Evening star

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A Navy message radioed to

ships at sea, warned that

blockade operations and

possible reactions by the

Communists “may make

.Windward Passage, Yucatan

Channel and Florida Straits

L i dangerous waters.”

Ships were advised to use the

Mona Passage betwen Puerto

Rico and the Dominican Re

public instead of the Windward

Passage between Eastern Cuba

and Haiti. They also were

told to stay close to the Florida

Keys while passing through the

straits of Florida, and to hue

the Coast of Mexico’s Yucatan

1 Peninsula while steaminj

1 strough Yucatan Channel.

f Mr. McNamara said he knev

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President Kennedy signs the proclamation establishing the Cuban quarantine.—AP Photo.

of no new or Immediate menace

to the American base at Guan

tanamo Bay, Cuba.

He listed four categories of

missiles or missile sites that

have been detected in Cuba.

These are:

1. Surface -to air limited

range missiles, probably for air

defense.

2. Sea surface-to-surface

missiles, mounted on patrol

boats.

3. Mobile medium range bal

listic missiles, with a range of

1,100 miles, the presence of

which precipitated the Cuban

crisis when American recon

naissance planes photographed

the sites.

4. Intermediate range ballis

tic sites now building but prob

ably not ready for operations.

These missiles, when opera

tional, have a range of more

than 2,000 miles.

Asked if any of the Soviet

missiles in Cuba could be

launched at the United States

now, Mr. McNamara replied:

"It is fair to assume that cer

tain systems are operational

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1962). Washington, D.C., 1962-10-24. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1962-10-24/ed-1/?sp=8

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1962-10-24.