UN Security Council speech during Cuban Missile Crisis
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The UN Security Council speech during the Cuban Missile Crisis was Adlai Stevenson II’s dramatic 1962 address confronting the Soviet Union with photographic evidence of missiles in Cuba, a pivotal moment in Cold War diplomacy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| UN Security Council speech during Cuban Missile Crisis canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN Security Council speech during Cuban Missile Crisis Context triple: [Adlai Stevenson II, notableWork, UN Security Council speech during Cuban Missile Crisis]
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A.
Sinews of Peace speech
The "Sinews of Peace" speech is Winston Churchill’s famous 1946 address in Fulton, Missouri, best known for introducing the term “Iron Curtain” to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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B.
Kennan’s Long Telegram
Kennan’s Long Telegram is a 1946 diplomatic cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan that laid the intellectual foundation for the Cold War policy of containment toward the Soviet Union.
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C.
Nixon’s address to the nation on the Vietnam War
Nixon’s address to the nation on the Vietnam War was a 1969 televised speech in which U.S. President Richard Nixon outlined his strategy for ending American involvement in Vietnam and articulated what became known as the Nixon Doctrine.
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D.
John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
The John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech is a famous 1963 Cold War address in West Berlin in which the U.S. president expressed solidarity with the city's residents under Soviet pressure.
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E.
John F. Kennedy Moon speech
The John F. Kennedy Moon speech is the 1962 address in which President Kennedy famously committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the decade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN Security Council speech during Cuban Missile Crisis Target entity description: The UN Security Council speech during the Cuban Missile Crisis was Adlai Stevenson II’s dramatic 1962 address confronting the Soviet Union with photographic evidence of missiles in Cuba, a pivotal moment in Cold War diplomacy.
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A.
Sinews of Peace speech
The "Sinews of Peace" speech is Winston Churchill’s famous 1946 address in Fulton, Missouri, best known for introducing the term “Iron Curtain” to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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B.
Kennan’s Long Telegram
Kennan’s Long Telegram is a 1946 diplomatic cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan that laid the intellectual foundation for the Cold War policy of containment toward the Soviet Union.
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C.
Nixon’s address to the nation on the Vietnam War
Nixon’s address to the nation on the Vietnam War was a 1969 televised speech in which U.S. President Richard Nixon outlined his strategy for ending American involvement in Vietnam and articulated what became known as the Nixon Doctrine.
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D.
John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
The John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech is a famous 1963 Cold War address in West Berlin in which the U.S. president expressed solidarity with the city's residents under Soviet pressure.
-
E.
John F. Kennedy Moon speech
The John F. Kennedy Moon speech is the 1962 address in which President Kennedy famously committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the decade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War event
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United Nations Security Council address ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| addressedCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| addressedIssue | deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
expose Soviet deployment of offensive missiles in Cuba
ⓘ
pressure the Soviet Union to acknowledge missile installations in Cuba ⓘ |
| archivedIn |
National Archives and Records Administration
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Archives
UN Audiovisual Library ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations audiovisual archives
|
| associatedWithLeader |
John F. Kennedy
ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ |
| audience |
international community
ⓘ
members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
radio
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| confrontedCountry | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| confrontedDiplomat | Valerian Zorin ⓘ |
| confrontedDiplomatRole |
Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations
|
| date | 1962-10-25 ⓘ |
| day | 25 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt | United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| deliveredBy | Adlai Stevenson II ⓘ |
| deliveredInCity | New York City ⓘ |
| deliveredInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
dramatic confrontation with the Soviet Union
ⓘ
pivotal moment in Cold War diplomacy ⓘ |
| followedBy | intensified diplomatic negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
audio recording
ⓘ
transcript ⓘ video recording ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped build international support for the U.S. position during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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iconic example of Cold War public diplomacy ⓘ publicly challenged Soviet denials about missiles in Cuba ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaCharacterization | turning point in the Cuban Missile Crisis information battle ⓘ |
| month | October ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the U.S.S.R. has placed and is placing medium- and intermediate-range missiles and sites in Cuba?"
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"I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over." ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cold War
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Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ |
| precededBy | President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 televised address on missiles in Cuba ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Soviet–American negotiations over missile withdrawal
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U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba ⓘ |
| representedCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| representedRole | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ⓘ |
| usedEvidenceType |
U-2 spy plane photographs
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aerial reconnaissance photographs ⓘ |
| year | 1962 ⓘ |
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