7 Days In Hell
Cuba and Soviet Union vs. U.S.A: Declaration of War and Moral Complications
October 23, 1962
During this turbulent time that reporters are calling "The Cold War" the Soviet Union are enemies to the United States of America no matter how you look at it. The one thing any and every National leader can agree on is that you do not want your enemy getting new allies close to your place of residence. The Soviet Union has teamed up with a country behind us in the "arms race" but a country with just enough fear and hate of the United States of America to be a perfect ally for the Soviet Union. This country is Cuba led by a man that we failed to kill Fidel Castro.
In very recent news only found by a investigator of my caliber, we have evidence that Soviet Union missiles are under construction in Cuba.
To show you an example of how close we are to a nuclear war is a quote from a Soviet Union official.
"Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread ... and we weren't counting days or hours, but minutes."
-Soviet General and Army Chief of Operations, Anatoly Gribkov
This quote in particular is accurate beyond belief as the States every day from October 15th to October 22nd the president has held over a dozen meetings to discuss this crisis and find the most suitable method to deal with such a crisis. To better explain my point on this "seven days in hell" a timeline is included of three of these days where morals are discussed.
October 15, 1962
The United States finds pictures of missiles from the Soviet Union in Cuba they also see soviet bombers or IL-28 light bombers being uncrated. They decide to show this to President Kennedy in the morning and gives time to fix up an presentation.
October 16, 1962
President Kennedy gets the news first thing in the morning and he finds his most trusted advisers(to be later named EXCOMM) for an 11:45 am meeting.
At 11:15 he talks to the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. The ambassador says " There seemed to be no doubt in Kennedy's mind, and certainly none in mine, that these bases would have to be eliminated...the only question was how."
At 11:50 the first meeting of EXCOMM starts. They are shown the evidence and the CIA photo-analyst Sidney Graybeal says that he does not believe that they are ready to fire. At this time four options are discussed 1. an single surgical air strike on the bases, 2. an attack on various Cuban facilities, 3. a comprehensive series of attacks and invasions and 4. a blockade of Cuba. At this time moral complications begin to come into play as Robert Kennedy says "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor." They begin to call in specialists who confirm that the missiles are under soviet control and they propose that Cuban emigres bomb the sites, this idea is rejected to much relief.
At the second EXCOMM meeting they discuss three more options, one to speak to Fidel Castro and Premier Khrushchev, the second a blockade and open surveillance and the third being an attack on Cuba and the Missile sites(coup'd etat, anyone?).
October 18,1962
11:00 am and EXCOMM meeting is taking place and they let outside advisors sit on the meeting and they suggest to not only do an airstrike on the missiles but on other Cuban military bases and Robert Kennedy responds asking would a surprise air strike attack would be morally acceptable. According to Robert" the EXCOMM spent more time deliberating on this moral question than any other single matter.
At 2:30 pm President Kennedy who does not attend the EXCOMM speaks to his secretary and Dean Acheson. When bringing up the Pearl Harbor analogy he calls it nonsense and believes that an air strike is best, where others find the analogy convincing and to be the same situation morally. This is the leading factor that decided the blockade over the air strike from America in Cuba.
At 5:30 Kennedy talks to Andrei Gromyko and finds out that Premier Khrushchev will be attending the U.N. meeting and that he should also go. When Kennedy agrees, Gromyko says that the U.S. is "pestering" a small country like Cuba. He tries to defend his assistance in helping Cuba but Kennedy doesn't bring up his knowledge of missiles and this adds a whole new layer of morality in the situation.
From what is happening here all this reporter can say to the U.S. citizens is, one wrong move and the thread that nuclear catastrophe is hanging by is going to snap and many will die. I will be waiting in my bunker ready to report when this is all over.
October 23, 1962
During this turbulent time that reporters are calling "The Cold War" the Soviet Union are enemies to the United States of America no matter how you look at it. The one thing any and every National leader can agree on is that you do not want your enemy getting new allies close to your place of residence. The Soviet Union has teamed up with a country behind us in the "arms race" but a country with just enough fear and hate of the United States of America to be a perfect ally for the Soviet Union. This country is Cuba led by a man that we failed to kill Fidel Castro.
In very recent news only found by a investigator of my caliber, we have evidence that Soviet Union missiles are under construction in Cuba.
To show you an example of how close we are to a nuclear war is a quote from a Soviet Union official.
"Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread ... and we weren't counting days or hours, but minutes."
-Soviet General and Army Chief of Operations, Anatoly Gribkov
This quote in particular is accurate beyond belief as the States every day from October 15th to October 22nd the president has held over a dozen meetings to discuss this crisis and find the most suitable method to deal with such a crisis. To better explain my point on this "seven days in hell" a timeline is included of three of these days where morals are discussed.
October 15, 1962
The United States finds pictures of missiles from the Soviet Union in Cuba they also see soviet bombers or IL-28 light bombers being uncrated. They decide to show this to President Kennedy in the morning and gives time to fix up an presentation.
October 16, 1962
President Kennedy gets the news first thing in the morning and he finds his most trusted advisers(to be later named EXCOMM) for an 11:45 am meeting.
At 11:15 he talks to the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. The ambassador says " There seemed to be no doubt in Kennedy's mind, and certainly none in mine, that these bases would have to be eliminated...the only question was how."
At 11:50 the first meeting of EXCOMM starts. They are shown the evidence and the CIA photo-analyst Sidney Graybeal says that he does not believe that they are ready to fire. At this time four options are discussed 1. an single surgical air strike on the bases, 2. an attack on various Cuban facilities, 3. a comprehensive series of attacks and invasions and 4. a blockade of Cuba. At this time moral complications begin to come into play as Robert Kennedy says "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor." They begin to call in specialists who confirm that the missiles are under soviet control and they propose that Cuban emigres bomb the sites, this idea is rejected to much relief.
At the second EXCOMM meeting they discuss three more options, one to speak to Fidel Castro and Premier Khrushchev, the second a blockade and open surveillance and the third being an attack on Cuba and the Missile sites(coup'd etat, anyone?).
October 18,1962
11:00 am and EXCOMM meeting is taking place and they let outside advisors sit on the meeting and they suggest to not only do an airstrike on the missiles but on other Cuban military bases and Robert Kennedy responds asking would a surprise air strike attack would be morally acceptable. According to Robert" the EXCOMM spent more time deliberating on this moral question than any other single matter.
At 2:30 pm President Kennedy who does not attend the EXCOMM speaks to his secretary and Dean Acheson. When bringing up the Pearl Harbor analogy he calls it nonsense and believes that an air strike is best, where others find the analogy convincing and to be the same situation morally. This is the leading factor that decided the blockade over the air strike from America in Cuba.
At 5:30 Kennedy talks to Andrei Gromyko and finds out that Premier Khrushchev will be attending the U.N. meeting and that he should also go. When Kennedy agrees, Gromyko says that the U.S. is "pestering" a small country like Cuba. He tries to defend his assistance in helping Cuba but Kennedy doesn't bring up his knowledge of missiles and this adds a whole new layer of morality in the situation.
From what is happening here all this reporter can say to the U.S. citizens is, one wrong move and the thread that nuclear catastrophe is hanging by is going to snap and many will die. I will be waiting in my bunker ready to report when this is all over.
