Essay On Cuban Missiles

My fellow Americans, today we have found out that the Soviet Union is giving aid to Cuba. The Soviet Union is also shipping missiles to Cuba. These missiles can reach anywhere from Florida to Ohio and the United States could be attacked with these missiles. The Soviet Union is an enemy of the United States and they need to be stopped. When I was notified, a board consisting of me, Robert Kennedy, John McCone, Robert McNamara, and Maxwell Taylor. The board has met and have decide on what to do to make sure that we solve this problem and reach an agreement.
The board has finally decided that the best approach possible would be to assemble a naval blockade at Cuban ports. This decision would be the best so that the United States can prevent the Soviet Union from resupplying Cuba with either more missiles or enough ground forces for an invasion. This is to protect us and the citizens of the United States. This will be a temporary solution until the United States can get an agreement with the Soviet Union. Once the United States and Soviet Union reach an …show more content…
The hotline will continue to stay open so that we remain in direct contact with them. We have agreed to remove our naval blockade to allow the Soviet ships to get through to remove the missiles in cuba and their forces. We have also agreed to pull out force and surveillance out of Cuba and leave them be, only if they do not continue to pester us in the future. Although the threat of Castro in power in Cuba is certainly not a good one, we feel that he is not capable of reaching us let alone having enough of a reason to do anything to us. That is our plan of attack for this sudden movement and I would like to personally thank all of you for coming out here tonight and those of you watching or listening at home. Thank you all have good night and God bless this