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JFK’s Phone Call with General Eisenhower during
Cuban Missile Crisis
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| 10/28/62
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Posted on 09/01/2024 11:37:43 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: EnderWiggin1970
IIRC, even before the crisis, the US was planning to remove the missiles from Turkey.
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09/01/2024 3:21:20 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: EnderWiggin1970
"In 1958 and 1959, Jupiters were deployed to Italy and Turkey as a forward strike capability.4 30 missiles were deployed to Italy and 15 to Turkey. An additional 15 missiles were scheduled for deployment to Turkey, but these plans were later canceled.5"
They'd been there a while.
https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/jupiter/
This was more about Kruschev bolstering his prestige and hold on power.
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09/01/2024 3:55:08 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: hardspunned
That was back when the difference between rep and dim was pretty small. Both understood they represent all the people and not just the party faithful.
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09/01/2024 6:09:14 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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