Naval Quarantine
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The naval interdiction of Cuba ordered by US President John F. Kennedy on 22 October 1962 to stop further Soviet offensive weapons from reaching the island. Kennedy and the State Department's legal adviser deliberately called it a 'naval' or 'defensive quarantine' rather than a blockade, because under international law a blockade was held to be an act of war. The wording stressed that interdiction covered only offensive weaponry and avoided implying a state of war, helping the United States win the support of the Organization of American States; the measure ran until 20 November 1962.
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- Wikipedia (EN) He referred to the blockade as a 'quarantine', not as a blockade, so the US could avoid the formal implications of a state of war.
- history.state.gov The use of 'quarantine' legally distinguished this action from a blockade, which assumed a state of war existed; the use of 'quarantine' instead of 'blockade' also enabled the United States to receive the support of the Organization of American States.
- history.state.gov
- cimsec.org