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United States air crafts spotted a Soviet Union missile base being made, so President Kennedy was informed.
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U.S. U-2 planes show more evidence of Cuban and Soviet Union missile bases.
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President Kennedy gets confirmed evidence that there is a missile base in Cuba. He notes that if the Soviets bring their weapons it will cause a lot of tension. He thought there might need to be a blockade or invasion.
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President Kennedy leaves to go to a campaign trip in Ohio and Illinois. His advisors discuss what actions to take.
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Kennedy returns to Washington to speak with the advisors about what the U.S. should do with this crisis. He pretends to not know much about it so the American citizens don't get worried.
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General Walter Sweeney tells President Kennedy that an airstrike will not completely destroy the Cuban missile base.
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Kennedy asks previous presidents what to do with this situation. He also tells the prime minister of England. Kennedy wrote a letter to Krushchev before he appeared on television for the conference on the situation.
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The United States has some officials meet together to discuss the issue. They decide to put a blockade around Cuba. Then they talk with the Soviet Union.
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Nikita Krushchev writes back to John F. Kennedy saying that what the United States did to Cuba is what they thought of as a threat. He says the Soviet Union is not intimidated.
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Cuba has their missile base done. It is ready to launch their missiles against the United States.
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Fidel Castro speaks to Nikita Kruschev and wants him to start a nuclear war.
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An American U-2 plane is shot down by a Soviet Union plane. A Soviet pilot was killed so Kenedy wrote his wife a letter to say he felt bad.
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Khrushchev accepts the United States proposal to end the Cuban missile crisis. Soviets agree to take away missiles, United States agree to sign a non invasion treaty.
