KHRUSHCHEV OFFERS RESOLUTION TO CUBAN CRISIS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 26, 1962, Nikita Khrushchev* sent a letter to President John F. Kennedy offering a resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Soviet premier proposed to announce that Soviet ships bound for Cuba would NOT carry armaments. In return, he asked the United States to pledge NOT to invade Cuba.
Premier Khrushchev wrote...
"Everyone needs peace. Both capitalists and communists.
War is a calamity for all. Let us normalize relations...
Preservation of peace should be our joint concern."
*Nikita S. Khrushchev (1894-1971) was born in Kalinovka, Russia & served in WWII. NSK was 1st Secretary of the Communist Party 1953-1964 & Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1958-1964.
SOURCE
"One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War," by Michael Dobbs, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2008.
