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A U-2 reconnaissance spy plane photographs Soviet nuclear IRBM missiles at several sites in Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis begins. CIA discovers Soviet nuclear IRBM devices in San Cristobal on the photographs taken by the U-2, and informs National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy. The CIA instructs Cuban exiles to plant explosives in Pinar del Rio. The Cuban Missile Crisis begins in this 1962 Cuban missile crisis timeline 8. President Kennedy deliberates on possible military actions with his Executive Committee. The Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence Committee reports that there is no solid proof that there are nuclear warheads in the missiles on Cuba. Prime Minister Khrushchev tells U.S. Ambassador in Moscow Foy Kohler that the Soviet activity is just defensive. The Joint Chiefs of Staff urges for an air strike. A second U-2 reconnaissance spy plane discovers SS-5 IRBM nuclear missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy tells Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in person that the U.S. will not tolerate Soviet missiles in Cuba. Gromyko replies that he only is helping Cuba with building up its defensive capabilities. President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and the Joint Chiefs of Staff explore military possibilities. This event in 1962 Cuban missile crisis timeline 8 will repeat over and over again. A Pentagon spokesman states that the Defense Department has no information about nuclear missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy orders a full naval defensive quarantine blockade on Cuba. U.S. United Nations senior diplomat Adlai Stevenson protests against this quarantine status. The President decides that Stevenson should be guided by John McCloy at the United Nations. U.S. Intelligence services detect a nuclear warhead bunker, but it is unknown if there are really warheads. General Maxwell Taylor informs the President that there is no guarantee that air strikes will destroy all missiles. A U-2 reconnaissance spy plane discovers the assembling of MiGs and missile sites in nothern Cuba. The National Security Council explains the consequences of the U.S. military blockade of Cuba to the world. U.S. DEFCON 3 miltary alert worldwide. SAC prepares the whole U.S. nuclear bomber force for combat. All war planes armed with nuclear weapons. Marines are sent to U.S. Guantanamo Bay naval base and non-essential workers and family members are being evacuated. Everything is prepared in this 1962 Cuban missile crisis timeline 8 for military action. The leaders of Congress are presented evidence of the Soviet missile sites in Cuba. The U.S. State Department informs all NATO allies. Supreme NATO Commander Norstad rejects the request to set the highest alarm. Soviet Colonel Oleg Penkovsky arrested in the U.S.S.R., charged of spying for western intelligence on MRBM and ICBM missile techniques. The President addresses the nation in a television speech stating that there are nuclear missile sites in Cuba, and explains the naval blockade. Kennedy demands the immediate dismantling of the sites. Fidel Castro sets a full combat alarm.

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Bibliography of 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline 8

Chayes, A (1987). International Crises and the Role of Law.
Coates, T (2002). Foreign Policy Documents from the JFK Administration.
Scott, L (2008). Lessons from History.



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