Government Document

CINCLANT Historical Account of Cuban Crisis Includes Letter of Promulgation by Robert L. Dennison

1963

Overview

U.S. Army practices airborne training in Exercise Sun Shade from 12 November to 10 December as rehearsal of Operation Plan 316; Cuba. Revolutionary Navy Komar Missile Attack Boats depart Mariel on October 18 for operations at Banes; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command proposed the capture of intact SA-2 Missiles Surface-to-air missile sites as part of [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 316]; Commander of the U.S. Navy Naval Base Guantanamo indicated that movement of FROG Missiles into positions threatening Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) should be deemed \"an offensive act unacceptable\" to the U.S. due the missiles capacity to carry Nuclear warheads; Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) reported a marked increase in Cuba harassment in June 1962; Military build-up in Cuba of the Cuba. Revolutionary Navy included the acquisition of [Military training; Komar Missile Attack Boats; Kronshtadt Patrol Boats] from the Soviet Union; Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force Military build-up in Cuba was indicated from 1961 to 1962 by [MiG-15 Aircraft; MiG-17 Aircraft; MiG-19 Aircraft; MiG-21 Aircraft; Helicopters; Light aircraft; Military training] from the Soviet Bloc; Soviet Union Merchant vessels traffic to Cuba increased in July 1962; Cuba. Ground Forces Military equipment includes new shipments of [Tanks; Weapons; Rocket launchers; Artillery; Anti-aircraft weapons; Rifles; Mortars; Machine guns; Amphibious vehicles; Armored personnel carriers]; Intelligence confirms [Surface-to-air missiles; IL-28 Aircraft] Deployment in Cuba and Soviet Submarines in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean region during September to October 1962; Intelligence indicated Soviet combat teams are in control of [FROG Missiles; Snapper Anti-Tank Missiles] at [Artemisa; Santiago de las Vegas; Remedios IRBM Complex (Cuba); Holguin (Cuba)] Military bases; Contingency plans to assure maximum Operational readiness for [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 314] were implemented during 1-22 October 1962; Robert S. McNamara informs Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command that Soviet counteractions against Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) will be considered valid reason for U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Robert S. McNamara directs that evidence of Offensive weapons in Cuba or Attacks by Cuba against Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) will be considered sufficient to warrant U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Robert S. McNamara reports that Cuban intervention in Latin America or indication of support for Cuban anti-Castro groups Attacks will be considered sufficient to warrant U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes problems of U.S. Armed Forces Deployment affecting implementation of Operation Plan 316; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet Submarines operations during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet service force operations during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Armed Forces Amphibious operations during the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet operations in conducting the Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962); Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet count of Soviet missile withdrawal from Cuba does not match with reports from Soviet Ships; U.S. Navy reports minor collisions between its Naval vessels taking part in the Naval quarantine line; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Task Force 135 involvement in Cuban Crisis operations; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Anti-Submarine Force involvement in the Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962) operations; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes Anti-submarine warfare activities against Soviet Submarines in the Atlantic Ocean; [Anti-submarine warfare; Air defense systems] forced Soviet Submarines to surface prior to implementation of the Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962); Latin America-U.S. Naval Task Force involvement with the U.S. South Atlantic Force during the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command analysis of U.S. Atlantic Command role in the Cuba Crisis; Cuba Alliances with Soviet Union lead to increased requests for [Economic assistance; Security assistance]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates numbers of Soviet Bloc Military personnel assigned to assist the [Cuba. Revolutionary Army; Cuba. Revolutionary Navy; Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force]; Soviet Bloc Shipping for [Arms shipments; Trade with Cuba] during period of the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes status of and command structures for Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba as specified in [Operation Plan 314-61; Operation Plan 312-62; Operation Plan 316]; [Exercise Blue Water; Exercise Phibriglex-62] are carried on prior to Cuban contingency operations; [U-2 Aircraft; Low altitude reconnaissance flights] received fire only twice over Cuba during Surveillance of Soviet missile bases; U.S. Atlantic Command Communications plans and activities during the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command initial reaction to knowledge of the Cuban Crisis was to improve Operational readiness of U.S. Atlantic Command to be able to execute Operation Plan 312; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff informed Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command of events that may lead to execution of [U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Operation Plan 314]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates number of Soviet Union. Armed Forces in Cuba and Cuban [Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force; Military personnel] trained in the Soviet Union; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces increased Operational readiness and prepositioning of Military personnel for the implementation of Operation Plan 314 prior to the days of the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command developed plans for Military governments to assume control of a zone of Emergency powers in southern Florida to start at the \"commencement of hostilities\"; U.S. Federal Aviation Administration participated in planning for [Military air transit rights; Military aircraft] to assume priority over civilian and non-tactical Air traffic as part of implementation of [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates of Military personnel staffing requirements for U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command evaluates problems affecting the implementation of Military actions and operations; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates of expected Casualties of U.S. Armed Forces with implementation of Operation Plan 316; Psychological operations preparations for [Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316]; Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) participation in and command structures during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Marine Corps participation in U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet operations during the Cuban Crisis

