rushchev's memoirs, Russia placed it nuclear capable missiles on Cuban soil to counter the moves of the United States developing and deploying missiles (Cuban Missile Crisis). The Russians moved fast trying to get their missiles into Cuba so that the United States didn't notice. Kennedy later received reconnaissance photos of Soviet nuclear bases in Cuba. Now knowing that Russia was placing nuclear missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy and his advisers went into an intense meeting for seven days to try and determine what they should do about this situation. During this meeting Russia denied the allegations that they were putting missiles in Cuba. Kennedy acted accordingly to the situation. He went on national television and told the nation about the situation that has arisen. He stated that any nuclear attack from Cuba would be considered a blatant attack against the United States by the Russians (Cuban Missile Crisis). To avoid the continuation of Russian munitions into Cuba the U.S. Navy sent a fleet of ships to Cuba to form a blockade. During the time of the crisis, the President and the Premier of Russia were sending each other letters and other forms of communication. Khrushchev sent in his letters the reasons why there were so many Russian nuclear weapons in Cuba. Khrushchev sent a few more letters in which he stated that the launch sites would be dismantled if the United States gave its word that it would not invade Cuba. Another letter stated that they would dismantle launch sites if the United States moved their nuclear capable missile out of Turkey. Kennedy decided to go along with the first stipulation and ignore the second. There were more negations held after the letters stopped. They were held to reaffirm the agreements held between Russia and the United States (Cuban Missile Crisis). During this meeting the United States added the condition that the Russians were to remove their bombers from Cuba also. For ...
