2 - - CO YRI QHT MOT TO 1£ REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY VI THOUT Pt lttt SSION - - -- -- ---- m RET f aor vAs111t TOIL ro ro1-w10 1 OFFICE T_OP - • 1 • c f' • i ' • ro u r D 5 22 p m October 20 1962 n 5 50 p m October 20 1962 ll nl 2§ 21 OotobCl' P 0 1962 4 _I V_lfJ lAXi½ 1 '10P Sl REtl Ir z a C 7 Follor1ing for l 'oxmanont Under secretary from 1 mbnsso dor• • Cuba Ty telegram Mo • 2623 of October 20 gives an account of the currant pressures n the President to take action a Jlinst CUba • You should ltnow that within the Administration there is al 1 t increased conocm following recent Intelligence est11xn tes of the build-up of Soviet aru1 'lltl s anxiety 1s occasioned not only by the quantitative inoroase in the number of weapons and military perE1Jnnel but also by re tX rts which suggest that the types of nms introduced II' lY' not be entirely defenaive 2 The1·e n_'ln been much activity in the State De rtment t 1 and the Defence l cpartmonts in the IX1st few days which sugccsb tlt rtt contingency plans for some ldm of m111 tary action involvinc Cuba are being put into a state of readiness and anf lcssmcntn of the si tuntilln nre being brought t1 p to elate t1rgently nt tl1e President's 1 equcnt • 1 3 Sir lfuch f tcpl1enson will 8ive full ro X rt to Secretary of stote when he returns to London • • • j r I • t • l I •