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    "title": "Text of Khrushchev Message to Kennedy",
    "description": "Translation of message from Khrushchev to Kennedy concerning proposal put forth by U Thant to resolve Cuban Missile Crisis.",
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        "Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996",
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    "ocrText": "SECOND AND LAST ADD\n(TEXT OF KHRUSHCHEV MESSA\nTO KENNEDY)\nXXX ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.\n(CONCLUDING TEXT) HAVING TAKEN UPON OURSELVES A PLEDGE TO GIVE\nSATISFACTION TO THE HOPES OF THE PEOPLES OF CUBA AND TURKEY AND\nSTRENGTHEN THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THEIR SECURITY, WE WILL MAKE A\nTHAT THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT MAKES A SOLEMN PROMISE TO RESPECT THE\nSTATEMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO THE EFFECT\nINVIOLABILITY OF THE FRONTIERS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF TURKEY, NOT\nTO INTERFERE IN ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS, NOT TO INVADE TURKEY, NOT\nTO MAKE ITS TERRITORY AVAILABLE AS A BRIDGEHEAD FOR SUCH AN INVA\nAND WILL ALSO RESTRAIN THOSE WHO CONTEMPLATE PERPETRATING AGGRES ON ON,\nAGAINST TURKEY BOTH FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE SOVIET UNION AND\nFROM THE TERRITORY OF OTHER NEIGHBOR STATES OF TURKEY.\nTHE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL NAKE A SIMILAR STATEMENT WITHIN THE\nFRAMEWORK OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN RESPECT TO CUBA. IT WILL\nDECLARE THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL RESPECT THE INVIOLABILITY OF\nTHE FRONTIERS OF CUBA AND ITS SOVEREIGNTY, UNDERTAKES NOI TO\nINTERFERE IN ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS, NOT TO INVADE, AND NOT TO MAKE\nITS TERRITORY AVAILABLE AS A BRIDGEHEAD FOR SUCH AN INVASION OF\nCUBA, AND WILL ALSO RESTRAIN THOSE WHO MIGHT CONTEMPLATE PERPETRAT NG\nAGGRESSION AGAINST CUBA, BOTH FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED\nSTATES AND FROM THE TERRITORY OF OTHER NEIGHBORING STATES OF CUBA.\nOF COURSE, FOR THIS WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO SOME KIND OF\nTIME LIMIT. LET US AGREE TO SOME PERIOD OF TIME, BUT NOT TO\nDELAY--TWO OR THREE WEEKS; NOT MORE THAN A MONTH.\nTHE MEANS SITUATED IN CUBA WHICH YOU HAVE STATED ARE PERTURB NG\nYOU ARE IN THE HANDS OF SOVIET OFFICERS. THEREFORE, ANY ACCIDENTAL\nUSE OF THEM TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS EXCLUDED.\nTHESE MEANS ARE SITUATED IN CUBA AT THE REQUEST OF THE CUBAN\nGOVERNMENT AND ARE ONLY FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES. THEREFORE IF THERE\nIS NO INVASION OF CUBA OR ATTACK ON THE SOVIET UNION OR ANY OTHER\nOF OUR ALLIES, THEN OF COURSE THESE MEANS ARE NOT AND WILL NOT BE\nA THREAT TO ANYONE, FOR THEY ARE NOT THERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ATTACK.\nIF YOU ARE AGREEABLE, MR. PRESIDENT, TO MY PROPOSAL, THEN WE\nWOULD SEND OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO NEW YORK, TO THE UNITED NAT ONS,\nAND WOULD GIVE THEM EXHAUSTIVE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO COME TO AN\nAGREEMENT QUICKLY. IF YOU ALSO CHOOSE YOUR MEN AND GIVE THEM THE\nCORRESPONDING INSTRUCTIONS, THEN THIS QUESTION CAN BE SOLVED\nQUICKLY.\nWHY SHOULD I WANT THIS? BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOW PERTURBED\nAND EXPECTS SENSIBLE ACTION FROM US.\nTHE GREATEST JOY FOR ALL PEOPLES WOULD BE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR\nAGREEMENT ON THE RADICAL LIQUIDATION OF THE CONFLICT THAT HAS\nARISEN. I ASCRIBE GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THIS AGREEMENT INSOFAR AS T\nCOULD SERVE AS A GOOD BEGINNING AND WOULD, IN PARTICULAR, MAKE T\nEASIER TO REACH AGREEMENT ON BANNING OF TESTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.\nTHE QUESTION OF TESTS COULD BE SOLVED IN PARALLEL, WITHOUT CONNECT ON\nONE WITH THE OTHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT ISSUES.\nHOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AGREEMENT BE REACHED ON BOTH\nTHESE ISSUES TO PRESENT THE PEOPLE A GOOD GIFT, TO PLEASE THEM\nALSO WITH THE NEWS THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON THE\nDISCONTINUATION OF NUCLEAR TESTS AND THAT CONSEQUENTLY THE ATMO PHERE\nWILL NO LONGER BE POLLUTED. OUR AND YOUR POSITIONS ON THIS ISSUE\nARE VERY CLOSE.\nALL THIS COULD POSSIBLY SERVE AS A GOOD IMPETUS TOWARD SEEKING\nMUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENTS ALSO ON OTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES\nON WHICH WE ARE EXCHANGING VIEWS. THESE ISSUES HAVE NOT SO FAR\nBEEN SOLVED, BUT THEY ARE AWAITING URGENT SOLUTION WHICH WOULD\nCLEAR THE INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE. WE ARE READY FOR THIS.\nTHESE, THEN, ARE MY PROPOSALS, MR. PRESIDENT.\nRESPECTEDINJY YOURS. KHRILSHCHEV."
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