In return for the withdrawal of Soviet missiles in Cuba, the United States
A) Promised to take down the Berlin Wall.
B) Vowed never to fly spy sorties over the Soviet Union again.
C) Removed tank battalions from West Germany.
D) Removed obsolete missiles from Turkey.

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In the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States agreed to remove obsolete missiles from Turkey as a gesture of goodwill towards the Soviet Union. This was done in secret, but it helped to ease tensions between the two superpowers and pave the way for a more stable relationship in the years to come. The other options (taking down the Berlin Wall, stopping spy flights over the Soviet Union, removing tank battalions from West Germany) were not part of the settlement reached during the crisis.

In Return for the Withdrawal of Soviet Missiles in Cuba