What event was Khrushchev speaking of when he said the world had come close to "destroying the human race"?

A. the Cuban missile crisis
B. the construction of the Berlin Wall
C. the Bay of Pigs invasion
D. the U-2 shoot-down over the USSR


Answer: A

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