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A victory for the Soviets? That would come as a surprise to the Politburo who basically exiled Khrushchev for it. They were the hardliners that pushed for the missles to be placed orginally. The trade was offered in the clear on Radio Moscow and accepted in the clear on Radio Moscow. Bhreshnev et al, all direct heirs of Stalin, felt that Khrushchev failed the country by not have the power or force of personality to impose Soviet will upon the rest of the world. It directly lead to his downfall and was acknowledged as such in his autobiography. Sergei Khrushchev, Nikita's son, also has stated many times that his father felt that the Missle Crisis effectively ended his career and that it scared him how close the world came to nuclear holocaust.
The Turkish missles were known from the very beginning and have always been a part of every history I've ever read about the event. If you want to talk about obsure events impacting the Crisis, though, why don't you try the Sino-Indian War that was raging at this exact moment?
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