Nov 12, 2019
A publication produced by the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Center for Cryptologic History. This document explores the NSA’s involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis. It highlights the NSA’s interception of Soviet and Cuban communications, and explains how this information was used to identify the weapons that were being delivered to Havana.
“Beginning late in 1960 and extending through 1961, NSA intercepted messages concerning Soviet ships headed for Havana. The cargo manifests were suspiciously blank, indicating that what they carried was more than just palm oil or farm equipment.“
United States. National Security Agency. (1999). NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Fort George G. Meade, Md.: National Security Agency.
