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February 8, 1963

JCS Message 8569 to USCINCEUR

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The Joint Chiefs sent General Lemnitzer this outline of the current plans to remove the Jupiter missiles. The main points are that the Jupiters should be inactivated by April 1 (although that was more likely for Italy than for Turkey), that one Polaris submarine should be in the Mediterranean by March 28 and a second one by April 10, that the JCS are taking steps to retarget weapons for when the Jupiters are offline, and that guidance on the Italian and Turkish role in the targeting of Polaris missiles has been prepared.


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National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 218, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Maxwell Taylor Files, Box 43, Chairman’s Messages Feb-March 1963. Contributed by Bill Burr and Leopoldo Nuti.

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