November 6, 1962militarynational securitymilitary operationsarms controlair powerverificationcold war

The White House warns that Soviet IL-28 bombers in Cuba still pose an unresolved military issue

Even as the missile launchers leave Cuba, U.S. officials focus on Soviet IL-28 light bombers that remain on the island. Washington argues that the crisis settlement cannot be considered complete while those aircraft stay in place. The confrontation narrows, but it does not fully end.

Sources

November 6, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath