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Tag Archives: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Mikoyans Visit Havana

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

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

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

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

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

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/24/1965

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

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/17/1965

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

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/10/1965

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

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 3/3/1965

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

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 2/24/1965

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

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CIA, Weekly Cuban Summary – 2/17/1964

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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