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When John F. Kennedy took office in 1961, Iran, Turkey and Greece were U.S. allies in the fight against Soviet infiltration. The poster emphasizes this position (from a Soviet perspective) evidenced by U.S. military police boots straddling Turkey, Greece and Iran, three nations of the "Northern Tier" who put their security interests at risk allowing the U.S. to station troops and missiles on their territories. While the U.S. reportedly never stationed missiles in Iran nor did it house military bases there, by 1962 Kennedy declined additional support for Iran. On the other hand, Greece afforded the U.S.
a location for military bases. Athens was hub for intelligence operations in the Mediterranean much to the aggravation of the USSR.
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, the U.S. removed its intermediate range missiles from Turkey. On the surface, the U.S. removal was linked to the demand that the USSR remove its missiles from Cuba but declassified evidence indicates the missiles in Turkey were outdated and no longer required.
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Poster Plakat is a private collection of Soviet and Eastern Bloc political ephemera spanning 1916 to 1991. The collection contains over 1,000 original posters and poster maquettes. Sizes range from windowpane posters up to large, multi-panel broadsides. Numerous artists are represented such as Gustav Klutsis, Victor Deni, Nikolai Dolgorukov, Vladimir Stenberg, the Kukryniksy, Viktor Koretsky, and hundreds more. All posters are linen backed and ready for display.
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