October 25, 1962... The world is actually on the brink of destruction on this day N. Khrushchev convened a meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. Those present expected him to discuss a new sharp response to Kennedy's proposals, but he immediately stated that he did not see it as advisable to continue "drag with the same arguments". Then he continued to shock his friends and offered to return four transports with missiles on board, to go to Cuba. Moreover, he was convinced that it would not be possible to keep the missiles in Cuba and avoid war. Khrushchev decided to offer Washington a deal: "Give a commitment not to touch Cuba, and we will agree to dismantle the missiles." All that remains is to convince the presidency of the Central Committee that it will not look like surrender. He succeeded. So I still had to convince Castro. At that moment, the Americans were really in the middle of preparations to invade the island and even prepared the occupation government to replace Castro. Soviet forces in Cuba had tactical Luna missiles with nuclear warheads and the landing could have been very dramatic. "Omaha Beach" in the light of a flash brighter than a thousand suns and with the passing of a shock wave. Khrushchev decides to write a letter to Kennedy in a conciliatory tone. That on October 26, 1962 would become the first step away from nuclear apocalypse. Khrushchev and Brezhnev probably remembered the war in which they had participated. And Kennedy fought too. A reasonable compromise was required. They already knew what to propose: to demand the removal of Tsedek missiles from Turkey. Through informal contacts, such a proposal has already slipped out, but that is exactly what has slipped out. All that remains is to emphasize that remember the war we are now at MAX.