John Scali
John Scali was a young journalist working for ABC News when he began transmitting backdoor messages from JFK to the Russian Washington KGB station chief…
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December 7, 1962 (Friday)
JFK was in Nebraska where he spent the morning touring the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base. He presented a plaque to the…
October 20, 1962
October 20, 1962 On a campaign swing through the Midwest in an attempt to keep the appearance of normalcy despite the deepening crisis over the…
October 19, 1962
October 19, 1962 Deep into the Cuban Missile crisis, JFK and his aides decided to keep with his planned campaign schedule through the Midwest in…
October 18, 1962
October 18, 1962 JFK met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin for two hours in the…