CRISIS !!•fl' .-OLDS. N<IIDAY, OCT. 22, 1962 The speech that President Kennedy has just finished delivering over radio and TV - could be one of the most fateful of our time. This was clear - from ~111u,ed! It ...( first words. He spoke in slow, measured tones - reflecting the graviby of what he ha d to say. When he came to ID Khruchshev and the Soviets his words became hard, with a touch of real anger. He told us - the reas·on. The Soviets - lieing in their teeth about Cuba. Khrushchev, Gromyko, and all the other Russian spokesmen - ~ insisting that it was purely defensive. Gromyko even sa1 .( . this to Mr. Kennedy at the White House - when the president alrea d y $ information to the contrary. Thi~ t:iception by the Soviets, a key reason - wh we are cramping ij tight naval blocka eon uba. The offensive Soviet buildup on the island - making Castro a threat to this country. ~ The bear d ed 1ctato r , gettin mediu m ran e missiles - ~ ro m Kh r u sh ch e . I 1 s s1le s , capa le of c a rr 1 ng n:rcl sw A war h e a s - f or a t h o us and m iles. en i er b Soviet CRISIS - 2 issile - on the ay to u o er to evastate t e ations of this hemisp ere - from Cana a to Chile. /1th the mis&iles, jet om ers. This threat, o viously intolerable - in the han s o a puppet o the Soviets. d r. Kennedy explicitely labele .. the petty tyrant in Hava.1a a puppet pulled by u strin s from the Kremlin. Theda er so reat - that to ignore it would be appeasemeot. A ~ challenge that we must meet - to secure our own safety. And the safety of - J our allies in this hemisphere. These f cts explain why the administration 1111 was suddenly alvanized into action. resi ent Kennedy moving, vi orously -as soon as he had all the information, sen ing our fleet - to thro a rin around Cu a. Or eri t1e armed forces to be ready for anythin - even invasion o Castro's 1 land. CRISIS - 3 Mo . reover, the Pres i ent ave Khnushchev a direct ~~ warning. Any rocket attack from Cuba on any nation of this / hemisphere - will be tbeated as a Soviet attack on the United States. An d we will fi g ht back - directly at the Soviet Union. What does all this mean in practice? It means that we'll stop all ships - bound for Cuba. Turn back every ship - carryin g military supplies. Let the others - go on throu gh . The blockade to continue - until the offensive weapons are removed from Cuba. We, to take this problem - to our allies in the or g anization of American States. le'll aala• also as k the UN - to debate the issue, as a threat to peace. A s for Khrushchev, r. Kennedy told him 1n so many wars - that +t woul be to the advanta e of the oviet fjUII Union to remove those offensive ~eapons ro m uba . To ret rn tote po it on tat Khrus chev eseribe - when e a liei out w t e was u to . CRISIS - 4 U.1"'k,~e~1dent Kennedy took the time to speak - to the Cuban people. Telling them that we are their friends - and merely want to get rid of the tyranny that rules the~~ U w a k ~ - 1 : \ ) ~ ~ .. , This, the real purpose - of our blockade of their island. w~ , Aile whatever consequences - the blockade may entail. A CRISIS M eanwhile, reports of ~ troop m ovements -,e coming ~s, Florida, word o '!A mil1-tary ....... From in over the news wires. c o n v o y ~ south. In Miami Globemasters landing with personnel an d equipment under tight security and there's a report that depen d ents at Guantanamo have been ordered to prepare for evac u atton. The g overnments of Latin America warned to prepare for - C ommunist street riots. ~~ ~ ~ et:J ~ UII TED il A TI O N S Partly b~cause of ell this - today's sddreP~ by the Soviet dele~ate to the UN - baB been under special scrutiny. Observers, end the other dele~atea, trytn, to interpret itP meaninR. Subject - A U I seat for Red Chine. Zorln, es we knew he would - demandtn~ that Meo Tse Tun, be invited int~ the int.ernAtional orpanizetion. Boot 011t Chieni .. Kat Rhek. ~hAt ahout Mao•~ a,«re~Aion apatn r- t India? Zorin - t,nored that. Al~o, hie soeech va~ brief - and mild. The antt-wePtern enitbetP of former year ~ - consptcuous1y abPent. Tbe whole performance by the Soviet dele~ate to the U I - sup~eFtin~ ■ucb e ■ baar- assment. Juet a perfunctory introduction of the Red Chine t ~ sue. Fo11owed by - Zorin'a ha ty retreat from t.he roetrum. 'eid one weAtern delepete soon efter - "the. oviet d~leret.e tRn't. likely to mollify Hed ~hina, or nerPuade t , ht r a . P embJy." ADD UNITED NATIO S Since Z orin termed t h e Re d re ime " the ri g htful rulers of China " - Adlai Stevenson chose that phrase, for his rebuttal, ~ pointing out that the Reds seized po;;. 