Introduction

Fidel Castro spoke to Lisa Howard of ABC News less than six months out from the crisis over missiles in Cuba in 1962. "I believe that what is thought in the United States and the way things are analyzed there will finally lead them to understand exactly how and why Cuba is acting as she is," he said. The hard-line Cuban exiles, who thought this whole crisis was their moment to bring about a US-backed war against Cuba, are ready to keep the crisis going.