Oct 22, 1962: JFK delivered his historic address on Cuba. Channel 4 in Boston ran a CONELRAD PSA prior to the speech. "The pooled broadcast from Washington carried the rousing notes of the Star Spangled Banner as the flag waved in the breeze and marching troops in the background."
JFK radio and television address to the American people on the Soviet arms build-up in Cuba, 22 October 1962.
Excerpt from the 18 minute speech:
Video: Oval Office Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy - Oct. 22, 1962
In hindsight, especially given today's high octane dystopian propaganda climate the highlighted text may make you ponder & laugh.
The Cuban Missile Crisis commemorative calendar paperweight. President JFK had 34 of these made (by Tiffany & Co.) shortly after the crisis ended in 1962.
His secretary, Evelyn Lincoln (June 25, 1909 – May 11, 1995), describes how they came to be...
Cuban Missile Crisis memento
Quoted from a footnote in "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy" By Vincent Bugliosi; page 984.
Evelyn Lincoln Photos
"Silver Memento" - List of the persons who received the commemorative Cuban Missile Crisis calendars from JFK. Document from JFK Library. Robert S. McNamara's calendar was sold at his Sotheby's estate sale.
Gen. Curtis LeMay's thank you note for his Cuban Missile Crisis commemorative calendar. Document from the JFK Presidential Library.
JFK musing about his concept for a Cuban Missile Crisis commemorative calendar on Oct. 29, 1962. Text from "Averting 'The Final Failure': John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings" by Sheldon M. Stern (2003)...
The same day JFK was delivering his historic address on the Cuban Missile Crisis, Ray Milland's PANIC IN YEAR ZERO! was playing at the Congress theater in Washington, D.C. (it was playing in other cities as well).
Ray Milland: "It's going to get rough from here on - I may need some cover. If I stop the car, grab a shotgun. Don't get trigger happy, but don't be gun shy either. If you have to use it - use it." IMDB | Wiki
Netanyahu: common dangers are turning former enemies into partners.
Trump: It's all about the people. We want Israel to have peace. There are many things that can happen now that could have never happened before.
From May 22, 2017: WTF happened?!
JFK radio and television address to the American people on the Soviet arms build-up in Cuba, 22 October 1962.
Excerpt from the 18 minute speech:
Quote:Good evening my fellow citizens:
This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.
Upon receiving the first preliminary hard information of this nature last Tuesday morning at 9 a.m., I directed that our surveillance be stepped up. And having now confirmed and completed our evaluation of the evidence and our decision on a course of action, this Government feels obliged to report this new crisis to you in fullest detail.
The characteristics of these new missile sites indicate two distinct types of installations. Several of them include medium range ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead for a distance of more than 1,000 nautical miles. Each of these missiles, in short, is capable of striking Washington, D.C., the Panama Canal, Cape Canaveral, Mexico City, or any other city in the southeastern part of the United States, in Central America, or in the Caribbean area.
The size of this undertaking makes clear that it has been planned for some months. Yet only last month, after I had made clear the distinction between any introduction of ground-to-ground missiles and the existence of defensive antiaircraft missiles, the Soviet Government publicly stated on September 11, and I quote, "the armaments and military equipment sent to Cuba are designed exclusively for defensive purposes," that, and I quote the Soviet Government, "there is no need for the Soviet Government to shift its weapons . . . for a retaliatory blow to any other country, for instance Cuba," and that, and I quote their government, "the Soviet Union has so powerful rockets to carry these nuclear warheads that there is no need to search for sites for them beyond the boundaries of the Soviet Union." That statement was false.
Video: Oval Office Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy - Oct. 22, 1962
In hindsight, especially given today's high octane dystopian propaganda climate the highlighted text may make you ponder & laugh.
The Cuban Missile Crisis commemorative calendar paperweight. President JFK had 34 of these made (by Tiffany & Co.) shortly after the crisis ended in 1962.
His secretary, Evelyn Lincoln (June 25, 1909 – May 11, 1995), describes how they came to be...
Cuban Missile Crisis memento
Quoted from a footnote in "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy" By Vincent Bugliosi; page 984.
Evelyn Lincoln Photos
"Silver Memento" - List of the persons who received the commemorative Cuban Missile Crisis calendars from JFK. Document from JFK Library. Robert S. McNamara's calendar was sold at his Sotheby's estate sale.
Gen. Curtis LeMay's thank you note for his Cuban Missile Crisis commemorative calendar. Document from the JFK Presidential Library.
JFK musing about his concept for a Cuban Missile Crisis commemorative calendar on Oct. 29, 1962. Text from "Averting 'The Final Failure': John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings" by Sheldon M. Stern (2003)...
The same day JFK was delivering his historic address on the Cuban Missile Crisis, Ray Milland's PANIC IN YEAR ZERO! was playing at the Congress theater in Washington, D.C. (it was playing in other cities as well).
Ray Milland: "It's going to get rough from here on - I may need some cover. If I stop the car, grab a shotgun. Don't get trigger happy, but don't be gun shy either. If you have to use it - use it." IMDB | Wiki
Netanyahu: common dangers are turning former enemies into partners.
Trump: It's all about the people. We want Israel to have peace. There are many things that can happen now that could have never happened before.
From May 22, 2017: WTF happened?!
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