HIS344Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Cuban Missile Crisis, Nuclear Arms Race, Nikita Khrushchev
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Local population did not turn on castro as expected. Appeals for american air support were denied - did not want to get directly involved. Usa detected that they were trying to build. Defcon alert system shifted from 3 to 2. Usa did not hide their actions - wanted to scare the ussr off. Usa demanded they ceased work or else conflict. Khrushchev ceased sending missiles, but some had already arrived before the blockade. Khrushchev stated that to dismantle, usa would have to declare never to invade cuba would also have to dismantle missiles in turkey. Kennedy did not want to bow to khrushchev"s terms --> looks bad. Kennedy privately assures to remove turkish missiles and publicly assures to never invade cuba. Documents and/or other readings on stl in trinity library: No. 1 adzhubei"s account of his visit to washington (top secret) No. 2 letter from president kennedy to chairman khrushchev (secret) No. 3 memorandum on deployment of soviet forces to cuba (top.
