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Tag Archives: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Mikoyans Visit Havana

by on June 11, 2013 in Blog

When Anastas Mikoyan and his son visited Havana in the immediate aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, they found a very different city than they had seen on their first visit less than three years earlier.

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Public Awareness of Cuba Before the Cuban Missile Crisis

by on September 27, 2012 in Blog

This Gallup poll from September 1962 illustrates how prominently Cuba figured in American public opinion before the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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New Books on the Cuban Missile Crisis

by on September 14, 2012 in Blog

As we come up towards the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, there are several new books coming out. Here are some of them.

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Tracking the Soviet Ships During the Cuban Missile Crisis

by on September 13, 2012 in Blog

The U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba took effect at 2PM GMT on October 24, 1962. The CIA was watching the movements of Soviet ships very closely.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 4/14/1965

by on April 14, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/24/1965

by on March 24, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/17/1965

by on March 17, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/10/1965

by on March 10, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/3/1965

by on March 3, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 2/24/1965

by on February 24, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 2/17/1964

by on February 17, 1965 in CIA Reports on Cuba

Archival Source: National Security File: Intelligence, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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CIA, Cuba 1962: Khrushchev’s Miscalculated Risk – 02/13/1964

by on February 13, 1964 in Cuban Missile Crisis Post-Mortems, Documents

JFK called it “one hell of a gamble.” With a little less flourish, the analysts of the CIA called it a “miscalculated risk.” In this 156-page Top Secret report, prepared in February 1964, the staff of the Office of Research and Reports in the CIA’s Office of the Deputy Director (Intelligence) (DD/I) reviewed the evidence […]

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/26/1963

by on March 26, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/25/1963

by on March 25, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/24/1963

by on March 24, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/21/1963

by on March 21, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/20/1963

by on March 20, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/19/1963

by on March 19, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/18/1963

by on March 18, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/17/1963

by on March 17, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/16/1963

by on March 16, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Cuban Training of Latin American Subversives – 3/16/1963

by on March 16, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/15/1963

by on March 15, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/13/1963

by on March 13, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/12/1963

by on March 12, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/23/1963

by on March 12, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/11/1963

by on March 11, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/22/1963

by on March 11, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/10/1963

by on March 10, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/9/1963

by on March 9, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/8/1963

by on March 8, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/7/1963

by on March 7, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/6/1963

by on March 6, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/5/1963

by on March 5, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/4/1963

by on March 4, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/3/1963

by on March 3, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/2/1963

by on March 2, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 3/1/1963

by on March 1, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/28/1963

by on February 28, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/27/1963

by on February 27, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/26/1963

by on February 26, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/25/1963

by on February 25, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/24/1963

by on February 24, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/23/1963

by on February 23, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/22/1963

by on February 22, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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CIA, Current Status of Soviet Forces in Cuba – 2/21/1963

by on February 21, 1963 in CIA Reports on Cuba, Documents, White House

Source Archive: National Security Files, box 47, John F. Kennedy Library.

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Senator Kenneth Keating

News Report on Cuba Military Buildup and Aftermath

by on February 7, 1963 in Cuban Missile Crisis, Universal News: JFK, Video

February 7, 1963 ยป Universal News report on Robert McNamara’s Special Cuba Briefing, along with Senator Kenneth Keating and JFK’s press conference on Cuba.

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Robert McNamara, February 6, 1963

Special Cuba Briefing by the Department of Defense

by on February 6, 1963 in Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis Post-Mortems, Documents, Raw Footage, Video

Robert McNamara and DIA official Thomas Hughes give a televised intelligence briefing on the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Cuban Refugees News Report

News Report on Life in Castro’s Cuba

by on January 28, 1963 in Cuban Missile Crisis, Universal News: World Affairs, Video

A January 28, 1963, news report on life in Castro’s Cuba and the life Cuban refugees were fleeing.

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Cuban Missile Crisis Operational Aspects

The Cuban Crisis: Operational Aspects – 12/26/1962

by on December 26, 1962 in Cuban Missile Crisis Post-Mortems, Documents

This December 1962 Pentagon report reviews the operational aspects of the military’s response to the threat posed by the Soviet military deployment in Cuba.

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