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W find out about Soviet Missiles in Cuba. Someone says we should either have an air strike or invade with our navy. JFK decides to just continue to meet with Cuba.
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Another U-2 plane flies over Cuba showing 16-32 missiles. JFK attends a cathedral for national day of prayer, then goes to Conneticut to support democratic candidates.
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JFK meets with a Soviet leader who claims the missiles are not threats and are only going to be used as defense. JFK says that we will punish them if they use the missile on us.
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JFK went on a trip to Ohio while JFK's advisors talked about what to do about Cuba
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The US decides not to send out navy forces, and they also decide to tell the American People about it.
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JFK meets with General Walter Sweeny, and they talk about an air strike not being 100 percent certain to destroy all of the missiles
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JFK meets with former presidents to talk about the situation, he also tells the national defense committee to meet daily during the crisis. He also tells the cabinet and the British prime minister
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Adlai Stevenson tells the UN about the Cuban situation we are in. We move our navy around Cuba to be ready for an attack. The Soviet Union move their navy to threaten our submarines near Cuba. JFK meets with Soviet ambassador.
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The Soviets get mad about our navy forces Being near Cuba, they take it as a sign of aggression. They also accuse us of trying to intimidate them.
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JFK writes a letter to the Soviets telling them not to use their missiles, which are now ready to launch. Some of their ships head back to Europe. The head of the UN suggests both us and the Soviet Union should leave Cuba, but JFK says no to this because that would mean the missiles are still in Cuba.
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We stop a Soviet ship and search it only to find nothing important in it. Fidel Castro encourages the Soviet Union to nuke us if we decide to invade Cuba. Fomin from the Soviet Union, tries to come up with a solution
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Another letter from Moscow is sent to the US saying we must take our missiles out of Turkey. One of our U-2planes are shot down over Cuba. The pilot dies and JFK writes a letter to his widow saying her husband will receive a reward. At night, JFK secretly meets with the Soviet Union to discuss terms.
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The Soviet Union agrees to take their missiles out of Cuba and the US promises not to invade Cuba and they will take their missiles out of turkey.
