bob10
5th October 2019, 09:46 AM
From the National Security Archive. It seems one Soviet motivation for missiles on Cuba was indeed the defence of Cuba. Before the Soviets arrived the CIA , with Cuban exiles, had raided Cuba several times. Operation Mongoose.
Kennedy and Cuba: Operation Mongoose | National Security Archive (https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2019-10-03/kennedy-cuba-operation-mongoose)
Kennedy and Cuba: Operation Mongoose | National Security Archive (https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2019-10-03/kennedy-cuba-operation-mongoose)