Tous les journaux parisiens du 23 octobre 1962 titrent sur la decision americaine concernant le blocus sur les armes r destination de Cuba. Le president Kennedy a annonce pendant la nuit qu'un "strict embargo sera applique r tout equipement militaire de caractcre offensif destine r Cuba".

President John F. Kennedy tells the American people that the U.S. is setting up a naval blockade against Cuba, during a television and radio address, Oct. 22, 1962, from the White House. The president also said the U.S. would wreak

President John F. Kennedy makes a national television speech October 22, 1962, from Washington. He announced a naval blockade of Cuba until Soviet missiles are removed. (AP Photo)

U.S. President John F. Kennedy proclaims a U.S. naval blockade against Cuba in a nationwide television and radio broadcast from the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 1962. (AP Photo)

(Archive) A picture taken in Cuba circa October 22, 1962 shows Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech during the Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis. AFP PHOTO

Piquet under slogan "Hands off Cuba!" in Moscow during the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy, right, confers with his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 1962 during the buildup of military tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that became Cuban missile crisis later that month. (AP Photo)

Aerial view of one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, taken October 1962. On 22 October, Kennedy said Russia had missile sites in Cuba and imposed an arms blockade. During a week, the two super-powers were head-to-head in their game of nuclear poker while the rest of the world watched, fascinated, but hardly daring to breathe in case one of the players made a fatal mistake. On 28 October, M. Khrushchev promised that the Russian missiles based in Cuba would be dismantled. In return, Kennedy promised that the US would not invade Cuba and would lift their blockade.

Aerial view of one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, taken October 1962. On 22 October, Kennedy said Russia had missile sites in Cuba and imposed an arms blockade. During a week, the two super-powers were head-to-head in their game of nuclear poker while the rest of the world watched, fascinated, but hardly daring to breathe in case one of the players made a fatal mistake. On 28 October, M. Khrushchev promised that the Russian missiles based in Cuba would be dismantled. In return, Kennedy promised that the US would not invade Cuba and would lift their blockade.

President John F. Kennedy opens at a Washington news conference on Sept. 13, 1962, with a lengthy statement on the Cuban situation. The president declared the United States will be "alert and fully capable" to deal with any offensive threat from Soviet-backed Cuba against the United States or any country in this hemisphere. (AP Photo)

President John F. Kennedy opens at a Washington news conference on Sept. 13, 1962, with a lengthy statement on the Cuban situation. The president declared the United States will be "alert and fully capable" to deal with any offensive threat from Soviet-backed Cuba against the United States or any country in this hemisphere. (AP Photo)

Picture dated 17 February 1962 of the entrance of the American naval base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Picture dated 17 February 1962 of the entrance of the American naval base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Just outside the American naval base, an inscription recalls : "Cuba, free territory in America."

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP US President John F. Kennedy (L) in file picture dated 03 June 1961 shakes hands with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at a cordial meeting at the US embassy in Vienna, one year before the beginning of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba in October, 1962 after the Soviet Union began to transpot missiles on the island.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP US President John F. Kennedy (R) in file picture dated 03 June 1961 jokes with Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev after a meeting at the US embassy in Vienna, one year before the beginning of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba in October, 1962 after the Soviet Union began to transpot missiles on the island.

US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (R) and USSR leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev head to their first meeting 03 June 1961 at the start of the East-West talks in Vienna, one year before the beginning of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba in October, 1962 after the Soviet Union began to transport missiles on the island.