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U-2 spy plane manage to take some pictures of russia constructing nuclear weapons
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Fued between U.S, Russia, and Cuba
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Photos were processed and presented, which started the whole crisis
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EXCOMM had a meeting wether to order an airstrike or put up a blockade
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Kennedy feels the need to put a blockade on Cuba, so russia can't get the nuclear weapons there
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Kennedy established EXCOMM with NSAM in which they opposed the blockade and demanded a powerful response
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Kennedy address's the crisis on television announcing the discovery of the missiles
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Nikita Khrushchev writes a letter saying that the blockade was an act of aggression that could lead to a Nuclear World War
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a u.s. spy plane made an unauthorized flight over the east coast of russia and was shot down
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kennedy agreed to remove some of the u.s.'s missile sites from Italy and Turkey if russia agreed to remove their missile site on Cuba
