CAMPAIGN-"SLUGGING IT OUT"*
RED STAR-WHITE STAR!*
October 16, 1962 1100 Hours**

CNN News Update: On the 3rd day of the fighting in Cuba, American forces are slowing closing in from both the east and the west edges of Cuba on the capital city, Havana.**

Correspondent Paul Ackerly, traveling with the Marine contingent tells CNN that Russian forces, much stronger than earlier thought, are entering the battle on the western end of the island. This sheds new light and possible more serious repurcussions as to the state of affairs between the United States and Russia.**

And in Europe, after two days of fierce fighting on the outskirts of West Berlin, things are quiet today. There has been no real action in the area, though sources tell us that a massive move by US forces to open a corrider to the West Germans now isolated by a soviet steel blockade is imminent.**

The Situation in Cuba:**

With the western end of the island now under American control, the marines are ordered northeast toward Havana.**

From the eastern end, more marines and paratroopers are headed toward the same destination. Soon Havana will be surrounded and the port to the north of the capital shut down by the Fifth Fleet.**

Bloodied and battered, the gyrenes of TF Freedom push onward. Nearing Vista Alegre, what has been feared is about to come to pass. Russian soldiers and armor, suspected to have been in Cuba have formed up and are about to enter the war.**

Your Orders:**

We just received the latest information on possible enemy resistance ahead of you. From U-2 photos taken early this morning, we have been able to determine that Russian forces, probably from the 3rd Shock Army are in full movement.**

You can expect new and energetic resistance from the Ruskys. You'll need and hopefully have armor and artillery support but your men will make the difference. Let's show these Russians what US Marines can do.**
