SOVIET SHIPS STOP OR REVERSE DIRECTION AT BLOCKADE LINE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 24, 1962, the Executive Committee of the National Security Council met at 10 a.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House.
The meeting began with CIA Director John McCone reporting that 22 Soviet ships were heading for the Quarantine Line 500 miles east of Cuba.
Later, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara relayed information that two Soviet ships, Kimovsk & Yuri Gagarin, were approaching the line with a Soviet submarine in between.
McCone broke the news that 6 Soviet ships had "either stopped or reversed direction."
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said...
"We stood eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked."*
SOURCES
Michael Dobbs, One Minute to Midnight, 2008.
James M. Lindsay, TWE Remembers, 10/24/2012.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 24, 1962, the Executive Committee of the National Security Council met at 10 a.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House.
Later, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara relayed information that two Soviet ships, Kimovsk & Yuri Gagarin, were approaching the line with a Soviet submarine in between.
McCone broke the news that 6 Soviet ships had "either stopped or reversed direction."
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said...
"We stood eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked."*
SOURCES
Michael Dobbs, One Minute to Midnight, 2008.
James M. Lindsay, TWE Remembers, 10/24/2012.
Navy P-2H Neptune
Flying Over a Soviet Freighter
US Navy Photo, 1962
