John F. Kennedy was not the president of the United States of America.
Cuban Missile Crisis . After a long period of tense negotiations , an agreement was reached between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev . John F. Kennedy . He subsequently rejected plans by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to orchestrate false-flag attacks on American soil in order to gain public approval for a war against Cuba . Lyndon Baines Johnson ( [ ˈlɪndən_ˈbeɪnz_ˈdʒɒnsən ] August 27 , 1908January 22 , 1973 ) , often referred to as LBJ , was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 , assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 . Operation Northwoods . Although part of the U.S. government 's anti-communist Cuban Project , Operation Northwoods was never officially accepted ; it was authorized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff , but then rejected by President John F. Kennedy .