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Two strategies where proposed for dealing with Cuba, an air strike or a naval quarantine

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A U-2 spy plane discovered between 16 and 32 new missiles.

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Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko assures president Kennedy that Soviet aid to Cuba was not for offensive purposes. President Kennedy warns them that if an attack was being prepared there would be "grave consequences" without revealing that he knew there where missiles on the island.

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Kennedy's advisors continue to argue about what to do.

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Kennedy prepares a speech to announce that he has decided to put Cuba under a naval quarantine.

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General Sweeney informs the President that an air strike may not actually destroy all the missiles.

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President Kennedy reveals to both the Premier of the Soviet Union and the American people that he had discovered the missiles in Cuba. He also states that the naval quarantine will not be lifted until the missiles where removed and dismantled.

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The naval quarantine begins and Soviet submarines approach the blockade.

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Chairman Khrushchev sends a letter saying that the quarantine is a n ultimatum and that Soviet Russia would not be intimidated.

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Kennedy rejects the idea of a cooling off period. The US and Russia negotiate at the UN.

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Khrushchev makes an offer to the US, and ending to the quarantine in exchange for the US not invading Cuba.

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A U-2 spy plane is shot down over Cuba, killing a general. The president resisted pressure to take immediate action. A secret meeting is held in which the US and Russia come to a consensus.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end and there was never tension between the US and Russia ever again (that's sarcasm).