STEVENSON GRILLS ZORIN ON SOVIET MISSILES IN CUBA
New York City (JFK+50) On October 25, 1962, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson questioned Ambassador Valerian Zorin about his denials that the Soviets had placed nuclear missile sites in Cuba. The questioning came during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council here in New York.
Mr. Stevenson asked...
"Do you deny that the USSR has placed...medium and intermediate range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no -- don't wait for the translation--yes or no?
Mr. Zorin answered...
"Continue with your statement. You will receive your answer in due course."
Mr. Stevenson responded...
"I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over..."
SOURCE
"One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War," by Michael Dobbs, Alfred Knopf, New York, 2008.
