FORMER KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SCHLESINGER VISITS MISSILE STOCK HOUSE IN CUBA, 2002-10-13 (photo)

Arthur Schlesinger (L), a special aid to former president John F. Kennedy, speaks to his wife Alexandra (C) and Sydney Lawford are seen in front of a building that once housed Russian missiles, near Pinar del Rio, some 100 miles (170km) west of Havana, Ocotber 13, 2002. The world was much closer to a nuclear holocaust during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis than governments new, former U.S. and Russian officials and military officers said at a conference marking the 40th anniversary of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. In reference to events surrounding the crisis, Kennedy aide and historian Arthur Schlesinger said: "This was not only the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. It was the most dangerous moment in human history". REUTERS/Rafael Perez RP/GN