Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy told Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko that the United States would not tolerate offensive missiles in Cuba; Gromyko denied that offensive Soviet weapons were being deployed.
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Kennedy met Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko while withholding knowledge of the photographed missile sites.
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Kennedy restated his public warning to Gromyko without revealing that the missile sites had been photographed.
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Stevenson proposed exploring a negotiated settlement that could remove the Soviet missiles while avoiding a direct military confrontation.
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McNamara worked on a quarantine plan designed to halt additional offensive weapons without immediately attacking existing missile sites.
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Rusk participated in preparations for the Gromyko meeting and supported maintaining secrecy about the photographic evidence.
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Robert Kennedy argued that an unannounced air strike could resemble the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy maintained scheduled campaign appearances while secret crisis deliberations continued in Washington.
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Kennedy left Washington for campaign appearances while advisers continued secret deliberations about Cuba.
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Robert Kennedy supported the quarantine option as a measured response that preserved room for further diplomatic pressure.
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Bundy helped organize the decision process that produced Kennedy's choice of a naval quarantine.
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Kennedy returned to Washington and presided over a National Security Council meeting on the response.
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The White House announced that Kennedy had a cold as he cancelled remaining campaign appearances.
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Kennedy selected a naval quarantine as the initial response while retaining stronger military options.
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McNamara organized the naval interception plan and continued preparations for air strikes and invasion.
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McNamara briefed Kennedy on naval interception procedures and the military preparations supporting the proposed quarantine.
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Rusk supported the quarantine decision while the State Department prepared allied consultations and diplomatic notifications.
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Sorensen helped draft language explaining the quarantine and the administration's demand for removal of Soviet offensive weapons.
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McCone assessed the growing operational capability of the Soviet missile deployment while the administration refined its response.
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Kennedy reviewed the quarantine proclamation, military rules, and the planned address to the nation.
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Sorensen refined Kennedy's television address so that the missile evidence, quarantine, and warning to Moscow were presented clearly.
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Bundy coordinated White House preparations for the President's address and the formal establishment of ExComm.
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Kennedy informs the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba, a mere 90 miles off the shores of Florida.
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Kennedy orders Khrushchev to remove all the missile bases and their deadly contents. Kennedy orders a naval quarantine of Cuba in order to prevent Russian ships from bringing additional missiles and construction materials.
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Kennedy addressed the nation and revealed the Soviet offensive missile deployment in Cuba.
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