He didn't. Kennedy forced Khrushchev to back down on his plan.
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Kennedy and Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
How did the crisis affect Khrushchev
Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev.
Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev.
Nikita Khrushchev.
Nikita Khrushchev
That was Nikita Khrushchev.
nuclear war
July 1962, Khrushchev secretly built 42 missile sites in Cuba.
The Cuban missile crisis came to and end because Kennedy and Khrushchev made an agreement. In the agreement it stated that if Kennedy were to remove its naval blockade around Cuba and if it removes its missile bases in Turkey, Khrushchev would remove his missile bases from Cuba.