Differences Between Kennedy And Khrushchev

The negotiation between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev was one of most disastrous meeting, which happened during June 3-4, 1961, in Vienna, Austria. It started when Khrushchev congratulated Kennedy on the day of presidential election and stated the hope for better relations in Soviet-American co-operation.(178) Kennedy, then continued the similar niceties by sending the letter expressed the aspire to meet personally with Khrushchev in order to exchange the views in various items: Laos, disarmament and Berlin.(181) It follows that Khrushchev also accepted the proposal from Kennedy and looking forward to meet him in order to discuss on the regional conflicts which became the key issues on the agenda. From what I think it important is that the highlights of the Vienna summit has been intensely driven through the spark of the
They are afraid of what the adversary would do, that they would act in uncertainty to try to offset the others actions. One major event which contribute to the crisis and raise suspicion was caused by the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. It was the plan of Kennedy that inherited from his predecessor, president Eisenhower, to overthrow the Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro. The guerrilla leader had seized power on the island of Cuba, ninety miles off the Florida coast, toppling a corrupt dictatorship in pawn to American economic interests.(183) Initially, he was not a communist but because of Eisenhower’s administration that drove him into the Soviet side. From the past, the United States always claimed South America as its sphere of interest and try to intervene in any governments that opposed to Capitalist regime. This is the main reason why the CIA drew up the plan to end Castro regime and this had been placed on Kennedy’s desk when he entered to the White