In 1962, Cuban leaders became convinced that the United States was planning
             an attack on Cuba. Cuban leaders asked the U.S.S.R. for more military aid.
             The U.S.S.R. responded by sending missiles and materials to build launch
             sites.
            
             In October of that year, U.S. intelligence produced evidence that the
             Soviets were building missile sites in Cuba. Khrushchev, leader of Soviet
             Union, denied they were building missile sites, but the American ambassador
             to the United Nations, produced photographs taken by U.S. reconnaissance
             planes for al the world to see. President Kennedy considered it an act of
             aggression by the Soviet Union. He place an air and naval blockade around
             Cuba against the delivery of weapons.
            
             The U.S. was on edge ready for air strikes on Cuba. Finally,
             Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for an American
             promise not to invade Cuba. The most dangerous confrontation between
             superpowers since World War II had come to a peaceful end. Both countries
             in effect, made a choice against nuclear war. It again seemed possible to hope
             for peace. That following summer, the two countries took a first step towards
             an arms agreement by banning the testing of nuclear weapons in the
             atmosphere.
            
            
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