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The Invasion
cia backed force of 1,400 cuban refugees landed at thr swampy bay of pis an cuba's southern coast -
Bay of Pigs
bay of pigs failed invasion of cuba by cia trained cuban rebals in april 1961 embarassment to jfk administration -
Cuban missile crisis
13 dyas in 1962 in which the us cuba & the soviet union came to the brink of nuclear wr ove the installment of missile site -
U.S. Leaders Analyze Cuban Intelligence
the admimistration knew with certainty that cuba had the missiles and the launching capacity to attack the untited states -
Resolution
a settlement was reached. Khrushchev agreed to stop sending missiles to Cuba and to return the missiles already in Cuba to the Soviet Union. In addition, he agreed to dismantle the launching sites. -
Soveit Poltiboro
The decsion of the soviet union poltioburo to increase spending on terrorismn by one thousand percent. -
Anit Communist Purge
There was an anit communist purge following a failed coup of 30 spetember movement in indoseia -
The United States Takes Action
issued a formal demand to soviet premier nikita krushchev that the missiles be removed from cuba.