The Cold War wasn’t just dangerous – as this syndicated article shows us!
A letter dated September 3, 1962 shows JFK asking his Mom, Rose Kennedy, to stop mailing Khrushchev for pictures. What’s even funnier, is it looks like she sent the photos she received to her son so that he could sign them.
At the time, the U.S. had just launched the Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961 and had installed an embargo against Cuba in February 1962. A month prior to this letter, the U.S. become aware that the Soviets were building the missiles sites in Cuba. The month after this letter was sent the U.S. would be involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis for almost two weeks.
His Mom’s response is pretty funny:
“I understand very well your letter, although I had not thought of it before. …When I ask for Castro’s autograph, I will let you know in advance!”
This article originally appeared here on the History Kicks Ass blog, an interesting and varied blog about topics in history!
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