JFK NIXES OFFER TO 'PULL OUT' MISSILES IN CUBA IF U.S. REMOVES ITS MISSILES IN TURKEY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) In a front-page bulletin published in the October 27, 1962 edition of The Evening Star, it is reported today that President John F. Kennedy has "shut the door" on any negotiations with the Soviet Union "over the Cuban crisis."
The President, after conferring with the National Security Council, will NOT negotiate "until work on the Soviet nuclear missile bases in Cuba stops and the missiles are made inoperable."
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had offered a deal via Radio Moscow to pull out his missiles providing the United States would remove its missiles from Turkey.
Mr. Khrushchev also proposed that the United Nations "act as an agent...to guarantee compliance in Cuba and Turkey."
In a related story, The Star reports "500 pickets...marched...in front of The White House this morning." They included representatives of The Student Peace Union, Anti-Castro Cubans, and Young Americans For Freedom.
Signs were displayed reading...
Human Race or Arms Race, No More War, Glory to the U.S. Navy, Vivan Vivan Estados Unidos, Russkies Go Home, The Wall Is Next. Don't Chicken Out This Time, Jack, Invade Cuba...Bury Castro
JFK+50 NOTE
The sign reading "Don't Chicken Out This Time, Jack" was a reference to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961 when JFK ordered a second airstrike on Cuban targets cancelled.
SOURCES
"Five Hundred White House Pickets Split Sharply, but Parade," by David Braaten, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1962, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"U.S. Rejects Khrushchev Offer Of Cuban-Turkish Bases Deal," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1962, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
