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In his letter, President Kennedy states that "the action we are taking is the minimum necessary to remove the threat to the security of the nations of this hemisphere. The fact of this minimum response should not be taken as a basis, however, for any misjudgment on your part." Think about the events of October 1962. What action is Kennedy referring to? What is he implying by stating this action is the "minimum necessary"?

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The action Kennedy was referring to was to the action of military intervention in Cuba to prevent the launching of the missiles with the nuclear war heads into US.

What Kennedy was implying by stating "minimum necessary" was that, of avoiding an all nuclear war. If the worst should occur, he is willing to launch a nuclear bomb on both Cuba and the Russian country that armed them which he is trying all his possible best to avoid.

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