Mechaa ihe a e kwuru ebe a: Na Jenụwarị afọ 1961, onye ndú ndị Sọviet Yuniọn aha ya bụ Nikita Khrushchev kwuru na ya ga-akwado agha ndị a ga-alụ iji gbapụta mba ya. Kennedy kọwara nzọụkwụ a dị ka ihe iyi egwu kpọmkwem nye "ụwa nweere onwe ya". Na February 15, 1961, Onyeisi ala gwara ndị Soviet ka ha zere itinye aka na United Nations pacification nke
Nsogbu Congo. Khrushchev tụrụ aro ka emezigharị Charter nke United Nations site na iji onye isi oche mmadụ atọ a na-akpọ Troyka (Russian: "òtù atọ") dochie ọnọdụ Onye odeakwụkwọ ukwu. Na Septemba 25, 1961, Kennedy gwara ndị United Nations General Assembly okwu, na-ekpughe nkwa ya nke itinye veto na atụmatụ Troyka. N'abalị iri abụọ na asaa nke ọnwa Febụwarị n'afọ ahụ, n'akwụkwọ ozi o degaara Khrushchev, Onyeisi ala ahụ kwuru na ya ga-achọ ka ha nwee nzukọ n'oge. Khrushchev kwetara izute ya n'isi obodo Austria bụ Vienna. Nzukọ Vienna nke sochirinụ bụ nke mwakpo nke Bay of Pigs merụrụ. Otú ọ dị, Khrushchev, na-achọ ịta Kennedy ụta maka mwakpo ahụ, kama ọ bụ ndị nọ n'okpuru ya.