ru1l lC RECORD OFF I CE I xc7 E-rv TOP SECRET · tt fJJ fl l '5' vrr u • r j - · • 1 ·'tlti' 11 y-s FROU WASh'INCITON 'l'O F'OREI@___QFFI '- Cyphe orP -- --- --__ _ - ' ' 16I 2 PR I S E_Q Sir D rmsby Gore tb 2650 October 23 1962 D 6 09 p m October 23 1962 R 6 2 5 p m October 2j 1962 El -' ERGB jCY DEDIP-TOP 8EG'RE'£ Following personJ l for_ 1'imeMinister fron Ambassc dcr Your telegrnm No 7 ef's Cub r ' 5 Yo' 1 ' rill nmi hs e seen my telegrum rZo 26 llS rep Aing r iy t ilk Yli th the President It w' ls quite clear 'fci me during this talk tk t tllf f'resident does not expect or intend thc t the r resent course of nct1on should leud on to an American eizure of ub i Indeccl ne S l id that having p 1ssed Ul this chance he cculd sec no likelihcod of their 0ver being offered in equclly good excuse for nn _1 vo sion This indic ites his mood but he as p 'obr bly guilty of some ex i ggerdion because I suppose t 1cre is L ys the chance of ' cl sh over the Gue _nt · Jamo b0 se er bet TP-ei' United St i tes a 1d Cubo n ships revertheless I have no dcul lt th t he lns no present intention of trying to seize Cub i Indeed you will see that since I spoke tc him he hD d decicled to r uce tlle scope of the blocb1de nd for the time being t 2cJ ' r te ttey fill not tr r ur d stop tLc imforL1tion cf P 0 L Tliis J hc_ -e r•nS ers your first qnesti m 2 As to your econcl question while the President did 11 t mention specifically 8 conference i th Klrrushchev he cert _inly hopes tht ct the crisis will be resolved through negotia- ion and discussion Hem this will come o bcut - rill kri elY rle cEd TI Rus sill11 reo ctions and the course of events during the r ext few days 'I hJ d some indication of the scope of his thinking · hen he said uith grec t serious leS3 that the existence of nucle -- r r rm 1Jnde a secure 8 nd rational world im xissible We ll USt someho- find n mer ns to get rid of nuclear wer1pons He a ls sr id that interD ediate r lnge m1 ssile bases in Turkey and else - h ere had beccme more or less Horthless lie was doubtful hether they ho d been o eood plan in the nrst plo ce whether politiC' 11 develcpments would enable hiG t0 do c a eul on the reci rcc l closing of bases it 118 S h rd to tell at the monent but certainly from i mili te ry t oint of view lle ould see no objection As regards Berlin he ind icuted thect he had bee71 disappointed ' ith Sc' irc eder's visit Tile lntter like otter Germ x1s refused to face up to the realitii s of the situ2 ti0n One d' ly c Ild it might be soon they Fould have to do so - e W ° -S die appointed that some other BtTopenn F01·er perh ps Itc l ' lud not tried to open their eyes He of course uno erstMds 01 ' dilcnuna with the Co1mnon licirkct negotiations c t c crit icd stage I I TOP BCRET Vh shingtori telegram No 2650 to Foreign Office - 2 I ho d previously hesitated to report these rer iarks becJ use in some instances they were so fr ' lnk th ' t I c oubt very much 11hether he vould repeat them to any menter of his udrninistr - tion except his brother Bobby You will realise how important it is th 1t no knowleclge of tbem is disclosed to 2 ny Ar ieric cn includir g the President himself There were other comments he mu de in the Berlin cont ext which I could not fXJSJibly put on the record but I k r ov you would be reassured by them If you· thought it worth vrhile depending on events over the next feu days for me to fly home for tPenty-four hours I mulri glJ dly do so 1 3 'i 'o sum up - bile for the moment the crystal bo 11 remetins inevit Lbly clouded I have no hesitation in s2ying tho t the President hopes D nd expects th it the crisis Y i 11 be resolved thr mgh East-West discussions and he realises that these discussions will include s ell as Cuba Berlin foreign bases disarmament etc 1 As reg i rds the position here in Wasl1ington the overwhelni i g impression I have is that Ai erico ns of every persm sion regard the President's action as the absolute miniuun required to r teet wh t t 11 see as 2 deliberate Russi m challcmge to test the will and resolution of the United States 5 Incidentally Bobby Kennedy telephoned me last night i1d told me that among their Allies tl1e only half-hearted rpsponse to his e ctions that the President had received v c s from Canada Copies sent to Prime Hinister' s Office 2 2 2 2