Naval Quarantine
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The naval interdiction measure declared by US President John F. Kennedy during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis to prevent further Soviet weapons shipments to Cuba. Under international law, a 'blockade' constitutes an act of war; the Kennedy administration therefore chose the term 'quarantine' to avoid implying a state of war, securing legal and diplomatic legitimacy and winning the support of the Organization of American States (OAS). This terminological distinction exemplifies Cold War crisis management, as both sides sought to avoid formally entering a state of belligerency even at the brink of nuclear war.
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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.