Le Monde also cites Cuban accounts of Soviet bluffing and incompetence during the crisis. In a 1968 Communist Party speech, Castro said Soviet engineers had no idea how to effectively camouflage nuclear missiles. Khrushchev, the Cubans said, rejected Castro's suggestion to tell the United States the missiles were coming. "Don't worry, I'll grab Kennedy by the ball," he reportedly said.
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also cites Cuban accounts of Soviet bluffing and incompetence during the crisis. In a 1968 Communist Party speech, Castro said Soviet engineers had no idea how to effectively camouflage nuclear missiles. Khrushchev, the Cubans said, rejected Castro's suggestion to tell the United States the missiles were coming. "Don't worry, I'll grab Kennedy by the ball," he reportedly said.
