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3 days ago · 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.
Cuban Missile Crisis October 22, 1962 John F. Kennedy. Good evening, my fellow citizens: - This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive Missile sites is now in preparation ...
October 22, 1962. President John F. Kennedy made public the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba in this speech to the American people. This government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba.
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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...
President John F. Kennedy announces on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba and orders a naval quarantine to prevent them from transporting offensive weapons. The crisis escalates to a breaking point as the world totters on the brink of nuclear war, but Kennedy and Khrushchev agree to dismantle the missile sites in exchange for a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba.
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May 19, 2004 · This is the speech JFK broadcast to the US people during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This was the first public announcement about the missiles in Cuba. Of course, JFK had known about it well before this broadcast on 22/10/62.
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Oct 14, 2012 · 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 22,...
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