Fidel Alejandro Castro21 May 1962
Castro discussed the Soviet proposal to deploy strategic missiles as protection against another American-backed attempt to overthrow his government.
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Castro discussed the Soviet proposal to deploy strategic missiles as protection against another American-backed attempt to overthrow his government.
Castro accepted the strategic deployment in principle after Soviet representatives presented the plan as a defense of Cuba.
Castro accepted the Soviet proposal to deploy missiles after consulting senior Cuban leaders.
Raul Castro visited Moscow while Soviet and Cuban officials finalized secret military arrangements.
The US announce its discovery of missile sites, and implements a quarantine around Cuba that woul intercept and search vessels heading for Cuba.
Castro mobilized Cuban forces after Kennedy announced the quarantine and demanded removal of the Soviet offensive missiles.
Raul Castro placed Cuban armed forces on wartime readiness as the United States announced its quarantine and increased regional military preparations.
Castro rejected the legality of the quarantine and prepared Cuba for the possibility of American air strikes or invasion.
Castro warned Khrushchev that an invasion appeared imminent and urged a decisive Soviet response.
Castro warned Khrushchev that American military action appeared imminent and urged the Soviet Union to resist an invasion decisively.
Castro urges Khrushchev to launch a nuclear first strike against the United States if Cuba is invaded, but Khrushchev rejected any first strike response.
Khrushchev agrees to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba. Castro demands that the USA evacuate Cuba's Guantanamo naval base.
Castro issued five demands for a broader settlement and rejected foreign inspection on Cuban territory.
Castro learned that Khrushchev had agreed to remove the missiles without first securing Cuban approval of the settlement.
Raul Castro helped manage Cuban military readiness after Moscow announced that the strategic missiles would be withdrawn.
Castro reiterated demands concerning Guantanamo, reconnaissance flights, economic pressure, and support for exile attacks against Cuba.
Castro resisted intrusive international inspection proposals while discussing implementation of the Soviet withdrawal with Mikoyan.
Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles in exchange for a US commitment not to invade Cuba and that the US will remove American MRBMs targeting Russia from Turkey and Italy.
Khrushchev wants to locate missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to a US invasion and justifies the move in response to US missile deployment in Turkey.
The US government views the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons 90 miles south of Key West as an aggressive act and a threat to US security.
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