Date Brief Description Format
January Handwritten summary of basic national security policy document (1 page) PDF
11 April Handwritten summary of 1962 funnel messages on Soviet military and technical advisers in Cuba (2 pages) PDF
13 April Extension of assignment of ASA analyst overseas (2 pages) PDF
18 April Reference to radar tracking on Russian equipment in Cuba (1 page) PDF
2 May Dry cargo shipments to and from Cuba in Soviet ships, 1 January - 31 March 1962 (17 pages) PDF
17 May Cuban Air Force VHF communications procedure (3 pages) PDF
5 June New Soviet cargo ship en route Cuba with possible military cargo (1 page) PDF
6 June First ELINT evidence of Scan ODD radar in Cuban area (1 page) PDF
19 June Cuban Air Force long-range flights (1 page) PDF
22 June Electronic intercepts in Cuban area PDF
28 June Night flights of Cuban jet aircraft (1 page) PDF
19 July DIRNSA request for temporary assignment of vessel to Cuban waters until a planned collection vessel is ready (1 page) PDF
19 July Memorandum for Secretary of Navy discussing requests for Navy collection resources (1 page) PDF
24 July Unusual number of Soviet passenger ships en route Cuba (2 pages) PDF
31 July Possible reflections of Soviet/Cuban trade adjustments noted in merchant shipping (2 pages) PDF
7 August Further unusual Soviet/Cuban trade relations recently noted (3 pages) PDF
17 August WHIFF radar in Cuba (2 pages) PDF
23 August Status of Soviet merchant shipping to Cuba (2 pages) PDF
24 August Reflection of Soviet bloc pilot/technicians in Cuban Air Force training, 1 May - 4 Aug. 1962 (4 pages) PDF
28 August Night aerial gunnery exercises by Cuban jet aircraft (1 page) PDF
31 August Further information on Soviet/Cuban trade (2 pages) PDF
7 September Increase flight activity of Cuban Tactical Air Force (1 page) PDF
7 September Further information on Soviet/Cuban trade (2 pages) PDF
11 September Cuban MIGS scrambled on two U.S. Navy patrol planes (2 pages) PDF
11 September Reporting instructions for SIGINT evidence of Cuban acquisition of offensive weapons system (2 pages) PDF
12 September Definition of reporting category "funnel" (1 page) PDF
17 September NSA need for larger collection vessel than planned (1 page) PDF
19 September New radar deployment in Cuba (1 page) PDF
21 September IFF signal in Cuban area (1 page) PDF
25 September Further information on cargo shipments to Cuba in Soviet ships (2 pages) PDF
2 October Further information on cargo shipments to Cuba in Soviet ships (2 pages) PDF
October Blank sample log sheet for crisis actions (2 pages) PDF
5 October DIRNSA msg to Services on collection effort (3 pages) PDF
9 October DIRNSA msg to Services on collection effort (3 pages) PDF
10 October Handwritten draft of DIRNSA reminder about funnel category (2 pages) PDF
10 October Handwritten draft of DIRNSA note on reporting priorities (2 pages) PDF
10 October Intercept of probable Cuban Air Defense Grid Tracking (1 page) PDF
11 October Further information on cargo shipments to Cuba in Soviet ships (2 pages) PDF
16 October Handwritten draft of DIRNSA announcement of ad hoc group to improve collection and processing of Cuban material (2 pages) PDF
16 October Hardcopy of DIRNSA announcement of ad hoc group to improve collection and processing of Cuban material (2 pages) PDF
22 October DIRNSA directs movement of ASA troops to augment SIGINT effort against Cuba (1 page) PDF
23 October Shkval passed messages to Alantika (1 page) PDF
23 October Passenger cargo vessel Nikolaj Burdenko related urgent message from cargo vessel Kura for Moscow (1 page) PDF
23 October Soviet vessels give positions and Odessa relayed very urgent messages from Moscow (1 page) PDF
23 October Message intercepted from Soviet Metallurg Kurako addressed to all vessels in zone FOXTROT (2 pages) PDF
23 October Sretensk passed message to Moscow radio (1 page) PDF
23 October Nikolaevsk reported a ship on approaching course (1 page) PDF
23 October Nikolaevsk reported U.S. war ship continuing to accompany her (1 page) PDF
23 October Soviet cargo vessel Ustyuzhna carrying on cargo operations in Cuban port of Hoa (1 page) PDF
23 October Nikolaevsk reported waiting at unidentified Cuban port awaiting a pilot (1 page) PDF
23 October Further information on unusually high level of CRAFT pilots active on 18 October (1 page) PDF
23 October Summary of the day's news (1 page) PDF
24 October Handwritten draft of DIRNSA note requesting CRITICOMM communications (1 page) PDF
24 October Soviet cargo vessel Urgench alters course and is probably enroute back to port (1 page) PDF
24 October Soviet cargo vessel Bol'Shevik Sukhanov alters course and is probably enroute back to port (1 page) PDF
24 October Soviet cargo vessel Kislovodsk alters course to the North (1 page) PDF
26 October Temporary transfer of ASA personnel during training for shipborne collection (1 page) PDF
26 October Summary of collection vessel operations in September 62 (1 page) PDF
26 October Summary of ELINT and COMINT collection improvements in September 1962 (1 page) PDF
26 October Amendment of classification level for reports (1 page) PDF
26 October Memorandum on courier flights to Homestead AFB, Florida (1 page) PDF
27 October SPOON REST radars identified at three sites (1 page) PDF
27 October DIRNSA msg on requirements for improving collection ability (2 pages) PDF
28 October Funnel reports revert to regular series (1 page) PDF
30 October Handwritten summary of DIRNSA msg to AFSS concerning reaction reporting and processing facilities (1 page) PDF
30 October Handwritten note on originating COMINT-derived warnings (1 page) PDF
30 October Summary of DIRNSA msg on level of support possible for military services (2 pages) PDF
November Summary of arrangements for representation at JCS (1 page) PDF
6 November Activation of Air Force Security Service Emergency Reaction Unit (2 pages) PDF
7 November Handwritten draft of DIRNSA msg on service arrangements for collection and reporting (2 pages) PDF
7 November Naval Security Group discusses problems with communications and reporting facilities (1 page) PDF
8 November Handwritten draft of DIRNSA note on processing and reporting (1 page) PDF
13 November Commander-in-Chief Atlantic concurs with transfer of Cuban problem (1 page) PDF
December Handwritten note re NSA contribution to intel actions (1 page) PDF
December Handwritten summary of staff actions re Cuban crisis (2 pages) PDF
6 December Handwritten draft of DIRNSA note on funding and level of collection against Cuba (1 page) PDF
6 December Hardcopy of DIRNSA note on funding and level of collection against Cuba (3 pages) PDF
10 December Proposal for a special national intelligence estimate on Soviet military in Cuba (2 pages) PDF
11 December DIRNSA msg to Naval Security Group re fixed and shipborne collection (2 pages) PDF
11 December Cover letter and commendation letter on SIGINT contribution during Cuban crisis (2 pages) PDF
13 December Handwritten note on renotating types of communications in Cuba (1 page) PDF

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