Robert Kennedy met with Ambassador Dobrynin and told him that the United States agreed to end the quarantine and not invade Cuba if the Soviet Union removed the weapons. He told Dobrynin that the ...
The members waited as Russian ships approached the quarantine line. At 10:25 some Russian ships approaching the line stopped.
Robert Kennedy explained how the United States felt mislead by Dobrynin and Dobrynin said he wasn't aware of any changes in policy after the quarantine was announced.
The members discussed how the procedure the navy would take when a ship was intercepted on the quarantine line.
During the meeting they prepared for a possible blockade of Berlin and how they would react if a U-2 plane was shot down.
This was the first meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council that met continuously during the crisis. During the meeting, the CIA showed the pictures of the missile bases...
Russian Ambassador Dobrynin assured Robert Kennedy that there would be no offensive build up of weapons in Cuba.
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