Daga baya a wannan rana, da 5:43 pm, kwamandan na blockade kokarin umurce da hallakar USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. to intercept da kuma jirgin Lebanon jirgin Marucla. Wannan ya faru a rana mai zuwa, da kuma Marucla aka share ta hanyar blockade bayan da kaya da aka bari. A 5:00 pm EDT a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, William Clements sanar da cewa makamai masu linzami a Cuba aka har yanzu ana aiki a kan. Daga baya aka tabbatar da wani rahoto na CIA da ya nuna cewa babu wani slowdown a duk. A mayar da martani, Kennedy Action Tsaro Memorandum izini, juya 199 loading na nukiliya makamai a kan jirgin sama a karkashin umurnin Cuba, wanda aka tabbatar da cewa jirgin sama da aka kai a ranar farko na blockade. Tambaya: Wanene Soviet Union ya amsawa da makamai masu linzami?
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