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    "ocrText": "15\nTOP SECRET - SENSITIVE\n- 6 -\nSecretary Rusk noted that the quarantine had become fully effective.\nSecretary McNamara reported that there had been no response\nyesterday or today to our low-level reconnaissance flights. He\nrecommended that we continue to fly daylight reconnaissance mis-\nsions and add night reconnaissance not only to gain information, but\nalso to convince the public that we are increasing the pressure on\nthe Russians.\nThe President decided that we should not stop the East German ship.\nTomorrow we will know the Soviet response to U Thant's proposal.\nWe will let the tanker through thebarrier and later add jet fuel to\nthe list of products embargoed.\nThe Attorney General said that fifteen ships have turned back, which\nis an impressive action taken by the Russians. We must be careful\nthat the Russians do not think that we are backing down.\nSecretary Rusk called attention to the importance of the first case of\nour boarding a ship. If the ship carried deck cargo or dry cargo,\nthe case would be different than a passenger ship which is a bad first\ncase.\nMr. Rostow stated the argument for adding petroleum products to the\nblockade which he said would have a drastic effect on the Cuban\neconomy.\nThe President again said we should let the East German passenger\nship go through and we should seek to avoid any incident in order\nnot to create a bad effect on U Thant's negotiations. We could de-\ncide tomorrow afternoon what more we should do after we know\nKhrushchev's reply to U Thant. He said we must act soon because\nwork on the missile sites is still going on and we must back up very\nsoon the firmness we have displayed up to now.\nAmbassador Thompson pointed out that we must react very soon to\nKhrushchev's strong letter.\nSecretary Rusk noted that Bloc shipping worldwide was behaving normally\nexcept for the ships in Cuban trade.\nAs the meeting concluded, Mr. McCone reported that some of the\nstrategic missiles deployed in Cuba are now operational.\nTOP SECRET - - SENSITIVE"
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