Tag: Cuban Missile Crisis

Recognition for a job well done, 1962

by ncurrie, posted in Cold War, State and Foreign Affairs

During the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, communications personnel in the Department of State and at U.S. diplomatic posts overseas handling telegraphic communications went into overdrive.  In addition to the standard day-to-day telegrams flowing back and forth between the Department and its diplomatic and consular posts overseas, the communicators had to take care of … Continue reading Recognition for a job well done, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis, Revisited

by US National Archives, posted in Cold War, Military Records

Today's post is written by Michael Rhodes, an archives technician in the Archives' National Declassification Center.  Fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, we are still piecing together the actions of his administration. From the Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Record Group 330), a report – probably one … Continue reading Cuban Missile Crisis, Revisited