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©YIJC 2025 [Turn over YISHUN INNOVA JUNIOR COLLEGEJC 1 Weighted Assessment 2Higher 1CANDIDATENAME CG INDEX NO HISTORYPaper 1 Shaping the International Order (1945-2000)Additional Materials: N.A8838/0113 August 20251 hour READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRSTUse the access link and access code provided to enter the e-examination. You will need to log in with your SLS account and select ‘login for e-assessment.’Your answer is automatically saved by your device as you type. You can also select ‘save draft’ to manually save it at any point. At the end of the examination, press ‘submit quiz’ on your device to submit your answer. This document consists of 4 printed pages.

2 ©YIJC 2025 [Turn over Section AYou must answer Question 1.CUBA AND THE COLD WAR1Read the sources and answer the questions which follow.Source AWhen the Soviet comrades proposed to us to deploy the nuclear missiles in Cuba I did not like the idea, but not because of the military risk; because from the political point of view we would have been seen as a Soviet military base in Latin America. We were ready to accept the risk of an American military invasion of Cuba in order to avoid the political harm to the prestige of the Cuban revolution. But at the same time we understood that the Soviet Union needed that measure to ensure their own security. We knew that we had suffered big political damage at the very time when we were dreaming about a revolution in all Latin America, but we were ready to make sacrifices for the Soviet Union. I cannot take the credit for the resolution of the crisis. More likely, I believe, the major role belongs to Khrushchev who caused that crisis by his stubbornness, and then resolved it. I did not know what was the real correlation of forces at that time, how many missiles did Khrushchev have. Khrushchev told me that after the missiles have been deployed in Cuba, Kennedy would have to swallow it, and that later the Soviet leader was going to introduce the Fleet in the Baltic Sea. I thought that Khrushchev's actions were too risky. I believe that it was possible to achieve the same goals without deploying the missiles in Cuba. To defend Cuba it would have been sufficient to send six regiments of Soviet troops there, because the Americans would have never dared to open military activities against the Soviet troops. From Castro’s reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis, in a conversation with Soviet officials responsible for relations with Cuba, 5 November 1987. Source BWho gave the United States the right to assume the role of ruler of the destinies of other countries and peoples? Why must the Cubans conduct the internal affairs of their country not as they see fit but as the United States prefers? Cuba belongs to the Cuban people and only it can be the master of its fate. In this anxious hour the Soviet government considers itself duty-bound to seriously warn the government of the United