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Intelligence Report: NIE 85-64: Situation and Prospects in Cuba

by David Coleman

This August 1964 intelligence report was part of an annual series prepared by the US intelligence community assessing the situation on Fidel Castro’s Cuba.

Filed Under: NIEs Tagged With: Cuba

Intelligence Report: SNIE 85-2-64: Likelihood of an Attempted Shoot-Down of a U-2

by David Coleman

In this Special Intelligence Estimate submitted in May 1964, the intelligence community assessed the likelihood that the Cubans or Soviets might shoot down a U-2 surveillance plane over Cuba.

Filed Under: NIEs Tagged With: Cuba

Intelligence Report: NIE 85-63: Situation and Prospects in Cuba

by David Coleman

This National Intelligence Estimate submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and the US Intelligence Board in June 1963, about 8 months after the Cuban Missile Crisis, was the annual update to its overall situation in Cuba.

Filed Under: NIEs Tagged With: Cuba

Intelligence Report: SNIE 85-4-62: Castro’s Subversive Capabilities in Latin America

by David Coleman

In this Special National Intelligence Estimate in November 1962, in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Director of Central Intelligence and the USIB assessed Cuba’s capabilities for aiding and instigating subversion against other Latin American countries.

Filed Under: NIEs Tagged With: Cuba, Fidel Castro, subversion

Intelligence Report: NIE 85-62: The Situation and Prospects in Cuba

by David Coleman

In this National Intelligence Estimate, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone and the U.S. Intelligence Board studied the situation and prospects in Cuba.

Filed Under: NIEs Tagged With: Cuba

The LBJ Administration Assesses the Risk of Another Cuban Missile Crisis

by David Coleman

In July 1964, President Johnson ordered a review of the risk of another Cuban Missile Crisis happening and for an outline of the alternative courses of action that would be available.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, LBJ

NSAM 311: Reviewing the Risk of Another Cuban Missile Crisis

by David Coleman

In National Security Action Memorandum No. 311 (NSAM 311), President Johnson ordered Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and Director of Central Intelligence John McCone to review the prospect of a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and to outline the various alternatives that would be available if it happened.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, LBJ

U.S. Air Force Role in Five Crises: Lebanon, Taiwan, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic

by David Coleman

This study for the US Air Force examines the U.S. Air Force role in five crises in the late 1950s through mid-1960s: Lebanon, Taiwan Straits, Congo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Dominican Republic.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Taiwan, US Air Force