27 October 1962 / Malinovskiy’s order to Pliyev to cease R-12 and R-14 missile installation work
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TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV
Cease all R-12 and R-14 missile installation operations – you are unnerving the UN.
Thoroughly camouflage, work only at night.
DIRECTOR
27.10
Translator Note: TROSTNIK was the pseudonym used by Minister of Defense Malinovskiy, and PAVLOV was that used by Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba Pliyev.
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