“prepared to discuss proposals for the removal of tensions on both sides” and assuring Khrushchev that Americans “have no wish to war with the Soviet Union.” Furthermore, Kennedy displayed his more moderate, political stance in a letter to Khrushchev. Kennedy argued that though “the United States [had to act to] protect its own security and that of its allies,” the quarantine was the “minimum [action] necessary to remove the threat to the security [the Cuban missiles] of the nations of this hemisphere.” Thus, the American president conveyed his desire to extend his diplomatic hand in order to find a peaceful solution to the potentially fatal crisis: “I hope that your Government will refrain from any action which would widen or deepen this
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Around the day of October 26, 1962, Nikita Khrushchev acknowledged his unpleasant position in the crisis: he knew that “the quarantine was effective… could not [be evaded]” and that “the Americans were ready and able to attack Cuba from both the air and from the sea.” So, the Soviet leader decided to provide an end to the crisis because he did not want to be responsible for “the certainty of defeat [for the Soviet Union] at every level up to common catastrophe.” As a result, Khrushchev turned to Kennedy in order to create a diplomatic solution revolving around the strengthening of national security. Khrushchev’s “rambling, almost pleading letter” to the United States pledged that if “Kennedy... would promise not to attack Cuba… the question of armaments would disappear.” Therefore, the Kennedy administration’s credibility was enhanced because of its ability to influence the political actions of the Soviet Union and “end the crisis on terms that the United States could …show more content…
The emplacement of the Jupiter missiles in Turkey occurred during the Eisenhower administration. After the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellites, the United States heralded the event “as a threat to the sovereignty of nations.” This led the Eisenhower administration “to place U.S. nuclear missiles in Europe [to relieve] the pressure in the free” nations; one of the foreign nations to receive American missiles was Turkey. The Soviet Union considered the American withdrawal of the Turkish missiles necessary in establishing peace between Moscow and Washington because of the fact that the Turkish missiles “could reach the U.S.S.R. in a mere ten minutes.” Consequently, in Khrushchev's “tougher and more formal” second message, the Soviet Union attempted to preserve its national security through its “demand for the removal of U.S. missiles (the Jupiters) from Turkey.” The fact that the second message “was being broadcast to the world over Radio Moscow” conveyed the Soviet Union’s determination to undermine the United States’ growing power and improved credibility; this caused Kennedy to develop “[anger] at Khrushchev for cynically raising the stakes… when the two superpowers seemed to be groping toward a solution.” Additionally, the Kennedy administration was further pressured to
Around the day of October 26, 1962, Nikita Khrushchev acknowledged his unpleasant position in the crisis: he knew that “the quarantine was effective… could not [be evaded]” and that “the Americans were ready and able to attack Cuba from both the air and from the sea.” So, the Soviet leader decided to provide an end to the crisis because he did not want to be responsible for “the certainty of defeat [for the Soviet Union] at every level up to common catastrophe.” As a result, Khrushchev turned to Kennedy in order to create a diplomatic solution revolving around the strengthening of national security. Khrushchev’s “rambling, almost pleading letter” to the United States pledged that if “Kennedy... would promise not to attack Cuba… the question of armaments would disappear.” Therefore, the Kennedy administration’s credibility was enhanced because of its ability to influence the political actions of the Soviet Union and “end the crisis on terms that the United States could …show more content…
The emplacement of the Jupiter missiles in Turkey occurred during the Eisenhower administration. After the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellites, the United States heralded the event “as a threat to the sovereignty of nations.” This led the Eisenhower administration “to place U.S. nuclear missiles in Europe [to relieve] the pressure in the free” nations; one of the foreign nations to receive American missiles was Turkey. The Soviet Union considered the American withdrawal of the Turkish missiles necessary in establishing peace between Moscow and Washington because of the fact that the Turkish missiles “could reach the U.S.S.R. in a mere ten minutes.” Consequently, in Khrushchev's “tougher and more formal” second message, the Soviet Union attempted to preserve its national security through its “demand for the removal of U.S. missiles (the Jupiters) from Turkey.” The fact that the second message “was being broadcast to the world over Radio Moscow” conveyed the Soviet Union’s determination to undermine the United States’ growing power and improved credibility; this caused Kennedy to develop “[anger] at Khrushchev for cynically raising the stakes… when the two superpowers seemed to be groping toward a solution.” Additionally, the Kennedy administration was further pressured to