The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be ... Secretary of Defense (archival audio): The U-2 was shot down. They fired against our low-altitude surveillance.
The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be ... Secretary of Defense (archival audio): The U-2 was shot down. They fired against our low-altitude surveillance.
On the same day, a US spy plane was shot down over Cuba, further raising tensions. Kennedy decided to ignore the second letter and replied to Khrushchev agreeing to the proposals in the first letter.