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Description: Audio recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. In his speech President Kennedy reports the establishment of offensive missile sites presumably intended to launch a nuclear offensive against Western nations.
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What is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis actually began on October 15, 1962the day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing U-2 spy plane data discovered that the Soviets were building medium-range missile sites in Cuba. The next day, President Kennedy secretly convened an emergency meeting of his senior military, political, and diplomatic advis...
On October 23, the quarantine of Cuba began, but Kennedy decided to give Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev more time to consider the U.S. action by pulling the quarantine line back 500 miles. By October 24, Soviet ships en route to Cuba capable of carrying military cargoes appeared to have slowed down, altered, or reversed their course as they approa...
On October 25, the aircraft carrier USS Essex and the destroyer USS Gearing attempted to intercept the Soviet tanker Bucharest as it crossed over the U.S. quarantine of Cuba. The Soviet ship failed to cooperate, but the U.S. Navy restrained itself from forcibly seizing the ship, deeming it unlikely that the tanker was carrying offensive weapons. On...
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Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation. delivered 22 October 1962. Audio mp3 of Address. Your browser does not support the audio element. click for pdf. [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio (2).] Good evening, my fellow citizens:
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On October 22, President Kennedy spoke to the nation about the crisis in a televised address. Click here to listen to the Address in the Digital Archives (JFKWHA-142-001) No one was sure how Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev would respond to the naval blockade and US demands.
The most dramatic parts of that crisis—the famed "13 days"—lasted from October 16, 1962, when President Kennedy first learned that the Soviet Union was constructing missile launch sites in Cuba, to October 28, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev publicly announced he was removing the missiles from the island nation.
President Kennedy's 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Address. Archival footage of President John F. Kennedy’s Oval Office Address during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October...
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The John F. Kennedy library and museum Cuban Missile Crisis page. Access the Kennedy Library Digital Archives, which includes 300,000 scanned documents, films, and audio clips with materials such as early drafts of the John F. Kennedy inaugural address, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs, Missiles, Russia, Sviet Union, John f. kennedy inaugural address ...
