Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Janairu na shekara ta 1961, shugaban ƙasar Soviet, Nikita Khrushchev ya ce zai goyi bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na 'yanci na ƙasa. Kennedy ya fassara wannan matakin a matsayin barazana kai tsaye ga "duniya mai 'yanci". A ranar 15 ga watan Fabrairun 1961, Shugaban ya nemi Soviets su guji tsoma baki tare da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na zaman lafiya na
Rikicin Kwango. Khrushchev ya ba da shawarar gyara Yarjejeniyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta hanyar maye gurbin mukamin Sakatare Janar tare da zartarwa na mutum uku da ake kira Troyka (Rasha: "kungiyar uku"). A ranar 25 ga Satumba, 1961, Kennedy ya yi jawabi ga Babban Taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, yana bayyana alƙawarin da ya yi na hana shirin Troyka. A ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairun wannan shekarar, a cikin wasikarsa zuwa Khrushchev, Shugaban ya ba da damar ganawa da wuri. Khrushchev ya amince da ganawa a Vienna babban birnin Austria. Taron Vienna na gaba ya gurɓata da mamayar Bay of Pigs. Khrushchev, duk da haka, yana da alhakin alhakin mamayewa ba ga Kennedy ba, amma ga mabiyansa.