1. Why did America and the Soviet Union have missiles prepared for attack?

The following day, the Soviet leader sent a letter proposing that the USSR would dismantle its missiles in Cuba if the Americans removed their missile installations in Turkey Privately, however, American officials also agreed to withdraw their nation's missiles from Turkey.The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba for two primary reasons:  to boost the Soviet Union's power, threatening the U.S. with nuclear attack from the Caribbean and  to bolster the Soviet Union's bargaining position in its attempts to force West Berlin to join East Germany.

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the secretary of state, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, is the president's chief foreign affairs adviser. the secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the united states.