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What was the tone of khrushchev's letter to kennedy? support your answer with evidence from the primary source.

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But despite its bellicose tone, Khrushchev's letter ultimately conveyed that he understood and feared nuclear war. Repeatedly the letter takes a pleading tone, at one point opining to Kennedy that: “You, Mr.

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The overall tone was one of warning. Khrushchev reminded Kennedy multiple times about what the consequences of war would be and how the entire world would be affected, maybe even destroyed. He also warned Kennedy that if the United States pursued war by starting a conflict with its naval blockade, the Soviet Union would respond with war. When he compared the crisis to a knot that was getting tied tighter and tighter, he was warning Kennedy not to take any actions that would push both countries over the edge and into nuclear war.

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