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US tried to overthrow Castro with trained Cuban anti-Castro men
Castro defested them
embaressment to Kennedy administration -
Krushchev had tensions with President Eisenhower long before Kennedy was elected
When Khrushchev met Kennedy for first time at the Vienna Summit, he noticed that Kennedy seemed intimidated by him
Khrushchev assumed that he would be able to "push JFK's buttons" -
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Evidence of missiles in Cuba is shown-
Advisor's immidiate reaction is surprise military attack/ bomd the missiles; therefore, destroying them. -
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first few meetings mostly everyone wanted to surprise bomb attack--only one question--what would they do after the bombing? They could retaliate and were way to close for comfort to US--the more they thought about all that would come from that--realized how carefully everything had to be thought through.
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undersecretary of state, George Ball--one of few to speak out against military action--thinking about USSR's response and also how it would look to rest of the world--on our part.
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Andrei Gromyko blatently denied having missiles in cuba when jack asked
jfk debated showing them the u-2 pics, but decided against them -
half doves and half hawks
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they were unanimous in favor of surprise military action, obviously
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JFK goes on national tv to announce the situation and bloackade to the American public
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gains support of OAS before tv announcement
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hours before appearing on tv, JFK meets with congress--many disagree with him
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right after JFK's announcement, Adlai Stevenson calls a UN meeting
confronts Soviet ambassador about missiles, he wont give Stevenson an answer