consequences

• hotline?

  1963 established hotline between white house and kremlin.

  • symbolic value
• moscow test ban treaty?

  october 1963, came into force

  • limited where weapons could be tested. not a strong treaty, no provisions for inspections
• cuba?

  remains independent, SU feel betrayed
• how do SU feel?

  humiliated. propaganda defeat seen and Khrush ousted from power in 1964.

  • but seen as defender of communism. cuba and W.Bn safe
• how do US feel?

  win overall. kennedy seen as cold war warrior and shows US superiority. missiles out

  • cuba still remains communist, policy of containment questions as kenneyd was aggressivre