Day 5 Of The Cuban Missile Crisis, Saturday October 20, 1962
Meetings, planning for a naval blockade, advising key allies and an 18-minute speech to the nation... the NY Times is told what's going on & they agree not to report until after the TV speech Monday.
The whole weekend - except Mass on Sunday morning would be meetings and planning. Oct 20, 1962 was a Saturday and Oct 21, 1962 was a Sunday.
Planning focused on the naval blockade + plans for an all ou…
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