ADLAI STEVENSON ASKS JFK TO SPEAK TO KHRUSHCHEV ABOUT SOVIET MISSILES IN CUBA
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 17, 1962, President John F. Kennedy received a letter from United Nations Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson asking the President to speak to Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the U.S.S.R. about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
In the letter, Mr. Stevenson wrote...
"(It) should (be) made...clear that the existence of the nuclear missile bases is negotiable."
Excomm* met at the U.S. State Department at 8:30 a.m. although President Kennedy was not present.
*Excomm (Executive Committee of the National Security Council) included regular members of the NSC & additional presidential advisers. Meetings after Oct 17 62 were held in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing of The White House.
SOURCE
"Crisis In Cuba: Day 2," JFK+50, October 17, 2014, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
