Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time prison guard with few visible qualifications to head a government. His sole academic credential is a correspondence degree in construction engineering. Though little was known of Austin's political connections, the Reagan Administration was fearful that last week's coup had been inspired by Cuba or the Soviet Union. Grenada lies at the heart of vital sea-lanes, and Administration officials have long claimed that the Soviets plan to turn the is land into a strategic base that would threat en the shipment of U.S. oil supplies. In recent months, however, the Cubans have been urging...
Kennedy and his advisers seriously considered air strikes against Cuba, according to the tapes...
...recorded meetings held on the morning and evening of October 16, 1962, were the first discussions between the President and his advisers about the installment of Soviet strategic missiles in Cuba. According to William Moss, chief archivist of the Kennedy Library. Kennedy had been told of the situation earlier in the day, "but this is the first time he was shown the evidence...
...First is that if we are to conduct an air strike against these installations, or against any part of Cuba, we must agree now that we will schedule that prior to the time these missile sites become operational," said Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. In the talks, the transcript reveals that the administration's strongest concern was whether these sites could be used to deploy missiles within a two week period. During these meetings, however, the administration agreed on action which eventually succeeded in forcing the Soviets to remove the missiles: A U.S. blockade of Cuba, and Kennedy's public...
...mood was more somber at the 1962 Dartmouth game. President Kennedy had announced his blockade of Cuba a few days before: the Russians had not yet responded. More than a few of us wondered if we were watching our last football game. The Band's reaction: to announce that President Pusey had declared a quarantine at the Harvard goal line, instructing that any Dartmouth player with an offensive weapon be forcibly seized. In probably the most dangerous week of the world's history, we had our first laugh--at the Commander in Chief's expense...