It has already been indicated. during all of this period there was a great volume of unconfirmed reports and rumors from human sources about strategic missilerelated activity in Cuba. None of these reports were confirmed prior to October 14. 1962. And again. on this same subject. which incidentally lies at the very heart of the attacks which have been mounted against our intelligence performance. During the JulyAugust period refugee reports of alleged missile activity in Cuba Increased significantly. These reports were checked out as scrupulously as possible. but even though many of them included consistent and similar descriptions of some form of missile activity there was no confirmation of them. We have been reading a lot.