Kennedy Wins Broad Allied Support For Cuba Action
The Organization of American States votes to back Kennedy's call for a military quarantine of Cuba with Bolivia abstaining. Rusk cites evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba and warns of a major military investment while insisting Cuban armaments are defensive.
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Uruguay
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Kennedy Wins Backing For Cuban Quarantine Action
President Kennedy secures broad Allied support for a naval quarantine of Cuba to halt Soviet missiles and bombers. Moscow denounces the move as hypocritical and warns of possible nuclear war as U N and OAS actions unfold.
Indians Push Back Reds Widen Border Front in Himalayas
Indian forces report successful resistance at Ladakh as Chinese attacks continue along the Luhit River and toward Towang. News disputes across the McMahon Line claim and multiple frontier posts involved, with several posts captured or evacuated.
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Britain backs Kennedy Cuba blockade in mixed reaction
Britain declares full support for President Kennedy's Cuba quarantine while warning about provocative basing of nuclear weapons in Cuba. Prime Minister Macmillan's government says British ships will cooperate with the blockade and UN Security Council backing is pledged. West Berlin fears a Communist counter stroke as Moscow denounces U S actions.
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Kennedy
Cuba
United States
Europe
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Red China Seating Debated at United Nations Assembly
Asian neighbors of China urged seating Peiping in the United Nations despite war with India. Ceylon and Burma argued admitted representatives, while Poland and Jordan backed a Soviet plan. only Thailand opposed. The United States pressed Peiping as an aggressor.
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A. I. Goldberg
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N.Y
Red China
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India
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James Barrington
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Jordan
Thailand
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Soviet Union
General Assembly
Soviets Cancel Leaves and Halt Discharges Across Forces
The Soviet Union canceled all leaves for military personnel and halted discharges in senior age groups across strategic rocket forces, anti aircraft defense troops, and the submarine fleet. Tass said the move, ordered by the Kremlin, aims to raise combat readiness amid U.S. actions and Kennedy's Cuba quarantine. Marshal Grechko summoned Warsaw Pact officers to set further readiness measures. The government criticized U.S. policy as risking thermonuclear war and announced plans to seek a U.N. Security Council emergency session.
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Cuba
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Cuba Mobilizes Hundreds of Thousands in War Footing
Havana radio reported Cuba’s military forces numbering hundreds of thousands mobilized after the U S blockade declaration labeled an act of war Prime Minister Fidel Castro to address the nation. Cuban officials blasted Kennedy claims on Soviet missiles and urged urgent Security Council action.
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U.N Security Council to debate Cuba arms crisis
The U N Security Council planned a 2 p m session after Adlai Stevenson requested action on the Cuban arms blockade. Cuba's U N delegate sought an urgent meeting to consider the act of war claim, while Kennedy called for dismantling missiles and a U N observer team to Cuba.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Cuba
United Nations
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Kennedy
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