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- Black Saturday
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Quarantine
With the naval blockade was a lot of problems. There was a question of law - as pointed out by Fidel Castro, to install missiles there was nothing illegal. They, of course, is a threat to the U.S. but in Europe have been posted similar missiles aimed at the Soviet Union: Sixty Thor rockets into four squads near Nottingham in the UK thirty Jupiter missiles in the medium-range two squads near Gioia del Colle in Italy , and fifteen Jupiter missiles in a squadron near Izmir in Turkey. Then there was the problem of the Soviet reaction to the blockade - will not start if an armed conflict with the escalation of retaliatory action?
President Kennedy asked the American public (and the Soviet government) in a televised speech on October 22. He confirmed the presence of missiles in Cuba and announced a naval blockade as a quarantine area of 500 nautical miles (926 km) around the coast of Cuba, warning that the armed forces were "ready for any developments," and condemned the Soviet Union for "secrecy and misrepresentation. Kennedy noted that any missile launched from Cuba in the direction of any of the U.S. allies in the Western Hemisphere would be regarded as an act of war against the United States.
The Americans were surprised by the strong support from its European allies, although British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, expressing the opinion most of the international community, expressed bewilderment at the fact that no attempt is made to a diplomatic solution to the conflict. Organization of American States also unanimously voted for the resolution in support of quarantine. Nikita Khrushchev said that the blockade is illegal and that any boat under the Soviet flag would be to ignore it. He threatened that if the Soviet ships would be attacked by American, retaliated posleduet immediately.
Nevertheless, the embargo came into force on 24 October at 10:00. 180 U.S. Navy ships surrounded by Cuba, with a clear order in any case not to open fire on Soviet ships without the personal orders of the president. By this time in Cuba were 30 ships and vessels, including the Aleksandrovsk loaded with nuclear warheads and 4 of the ship, carrying missiles for the two divisions BRSD. In addition, to the Isle of freedom approaching 4 diesel submarines, escort ships. On board the Aleksandrovsk are 24 warheads for BRSD and 44 for cruise missiles. Khrushchev decided that submarines and four vessels with missiles R-14 - "Artemevsku", "Nikolayev", "Dubna" and "Divnogorsk" - should continue to stay the course. In an effort to minimize the possibility of a clash of Soviet ships from the U.S., the Soviet leadership decided to deploy the rest had not had time to get to Cuba to ship home.
Simultaneously, the Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee decided to bring the armed forces of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries into a state of high alert. Revoke all dismissals. The regular soldier preparing for demobilization ordered to remain in the field of service until further notice. Khrushchev, Castro sent a letter of encouragement, assuring firmness of the Soviet position under any circumstances. However, he did not mention the fact that a substantial part of Soviet weapons no longer get to Cuba.