castro and khruschev showing closer ties the crisis soviets armed cuba with nuclear missiles
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Castro and Khruschev showing closer ties
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The Crisis
• Soviets armed Cuba with nuclear missiles
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• U2 spy plane photographs sites
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• U.S. territory is vulnerable so JFK demanded removal• Khrushchev warned it “could lead to nuclear war”
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How should JFK handle this crisis?
• pursue diplomacy (talk with Cuba and S.U.)• blockade Cuba so missiles not fully assembled• have Air Force do an air strike to destroy sites before operational
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• JFK placed a blockade on Cuba• warned Soviets of attack if missile fired• brink of nuclear war
JFK announces decision to blockadeCuba to the public on T.V.
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Soviets show traditional arms in Havanna, Cuba and send 19 ships w/ materials to finish making missile sites operational
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• Soviet ships turned back at the last minute
Soviet ship Poltava on its way to Cuba (CIA photo)
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The Compromise
• Soviet missiles removed from Cuba• U.S. promises not to invade Cuba• U.S. removed missiles from Italy and Turkey
Members of ExComm and JFK planning a compromise
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• “Hotline” b/t the S.U. and U.S. leaders• Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: no testing of nuclear weapons aboveground• JFK foreign policy success
JFK signs Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963