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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: History Snapshot: The Cuban Missile Crisis [Watch (HLS stream): History Snapshot: The Cuban Missile Crisis](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fWqbr1q9.m3u8) (2:25)  _Published 2015-10-28. Looking Back at the Cuban Missile Crisis_ --- Jul 27, 2023 7:02 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [TIME100 Talks with Mark Cuban](/video/NGVwxmOC/) ### TIME100 Talks with Mark Cuban [North Korea Missile Crisis Prompts South Korea to Boost Military Muscle](/video/LmGgLcM3/) ### North Korea Missile Crisis Prompts South Korea to Boost Military Muscle [Cuban Flag Falls at Castro's Arrival Ceremony](/video/QlJXy6yX/) ### Cuban Flag Falls at Castro's Arrival Ceremony --- ## Transcript Good evening, my fellow citizens. This government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within in the past week, unmistakable has established the fact That a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States. The cost of freedom is always high but Americans have always paid it. I wouldn't like to go to war, but if it's necessary to prevent nuclear war I think action has to be taken at this time. Well I think it's high time we Stop Rosco from inhabiting our world. A 100, 000 men were put under emergency orders during the invasion theme. A critical stress of global war since the surrender of Germany 17 years ago. Castro says that they better come ready for combat. He went on to call President Kennedy a pirate for setting up the quarantine. [ MUSIC ] Suddenly it seems very important to have adequate supplies in every home. In some parts of the country, supermarket shelves are stripped bare. Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed and is placing medium and intermediate range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no. [ LAUGH ] You will have your Answer in due course. I'm prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over. Is that your decision? On the basis of yesterday's aerial photographs, [ UNKNOWN ] that the Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled. Their missiles and related equipment are being created. And the sixth installations at these sites are being destroyed. 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