UNCLASSIFIED -· ONFIPfNTiA L C u Jlr- 31 1 Dece mber 3 1962 • MEMO RAND UM FOR THE PRES IDEN T SUBJ ECT Abop •Ba r tlett Story Both netwo rk c omm entato re on the 5 o'cloc k new • today featu red the claim that the White Hou•- had not dente d the charg e • in the Satur day Evenl n1 Poat articl e The Pn • ldent and Salin ger refu • -d ta deny today the allega tion• and charg u conta ined ln the Satur day m ing articl e •• Sandy Vane cur It ta notab le that the White Houu dou not deny the accur acy o the charg e • -- Ray Scher er 'l'hi• la the point which i • curre ntly being playe d up aroun d town and which will pruum ably domin ate the pre •- • torlu tomo rrow Every one i • drawi ng the comp arlaon with the down fall of Cheat er Bowle • which •• you will recal l wa• al110 prece ded by a Bartl ett articl e Far whate ver reis 1012 1 the pre •• • eeme deter • mined a• wH evide nced ln Pierr e'• briefi ng to take the White House • tatem ent a• a delib eratel y pallid defen H o f Steve n• on and to regar d the whole affair a • a prelu de to Steve n • on' • cll • mlna l All thh natur ally impai r • Stenn aon'• po• ltlon and autho rity in the UN I think that aomet hinlJ mora • hould be done to deal with the • itua• tlon Here are two poulb llit e a · _ 1 You might put out a ata te ment alon1 the follow ins Hnu If any misun der • tancllng rema in• about Gover nol' Steve n• on1 • role BEST COPY AVAILABL · r · I I _ ' I ' t • ' 4c1 t ' _ fol ' I - 'i UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED C u III- 31 1- Memorandum or the President-• Pag• Two in the Cuban deliberations let me say once and for all that he dld not propose trading the European basu for the Soviet bases in Cuba that he did not db ent from the Executive Committee consenaua that he did not oppoa the quarantine that he did not prefer politic l negotiation to t l e alternative of military action and that he ha • today a • he ha • alway• had my full confidence and respect as a member of the Natfonal Security Council and a11 United State11 Amba uador to the United Nations 11 • 2 I or someone might leak to the New York Tlmea the following quotations from the St even10n memoranda On the aubject of the Turkish and Italian bans Turkey and lta ly should not be included in the initial o er Their inclulion would divert atten tlon from the Cuban threat to the general problem o foreign base •• • The efiect in Turkey particularly if the re 11 not careful advance preparation might be very serious 11 On the subject of political negotiation aa asalnst military action any political of er mu11t take place within the acope of vigoroua U S military action to defend out' aecurlty11 1 any offer n the absence of U S military respon•• to the Soviet move• would be weak The objection to this counter•leakage it that it would provoke a demand for the full te ict of the memoranda1 but no doubt thia could be dealt wlth Arthur Sc hlealnger Jr BEST COPY AVAILABLE · •i I ' · 1 ' 1 1 ' I- _ r1 •t· • 1 • ·1 · ' ·--- ' ti I I _ _ 1 • • _ ' __ UNCLASSIFIED