Gromyko denies Soviet missiles are in Cuba
1962 · Event
Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko, unaware the missiles in Cuba have already been photographed, assures Kennedy in the Oval Office that Soviet aid to the island is purely defensive. Kennedy, the pictures in his desk drawer, lets him talk.
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