The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
•American’s supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
•Fidel Castro took over
•Alligned with the Soviets
•The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
•The US had 3 options:
•Diplomatic solution (negotiated settlement)
•A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
•A naval blockade
•Robert Kennedy, attorney general, convinced Security Council to go with blockade
•Ships turn around at the quarantine
• 2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
•Brinkmanship ensues (U.N. gets involved)
•Russians pull out of Cuba in exchange for a removal of missiles in Turkey at a later date
Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
•Fidel Castro took over
•Alligned with the Soviets
•The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
•The US had 3 options:
•Diplomatic solution (negotiated settlement)
•A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
•A naval blockade
•Robert Kennedy, attorney general, convinced Security Council to go with blockade
•Ships turn around at the quarantine
• 2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
•Brinkmanship ensues (U.N. gets involved)
•Russians pull out of Cuba in exchange for a removal of missiles in Turkey at a later date
Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
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Summary: The first communist country in the western hemisphere was Cuba. "Invasion Bay of Pigs" was JFK's response to invade Cuba but ultimately failed after he pulled out air support. Soviets later in 1962 put nuclear weapons in Cuba which feared the US. Robert Kennedy (JFK's brother) convinced the Security Council to perform a naval blockade. Soviets agreed to leave Cuba if the US remove missiles in Turkey- result of Partial Test Ban Treaty.