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Old 10-16-2006, 09:49 AM
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Lightbulb On this date, October 16, in 1962......

The Cuban Missile Crisis is considered to have officially begun. Please see by clicking on dates in the calender within below link:

http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/c...endar_map.html

However, October 16 was when the president was informed. That specific moment was preceeded by:

JULY 1962
Raul Castro, brother of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, visits Moscow. The Soviet Union begins large-scale shipments of technicians and military aid to Cuba.

AUGUST 1962
Soviet shipments continue. U.S. intelligence establishes the presence of air defense missiles in Cuba. Rumors of offensive missiles in Cuba spark Republican attacks on the Kennedy administration. Senators Keating and Capehart call for action against Cuba.

SEPTEMBER 1962
The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. trade warnings of a nuclear confrontation if Cuba becomes a base for Soviet offensive weapons or if the United States should invade Cuba. Rumors of offensive missiles in Cuba persist without hard evidence to substantiate them. Red Army troops begin arriving secretly in Cuba. The Kennedy administration is unaware of a force which will eventually reach 40,000 men. American intelligence assumes that there are about 2,000 or 3,000 troops in Cuba to guard the missile sites. Nearly three decades will pass before the presence of this large Soviet force is revealed.

Left (Note by A.B: Se below this short chapter. End note by A.B).: A September 1962 US News arid World Report article hints at a Soviet military build-up rumored to be underway in Cuba.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_us_news.jpg


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14
Major Richard Heyser completes a U-2 photo reconnaissance flight over Cuba, the first without cloud cover in nearly two weeks.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15
Intelligence analysts at the National Photographic Interpretation Center "read out" the U-2 film and identify a medium range ballistic missile site near San Cristobal.


Also see further, in a reply I made to another post-thread in this section, by within directlink to post-thread:
http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/sh...threadid=28581

T G C!

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A.B
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