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White House press release
Original White House press release with transcript of a letter from President John F. Kennedy to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Dated October 28, 1962, the release begins, "I am replying at once to your broadcast message of October twenty-eight, even though the official text has not yet reached me, because of the great importance I attach to moving forward promptly to the settlement of the Cuban crisis."Press release is a single-sided, one-page document. Heading at the top of the document reads:" IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 28, 1962Office of the White House Press Secretary- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -THE WHITE HOUSETEXT OF A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV "Full text of the message follows, requesting that measures be taken to discuss disarmament and precautions against war.
White House press release
10/28/1962
Paper
14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2010.042.0004
White House press release
Original White House press release with transcript of a letter from President John F. Kennedy to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Dated October 28, 1962, the release begins, "I am replying at once to your broadcast message of October twenty-eight, even though the official text has not yet reached me, because of the great importance I attach to moving forward promptly to the settlement of the Cuban crisis."Press release is a single-sided, one-page document. Heading at the top of the document reads:" IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 28, 1962Office of the White House Press Secretary- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -THE WHITE HOUSETEXT OF A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV "Full text of the message follows, requesting that measures be taken to discuss disarmament and precautions against war.
White House press release
10/28/1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Press release
Russia
Nuclear threat
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kennedy, John F.
Washington, D.C.
Soviet Union
Paper
14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2010.042.0004