Evening Star, November 6, 1962
Front page of the Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), November 6, 1962
Transcript Excerpt
U.S. Hits Reds for Claim of Peace Loving: Dean Reminds U.N. Russians Placed Rockets in Cuba
The United States today blasted the Soviet Union for establishing missile bases in Cuba and then trying to picture itself as peace-loving for having agreed to remove them. United States Delegate Arthur H. Dean spoke before the General Assembly’s 110-Nation Political Committee after Valerian A. Zorin, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, had opened a full-scale disarmament debate.
Mr. Zorin said that developments in Cuba not only showed the importance of disarmament but also the “good faith of the Soviet Union in trying to avert the war.
Mr. Dean replied: “I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the Soviet delegate refer to his country as peace-loving for having agreed to remove the very weapons that it had put there.
Both Mr. Dean and Mr. Zorin cited the Cuban crisis to illustrate the urgency of disarmament.
Questions
How did the Cold War conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union involve Cuba?
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 important?
Citations
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), Nov. 6 1962. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83045462/1962-11-06/ed-1/