STEVENSON SAYS SOVIET MISSILE BASES IN CUBA SHOULD BE NEGOTIABLE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 17, 1962, John F. Kennedy received a letter from U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson* asking the President speak to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev about nuclear missile BASES in Cuba.
Ambassador Stevenson wrote...
"(You) should...make...clear that the existence of the nuclear missile bases is negotiable.
An attack (by the U.S. on Cuba) would likely result in Soviet reprisals. It is important that we have as much of the world with us as possible.
To start a nuclear war is bound to be divisive at best..."
*Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) was born in Los Angeles, CA & educated at Princeton & Northwestern University Law School. AES served in the US Navy in WWI & as Governor of Illinois 1949-1953. He was the Democratic nominee for POTUS in 1952 & 1956 & served as US Ambassador to the United Nations 1961-1965.
SOURCE
"The Kennedys: A Chronological History," by Harvey Rachlin, World Almanac, New York, 1986.
