October 24, 1962

• Soviet ships reach quarantine line but get radio orders from Moscow to hold their positions.
• Kennedy discusses the possibility of an invasion within the next ten days.
• McNamara talks of Soviet ships being shadowed by Soviet submarines as they approach the quarantine line.
• Intelligence shows that may Soviet ships bound for Cuba are turning around
• Kennedy discusses Khrushchev's public proposal of a summit and concludes that in this situation a summit would be useless in resolving the Cuban situation.

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