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JFK learns of Cuban Missiles. He learns that the Soviet Union is supplying Cuba with nuclear missiles. JFK meets with his advisors on how to handle the situation.
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The United States moves its military South. It moves the military to the southeastern part of the U.S. To prepare for war. They receive photos from a U-2 flight that show many missiles, as many as 16 to 32 missiles in Cuba.
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John F. Kennedy meets with the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko. The Soviet Foreign Ministers tells JFK that the missiles are just defensive and not offensive. JFK warns Andrei Gromyko that if there were Soviet offensive moves then there would be grave consequences.
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JFK goes on campaign in some states. While the advisers debate over what to do about the Cuban missile crisis. They debate over the right and necessary action that needs to be taken over this crisis.
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After JFK returns from campaign him and his top advisors decide they should quarantine Cuba. They prepare to deploy naval units. JFK plans a speech to tell the American people about the plan.
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After JFK attends mass with hiswife he meets with Walter Sweeney. Sweeney his general of Tactical Air Command tells Kennedy that an air strike would not totally destroy the missiles in Cuba.
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JFK briefs three former presidents on the situation in Cuba, and the British Prime Minister. He also creates the Executive Committee of the National Security Council and tells them to meet daily during the crisis. JFK also informs the cabinet and congressional leaders on the issue.
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JFK approves and authorizes the quarantine of Cuba and the U.S. navy creates a blockade around Cuba. Ambassador of the United Nations explains the situation to the U.N. Soviet subs threaten blockade by moving closer, while Soviet supply ships stop dead in the water. Kennedy asks Russia to stop any ships in that area so that the U.S. navy does not have to fire and start a war with the super powers.
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Khrushchev Replies to Kennedy's request of stopping Russian ships. But Khrushchev says that Kennedy is not appealing to reason, but he is trying to intimidate others.
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Kennedy knows that missiles in Cuba are operational and pleads with Khrushchev to change the course. The U.N. requests a cooling time and Kennedy denies it because he does not want to leave the missiles in Cuba operational.
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Photos show that missile sites are being constructed. The USSR asks Khrushchev to attack the U.S. if Cuba is attacked. Khrushchev Offers a deal with Kennedy that solves the problem of the blockade and missiles.
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Kennedy receives another letter with terms that ask the U.S. to remove their missiles from turkey. A spy plan is shot down by the USSR and the pilot is killed. Kennedy puts off the new offer and offers his condolences to the pilot's wife. Robert Kennedy secretly meets with Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and they reach a secret agreement of what terms will be followed for the crisis to end.
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News is sent out that the Soviet Union agrees to the terms and will remove its missiles while the U.S. removes its blockade. The final day that ends a very dangerous time that could have broken out into an all out nuclear war.
