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Cuban missile crisis in it's infancy...
Cuban missile crisis in it's infancy...
Item # 719739
September 04, 1962
THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 4, 1962
* Cuban missile crisis beginning
* Cold War - Soviet Union
* Warning of Soviet troops
The front page has a banner headline: "5,000 Soviet Troops in Cuba, Senator Charges" with subheads. (see) This was during the initial landings by Soviet troops and their equipment.
Complete with 40+ pages, small binding holes along the spine, small library stamp near the top of the front page, generally very nice.
AI notes: Senator Kenneth Keating of New York delivered a forceful warning on the Senate floor, claiming that the Soviet Union was constructing missile bases in Cuba—weeks before U.S. reconnaissance confirmed such activity. Citing information from what he described as "five reliable sources," Keating asserted that Soviet ships had recently offloaded large quantities of military equipment and personnel at the Mariel port, and that these activities suggested the construction of offensive missile installations. Though the Kennedy administration downplayed these claims at the time—emphasizing that only defensive weapons were present—Keating continued to sound the alarm in public speeches and press statements throughout early September. His persistent warnings placed pressure on the administration and foreshadowed the discovery, in mid-October, of Soviet medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba, which triggered the full-scale Cuban Missile Crisis. While Keating lacked photographic evidence, his early and accurate suspicions now stand as one of the most prescient political alerts of the Cold War.
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