The+Cuban+Missile+Crisis


 * by Ade, grade 6**

1962 the United States’ U-2 spy plane was secretly in use, taking pictures of a nuclear missile being built by the USSR in Cuba. So President Kennedy agreed to send troops to Cuba. The USA brought ships and resources and demanded removal of the missiles. Kennedy decided to tell the public by making it seem like a nuclear war. The most dangerous part of the Cuban missile crisis was the possibility of the USA attacking Cuba because the USSR could have bombed the USA. Robert F. Kennedy believed that John F. Kennedy was in a grave situation. Robert F. Kennedy also stayed near the nuclear bomb for six days. Khrushchev was the premier of the USSR. Khrushchev was afraid of starting a war with the USA. John F. Kennedy wrote a letter to Khrushchev about not starting a war with the USSR for the USA public. Khrushchev replied; he took it as a threat and told him not to deploy troops. The Cuban missile crisis was a devastating, worrisome event in the Cold War.