For the first time, Cuba's view of the most serious crisis of the Cold War is told by one of the leading participants. Rushed to New York during the crisis to take up the post of Cuba's ambassador to the United Nations, Carlos Lechuga provides a coherent history of what really occurred when the world was on the edge of a nuclear catastrophe. Lechuga also reveals exclusive details of his participation in a secret dialogue between Washington and Havana immediately prior to the assassination of President Kennedy, discussions ...
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For the first time, Cuba's view of the most serious crisis of the Cold War is told by one of the leading participants. Rushed to New York during the crisis to take up the post of Cuba's ambassador to the United Nations, Carlos Lechuga provides a coherent history of what really occurred when the world was on the edge of a nuclear catastrophe. Lechuga also reveals exclusive details of his participation in a secret dialogue between Washington and Havana immediately prior to the assassination of President Kennedy, discussions that might have led to a thaw in U.S. -- Cuba relations.
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