Archive Report
Archive Report
United States-Soviet Confrontation in Cuba
Easing of Crisis; Lifting of Arms Quarantine
A greement of Prime Minister Fidel Castro to with drawal of Soviet jet bombers from Cuba, and agreement of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev that the planes may be “observed and counted” by the United States as they leave, has brought the month-old Cuban crisis to at least a tentative conclusion. Khrushchev promised President Kennedy at the end of October that removal of offensive weapons from Cuba would be carried out under United Nations inspection. Castro objected to inspection on Cuban soil, but the United States continued to insist on independent verification that Soviet missile bases in Cuba had been dismantled and all offensive arms shipped back to Russia.
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas I ...