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Kennedy sent in a U-2 "UAV" plane to fly over Cuba and to look for mysterious things. The U-2 plane saw that the Russians were putting nuclear weapons and storing them in Cuba.
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Kennedy ordered that troops be relocated to army bases in the south after hearing from another spy plane that there were more missiles that were spotted.
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The soviets foreign minister visits Kennedy and informs him that the missiles stored in Cuba is for defense only and are no threat towards the United States.
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Kennedy leaves the whitehouse and continues his campaign through the states of Ohio and Illinois.
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After returning Kennedy decides to quarantine the Cubans and draws up plans for a naval blockade.
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After attending mass president Kennedy met with Walter Sweeney general of tactical air command
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President Kennedy had a meeting with former presidents Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower to inform them about the Cuban and the missiles they are holding there. Kennedy also created the Executive Committee of the National Security Council and they gathered every day during the crisis.
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Adlai Stevenson lays the matter before the U.N. Security Council. The ships of the naval quarantine fleet move into place around Cuba. Soviet subs threaten by moving into the Caribbean area.
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Chairman Khrushchev replies To kennedys letter to the U.N with a letter of his own
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Knowing that some missiles were now available for use, Kennedy writes a letter to Premier Khrushchev, urging him to change the course of events
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In a letter from Fidel Castro he urges Nikita Khrushchev to start a nuclear war with United States if America invades Cuba.
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Moscow wrote a second letter saying they wanted tougher terms. One of these terms was that the U.S takes its missiles out of Turkey.
