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6. Kennedy’s move
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Pressure builds on Kennedy to order a military strike. But should he reveal his discovery of Soviet missiles? The Cuban Missile Crisis, told by Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy.
Pressure is building on President Kennedy to order a military strike on the newly discovered nuclear missile site on Cuba. But JFK wonders whether it’s better to keep the discovery a secret from Premier Khrushchev – for now. Meanwhile, the Washington press grows suspicious of all the late-night activity at the White House. This is the personal and political story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, told by NIna Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy.
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