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Personal Memoirs

These documents are personal memoirs from both Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Both describe the Cuban Missile Crisis from their perspectives and detail the actions they took. Select the image to enlarge it.

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(Right) Nikita Khrushchev addresses the Soviet Union and details the events that led up the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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(Left) Robert F. Kennedy writes an article about his personal account of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Attorney General of the United States.