Cuban missile crisis
President Kennedy received
the first letter from
Khrushchev on October 23
Khrushchev sent another letter
to President Kennedy
offering a deal on October 26
Crisis end
On October 28 Khrushchev announces to remove all missiles from Cuba
The blockade continues
Missiles were taken out from Cuba on November 5-9
The blockade was formally taken down on November 21
Kennedy replies
President Kennedy replied to the letter on October 27.
He stated that he agrees to take down the quarantine, if Khrurhchev agrees to
remove the weapons from Cuba
With the letter the deal was on the table, however there was little expectance it
would be accepted.
Outcome of the Crisis
Cuba remained a heavily armed communist country
Nuclear war was prevented
Betrayed Castro
Hotline between Moscow -Washington was established
Limited Test Ban Treaty banning nuclear tests in the athmosphere, outer space
and under water was formed, October 10, 1963
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