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JFK Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis

JFK Library and Museum - John F. Kennedy Speeches by John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Oct 22, 201200:21:44News & Politics

JFK appeared on television to inform Americans of the recent Soviet military buildup in Cuba including the ongoing installation of offensive nuclear missiles, and informed the people of the US of the "quarantine" placed...

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