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Sep 13, 2022

JFK: Military Action on Cuba Unjustified Right Now

Sept. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the U.S. would move swiftly against Cuba to defend its security, but military action...

Sep 12, 2022

Cuban Defector Says 200 Soviet Jets in Cuba

Sept. 12, 1962 - A Cuban Air Force pilot instructor, who defected last week in a Czechoslovakian-built training plane, reported today...

Sep 11, 2022

Castro Assails U.S. on Havana Broadcast

Sept. 11, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that Congressional demands for energetic U.S. action against his regime were proof...

Sep 11, 2022

Soviets Talk War Over Cuba

Sept. 11, 1962 - The Soviet Union warned today that any attack by the U.S. on Cuba or upon Soviet ships bound for Cuba would mean war....

Sep 10, 2022

Ike Visits JFK at White House

Sept. 10, 1962 - President Kennedy had a leisurely luncheon and talk with former President Eisenhower today. On General Eisenhower’s...

Sep 8, 2022

Soviet Military Advisers and Personnel Near Guantanamo

Sept. 8, 1962 - The presence of Soviet military advisers and personnel in the vicinity of the U.S. Naval base of Guantanamo, on Cuba’s...

Sep 7, 2022

JFK Boosts Ready Reserves as International Tension Mounts

Sept. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy asked Congress today for authority to order 150,000 members of the Ready Reserves to active duty for a...

Sep 4, 2022

JFK: U.S. Will Use “Whatever Means Necessary” to Prevent Cuban Aggression

Sept. 4, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the U.S. would use “whatever means may be necessary” to prevent aggression by Cuba...

Sep 1, 2022

Tensions Rise with Cuba

Sept. 1, 1962 - With tensions again mounting rapidly in U.S.-Cuban relations, the Kennedy Administration appeared determined today to...

Aug 31, 2022

New York Lawyer Negotiates with Castro over Cuban Prisoners

Aug. 31, 1962 - New York lawyer James B. Donovan met with Premier Fidel Castro for four hours today and reported that their negotiations...

Aug 29, 2022

JFK: U.S. Will Not Invade Cuba

Aug. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy firmly rejected today Congressional suggestions that the U.S. invade Cuba because of the alleged...

Aug 24, 2022

U.S. Officials: Soviet Personnel and Equipment Pouring into Cuba

Aug. 24, 1962 - U.S. officials said today that Soviet equipment and technical personnel, military and civilian, were pouring into Cuba....

Aug 22, 2022

President Comments on Soviet Presence in Cuba

Aug. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy said today there was evidence that the Communist bloc had sent large numbers of technicians and...

Aug 20, 2022

Soviet Personnel Continue to Arrive in Cuba

Aug. 20, 1962 - The arrival in Cuba during the last week of July of 15 Soviet ships, including 5 passenger vessels, was reported today by...

Aug 8, 2022

U.S. Monitoring Situation in Cuba

Aug. 8, 1962 - United States officials said today that they had no information that Soviet soldiers had been landing in Cuba. Experts in...

Aug 7, 2022

Thousands of Soviet Personnel Arriving in Cuba

Aug. 7, 1962 - A Spanish-language broadcast by a Miami radio station WMIE said today that more than 4,000 Soviet soldiers have been...

Jul 26, 2022

Castro Says U.S. Preparing to Attack Cuba

July 26, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro said at a rally in Santiago today that the U.S. is preparing direct armed aggression against Cuba....

Jul 21, 2022

Soviet Union Tightens Links with Cuba

July 21, 1962 - The Soviet Union has been tightening communications and air transport links with Cuba this week while focusing a...

Jun 26, 2022

Two Americans Executed in Cuba

June 26, 1962 - Raul Castro (left), Cuba’s Armed Forces Minister, announced today the execution of two alleged U.S. agents captured in...

Jun 1, 2022

Castro Interviewed in Havana by British Newsmen

June 1, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro spoke to two Western newsmen for an hour and a half in a Havana bar early today, declaring that he...