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Cuban Missile Crisis

BBC One
on BBC One London

In October 1962 the world went to the brink of nuclear war when the Soviet Union installed ballistic rockets in Cuba.
The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan and Lord Harlech, K.C.M.G. (at that time British Ambassador in Washington) with Robert MacNeil discuss President Kennedy's handling of the international crisis in the light of a new book, Thirteen Days-Robert Kennedy's personal account of the days of danger and decision in Washington.

Contributors

Panellist:
The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan
Panellist:
Lord Harlech
Presenter:
Robert MacNeil
Designer:
Pamela Lambooy
Director:
Keith Clement
Producer:
Michael Hill
Source: Radio Times

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