• Subject: Air defense systems / Air traffic / Alliances / Alonso, Ricardo R.B / Amphibious operations / Amphibious vehicles / Anderson, Rudolf, Jr / Anti-aircraft weapons / Anti-submarine warfare / Armored personnel carriers / Arms transfers / Artemisa (Cuba) / Artillery / Atlantic Ocean / Attacks / Banes (Cuba) / Becker, J.J / Benatuil, M / Berlin (Germany) (Germany) (Federal Republic of Germany) / Briceno, Jose Ali / Castro Ruz, Fidel / Castro Ruz, Raul / Casualties / Collins [Brig. Gen.] / Communications / Contingency plans / Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba / Crawford, E.R / Cuba / Cuba. Ground Forces / Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force / Cuba. Revolutionary Army / Cuba. Revolutionary Navy / Cuban anti-Castro groups / Cuban Crisis (16 October - 20 November 1962) / Cuban intervention / Dennison, Robert L / Deployment / Economic assistance / Emergency powers / Exercise Blue Water / Exercise Phibriglex-62 / Exercise Sun Shade / Fairbourn [Brig. Gen.] / Florida / FROG Missiles / Grenfell, E.W / Grunwaldt / Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) / Harmon, L.E / Hayward, John T / Helicopters / Higgs, A.H / Hogle, R.D / Holguin (Cuba) / Howell, W.Y / Howze, Hamilton H / Ibarra, Emilio / IL-28 Aircraft / Intelligence / Johnson [Rear Adm.] / Johnson, N.C / Kelly, M., Jr / Kennedy, John F / Komar Missile Attack Boats / Kronshtadt Patrol Boats / Latin America / Latin America-United States Naval Task Force / Light aircraft / Low altitude reconnaissance flights / Machine guns / Mariel (Cuba) / Marks, J.A / McElroy, R.Y / McNamara, Robert S / Merchant vessels / Meyer, W.C / MiG-15 Aircraft / MiG-17 Aircraft / MiG-19 Aircraft / MiG-21 Aircraft / Military actions / Military air transit rights / Military aircraft / Military bases / Military build-up in Cuba / Military equipment / Military governments / Military personnel / Military training / Mortars / Naval quarantine line / Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962) / Naval vessels / Nuclear warheads / O'Donnell, Edward / Offensive weapons / Operation Plan 312 / Operation Plan 312-62 / Operation Plan 314 / Operation Plan 314-61 / Operation Plan 316 / Operational readiness / Pittard, G.F / Powell, Herbert B / Psychological operations / Remedios IRBM Complex (Cuba) / Rifles / Rivero, Horacio, Jr / Rocket launchers / SA-2 Missiles / Santiago de las Vegas (Cuba) / Security assistance / Shipping / Ships / Smith, Allen H / Smith, Sory / Snapper Anti-Tank Missiles / Soviet Bloc / Soviet Union / Soviet Union combat teams / Soviet Union counteractions / Soviet Union missile bases / Soviet Union missile withdrawal from Cuba / Soviet Union. Armed Forces / Submarines / Surface-to-air missile sites / Surface-to-air missiles / Surveillance / Sweeney, Walter C., Jr / Tanks / Taylor, E.B / Thant, U / Tompkins [Brig. Gen.] / Trade with Cuba / Truman, Louis W / Tyree, John A., Jr / U-2 Aircraft / United States military intervention in Cuba / United States. Armed Forces / United States. Army / United States. Atlantic Command / United States. Atlantic Command. Commander-in-Chief / United States. Federal Aviation Administration / United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff / United States. Marine Corps / United States. Navy / United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet / United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Anti-Submarine Force / United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Commander-in-Chief / United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Task Force 135 / United States. Navy. Naval Base Guantanamo. Commander / United States. South Atlantic Force / United States. Strike Forces. Commander-in-Chief / Ward, Alfred G / Weapons