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When Gromyko Denied the Cuban Missiles to Kennedy
Original: Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Lies to President John F. Kennedy—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three
A look back at October 18, 1962, when Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met President John F. Kennedy at the White House and denied that offensive missiles were being placed in Cuba—even as Kennedy already knew otherwise from U-2 photographs. The exchange, on day three of what became the Cuban Missile Crisis, remains one of the most cited examples of Cold War diplomacy and deception, resurfacing in discussions of superpower brinkmanship and trust between Washington and Moscow.
Why now: The dramatic moment of Cold War deception is being revisited, likely prompted by renewed interest in past US-Soviet crises amid current tensions.
Andrei GromykoJohn F. KennedySoviet UnionUnited StatesCuba
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- Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Lies to President John F. Kennedy—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three · Council on Foreign Relations
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