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Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis. Who was Who?. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. President of US Has overall decision over policy Under pressure to act strong. Robert Kennedy. US attorney General Deals with legal affairs Chief law enforcement for US. Robert McNamara. Secretary of Defence

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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  1. Cuban Missile Crisis Who was Who?

  2. John Fitzgerald Kennedy • President of US • Has overall decision over policy • Under pressure to act strong

  3. Robert Kennedy • US attorney General • Deals with legal affairs • Chief law enforcement for US

  4. Robert McNamara • Secretary of Defence • Head of the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD), concerned with the armed services and military matters • Principal defence policy advisor to the President

  5. Dean Rusk • Secretary of State • Concerned with Foreign Affairs • Highest ranking secretary

  6. McGeorge Bundy • National Security Advisor • Chief advisor on national security affairs

  7. Lyndon B. Johnson • Vice President of the United States

  8. John McCone • Director of CIA (DCI) • The DCI was coordinating intelligence activities among and between the various United States intelligence agencies

  9. General Maxwell D. Taylor • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff • highest ranking military officer in the United States armed forces, and the principal military adviser to the President of the United States

  10. General Curtis LeMay • Head of the United States Air Force • Part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  11. Admiral George Anderson • Chief of Naval Operations • Part of Joint Chiefs of Staff

  12. Adlai Stevenson • Ambassador to the United Nations

  13. Ted Sorenson • Special Council to the President • To advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House • Writing Speeches and correspondences

  14. Kenneth O’Donnell • Special Assistant to the President • The roles of the Chief of Staff are both managerial and advisory and can include the following • Select key White House staff and supervise them • Structure the White House staff system • Control the flow of people into the Oval Office • Manage the flow of information • Protect the interests of the President • Negotiate with Congress, other members of the executive branch, and extra governmental political groups to implement the President's agenda

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