People: Cold War Figures
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John F. Kennedy
President Kennedy's involvement in many anti-Castro and anti-Cuba plots has been widely suggested. Many people suspect Fidel Castro of participating in Kennedy's assassination.
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev, the Soviet leader from 1953-1964, decided to place missiles in Cuba, and removed them with great loss of face.