Cuban Missile Crisis20 October 1962
Sorensen helped draft language explaining the quarantine and the administration's demand for removal of Soviet offensive weapons.
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Theodore Chaikin Sorensen, based on 5 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
5 records1962–19621 events1 places
Chronological biography
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis21 October 1962
Sorensen refined Kennedy's television address so that the missile evidence, quarantine, and warning to Moscow were presented clearly.
Cuban Missile Crisis22 October 1962
Sorensen assisted with final revisions to the President's address before Kennedy disclosed the crisis to the public.
Cuban Missile Crisis27 October 1962
Sorensen helped draft the response accepting the essential terms of Khrushchev's first proposal while avoiding a public missile trade.
Cuban Missile Crisis28 October 1962
Sorensen assisted with Kennedy's public response welcoming the Soviet decision to remove the missiles from Cuba.
Titles and roles
Special Counsel to President
Record provenance
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