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The Soviet Union introduced the missiles in the
Cuban territory after the June 1961 meeting in
Vienna between the president of The US John Kennedy
and the Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita
Khrushchev. The latter thought the deployment of
nuclear missiles and nuclear- capacity bombers would
not provoke any reaction on the part of the
American. But this was not the case; the world was
on the brink of a nuclear world war III and on the
verge of extinction.
By mid-1962, the Soviets had introduced an armada of
missiles. The armaments detected by aerial flights
of the United States army on October 22, the US
president denounced this action and asked publicly
its withdrawal. Furthermore, Fidel Castro did not
care about the eradication of Cuba as long as in the
same run the US was to be destroyed too. During this
period, no boat was allowed to going the Cuban
waters and ports as it was put in quarantine.
During fourteen days, talks were carried between the
superpowers for the removal of the missiles on the
Cuban soil. It was the most hectic days lived the
nations in the Caribbean and nearby countries. The
continuous correspondence between the United Nations
and ‘hot line’ between the USSR and the US
determined the issues of the crisis. In this lapse
of time, a reconnaissance plane was shot down in the
Cuban waters. The soviet commander responsible of
the releasing of the missiles was close to the
bombing of the missiles and a holocaust.
After discussions which did not include the Cubans,
the soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to
remove the missiles and the bombers from the Cuba
and in return pledged the US not to invade Cuba and
to remove their missiles from Turkey.
According to the soviets, the removal of the nuclear
weapons was to be done under the supervision of the
UN. However, as Fidel Castro, excluded from such
important talks, did not allow UN envoys to oversee
the removal of the missiles.
Afterwards, the reconnaissance flights above Cuba
confirmed the removal of missiles and bombers. The
missile crisis was solved in the early days of
November.
The US government never admitted public their plans
to invade Cuba. But due to the economic aid and
support in other spheres, the Soviet Union remained
a close ally to Cuba until its collapse in the year
1992.
UN: the United Nations
US: The United States |
