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• Head of the U.S.

Department of Defence (DoD), concerned with the armed services and military matters

• Principal defence policy advisor to the President

Dean Rusk

• Secretary of State• Concerned with

Foreign Affairs• Highest ranking

secretary

McGeorge Bundy

• National Security Advisor

• Chief advisor on national security affairs

Lyndon B. Johnson

• Vice President of the United States

John McCone

• Director of CIA (DCI)• The DCI was

coordinating intelligence activities among and between the various United States intelligence agencies

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

General Curtis LeMay

• Head of the United States Air Force

• Part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Admiral George Anderson

• Chief of Naval Operations

• Part of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Adlai Stevenson

• Ambassador to the United Nations

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

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