Nikita Sergeyevich KhruschevMay 1962
Approves the secret plan to deploy Soviet missiles, bombers and troops to Cuba.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Approves the secret plan to deploy Soviet missiles, bombers and troops to Cuba.
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