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Yes he was but not directly. Johnson advised John F. Kennedy as part of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council on what to do about the crisis. In the end, Kennedy placed naval ships around Cuba's border to stop incoming military supplies and, realizing the threat of possible war, Khrushchev - the Soviet leader at the time -decided to turn back his ships. In the end, the Soviet Union agreed to take down the weapon sites and the US. agreed not to invade Cuba.

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