Secret deals were made between the U.S. and Soviet leaders so that both could avert nuclear war, according to the Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia.
Only the White House and Kremlin administration, with little other bureaucratic input, during the Crisis, according to the State Department.
According to the J.F.K. Library, President Kennedy was well aware of the missiles in Cuba before the Cubans and Russians knew that we knew.
As a reference to the Soviet views during and after the Crisis, I used Wikipedia as a guide to a deeper research.
According to Jim Hersberg, professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University, on October 27, 1962, it was considered the climax of the Crisis, where it seemed nuclear was inevitable.
Knowing that the Soviets were offering to remove their missiles in return for the removal of our missiles in Turkey I consulted an Astronautix with the exact specifications of the Jupiter missiles.
Pictures
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| Soviet Premier during the Crisis, Nikita Khrushchev |
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| The Soviet Flag |
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| The American Flag |
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| American President during the Crisis, John F. Kennedy |
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| A map containing the possible affected areas in Russia from the Jupiter missiles in Turkey. |
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| A map containing the possible affected areas in the U.S. from the missiles in Cuba |
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| A political cartoon of both Kennedy and Khrushchev sitting on each other's nukes with their fingers over the button to detonate them. |
