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Telegram from the British ambassador in the USA to the British Foreign Office about missile bases in Cuba, 25 October 1962
(Catalogue ref: FO 371/162380)
Transcript
FO 371/162380; telegram about missile bases in Cuba, 1962

Questions
  1. How concerned do you think the British might be that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba pointed at America? Explain you answer.

  2. Do you agree or disagree with the view that Kennedy had no real choice but to take firm action against the USSR over the missiles in Cuba? Explain your point of view.
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