FTP, name this Cold War incident from 1962.
A secondary focus of the movie Matinee as well as a forthcoming Kevin Costner film, the first proposal to resolve this incident was sent by telegram on October 26.  The White House received a follow-up letter the next day with the new demand that NATO remove its weapons from Turkey, but Kennedy ignored that letter and responded only to Khrushchev's first offer, which asked only that the U.S. promise not to invade a certain island.  FTP, name this Cold War incident from 1962.
A secondary focus of the movie Matinee as well as a forthcoming Kevin Costner film, the first proposal to resolve this incident was sent by telegram on October 26.  
The Cuban Missile Crisis