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| 1962 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| San Cristobal A Russian nuclear missile site is built in Cuba |
| Oct Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles in exchange for a USAcommitment not to invade Cuba & that the USAwill remove American MRBMs targeting Russia from Turkey & Italy |
| Oct Khrushchev wants to locate missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to a USAinvasion & justifies the move in response to USAmissile deployment in Turkey |
| 26th Oct Khruschev sends a letter to Kennedy suggesting that the sites would be dismantled if the United States gave its reassurance that it would not invade Cuba |
| 28th Oct Khruschev announces that the sites would be dismantled, as well as, the removal of light bombers |
| 28th Oct Moscow Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba |
