Missile Crisis Chronology

October	Day of the Week	Covered by Tape #	Events
14	Sunday	*	First clear U-2 flight. JFK in New York after Midwest campaign trip.
15	Monday	*	U-2 photos processed; JFK returned to DC & visited by Ben Bella of Algeria.
16	Tuesday	28, 28A	JFK informed of read-out results of photos; first NSC meeting on missile crisis; visit of Crown Prince of Libya; Walter Shirra & family received at White House; Kennedys dined at Joseph Alsop's in evening.
17	Wednesday	*	Gerhard Shroeder (German foreign minister) visited; JFK to lunch at Libyan embassy; JFK attended national day of prayer commemoration at St. Matthew's; JFK Connecticut for campaign trip in afternoon; back to DC in evening
18	Thursday	30-31	Third NSC meeting on Cuba; Cabinet meeting; Eisaku Sato (Japanese minister for trade and industry) visited; meeting with Andrei Gromyko (USSR foreign minister).
19	Friday	31	JFK met with JCS prior to campaign trip to Cleveland, Springfield, Chicago
20	Saturday	*	JFK back to DC; meetings at White House in afternoon, evening.
21	Sunday	*	JFK to mass at St. Stephen's; missile crisis meetings
22	Monday	32-33A	Milton Obote visited; NSC meeting; Meeting with legislative leaders; Radio & television report to the people; Letter to Khrushchev.
23	Tuesday	34-35	Khrushchev response & JFK reply; meetings on crisis; proclamation of quarantine signed
24	Wednesday	35-37	Quarantine in place; ships turn back; Khrushchev message; Franco Nogueria of Portugal visited; meeting with legislative leaders.
25	Thursday	38	JFK message to Khrushchev; meetings on crisis
26	Friday	39	BK Nehru calls to discuss Sino-Indian border clash; Long message from Khrushchev
27	Saturday	40-41A	Ambassador from Trinidad calls; Duke & Duchess of Devonshire call; 2nd Khrushchev letter received; meetings on crisis; JFK reply to earlier Khrushchev message.
28	Sunday	*	Khrushchev accepts terms of JFK message; JFK to mass at St. Stephen's; NSC meeting; JFK to Glen Ora in afternoon and back to White House in evening; acknowledged Khrushchev message.
29	Monday	42-43	NSC meetings; Philippine ambassar called.

*No tape these days

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