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Natedogg · 02-12-2010, 10:23 AM

For the blog I write at the National Security Archive.

A copy of the actual letter and more analysis is at the link.... There is a pretty awesome flame thrower reference at the end.

What do you think??

http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/...edy/#more-1230

At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Secretary General Nikita Khrushchev penned a letter to his counterpart, US President John F. Kennedy. The letter described Kennedy’s order to “quarantine” Cuba as “an act of aggression which pushes mankind toward the abyss of a world nuclear-missile war.” Beyond reminding us how close the world came to nuclear war, today’s hot doc gives us a glimpse of the two brinksmen’s personal correspondence as they approached the precipice.

Read on here: http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/...edy/#more-1230

02-12-2010, 10:23 AM	#1
Natedogg 1st Amendment Protection You sending The MethWolfe!!!??? Join Date: May 2005 Location: St. Petersburg Russia Posts: 1,880 Adopt-a-Bronco: Travis Henry	OT Document Friday: The Cuban Missile Crisis --Khrushchev's Letter to Kennedy For the blog I write at the National Security Archive. A copy of the actual letter and more analysis is at the link.... There is a pretty awesome flame thrower reference at the end. What do you think?? http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/...edy/#more-1230 At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Secretary General Nikita Khrushchev penned a letter to his counterpart, US President John F. Kennedy. The letter described Kennedy’s order to “quarantine” Cuba as “an act of aggression which pushes mankind toward the abyss of a world nuclear-missile war.” Beyond reminding us how close the world came to nuclear war, today’s hot doc gives us a glimpse of the two brinksmen’s personal correspondence as they approached the precipice. Read on here: http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/...edy/#more-1230 Last edited by Natedogg; 02-12-2010 at 10:28 AM..