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- Contingent
- Anadyr
- U-2 flights
- Develop response
- Quarantine
- Worsening crisis
- Khrushchev's second letter
- Black Saturday
- Permission
- Implications
- Historic significance
- Epilogue
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Worsening crisis
Evening of October 23, Robert Kennedy went to the Soviet Embassy in Washington. At a meeting with Dobrynin Kennedy learned that he has no idea about military preparations in Cuba, the Soviet Union. However, Dobrynin told him that he knew of the instructions received by the captains of Soviet ships - not to obey illegal demands on the high seas. Before leaving, Kennedy said: "I do not know what would happen, but we intend to stop your court."
October 24, Khrushchev knew that the Aleksandrovsk safely reached Cuba. Simultaneously, he received a brief telegram from Kennedy, in which he urged Khrushchev "exercise prudence" and "abide by the terms of the blockade." Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee met on to discuss a formal response to the imposition of the blockade. The same day, Khrushchev sent a letter to U.S. President, which accused him of that puts the "ultimate" conditions ". Khrushchev called the blockade "an act of aggression, pushing mankind to the depths of the global nuclear war." In a letter to the First Secretary Kennedy warned that "the captains of Soviet ships would not comply with the requirements of U.S. Navy" and that "if the U.S. did not cease their acts of piracy, the Soviet Government would take any measures to ensure the safety of ships."
October 25 at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was played one of the most memorable scenes in the history of the UN. U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson tried to force the Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin (which, like most Soviet diplomats who are not suspected of Anadyr ") answer regarding the presence of missiles in Cuba, expressing the well-known claim:" Do not wait for you to be moved! "Obtained from Zorin's refusal, Stevenson showed photos from the U.S. reconnaissance aircraft and missile showing positions in Cuba.
At the same time, Kennedy gave the order to increase the combat readiness of U.S. forces to the level of DEFCON-2 (first and only time in U.S. history).
Meanwhile, in response to a message from Khrushchev in the Kremlin Kennedy received a letter in which he stated that "the Soviet side had violated its commitments to Cuba and led him astray. At this time, Khrushchev decided not to seek confrontation and began to look for possible ways out of this situation. He told members of the Presidency, that "it is impossible to keep missiles in Cuba, without entering into a war with the United States. At the meeting it was decided to invite the Americans to dismantle the missiles in exchange for a U.S. guarantee to stop trying to change the state regime in Cuba. Brezhnev, Kosygin, Kozlov, Mikoyan, Suslov, Ponomarev and supported Khrushchev. Gromyko and Malinovsky abstained. After the meeting, Khrushchev suddenly turned to members of the Bureau: "Comrades, let the evening go to the Bolshoi Theater. Our people and foreigners see us, maybe it will calm them. "