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Page 4 of Sorensen memo: more military alternatives besides blockade or invasion #13days
Page 3 of Sorensen memo - most likely military alternatives aside from blockade and invasion. http://ow.ly/i/127B5 #13days
Page two of Sorensen memo re: Cuba & courses of action being considered http://ow.ly/i/127A6 #13days
Sorensen: It is also agreed that certain of our NATO allies would be notified but not consulted immediately prior to any action by the US.
Sorensen: The United States cannot tolerate the known presence of offensive nuclear weapons in a country 90 miles from our shore. #13days
Sorensen: It is generally agreed that these missiles, even when fully operational, do not significantly alter the balance of power. #13days
Sorensen: It is generally agreed that Soviet offensive weapons are now in Cuba.It must be assumed this is the beginning of a larger build-up
Ted Sorensen memo on agreed facts/premises, possible courses of actions, and unanswered questions. Page One: http://ow.ly/i/127uU #13days
Signs bill authorizing a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Doodles on notepad re: Cuba (transcriptions by Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln) http://ow.ly/ev6Jq #13days
Stevenson: It is they [the Soviets] who have upset the precarious balance in the world in arrogant disregard of your warnings. #13days
AS: We can’t negotiate with a gun at our head, a gun that imperils the innocent, helpless Cuban people as much as it does the US. #13days
Stevenson: If we attack Cuba, an ally of the USSR, isn’t an attack on NATO bases equally justified? One could go on and on. #13days
Stevenson: I know your dilemma is to strike before the Cuban sites are operational, or, to risk waiting. #13days
AS:We must be prepared for the widespread reaction that if we have a missile base in Turkey..surely they have a right to one in Cuba #13days
AS: If war comes, in the long run our case must rest on stopping, while there was still time, the Soviet drive to world domination. #13days
Stevenson:A nuclear war is bound to be divisive at best, and the judgments of history seldom coincide with the tempers at the moment #13days
Memo from Adlai Stevenson on situation in Cuba. Page One: http://ow.ly/i/11T96 Page Two: http://ow.ly/i/11T9l #13days
McNamara: What else do we do? We prevent any further offensive weapons coming in. In other words, we blockade offensive weapons. #13days
McNamara:How do we prevent their [the missiles] use? Well, we carry out open surveillance so we know what they're doing at all times #13days
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