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CIA Reports on Cuba

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As concern grew over the Soviet arms shipments to Cuba in the summer of 1962, the CIA began providing detailed intelligence reports on Cuba first to the Special Group and then to the National Security Council / ExComm.

The initial reports in August, prepared for the Special Group, were brief, usual one to three pages. That initial series was halted on September 19, with Cuba developments being folded back into regular CIA reporting. Special reports resumed with the outbreak of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October. Those reports, prepared for the ExComm, were much more detailed. In addition to the regular report prepared at 6 AM and typically summarized verbally by the Director of Central Intelligence or his representative at the outset of each ExComm meeting, there were occasional reports focused on specific related issues. The CIA did not simply stop monitoring Cuba in 1963, of course, and a number of reports into the 1960s are included below.

Most of these were originally classified as Top Secret. Many of these copies released by the John F. Kennedy Library and Lyndon B. Johnson Library contain redactions of classified material. Mandatory review of many of these redactions has been requested over the years; newly released iterations of the reports will be added as they become available.

This is not a comprehensive archive of every CIA report on Cuba. If you’re after a report not included here, the best places to start to track them down are the John F. Kennedy Library (National Security Files), Lyndon B. Johnson Library (National Security File), or National Archives at College Park (Record Group 263).


CIA, Cuban Developments – 08/27/1962
CIA, Cuban Developments – 08/28/1962
CIA, Cuban Developments – 08/29/1962
CIA, Cuban Developments – 08/30/1962
CIA, Cuban Developments – 08/31/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/01/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/04/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/05/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/06/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/07/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/08/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/10/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/12/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/13/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/14/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/17/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/18/1962
CIA, Cuban Highlights – 09/19/1962
CIA, Evidence of Soviet Personnel Manning Missile Installations and MiG Aircraft in Cuba – 10/23/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/24/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/25/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/26/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/27/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/28/1962
CIA, Implications of Khrushchev’s Message of 28 October – 10/29/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/29/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 10/30/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/02/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/03/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/05/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/6/1962 6AM
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba (Supplement) – 11/06/1962 4PM
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/07/1962 6AM
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba (Supplement) – 11/07/1962 3PM
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/08/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/09/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/10/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/12/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/13/1962
Director of Central Intelligence Report to PFIAB on Cuban Arms Build-up
Lehman Report on CIA on the Soviet Build-up in Cuba – 11/14/1962
CIA, Soviet Military Forces in Cuba – 11/15/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/16/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/16/1962
CIA, The Cost of the Sino-Soviet Bloc Economic Support to Cuba – 11/16/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/19/1962
CIA, The Crisis: USSR/Cuba – 11/20/1962
CIA, Soviet Presence in Cuba – 12/7/1962
CIA, The USSR’s Intentions With Respect to Its Military Presence in Cuba – 12/13/1962
CIA, The Cuban Situation – 12/16/1962
CIA, The Cuban Situation – 12/18/1962
CIA, Implications of an Impending Political Decision of Significance in Cuba – 12/23/1962
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/21/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/22/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/23/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/24/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/25/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/26/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/27/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/28/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/1/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/2/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/3/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/4/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/5/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/6/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/7/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/8/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/9/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/10/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/22/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/11/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/23/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/12/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/13/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/15/1963
CIA, Cuban Training of Latin American Subversives – 3/16/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/16/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/17/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/18/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/19/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/20/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/21/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/24/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/25/1963
CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/26/1963
The Soviet Missile Base Venture in Cuba, 1962 – 3/3/1964
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 2/17/1964
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 2/24/1965
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/3/1965
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/10/1965
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/17/1965
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/24/1965
CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 4/14/1965