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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS –Important links(primary sources)
THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSILES:
1. Briefing Paper, October 1, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba001.htm
2. 2. Map of Cuba used during President's meetings with political and military advisers:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_cubamap.jpg
3. 3. U-2 Photograph of a truck convoy approaching a deployment of Soviet Medium
Range Ballistic Missiles near Los Palacios at San Cristobal:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/14.jpg
4. Medium Range Ballistic Missile Field Launch Site, San Cristobal No. 1, 14 October
1962:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_u2_photo.jpg
5. CIA Briefing board for JFK showing range of Soviet Medium Range Ballistic Missiles :
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_map_missile_range.jpg
6. 6. CIA reference photograph of Soviet Medium Range Ballistic Missile (SS-4) in Red
Square, Moscow:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/16.jpg
7. Off-the-Record Meeting on Cuba, October 16, 1962:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/transci2.htm
CONFLICT RESOLUTION (COMMUNICATIONS)
1. Letter from President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev, October 22, 1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba044.htm
2. Letter from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, October 24, 1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/cuba/cuba061.htm
3. Telegram from the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union, October 25,
1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba068.htm
4. Telegram from the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State, October 26,
1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba084.htm
5. Message from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, October 26, 1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba091.htm
6. Telegram from the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union, October 27,
1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba095.htm
7. Message from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, October 28, 1962:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba102.htm
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What did Kennedy agree to do to end the crisis?
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What did Khrushchev agree to do to end the crisis?
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On balance, did either side "win" in the end? If so, which one, and why?
FURTHER LINKS:
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The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
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Cuban Missile Crisis
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cubamenu.htm
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Briefing Paper, October 1, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba001.htm
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Letter from President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev, October 22,
1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba044.htm
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Letter from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, October 24,
1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba061.htm
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Telegram from the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet
Union, October 25, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba068.htm
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Telegram from the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of
State, October 26, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba084.htm
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Message from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, October
26, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba091.htm
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Telegram from the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet
Union, October 27, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba095.htm
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Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States of America and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Regarding the Establishment of a Direct
Communications Link
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/soviet/sov003.htm
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
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Message from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, October
28, 1962
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/
forrel/cuba/cuba102.htm
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/
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U-2 photograph of a truck convoy approaching a deployment of Soviet
MRBMs near Los Palacios at San Cristobal
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/14.jpg
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CIA reference photograph of Soviet MRBM (SS-4) in Red Square,
Moscow
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/16.jpg
"Thirteen Days" Doesn't Add Up
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5428
The Internet Public Library: POTUS
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus
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John F. Kennedy
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jfkennedy.html
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John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
http://www.jfklibrary.org/index.htm
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The World on the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile
Crisis
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_intro.html
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MRBM Field Launch Site, San Cristobal No. 1, 14 October 1962
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_u2_photo.jpg
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CIA briefing board for JFK showing range of Soviet MRBMs
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_map_missile_range.jpg
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Map of Cuba used during President's meetings with political and
military advisers
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_cubamap.jpg
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Radio and Television Report to the American People on the
Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/j102262.htm

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