It seemed obvious that the US would plan another attack on Cuba and Khrushchev took the evasive action that he believed was necessary to defend the Soviet ally, Cuba. ... Naturally, Pro-Soviet Cuba met these specifications quite conveniently. ... Kennedy, 1968 After the US government learned of the Soviet missiles based in Cuba from photos taken by U-2 pilot, Richard Heyser, Kennedy met with his executive committee and came to the conclusion that there were solely two reactionary means that could be carried out. ... This aided to his decision to inflict a naval blockade upon Cuba. ... On Oct...

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Soviet Union was very much behind the United States in the arms race or the Cold War. ... After seven days of guarded and intense debate within the upper echelons of government, Kennedy concluded to impose a naval quarantine around Cuba. ... In the letter he demanded that the U.S. remove of its missiles in Turkey in exchange for Soviet missiles in Cuba. ... He also expressed his trust that the United States will not invade Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of President Kennedy's greatest accomplishments. ...

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On April 17, 1961, an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in the Bahí de Cochinos on the south coast of Cuba. The group of exiles were trained in Guatemala by members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and supplied with arms by the U.S. government, the rebels planned to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. ... -Cuban relations. ... Castro allowed the Soviet Union to bring missiles into Cuba for Cuba's protection. ... North Vietnam were forcing, Communism, a government structure that not everyone agreed with on to South Vietnam. ...

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He called himself a "Marxist-Leftist" and ruled over Cuba with an iron fist. ... Cubans were fleeing to the Miami coast as quickly as they could. ... But is it really as bad as our government makes it out to be? ... However, to the person growing up in a third world country, or an eastern civilization, Communism might be more attractive than their present form of government, if one exists at all. ... He sent the 1,500 invaders to Cuba; most of them were captured. ...

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STAGE 5 The Aftermath THE CUBAN missile crisis has had important long-term effects. Even during the crisis itself, some of us in the U.S. government, and I presume in the Soviet government as well, were thinking ahead to the future. ... In the years following the missile crisis the Soviet Union was not disposed to attempt again to deploy elements of its strategic nuclear power in Cuba, and the United States was not disposed to invade Cuba. ... As earlier noted, the United States had never issued any public or official statement of a commitment...

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The real reason was dis-satisfaction with the policies and style of his government. ... Also some other factors that aided with Khrushchev's ejection was the humiliation of the USSR in the Cuban missile crisis; for the widening split with China; and for his flamboyant personal style. ... He transferred more power to his party and government system than any of his predecessors had done. ... Even though Brezhnev's KGB still tried to repress any one that was against the government, he was more moderate than any other Soviet leaders. ...

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