Cuban Missile Crisis: After The Cuban Revolution
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
TIMELINE
January 1, 1959 - After the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro assumes power.
December 19, 1960 - Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.
January 3, 1961 - The United States terminates diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
April 12, 1961 - President Kennedy pledges the United States will NOT intervene militarily to overthrow Castro.
April 17, 1961 - June 3-4, 1961 - Backed by the United States, a group of Cuban exiles invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to trigger an anti- Castro rebellion. The invasion falls and more than a thousand Cuban rebels are captured by Castro forces.
June 3-4, 1961 - Khrushchev and Kennedy summit in Vienna.
July 27, …show more content…
October 9, 1962 - Kennedy orders a U-2 reconnaissance flight over western Cuba, delayed by bad weather until the 14th.
October 10, 1962 - Senator Keating charges that six intermediate-range ballistic missile bases are being constructed in Cuba.
October 14, 1962 - A U-2 flying over western Cuba discovers missile sites. Photographs obtained by this flight provide hard evidence that Soviets have missiles in Cuba.
October 15, 1962 - A readout team at the National Photographic Intelligence Center reviews photos taken during the U-2 flight and identifies objects similar to MRBM components observed in the U.S.S.R. at San Cristobal. McGeorge Bundy decides after hearing about the discovery of missiles in Cuba not to inform the president until the next day. McNamara is shown the photographic evidence of the MRBMs at San Cristobal
October 16, 1962 - Bundy breaks the new to Kennedy who calls for a meeting of a group later to become know as EX-COMM. At that meeting Kennedy and his advisors discuss possible diplomatic and military courses of …show more content…
During an EX-COMM meeting, Kennedy says that he believes the quarantine alone can not force the Soviet government to remove its offensive weapons from Cuba. A CIA report from that morning states that there was no halt in progress in the development of the missile sites and another reconnaissance flight reveals the Soviets were also attempting to camouflage the missiles. Aleksandr Fomin, who was known to be the KGB station chief in Washington, requests a meeting with ABC News correspondent John Scali. Fomin proposes the dismantling of Soviet bases under U.N. supervision in exchange for a public pledge from the U.S. not to invade Cuba. Khrushchev sends another letter to Kennedy proposing removing his missiles if Kennedy would publicly announce never to invade
TIMELINE
January 1, 1959 - After the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro assumes power.
December 19, 1960 - Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.
January 3, 1961 - The United States terminates diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
April 12, 1961 - President Kennedy pledges the United States will NOT intervene militarily to overthrow Castro.
April 17, 1961 - June 3-4, 1961 - Backed by the United States, a group of Cuban exiles invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to trigger an anti- Castro rebellion. The invasion falls and more than a thousand Cuban rebels are captured by Castro forces.
June 3-4, 1961 - Khrushchev and Kennedy summit in Vienna.
July 27, …show more content…
October 9, 1962 - Kennedy orders a U-2 reconnaissance flight over western Cuba, delayed by bad weather until the 14th.
October 10, 1962 - Senator Keating charges that six intermediate-range ballistic missile bases are being constructed in Cuba.
October 14, 1962 - A U-2 flying over western Cuba discovers missile sites. Photographs obtained by this flight provide hard evidence that Soviets have missiles in Cuba.
October 15, 1962 - A readout team at the National Photographic Intelligence Center reviews photos taken during the U-2 flight and identifies objects similar to MRBM components observed in the U.S.S.R. at San Cristobal. McGeorge Bundy decides after hearing about the discovery of missiles in Cuba not to inform the president until the next day. McNamara is shown the photographic evidence of the MRBMs at San Cristobal
October 16, 1962 - Bundy breaks the new to Kennedy who calls for a meeting of a group later to become know as EX-COMM. At that meeting Kennedy and his advisors discuss possible diplomatic and military courses of …show more content…
During an EX-COMM meeting, Kennedy says that he believes the quarantine alone can not force the Soviet government to remove its offensive weapons from Cuba. A CIA report from that morning states that there was no halt in progress in the development of the missile sites and another reconnaissance flight reveals the Soviets were also attempting to camouflage the missiles. Aleksandr Fomin, who was known to be the KGB station chief in Washington, requests a meeting with ABC News correspondent John Scali. Fomin proposes the dismantling of Soviet bases under U.N. supervision in exchange for a public pledge from the U.S. not to invade Cuba. Khrushchev sends another letter to Kennedy proposing removing his missiles if Kennedy would publicly announce never to invade