Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 open pdf 89 mb the collection in this volume includes many of cias most important documents on the cuban missile crisis. By june 1962 this laborious task had resulted in the compiling of sonie 38,000 cuban placenames, which were individually keypunched into a data fie. Shadow of the us reconnaissance plane is seen on the foreground. C, history staff, central intelligence agency, 1992.
Role of intelli ence durin the cuban missile crisis it was the fall of 1962, an election year, and a silverhaired senator of the opposition was taxing the administration with its failure to do something in light of all the reports he had about soviet missiles in cuba. This chapter presents an overview of the cias analysis of events prior to the cuban missile crisis of 1962. History staff, central intelligence agency, 1992 description. This uptodate and informative cdrom provides a unique and complete collection of documents about the october 1962 cuban missile crisis, with newly declassified documents, intelligence reports, histories and reports from many agencies and sources. Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 declassified version, 1992, by united states central intelligence agency, ed. A detailed narrative of the cias postmortem assessment of the cuban missile crisis. Central intelligence agency, cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962, ed. Jan handwritten summary of basic national security policy document. Cuban missile crisis, october 1962 formerly secret government documents, nsa, cia, pentagon, navy, air force. Mcauliffe central intelligence agency, 1992, 376 pp. The national security archive explore declassified u. Cia1s most important documents about the cuban millsile crisis. This essay is based on his book, published this spring by potomac books formerly brasseys, inc.
The united states, brazil, and the cuban missile crisis. Cuban missile crisis simple english wikipedia, the free. It then describes how the cias internal culture and collective identity shaped the agencys view of the ussr and cuba during each stage of the intelligence cycle before the crisis. Cia documents trace a daybyday path that nearly ended in nuclear war. Radiotv address of the president to the nation from the white house, october 22, 1962.
The cuban missile crisis, 1962 national museum of the. Kennedy decides to ignore second letter, but accepts terms of 1. Declassified us government internal documents on the cuban. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. The cuban crisis of 1962 download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Format online resource book published washington, dc. Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 central. Also reproduced in cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962, pp. Cuban missile crisis, october 1962 formerly secret government documents, nsa, cia, pentagon, navy, air force, white house jfk, khrushchev, castro, u2 spy plane photos, naval blockade cdrom u. A whole new way to view the cuban missile crisis war is. Bibliographic access the cuban missile crisis, 1962. It includes very useful summaries of the nature and chronology of the soviet buildup as well as what and how u. It contains the honeymoon cables that director of central intelligence dci john a. Cuban missile crisis and aftermath kobe university.
As a secondary mission, the libraries will support the research and. The briefings detail the evolution of the war in vietnam and responses to such events as the cuban missile crisis and. Longtime latin america editor for the miami herald, bohning covered cuba, haiti and the rest of latin america for many years. These historical documents are pdf images of formerly classified carbon paper and reports that have been declassified. The collection in this volume includes many of cias most important documents on the cuban missile crisis. This document, which is taken from a series of cia documents related to the 1962 cuban missile crisis, examines the strategic considerations regarding why the soviet union may have decided to place missiles in cuba and includes a map that depicts the different.
Mcauliffe cia history staff central intelligence agency washington, dc october 1992 xxx these portions of the text were omitted. Several alternatives indicated below were posed for consideration at the close of meeting covered by memorandum dated october 17th. Richmond, va cuban missile crisisstrategic consideration, october 1962. Ciardp910q wadio tv reports 6 11701 %v llard avenue, chew ch. It documents the scale and scope of the intelligence failure concerning soviet intentions and actions.
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Click download or read online button to get the cuban crisis of 1962 book now. Cuban missile crisis strategic consideration, october 1962. Declassified us government internal documents on the cuban missile crisis. Asked about this at a news conference, president kennedy. Ciardp85 20009000 c ron2 cuban missile crisis ts 185123 5 sept 1962 at meeting in oddr re cuban sam site operations, it was agreed that osa would be responsible for bringing together all ddr rgmts against this subject. White house, department of defense, nsa, cia, navy, air force, and more. The cia decided to use this force in a largescale invasion of the island, with the backing of its own air force.
Includes intelligence reports, briefing papers, and materials related to operation mongoose, a program aimed at destabilizing the castro regime. Subject the cuban missile crisis station wjlatv abc network washington, d. Secretary of defense robert mcnamara, military briefing, notes on october 21, 1962 meeting with the president. Due to the age and poor quality of some of the pdf images, a screen reader may not be able to process the images into word documents. Mccone sent to headquarters from france a month before the missile crisis, as well as mccones notes taken during the national security council executve committee meeting at the height of the crisis. Cuban missile crisis, october 1962 formerly secret. The libraries pledge to make available essential resources in each curricular field and to participate in the education of its users. Cuban missile crisis world history free pdf download. Central intelligence agency, dcimccone files, job 80b01285a, meetings with the president. Cuban missile crisis cia pdf epub info share, 1 354. Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 central intelligence agency. Don bohning is the author of a new book entitled the castro obsession.
A national security archive documents reader new york. Dod, transcripts, secret, notes taken from transcripts of meetings of the joint chiefs of staff, octobernovember 1962. Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 edited by mary s. The university libraries are committed to identifying, collecting, organizing, preserving, and providing access to information supporting the instructional programs of the university. The cuban missile crisis was a tense daylong october 1628, 1962 confrontation between the united states and the soviet union triggered by americas discovery of nuclearcapable soviet ballistic missile deployment in cuba.
Mccone sent to headquarters from france a month before the crisis, as well as his notes taken during the national security council executive committee meetings at. The cuban missile crisis, 1962 petro jacyk central. We were in our third year, none of us 15 yet, and we were walking in the valley of the. Cuban missile crisisstrategic consideration, october 1962.
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