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Text of White House Statement of October 27, 1962
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Text of White House Statement of October 27, 1962
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Salinger, Pierre E. G. (Pierre Emil George), 1925-2004
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Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files
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Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996
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No. 9
Text of White House Statement
of October 27, 1962
Seceral inconsistent and conflicting proposals have been made by
the USSR within the last twenty four hours, including the one just
made public in Moscow. The proposal broadcast this gorning involves
the security of nations outside the Western Hemisphere but it is the
Western Hemisphere countries and they alone that are subject to the
threat that has produced the current crisis - the action of the Soviet
Government in secretly introducing offensive weapons into Cuba.
Work on these offensive weapons is still proceeding at a rapid
pace. The first imperative must be to deal with this immediate threat,
under which no sensible negotiation can proceed. It is therefore the
position of the United States that as an urgent preliminary to consid-
eration of any proposals, work on the Cuban bases must stop; offensive
weapons must be rendered in-operable; and further shipment of offensive
weapons to Cuba must cease - all under effective international verifi-
cation. As to proposals concerning the security of nations outside
this hemisphere, the United States and its allies have long taken the
lead in seeking properly inspected arms limitations on both sides.
These efforts can continue as soon as the present Soviet created
threat is ended.