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Critical-Thinking Question A: You are a presidential advisor to Kennedy. You must decide
whether the president should be concerned about Soviet missiles and launch pads in Cuba.
What do you advise the president to do? Kennedy has asked you to brainstorm possible U.S.
responses to the Soviet missile threat in Cuba. What will you include on your list?
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Ignore t h e m i s s i l e s .
I n i t i a t e a n a v a l b l o c k a d e o f Cuba t o p r e v e n t S o v i e t s h i p s from
b r i n g i n g f u r t h e r supplies t o the i s l a n d .
3. Invade Cuba.
4. Launch a c o n v e n t i o n a l a i r s t r i k e a g a i n s t t h e m i s s i l e s i t e s .
5. Send an e m i s s a r y t o d i s c u s s t h e m a t t e r w i t h Khrushchev.
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1.4B
The S o v i e t s f i r e on American n a v a l v e s s e l s e n f o r c i n g t h e b l o c k a d e ?
The S o v i e t s attempt t o break t h e b l o c k a d e ?
The S o v i e t s w a i t i t o u t f o r weeks o r months u n t i l t h e c r i s i s subsides?
Cuban commanders l a u n c h one o f t h e m i s s i l e s a l r e a d y i n Cuba toward
the United States?
Critical-Thinking Question C: You are a member of ExCom. Respond to the four situations
the president might face, keeping in mind his goals for the crisis as outlined in Top Secret
Briefing C. Then offer your recommendation for what the president should do now.
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