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| ====== Cuban Missile Crisis ====== | ====== Cuban Missile Crisis ====== |
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| America's initial suspicions that the Soviets were putting missiles in Cuba came about because a CIA consultant noticed soccer fields along the coast in Cuba. He said he was concerned because he said, "Cubans play baseball, Russians play soccer." This led to President Kennedy approving U2 flights over Cuba, which obtained photographs proving the presence of Russian missiles in Cuba. [([[https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/us/cold-war-5-things/|CNN]])]. | America's initial suspicions that the Soviets were putting missiles in Cuba came about because a CIA consultant noticed soccer fields along the coast in Cuba. He said he was concerned because he said, "Cubans play baseball, Russians play soccer." This led to President Kennedy approving U2 flights over Cuba, which obtained photographs proving the presence of Russian missiles in Cuba. [([[https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/us/cold-war-5-things/|CNN]])] |
