Cuban Missile Crisis

2. Soviet tanker allowed through the quarantine zone
5. Country where US Jupiter missiles became part of the secret bargain
6. US pledge that formed part of the final settlement over Cuba
9. Executive Committee that discussed Kennedy’s response options in October 1962
10. Phrase used to describe the superpower confrontation at sea
13. US defence secretary who later described how close the world came to war
16. American missiles secretly agreed to be removed from Turkey
18. Outcome that allowed both superpowers to retreat from confrontation
20. US president who announced the quarantine on television

1. Alternative term rejected because it implied an act of war under international law
3. US ambassador who challenged the Soviets at the UN Security Council
4. Kennedy’s preferred term for the naval action around Cuba
7. UN Secretary-General who helped mediate during the crisis
8. Form of message in which Khrushchev sent his proposals to Kennedy
11. Word used by Dean Rusk to suggest the Soviets backed down first
12. Weapon that shot down the American spy plane over Cuba
14. Soviet ambassador confronted by Stevenson at the United Nations
15. Soviet foreign minister who denied offensive missiles were being placed in Cuba
17. Reconnaissance aircraft involved in dangerous incidents during the crisis
19. Highest confirmed US alert level reached during the crisis