Cuban Missile Crisis
Sorensen helped draft language explaining the quarantine and the administration's demand for removal of Soviet offensive weapons.
Role range: 1961-1964
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen Biography and Timeline
Follow Theodore Chaikin Sorensen through 5 dated historical records for United States of America.
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sorensen refined Kennedy's television address so that the missile evidence, quarantine, and warning to Moscow were presented clearly.
Role range: 1961-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sorensen assisted with final revisions to the President's address before Kennedy disclosed the crisis to the public.
Role range: 1961-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sorensen helped draft the response accepting the essential terms of Khrushchev's first proposal while avoiding a public missile trade.
Role range: 1961-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sorensen assisted with Kennedy's public response welcoming the Soviet decision to remove the missiles from Cuba.
Role range: 1961-1964
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