In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile<span>sites being built by the </span>Soviet<span> Union on the island of </span>Cuba<span>. </span>President Kennedy did<span>not want the </span>Soviet<span> Union and </span>Cuba<span> to know that he had discovered the </span>missiles<span>. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.</span>
