Today we did presentations. The Cuban missile crisis was considered to be the closest incident for Nuclear War. USSR was behind in the arms race so they wanted to place intermediate range missiles in Cuba. The US was going to invade Cuba so Castro allowed the USSR to put missiles there. This idea was construed by Primier Nikita Kruschev to catch up to the US in the Arms Race. The actual Crisis began October 15th when Reconnaissance photos expulged that USSR missiles were under construction in Cuba. When JFK found out he hastily formed the Ex-COMM. this he and 12 of his buddies brainstorming to get out of the mess. He also stated that any missiles launched from Cuba would still be attack from the USSR and that all weapons must be removed from the island. . JFK and Krushchrev would communicate through writing letters. in the Meantime, soldiers would be on their toes. The Culmination of the Cuban Missile Crisis was when a U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba. The 1st was from Krushchrev the letter said he would remove all missiles from Cuba if he didnt invade Cuba. Before we replied to that it said they'd leave Cuba if they take their missiles out of Cuba. The Attorney General, Robert Kennedy cleverly suggested that the US ignore the 2nd letter and just agree to the 1st. After this we agreed to the terms and tensions eased and all was good after that.
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