Existing comment:
Secret agreement regarding US missiles in Turkey, October 27, 1962:
Unbeknownst to at least half of the Ex Comm, President Kennedy authorized Attorney General Robert Kennedy to convey a willingness on the part of the United States to remove the missiles in Turkey, if pressed on the matter -- but that part of the agreement would have to remain secret.
Shortly after taking office in 1961, President Kennedy had expressed an interest in removing the missiles in Turkey; they were all but obsolete. But there was concern that doing so under pressure of the current crisis could be interpreted as a betrayal of the US alliance with the Turks. |