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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1577582" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>"<em>After a period of tense <strong>negotiations,</strong> an <strong>agreement</strong> was reached between Kennedy and Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification, in exchange for a US public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba without direct provocation. Secretly, the US also agreed that it would dismantle all US-built </em><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" target="_blank"><em>Jupiter MRBMs</em></a><em>, which were deployed in Turkey and Italy against the Soviet Union but were not known to the public.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When all missiles and </em><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-28" target="_blank"><em>Ilyushin Il-28</em></a><em> light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba, the blockade was formally ended on November 20, 1962. The <strong>negotiations</strong> between the United States and the Soviet Union pointed out the necessity of a quick, clear, and direct communication line between Washington and Moscow. As a result, the </em><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline" target="_blank"><em>Moscow–Washington hotline</em></a><em> was established.<strong> A series of agreements sharply reduced U.S.-Soviet tensions for the following years.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1577582, member: 14668"] "[I]After a period of tense [B]negotiations,[/B] an [B]agreement[/B] was reached between Kennedy and Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification, in exchange for a US public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba without direct provocation. Secretly, the US also agreed that it would dismantle all US-built [/I][URL='http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter'][I]Jupiter MRBMs[/I][/URL][I], which were deployed in Turkey and Italy against the Soviet Union but were not known to the public. When all missiles and [/I][URL='http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-28'][I]Ilyushin Il-28[/I][/URL][I] light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba, the blockade was formally ended on November 20, 1962. The [B]negotiations[/B] between the United States and the Soviet Union pointed out the necessity of a quick, clear, and direct communication line between Washington and Moscow. As a result, the [/I][URL='http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline'][I]Moscow–Washington hotline[/I][/URL][I] was established.[B] A series of agreements sharply reduced U.S.-Soviet tensions for the following years.[/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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