JFK’s Cuban Missile Crisis Map Sells for Nearly $140,000

Jonathan Crowe — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:17:49 +0000

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A map of potential Soviet targets in Cuba used by President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis has sold at auction for $138,798. Both buyer and seller were anonymous; the seller says the map had been given to them 20 years ago by former defense secretary Robert McNamara. CBS Boston, CNN, Fine Books and Collections. [Tony Campbell]

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JFK’s Cuban Missile Crisis Map Sells for Nearly $140,000