1962 18th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Gromyko told Kennedy that Soviet assistance to Cuba was defensive and denied an offensive deployment.
Cold War · October 1962 · permanent subject timeline
Andrei Gromyko and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet foreign minister who met Kennedy during the secret phase. This page combines historical context with 4 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Cuban Missile Crisis archive.
Historical context
Andrei Gromyko and the Cuban Missile Crisis: overview and significance
What happened?
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met President Kennedy on 18 October and maintained that Soviet assistance to Cuba was defensive while U.S. officials already possessed contrary photographic evidence.
Why was it important?
The meeting became an important example of the mistrust and strategic deception that complicated communication between Washington and Moscow.
World History Database records
Andrei Gromyko and the Cuban Missile Crisis timeline
The records below are selected from the 195-record Cuban Missile Crisis archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1962
1962 18th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Gromyko assured Kennedy that Soviet assistance to Cuba was defensive while the President already possessed evidence of offensive missile sites.
1962 22nd October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Gromyko helped manage the Soviet diplomatic response after Kennedy revealed the missiles and announced the naval quarantine.
1962 28th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Gromyko participated in implementing the diplomatic settlement after Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the offensive missiles.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Cuban Missile Crisis records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
FRUS: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath · JFK Library · U.S. National Archives
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