Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath

Editors:

Edward C. Keefer

Charles S. Sampson

Louis J. Smith

General Editor:

David S. Patterson

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1996

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Kennedy Administration Volumes
• Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath (Documents 1-390)
• Index

Overview

The editors of the volume focused much of their selection on documenting the most serious U.S.-Soviet confrontation of the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis and its aftermath. Although the crisis itself was short, it was so intense that it absorbed the entire attention of President Kennedy and his closest advisers. Much of the documentation printed in this volume relates to discussions with key Soviet officials through a variety of channels ranging from Kennedy-Khrushchev letters to communications through an American newsman with a Soviet official. Because of space constraints, the editors have included only the most important examples of the frequent and detailed consultation with key allies regarding the crisis.