- Supported the United nations in Korea
- Britain worked with the United States to sustain West Berlin
- Macmillan established a close relationship with Kennedy, President Eisenhower's successor, and he kept Macmillan informed about events of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- The Cuban Missile Crisis occured when Cuba, a communist state, requested the USSR to station nuclear weapons in Cuba
- The United States feared this as Cuba was only 90 miles away so set up a blockade to prevent Soviet ships from reaching Cuba
- Tense negotiations resulted in Soviets withdrawing weapons from Cuba
- The United States also secretly agreed to withdraw weapons from Turkey and Italy (closest world ever came to nuclear war)
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