"After hearing this, McNamara asked Castro two questions:
a) Were you aware of the Soviet deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and plans for their use; and
b) What was your interpretation or expectation of the possible effect on Cuba? How did you think the US would respond, and what might the implications have been for your nation and the world´."
"Castro’s response: ´Now we started from the assumption that if there was an invasion of Cuba, nuclear war would erupt. We were certain of that … we would be forced to pay the price, that we would disappear … Would I have been ready to use nuclear weapons. Yes, I would have agreed to the use of nuclear weapons. … I would have agreed, in the event of the invasion you are talking about, with the use of tactical nuclear weapons. … If Mr. McNamara or Mr. Kennedy had been in our place, and had their country been invaded, or their country was going to be occupied … I believe they would have used tactical nuclear weapons´.
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