I roto i te uiuiraa 2010, faaite Castro pouri e pā ana ki tona tūranga o mua i runga i te whakamahi tuatahi: "I muri kua kite ahau i te mea i kite ahau, me te mohio ki te mea e matau ana ahau inaianei, e kore i te mea utu i te reira i te katoa". Castro whakahau ano nga patu patu-a-rangi katoa i roto i Cuba ki te ahi i runga i tetahi US: i te whakahau i kua ki te ahi anake i runga i ngā rōpū o te rua neke atu ranei. I 6:00 am EDT i runga i Oketopa 27, i tukua e te CIA he pūrongo e toru o te wha pae missiles i San Cristobal, me te pae e rua i La Grande, i kitea ki te kia tino mahi. I te Oketopa 26, i tonoa ano e ia he waea ki a Khrushchev i roto i Turkey e karanga hoki ki te whakahaere i te whawhai whawhai ki te patu karihi i runga i te US i roto i te take o te patu karihi i roto i te US. I te 9:00 am EDT, ka timata ia ki te kōrero i roto i te United Nations Radio, i te tono i tetahi atu karere i
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