CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
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Updated: 14 Nov 2018
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Created byDeborah Chitalu Mwanakatwe
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DAY 2:President Kennedy discusses and decides what he should do about the ICBM's in Cuba.DAY 4:JFK has a meeting with the Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, as well as the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss military options.DAY 6:President Kennedy demands and orders a naval blockade of Cuba as soon as possible. The operation is reviewed and evenrtually approved.DAY 8: The OAS (Organization of American States) actually supports the decision to quarantine Cuba. Released photos from sources reveal that Soviet missiles are ready for launch. McNamara, Kennedy review and discuss options of confrontation.DAY 9: Soviet ships reach the quarantine line, but receive radio orders from Moscow to hold their positions. Detailed briefing on new reconnaissance photos from Cuba and discussion of the need to disperse planes at Florida bases in the event of attacks by MIGs based in Cuba. McNamara talks of a very dangerous situation since ships approaching the quarantine line are being shadowed by a Soviet submarine. U.S. military go into DEFCON 2, the highest in U.S. history.DAY 11: EX-COMM receives a letter from Khrushchev stating that the Soviets would remove their missiles if President Kennedy publicly guarantees the U.S. will not invade Cuba. The CIA reports that the construction of the missile sites is continuing and accelerating.DAY 12: While one U-2 spy plane accidentally flies into Russia, while another is shot down over Cuba. EX-COMM receives a second letter from Khrushchev stating that, in addition to a public promise not to invade Cuba, the U.S. removes its missiles from Turkey.
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