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Dec 12, 2022

JFK Hits Boycotts of Merchants Selling Red Imports

Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy today criticized boycotts against American merchants selling Iron Curtain imports as ineffective as an...

Nov 27, 2022

Movies: “Red Nightmare”

Nov. 27, 1962 - “Red Nightmare” is a short film narrated by Jack Webb (pictured). Mr. Webb introduces us to Jerry Donovan – an average...

Nov 7, 2022

Khrushchev: Soviet Rockets Are Out of Cuba

Nov. 7, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev (pictured today with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) declared today that the Soviet Union had taken its...

Nov 4, 2022

Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution Honored

Nov. 4, 1962 - A special prayer on the anniversary of the Soviet crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (pictured) was offered today...

Sep 13, 2022

Nixon Details “Anti-Subversive Program” in California

Sept. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon called today for a “three-pronged anti-subversive program that would make California a shining example...

Sep 12, 2022

Nixon Hits Communist Threat in California

Sept. 12, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon opened his big drive for the California governorship today by stressing communism, a subject that...

Sep 6, 2022

Moscow Looks at New York City

Sept. 6, 1962 - Moscow television tonight took the unusual step of presenting a documentary film that showed New York City and its tall...

Sep 2, 2022

Soviets Confirm Military Support for Cuba

Sept. 2, 1962 - The Soviet Union announced today that it had agreed to supply arms to Cuba and to provide technical specialists to train...

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 8, 2022

(VIDEO) Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Coexistence with the Communist Bloc

July 8, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses conditions for coexistence with the Soviet Union. #coldwar #communism #sovietunion...

Jul 3, 2022

JFK Remarks to Special Seminar of Foreign Service Institute

July 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks at the White House today to members of a special anti-insurgency seminar run by the...

Jun 29, 2022

Madison Square Garden Hosts Anti-Communist Crusade

June 29, 1962 - Eight thousand supporters of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade rallied in Madison Square Garden last night as two...

Jun 20, 2022

Walter Winchell Claims Anti-Communist, Anti-Kennedy Columns Censored

June 20, 1962 - Walter Winchell (pictured in 1960) said today that he would resign from the Hearst organization “if I could find some...

Jun 14, 2022

(VIDEO) JFK on Red China

June 14, 1962 - President Kennedy responds to a Peace Corpsman's question as to why the U.S. does not send food to Red China. That nation...

Apr 30, 2022

Under Secretary of State George Ball Speaks Out on Vietnam

Apr. 30, 1962 - George W. Ball (pictured), Under Secretary of State, warned today that the war against the Communist Viet Cong in South...

Apr 28, 2022

U.S. Special Forces Training Rhade Tribesmen to Fight in Vietnam

Apr. 28, 1962 - The U.S. Special Forces are arming, training, and organizing the Rhade tribesmen of South Vietnam into a surprisingly...

Apr 27, 2022

Communist China Supporting North Vietnam

Apr. 27, 1962 - The Chinese Communists are said to be stepping up their military advisory program in North Vietnam to counter the...

Apr 25, 2022

Vietnamese Rangers, with help from U.S. Marines, Rout Communists

Apr. 25, 1962 - Vietnamese Rangers and the Civil Guard, with help from U.S. Marines, dealt a major blow today to Communist insurgents in...

Apr 24, 2022

Government Troops Kill 69 Viet Cong Insurgents

Apr. 24, 1962 - South Vietnamese troops, backed by American air support, killed 69 Communist guerrillas today in a running battle 34...

Apr 23, 2022

Wounded Sergeant in Vietnam Denied Purple Heart

Apr. 23, 1962 - An American sergeant wounded in the leg by Communist fire has been denied the Purple Heart. Although the incident was two...