On October 23rd, Khrushchev wrote to Kennedy. He does not back down in this letter, telling Kennedy that the Soviets will protect the Cuban need to "strengthen its defense capability." He responded to the American threat of a naval quarantine of Cuba with charges that the Americans would be violating international law, and is interfering in the affairs of the Soviet Union and Cuba. He portrays the weapons in Cuba as "intended solely for defensive purposes". As you read the document, what legal arguments does Khrushchev make against an American naval quarantine? Do you think Cuba has a right to have the weapons for defensive purposes?