The Unknown Hero of Cuban Missile Crisis

... activities of the KGB’s Washington station in those hours. RIAC met with Natalia Asatur-Feklisova, daughter of Alexander Feklisov who headed the station in 1962-1964, to find out why he also deserves to be remembered as part of this history. The Cuban Missile Crisis is widely known to have been resolved by the personal will of Khrushchev and Kennedy. Why do some insist this is not strictly true? Khrushchev and Kennedy, the two leaders, took the final decision on resolving the Cuban Crisis only on October 28, 1962, while the issue arose on October 14 when American reconnaissance aircraft detected missile launchers built in Cuba to threaten the United States. Americans believe that the crisis lasted 13 days, and the book Thirteen ...