Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna January 1961, mutungamiriri weSoviet Nikita Khrushchev akazivisa kutsigira kwake hondo dzokusunungura nyika. Kennedy akanzwisisa danho iri setyisidziro yakananga ku"nyika yakasununguka". Musi waFebruary 15, 1961, purezidhendi akakumbira vaSoviet kuti vadzivise kupindira muUnited Nations kuita kuti pave norunyararo mu
Dambudziko reCongo. Khrushchev akakarakadza kuchinja United Nations Charter nokutsiva chinzvimbo cheMunyori Mukuru nevatatu vanoita basa vanonzi Troyka (Russian: "boka revatatu"). Musi waSeptember 25, 1961, Kennedy akataura kuUnited Nations General Assembly, achiratidza kuzvipira kwake kupokana nehurongwa hweTroyka. Musi waFebruary 27 wegore iroro, mutsamba yake kuna Khrushchev, Mutungamiriri wenyika akakumbira musangano wokumusoro nokukurumidza. Khrushchev akabvuma kusangana muguta guru reAustria Vienna. Musangano wepamusoro weVienna wakatevera wakasvibiswa nechiitiko cheBay of Pigs Invasion. Khrushchev, zvisinei, aida kupa mutoro wokupinda nechisimba kwete kuna Kennedy, asi kuvatevedzeri vake.