1 ~ / : ; ; ~ are holding Al.so A_ makin g war on ne1 hboring iet Nam - an d In d ia. it at the point of a gun.,/.e states. Tibet, Korea, South ' The reference to Tibet - is significant. India did~ ~ protest - when the Reds conquered the free people north J.. of the Himalayas. Now, India finds the Reef driving 4 south , .. ~ .... .-.--lL'_ ~ l ~ ~0.AA of the Himalayas~ "'--v r ~ - ?J'~ '- INDIA How come Meo Tee Tun~•a forceR are ehle to edvance eo Tepidly - et this ReaRonT The en.wer - combined stret~~Y end lOJistics. Strete,y, b~cauPe the Indian~ anna~ently relytn, too ■uch, on onco•tn~ winter, were cau,ht off balance - by th~ ChtneFe edvance . throup.h t~~ eeTly s~ov. ieve ~ of thourendR of Red trnons - et Peverel plecee eloni the border of Tibet, ell the way from Burma to Kashmir. The RedF, becked by - planer, t.anke and field artillery. But thte P.tret~~ . c problem ties up witb 10,tstica - the oroblem of supply lines. Mao ts able to mov~ ~is men quickly - out of occuoied Tibet. Tbey heve the ~dvanta~e of holding the hei~htR - of the HimeleyaP ~nd KerekorumP - the p.reet Tibetan plateau. S o now et the eleventh hour Nehru iR apoeeltn, - for arms. An~ ~~nectallv - for tren~port plAne~. Tbe letert - Indie, one "war footin~"to 1,bt Nehru, ce111np Red Uhina - "our enemy." Tryin~ reJly t he lncti e n oenole with tbe. lo,:ran - "we will never Rurr,ncier. " Khrushchev we1alci 111,....., mediate the dispute - as ehru ls asking him to ao? !J!he tPottele eelng tbat l>leAf'tt-:.:lfent• tAe Chines&- !lei:h to p1.1ll back And i.t leeke- as if the Sov tet ltmbassado1• i:A Peking wlM get a "' ld recept1oA, if Ae 11&kee thst suggeatioo. BIRTHDAY In Grenby, Connecticut - Florence ~ eerr is celebret,tn~ her nne hundred and Peventh birthday. or cour s e, ehe wa P &Pked her recipe for a Ion~ life. Hold your hAt! It turns out to be e omethinp - th a t won't plee P e ~ e~ere. Keltenborn, Gronkite, Dou, •dwerdF, an J yourA truly I ~ue P. s. S h~ ray~ - s too 11 ~ ten1ng to news broadcasts. "Too dieturbtn,• - in her words. Back in the day R of Floyd GibhonA - and the norm~lcy of Cal CoolidRe Ahe turned us on P.very n1Rht. But ~tnce Worlrl W~r Two, the neve ir juAt "too d1PturbinR." So thtA perticuler redi~ fan - be~an tc dial out tbe eventP of the day. That' . her for ■ule for reacbtn, tbe e~e of one hundred and s even. lo new s iF ~ood news - for Florence · eer · ·, of Granby, Connecticut, e,e 107. Dick - shall we say:- Happy B1rthday florence: GOOD EVE~IiG , EVIRYBODY To say thet there wes tenRion in ,e~hin,ton tont,rbt - WCtuld be t,he under~tatement of tbe yeer. Our usually ble~e National Capita! watttn, with excited expectancy - unmatched atnce the Korean War. Wettinr, vattinP 1~r whatever the PreFtdent had to tell u~. All we really knew wen that it concerned as the White HouRe put tt: - "aa international ■atter of the hi~beet ur~ency.• As we all knew there were a number of aubJedt that fit thet. I found that ■0°t of the Wsshtnpton sneculation todey centered around - Berlin, and Cuba. There was all the nucleer teAtin~. Also the wer in the Himaleyes. lobodJ, literally nobody in WeRhin~ton was sure ju~t whet the Pre ~ ident would +.ell un. CRISIS - 2 Dobrynin - we were t~ J d that he knew_ ~etttn, the word fro~ - S ecTet.P.ry of S tete RuPk, et the Stete Department. That mede it ell the more nu2zl1ng. My W,.r: • · inpton trln weR on more routine matterR - ao I thnuFht. But, you could ,et little done. Everybody waa telktn, ebout the ■ y~tery cr1s1 ■• The ~usnense wea terrific. The first inti ■atian tbet eo ■ething big was brew1n, - Pre s ident K.nnedy'a sudden return to Weshinfton with An official ~1planatton tbat - the President hed ceu,ht e cbi)l; forced to cut short ht• cemnei~n - in behalf of Democretic candideteP in the con~re. ~ione l electtnne. Newsmen coverin~ the P.e r ident Ree■ ed to a,ree - thet he looked okey. Wben be WPF able t ~ po to Church yesterday moTninv - the Fpeculetion be g an. Then, the ten s ion, increP P in~ - when Mr. Kennedy summoned hi~ cabinet, the National · ecurity Council, and conpre s . tonal leader . of both pertie .• 1ncrea e in~ CRISIS - J s,a1n, et the report of - certain new aviation inPtellattons in Key We ~ t. And that today'• empbibtoua ■ anoeuver in tbe Caribbean bed been called off • . Then came ■ hite H~uRe presP R ~cretary Pierre ·atinper, vtt~ the word that the PreRident would go on the eir. - this evenin,. t, - or ' 3 ti . '1 1 h . ' le f r ·o e t, . ~ .-,ov tJ . OU Lo c aut ,.1t c· 11 1 • on f • 1 n . ut - I ~ in ol r l i n t i t cleolo . C cot er h h xamx omr n ek Th Ch i n e e s , i r ee l <l e OU C n - t!1 Khru' 1c 1e p oli cy o f p ea cef u l co - e x i· ten c e . B esi e s , Kh r u s h c h e v has been courtin g ehr u - ~ r to h ol d In ia i n line , s a m1 ne u tral -tlilfil le~n to t h e Soviet s i e. at Kh ru~t'hev must - either