Event

Withdrawal of the Jupiter missiles from Turkey

Removal of the US Jupiter missiles from Turkey in April 1963, after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

5 links, 5 backed by primary records

In April 1963 the United States government removed its PGM-19 Jupiter missiles from Turkey. Both US and Soviet records tie the step to the secret part of the Cuban Missile Crisis settlement, which is why the link is confirmed across perspectives.

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Cuban Missile Crisis Both sides agree Primary record 1 3 4
US and Soviet records of the 27 October 1962 meeting between Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrynin both tie the Turkish missiles to the settlement; the US memo's own reference to 'four or five months' was crossed out in the original.

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Proof 4 sources

The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
U.S. Jupiter missiles were removed from Turkey in April 1963.
The Jupiter Missiles and the Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Sealing the Deal with Italy and Turkey, Wilson Center, 20 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
Memorandum From Attorney General Kennedy to Secretary of State Rusk, October 30, 1962 (FRUS 1961–1963, vol. XI, doc. 96), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 30 Oct 1962. Primary record
He then asked me about Khrushchev’s other proposal dealing with the removal of the missiles from Turkey.
Cable, Ambassador Dobrynin to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Meeting with Robert Kennedy, Wilson Center Digital Archive, 27 Oct 1962. Primary record
“I think that in order to withdraw these bases from Turkey,” R. Kennedy said, “we need 4-5 months.”

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