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Cuban Missile Crisis (view source)
Revision as of 19:38, September 22, 2007
, 19:38, September 22, 2007final negotiations
(Note: Different sources have printed that [[Fidel Castro]] had been the individual to launch upon Major Anderson, but these rumors have been dismissed by many US government officials of that time. It is most likely that the decision was made by the Soviet Commander located in Cuba, though the justification is not fully known.)
(Note: Different sources have printed that [[Fidel Castro]] had been the individual to launch upon Major Anderson, but these rumors have been dismissed by many US government officials of that time. It is most likely that the decision was made by the Soviet Commander located in Cuba, though the justification is not fully known.)
==Final Negotiations==
The [[United States]] had stated early in the crisis that if the missiles were not voluntarily removed, the [[United States Air Force]] would remove them through aerial attacks. As the time drew near to the last exchanges between [[Washington D.C.]] and [[Moscow]], the United States prepared it's final offer. Attorney General [[Robert Kennedy]] payed a secret visit to Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. As the discussion turned to the Jupiter type NATO missiles stationed in [[Turkey]], both parties fully realized that this may be the deciding factor in deciding the outcome of the crisis. Kennedy revealed that he had been authorized to agree to the removal of the missiles, but not under pressure or in any way a publicized quid pro quo manner. This could not be done publicly or unilaterally in order to comply with [[NATO]] agreements, as well as world opinion of both parties. Dobrynin and Kennedy agreed, and Dobrynin rushed off to get a message through to Moscow. The next morning, a formal announcement of the removal of the missiles in Cuba was broadcast from Radio Moscow - The Soviets would remove their missiles from [[Cuba]]. Over the course of a few months after the agreement, the missiles were removed under U.N. and United States supervision. The Jupiter Missiles in Turkey followed some time afterwards. The Cuban Missile Crisis was over!<ref>CNN Cold War: Vol. 4</ref>
==Soviet military doctrine==
==Soviet military doctrine==