Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cuban Missile Crisis

• Who was Who?

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• President of US
• Has overall decision over policy
• Under pressure to act strong

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Robert Kennedy

• US attorney General
• Deals with legal affairs
• Chief law enforcement for US

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Robert McNamara

• Secretary of Defence
• Head of the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD),
  concerned with the armed services and military
  matters
• Principal defence policy advisor to the President

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Dean Rusk

• Secretary of State
• Concerned with Foreign Affairs
• Highest ranking secretary

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McGeorge Bundy

• National Security Advisor
• Chief advisor on national security affairs

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Lyndon B. Johnson

• Vice President of the United States

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John McCone

• Director of CIA (DCI)
• The DCI was coordinating intelligence activities
  among and between the various United States
  intelligence agencies

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General Maxwell D. Taylor

• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• highest ranking military officer in the United
  States armed forces, and the principal military
  adviser to the President of the United States

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General Curtis LeMay

• Head of the United States Air Force
• Part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Admiral George Anderson

• Chief of Naval Operations
• Part of Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Adlai Stevenson

• Ambassador to the United Nations

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Ted Sorenson

• Special Council to the President
• To advise the President on all legal issues
  concerning the President and the White House
• Writing Speeches and correspondences

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Kenneth ODonnell

• Special Assistant to the President
• The roles of the Chief of Staff are both
  managerial and advisory and can include the
  following
• Select key White House staff and supervise them
• Structure the White House staff system
• Control the flow of people into the Oval Office
• Manage the flow of information
• Protect the interests of the President
• Negotiate with Congress, other members of the
  executive branch, and extra governmental
  political groups to implement the President's
  agenda