In September of 1962, the communist governments of Cuba and Russia placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The missiles were pointed at the United States of America. When U.S. military intelligence discovered the missiles in October of 1962, we made removing the missiles a top priority. The United States under my leadership decided to put a blockade on any shipments arriving in Cuba.
The entire country and I were worried about a nuclear crisis. In fact, the whole world was worried that there would be a nuclear crisis and the world would go up in flames. At the times the Soviets thought I was extremely smart but unable to act and very indecisive. This combined with the growing number of missiles in the world created the closest thing to a meltdown in the Cold War.
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Dear Former President John F. Kennedy, My name is Former President Harry S. Truman. The decisions that surround nuclear weapons I am well acquainted with. I made the decision to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan and it is a decision that has haunted me ever since. I understand that no nuclear weapons were ever fired during the Cold War, but because of my decision you had the option to fire nuclear weapons at Russia. I am glad that the Cold War ended without fire.
-Alice Brower
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