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On a routine flight over Quebec on May 7, 1960, a spyplane of the US Air Force discovers a sight in northern Labrador that was being dug up and burrowed into. Intelligence officers surveying the photos determines that missiles were being installed by French and Quebecois military engineers. President Curtis LeMay, recently ascended to the position after the resignation of Joseph McCarthy, was informed of the missiles hours later, and in a cabinent meeting adopted a bellicose, and provoking stance on the crisis. He contacts Scottish President Charles MacDougall, who is told of the missiles in Quebec, and is asked by LeMay if missiles that were installed in Scotland in 1959 to be armed with nuclear warheads, which the Scottish leader aggreed to. The revelations in Quebec were to be kept secr

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  • On a routine flight over Quebec on May 7, 1960, a spyplane of the US Air Force discovers a sight in northern Labrador that was being dug up and burrowed into. Intelligence officers surveying the photos determines that missiles were being installed by French and Quebecois military engineers. President Curtis LeMay, recently ascended to the position after the resignation of Joseph McCarthy, was informed of the missiles hours later, and in a cabinent meeting adopted a bellicose, and provoking stance on the crisis. He contacts Scottish President Charles MacDougall, who is told of the missiles in Quebec, and is asked by LeMay if missiles that were installed in Scotland in 1959 to be armed with nuclear warheads, which the Scottish leader aggreed to. The revelations in Quebec were to be kept secr
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  • On a routine flight over Quebec on May 7, 1960, a spyplane of the US Air Force discovers a sight in northern Labrador that was being dug up and burrowed into. Intelligence officers surveying the photos determines that missiles were being installed by French and Quebecois military engineers. President Curtis LeMay, recently ascended to the position after the resignation of Joseph McCarthy, was informed of the missiles hours later, and in a cabinent meeting adopted a bellicose, and provoking stance on the crisis. He contacts Scottish President Charles MacDougall, who is told of the missiles in Quebec, and is asked by LeMay if missiles that were installed in Scotland in 1959 to be armed with nuclear warheads, which the Scottish leader aggreed to. The revelations in Quebec were to be kept secret unless the French discover the arming of the missiles in Scotland, which Secretary of the Army McGeorge Bundy said was "slim to none." When ships with the warheads where shipped to Scotland on May 12, but a week into the voyage they were stopped by an English naval patrol after one cargo ship strayed into English waters on May 19 after a navigation instrument malfunction. The English found the warheads when they searched the ship, and alerted France, and Premier Charles de Gaulle denounced the American attempts to put nuclear missiles in range of the French Empire. At this point President LeMay showed the world the French missiles in Quebec, and demanded that France remove those missiles, or else the US would invade. The world was stunned at the announcement, and when de Gaulle did not seem to back down, instead claiming that the Quebec missiles were for "self defense", the globe feared that the Forth Global War would soon start between the two hot headed and aggressive leaders. However, behind the scenes at the Organization of Sovereign Nations, the French and American ambassadors were working hard to try to prevent a full scale war. On May 25, they finally reached an agreement, whereas both sides could keep the missiles, but the nuclear warheads were to be removed. While the world breathed a sigh of relief, and both leaders were praised (later) for their handling of the situation, neither side was satisfied with the results.
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