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Mightypeon posted:There were Soviets who didnt exactly think like that, and who prefered a more democratic USA over a military coup USA or over a CIA run USA (I think they were wrong. USSR would have had better cards against a CIA run Oligarchy, or against a US military dictatorship, then they had against a working democracy), because they believed it to be weaker. Chruschev was worried about Kennedy getting couped for showing weakness in Cuba, so he threw him a bone, Which resulted in Chruschev getting couped by more hard line Soviets. Kennedy's communiques to Khrushchev through Bobby are so expert in their political tone and implicit understanding of the Soviet view of American politics at the time. To be fair, Khrushchev legitimately wanted to de-escalate, but the proper understanding of the needed face-saving would have been impossible for any other president to grasp.
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