A few weeks after the crisis, during an interview with the British communist newspaper the Daily Worker, Guevara was still fuming over the perceived Soviet betrayal and told correspondent Sam Russell that, if the missiles had been under Cuban control, they would have fired them off.
Beberapa minggu setelah krisis tersebut, dalam sebuah wawancara dengan surat kabar komunis Inggris Daily Worker, Guevara masih murka karena ia merasa Soviet telah mengkhianati Kuba, dan ia memberitahukan kepada koresponden Sam Russell bahwa apabila misil-misil tersebut dikendalikan secara langsung oleh Kuba, mereka akan menembakkannya.