet role in recent events. He said that three middle-rank officials in the Ministry of Industries ap- peared "outraged" at the ri- diculous role Cuba had played and considered the offer by Khrushchev to trade Cuban for Turkish bases especially hu- miliating. The Source noted, however, that less well-ed- ucated Cubans are being in- fluenced by Castro's propaganda --which is portraying the Cuban role in the crisis as another "victory" for the revolution. Soviet First Deputy Premier Mikoyan's talks with Cuban lead- ers have received noncommittal and unrevealing treatment by the Cuban press and radio, al- though semiofficial Cuban spokes- men are making every effort to preserve the facade of Cuban gratefulness to and respect for the Soviet Union. The Cuban side in the protracted talks with Mikoyan has included the five members now in Cuba of the key six-man Secretariat of the Cuban political machine: Fidel and Raul Castro, Che Guevara, President Dorticos, and Emilio Aragones. The sixth Cuban par- ticipant in the talks is Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, veteran Com- munist leader and agrarian re- form chief. He is not a member of the Secretariat and may be substituting for ranking Cuban Communist Blas Roca, who has been traveling in the European satellites since early October and now is attending the Bul- garian party congress. Observations in Havana of the 45th anniversary of the Bol- shevik Revolution have also pro- vided evidence of Cuban coolness toward the Soviets. Major speeches at an official cele- bration honoring the anniversary were made on 6 November by Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Soviet Am- bassador Alekseyev. Rodriguez‘ speech was largely a routine review of Soviet history and anti-US phrases unmarked by any effusive praise of Soviet support for Cuba. Mikoyan at- tended the ceremonies, as did Dorticos, but the Castro broth- ers and Guevara did not. The Cuban premier subsequently at- tended a Soviet Embassy func- tion the same evening, however, and appeared affable as he min- gled with the 800 guests, in- cluding Mikoyan. RonblocmReaction§ Most Latin American govern- ments continue to demonstrate solidarity with US policies on Cuba although there is growing concern among pro-US Latin Amer- ican officials over the implica- tions of a US commitment not to invade Cuba. These officials feel that the continuation of the Castro regime would.pose a constant threat to other coun- tries of the hemisphere and that, unless Castro is elimi- nated, "other Castros" will arise in other countries. Justification for such fears may be found in continu- ing evidence of attempts by the Castro regime to incite anti-US violence in other areas of the hemisphere. §sc1rE7"/ 9 N 62 WRRKLV nnvrnw . OV Approved for Release: 2020/03/00 003159090 Page 2 °f 24
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 34 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.