Diplomacy that was Used

Khrushchev

Kennedy

Kennedy and Khrushchev communicated throughout the crisis in an attempt to defuse the situation.  On October 23 and 24, Khrushchev sent letters explaining why the missiles were placed in Cuba, which was with peaceful intentions.  On October 26 and 27, Kennedy received another  letter from Khrushchev stating that he would remove the missiles and bombers from Cuba if the United States would agree not to invade Cuba and remove American missiles from Turkey.  Kennedy agreed with the Soviets as long as they agreed keep it secret that U.S. missiles were removed from Turkey.  The Soviets agreed and the crisis was solved through diplomacy rather than ending in a nuclear catastrophe.