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Cuban missile crisis in it's infancy...
Cuban missile crisis in it's infancy...
Item # 721295
September 14, 1962
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 14, 1962
* Cuban missile crisis beginning
* Cold War - Soviet Union
* Warning of Soviet troops
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "No Present 'Serious Threat' In Cuba, President Declares" with subheads. (see images) This was during the initial landings by Soviet troops and their equipment.
Complete with 12 pages, a little spine wear, nice condition.
AI notes: On September 14, 1962, even as intelligence reports hinted at growing Soviet military activity in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy publicly downplayed the situation, stating that there was “no evidence of any organized combat units in Cuba, and no serious threat to the United States.” Kennedy’s remark was meant to reassure both Congress and the American public amid rumors of Soviet bases being built on the island. Behind the scenes, however, U.S. reconnaissance was uncovering signs of surface-to-air missile sites and Soviet advisers arriving in large numbers. Kennedy’s statement reflected both the incomplete intelligence at the time and his administration’s desire to avoid sparking panic or diplomatic escalation before the facts were verified — just weeks before the full discovery of Soviet nuclear missile installations that would trigger the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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