What are they talking about?

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What are

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Simulation• You are John F. Kennedy• It is October 1962 and you are confronted with a grave crisis.

Reconnaissance photographs reveal the Soviet Union is building offensive missile sites in Cuba. Once deployed, these missiles would have a range reaching most of the United States, and they could be tipped with nuclear weapons.

• You convene your most trusted advisors to weigh your options. The group, known as ExComm, rejects limited air strikes fearing they would be ineffective. The discussion turns to 3 main options: 1) a major air offensive to knock out the missile sites, anti-aircraft units, and the Soviet-Cuban offensive military capacity 2) an all out invasion of Cuba 3) a naval blockage of all future Soviet arm shipments to Cuba, combined with a demand that all Soviet offensive military installations on Cuba be removed immediately.

• What do you do? List the consequences of your decision• Were there any other options you would have considered?

What options are they considering?

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JFK Speech• What decision does he make?

Khrushchev letter• What 3 things

does he want?• What 3 things

will he promise to do in return?

Response letter• You are to respond to

Khrushchev’s letter• You need to address 3 elements

from Khrushchev’s letter

Kennedy’s Response Letter• “I would like to say again that the United

States is very much interested in reducing tensions and halting the arms race”

~ John F. Kennedy

What does Kennedy want from Soviets?What does he agree to do?

What are they talking about?• Write one paragraph

answer the aforementioned questions