Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation

Portrait of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy  ·  October 22, 1962

Portrait of John F. Kennedy

Occasion. Live television, October 22, 1962. The public is learning of the Soviet missiles for the first time; ExComm has been meeting in secret since October 16. U.S. Jupiter missiles in Turkey are not mentioned; the 'quarantine' is a naval blockade in all but name.

0Vulnerability
4Empathy
7Truth
11Coded total
45Scale
140WPM

Words: 2,468  ยท  Time: 17:39