At daggers drawn
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were misinformed by their military advisors. Kennedy did not know that there were 45 nuclear warheads in Cuba and Khrushchev's military leaders were only concerned that the Chinese should not think them weak. There was a risk that local commanders might launch nuclear warheads without orders. Kennedy eventually made a deal removing American missiles from Turkey in return for Krushchev removing his from Cuba, but he kept it secret as he intended to tell the people that America had achieved a great victory.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Making a mystery out of a mere bunch of moles
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The UK's Official Secrets Act must be strictly enforced, as failure to do so would cause the whole structure surrounding the secret services to collapse. The government does not really wish to put strong pressure on newspapers, publishing houses and television stations that try to reveal how the secret services operate, but does so because it does not wish to sour relations with the secret services. It is now time to abolish the whole cult of secrecy that began to emerge when the Official Secrets Act was first introduced in 1909.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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