Cuban Missile Crisis: A Case Study in Diplomacy

Revolution

Jan 1, 1959

Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Period: Jan 1, 1959 to Oct 28, 1962

Nerve-wracking!

Oct 25, 1962

Kennedy sends a letter to Khrushchev laying the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union. EX-COMM discusses a proposal to withdraw U.S. missiles from Turkey in exchange for the withdrawal of Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Whew! That Was a CLOSE one!

Oct 28, 1962

Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.