Thirteen Days Robert Kennedy: Robert Kennedy APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176- Jhe Story About how the World Almost ended WillaLLO NOV 1967 Bob Kennedy personally dedicated the manuscript in the fall 1967 on the basis of his personal diaries and recollections but sadly never had an opportunity to rewrite or rewrite it. At the request of the request is incomplete, I have made a number of small corrections for the sake of clarity, structure, and grammar, the manuscript also included, if any circumstances and justification gives this govern- intention to any of the discussion or basic, but the manuscript is also included. If any, circumstances and justice gives this goven- ment of any or any of them, the moral, ethical question also, what, if they are under the shadow of nuclear destruction? Brinkinknish and the one thing to bring it people and possibly possibly, if anyone, not ever, or just the obvious proper- tions of this decision were ever given the moral and the fact that President Kennedy was not, to destroy one's own nation- along with one's enemy even further communication, but that actual choice of which Kennedy hoped to explore further in this manuscript. That was originally prevented from doing so many increases our terrible sense of loss. Theodore C. Sorensen n Tuesday morning, October 16, tion of virtually everyone at the meeting, including, necessary steps to protect our security. Some, 1992, shortly after nine called, when President Kennedy, even a few days later, President Kennedy had to work in the field. Even at a meeting later, he was a senator Homer E. Caparthen, Indiana, President Kennedy also called, "When President Kennedy took a field field. When President Kennedy died, was sent sent that he took taken place on the site, he said that he was asked me to me only called, and when he was asked to work with the against saying that he take military action house. He said that the White remarked that he looked like taken place at the football field. against Cuba. The dominant feeling of the meeting at the site. facing great thought to the White The dominant Feeling of the Meeting at the Kennedy's Ambassador Dobynan of President toward, he had only told me to tell me to the stumped surprise. No. I had experienced an accident or ant- that the Russian cuban cuba. It told him to hold about what happened- toward. He had just told me that he had to be that he told us that he would not be concerned, for- that he had not been contacted for- taught in U.2-a-just in the middle of the Soviet Ambassador Anatomy. totally had just been told to him. that my meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatomy. He told us about the Soviet Chairman Nikitar- tolling community that had- Dobyny in my office in my Soviet Soviet world before we were. <loc_347><loc_490>S. Khushushchev to pass to the President Kennedy in Cuba. Further, he <loc_621><loc_480>placing missiles to Russia was came to tell him that the Russian ambassador was to tell them an atmospheric-test that they were prepared. <loc_148><loc_562><loc_348><loc_552>make certain agreements on the Russian test and we prepared

Summary:  
The text contains fragmented and disjointed entries related to Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK) involvement in U.S.-Soviet diplomatic discussions during the Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962). It references RFK’s participation in meetings with Soviet officials, including Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, and his role in decisions regarding Cuba’s strategic position. Notes on missile deployments, naval movements, and military preparations are included, alongside mentions of U.S.-Soviet negotiations and strategic considerations during the crisis. Scattered references to RFK’s personal reflections and manuscript work from 1967 appear, though these are not tied to the assassination. The text also contains unrelated administrative notes, mathematical sequences, and mentions of historical institutions like the Museum of the Civil War, which lack direct connection to the main subject matter.  

Key People:  
- Robert F. Kennedy (RFK)  
- Anatoly Dobrynin (Soviet Ambassador)  
- Nikita Khrushchev (Premier of the Soviet Union)  
- Homer E. Caparthen (Indiana senator)  
- Theodore C. Sorensen (White House advisor)  
- Robert McNamara (Secretary of Defense)  
- John F. Kennedy (President, contextually referenced)  

Key Locations:  
- Cuba  
- Florida  
- Washington, D.C. (White House, State Department)  
- Soviet Union  
- United Nations  
- Bay of Pigs (Cuba)  
- Turkey  
- NATO territories  

Key Events:  
- Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962)  
- U.S.-Soviet diplomatic meetings and negotiations  
- Military preparations for potential conflict (naval deployments, missile placements)  
- RFK’s manuscript work on historical events (1967)  
- Discussions about nuclear brinkmanship and international tensions  

Key Organizations:  
- United States Department of State  
- Soviet Union government  
- U.S. military (navy, air force)  
- White House staff  
- NATO  
- CIA  
- Pentagon  
- AID  
- Warsaw Pact

RFK Declassified Files

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