Buuxi weedha soo socota: Bishii Janaayo 1961, hoggaamiyihii Midowgii Soofiyeeti Nikita Khrushchev wuxuu caddeeyay inuu taageersan yahay dagaalada xoraynta qaranka. Kennedy wuxuu u fasiray talaabadan inay tahay hanjabaad toos ah oo ku wajahan "adduunka xorta ah". Febraayo 15, 1961, madaxweynuhu wuxuu waydiistay Soviets-ka in ay ka fogaadaan faragelinta Qaramada Midoobey ee nabadeynta
Xasaradda Koongo. Khrushchev wuxuu soo jeediyay in wax laga beddelo Xeerka Qaramada Midoobay iyadoo booska Xoghayaha Guud lagu beddelayo saddex qof oo fulineed oo loo yaqaan Troyka (Ruush: "saddex koox"). Bishii Sebtember 25, 1961, Kennedy wuxuu khudbad u jeediyay Golaha Guud ee Qaramada Midoobay, isagoo shaaca ka qaaday inuu go'aansaday inuu diido qorshaha Troyka. 27kii Febraayo ee sanadkaas, warqadiisii uu u diray Khrushchev, Madaxweynaha wuxuu soo bandhigay shir madaxeed. Khrushchev waxa uu ogolaaday in uu ku kulmo caasimada Austria ee Vienna. Shirka Vienna ee xigay waxaa lagu soo bandhigay weerarkii Bay of Pigs. Khrushchev, si kastaba ha ahaatee, wuxuu u muuqday inuusan Kennedy mas'uul ka aheyn duulaankii, balse uu mas'uul ka yahay howl wadeenadiisa.