President John F. Kennedy used this map in his Cuban Missile Crisis meetings, September 1962 to October 1962 to show aircraft locations in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy used this map in his Cuban Missile Crisis meetings, September 1962 to October 1962 to show aircraft locations in Cuba.
This primary source comes from the Collection JFK-222: Theodore Sorensen Papers.
National Archives Identifier: 595343
Full Citation: Map of Aircraft Locations in Cuba; 1962; Classified Subject Files; Legislative Files, 1961–1964; Collection JFK-222: Theodore Sorensen Papers,; John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/map-aircraft-locations-cuba/, August 6, 2026]
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