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President Kennedy is told Cubans have ballistic missiles.
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President Kennedy discusses what we should do about the missiles.
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JFK meets with Soviet foreign and advises America will not tolerate Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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JFK meets with the secretary of defense, Robert McNamara. He also meets with joint staff to discuss military action.
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JFK returns to Washington to discover more missiles in Cuba.
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JFK orders a immediate naval block aid of Cuba as soon as possible.
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JFK addresses the American people. He announced his plan for the naval blockade of Cuba.
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Recon missions reveal that soviet missiles are ready to be launched. The quarantine of Cuba is supported.
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Soviet ships arrive at the quarantine line but receive orders form Russia to stop. The U.S military goes into DEFCON 2.
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U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts the Soviets at the U.N. They do not answer.
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EX-COMM receives a letter from Khrushchev stating that the Soviets would remove their missiles if President Kennedy publicly guarantees the U.S. will not invade Cuba. But the construction of the sites increased.
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Two U2 planes departured, one for Russia and the other shot down in Cuba. EX-COMM receives a second letter saying the soviets won't invade in addition the U.S. removes its missiles from Turkey.
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The crisis ends in a speech aired on Radio Moscow, Khrushchev announces that he has agreed to remove the ICBM's from Cuba.
