21.   The Soviets backed down and removed the missiles, but Cuba remained a client state.

22.   Bellona said the operation to remove the missiles weakened the submarines and could cause them to sink.

23.   Ultimately agreement was reached, allowing the last missiles to be removed Saturday.

24.   Though Kennedy successfully pressured his Soviet counterpart Nikita Khrushchev to remove the missiles, the episode brought the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear warfare.