530. Notes from transcripts of JCS meeting, November 151
NOTES TAKEN FROM TRANSCRIPTS OF MEETINGS OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1962, DEALING WITH THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (Handwritten notes were made in 1976 and typed in 1993.)
- CJCS: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Maxwell D. Taylor, USA.
- CSA: Chief of Staff, Army. General Earle G. Wheeler.
- CSAF: Chief of Staff, Air Force. General Curtis E. LeMay.
- CNO: Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.
- CMC: Commandant, Marine Corps. General David M. Shoup.
- CONAD: Continental Air Defense
- DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency
- DJS: Director, Joint Staff
- LANT: Atlantic
- NORAD: North American Air Defense
- OAS: Organization of American States
- RCT: Regimental Combat Team
- SAM: Surface-to-Air Missile
- TAC: Tactical Air Command
Thursday, 15 November
JCS meeting at 1300:
A J–5 Talking Paper for the meeting with the President is tabled. The CJCS criticizes it as being full of platitudes and condescending: “We’re saying, ‘Now see here, young man, here is what we want you to do’.” The CJCS then read a Talking Paper of his own. The JCS agreed that it should be used as the framework for their discussion with the President.
- Talking paper for discussion with the President. Secret. 2 pp. DOD, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of Joint History.↩