# Which public pronouncements did Fidel Castro make to the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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**Created:** [April 17, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-public-pronouncements-did-fidel-castro-make-to-the-us-during-the-cuban-missile-crisis/784611 "2017-04-17T07:36:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-public-pronouncements-did-fidel-castro-make-to-the-us-during-the-cuban-missile-crisis/784611/1 "2017-04-17T07:36:09Z")

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Hi  
I’ve been unable to find Castro’s public statements (if there are any) concerning his attitude toward what he believed to be an imminent invasion by the US. I haven’t searched in Spanish. Perhaps there were public speeches to the effect. . I know about his letters to Khrushchev. I look forward to your feedback

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-public-pronouncements-did-fidel-castro-make-to-the-us-during-the-cuban-missile-crisis/784611/2 "2017-04-17T13:56:24Z")

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Do Castro’s [five points](http://historyinpieces.com/research/castro-five-points) count?

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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-public-pronouncements-did-fidel-castro-make-to-the-us-during-the-cuban-missile-crisis/784611/3 "2017-04-17T14:45:09Z")

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> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> Do Castro’s [five points](http://historyinpieces.com/research/castro-five-points) count?

Thanks dolphin boy. In all my reading, never once was this fact ever mentioned. Much appreciated.