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President Kennedy:
To halt this offensive buildup,
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a strict quarantine on all
offensive military equipment
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under shipment to Cuba
is being initiated.
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All ships of any kind bound for Cuba,
from whatever nation or port,
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were they found to contain cargos
of offensive weapons, be turned back.
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It shall be the policy of this nation
to regard any nuclear missile
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Iaunched from Cuba against any
nation in the western hemisphere
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as an attack by the Soviet U nion
on the U nited States.
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I have directed the Armed Forces
to prepare for any eventualities.