sep 4, 1962 - President Kennedy releases a statement revealing that Soviet military personnel has been detected in Cuba

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Kennedy also declares: "There is no evidence of any organized combat force in Cuba from any Soviet Bloc country; of military bases provided to Russia; of a violation of the 1934 treaty relating to Guantanamo; of the presence of offensive ground-to-ground missiles; or of other significant offensive capability...Were it otherwise the gravest issues would arise."