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The Americans have found out the Cuba has found missiles on the small islands.
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JFK was filled with the information that Cuba had been holding nuclear weapons from pictures from planes that will flying over.
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President JFK advised the Soviet Union that the US will use deadly forces if they continue to aid Cuba with missiles.
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JFK talks to his Secretary of Defense and discusses strategies whether or not they should start a war, but they know it could be a dangerous one.
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JFK is told that the Soviet Union has transported the missiles to Cuba and the launching gear is on the way.
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President JFK orders a blockade to be put in place around Cuba so that they can not receive the missile launching equipment.
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JFK appears on live television to tell the public or the missiles being held in Cuba
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JFK recieved a letter from the Soviet Union leader
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The Soviet Union ships have reached the no cross line. The US and Soviet Union came very close to actually fighting.
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U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts the Soviets at the U.N. but they refuse to answer. Review of the movement of ships toward the quarantine line and potential US responses
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While one U-2 spy plane accidentally flies into Russia, while another is shot down over Cuba. EX-COMM receives a second letter from Khrushchev stating that, in addition to a public promise not to invade Cuba, the U.S. removes its missiles from Turkey.
