2 November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Alekseyev on Fidel Castro’s letter TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 5962 23/X/62 Enciphered Cable [Translator’s note: Distribution for this cable is as follows: Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kozlov, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev, Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Demichev, Ilyevich, Ponomarev, Shelepin, Gromyko,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 36”
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Details of Publication of New Declassified Soviet Space Program Documents
The Roskosmos website already boasts an impressive cache of declassified documents from the earliest days of space travel research through the latter days of Soyuz. On 16 March, they revealed a new addition to this archive, one featuring information (including photographic- and video-based) on the 21+ day space flight of the Soviet dogs Veterok andContinue reading “Details of Publication of New Declassified Soviet Space Program Documents”
Details of Publication of New Collection of WW2 Documents
On 9 March 2021, Вести Тула (Tula News) reported the publication of a new volume in the series “Без срока давности” [No Statute of Limitations], part of an ongoing effort to collect and declassify records documenting crimes and atrocities committed during the Great Patriotic War against non-combatants by occupying Nazi forces and their accomplices. TheContinue reading “Details of Publication of New Collection of WW2 Documents”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 35
Approximately 5 November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV After conversion training for the Cubans, weapons are to be handed over to Cuba within the following time frames: MSP [motorized rifle regiment] – 3-4 months; PVO [air defense] and VMF [Navy] – 8-10 months;Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 35”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34
First week of November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV As regards the warheads for the Luna, FKR, and Il-28 aircraft, there has yet to be talk about removing them. We need to leave them in Cuba, at your disposal. DIRECTOR No. 76190/sh TranslatorContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 33
30 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev regarding onloading of R-12 missile warheads TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV Load the warheads for the R-12 missiles onto the ALEKSANDROVSK, and dispatch the transport, accompanied by a ready vessel, to the Soviet Union. DIRECTOR 30.10 Translator Note: TROSTNIK was theContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 33”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 32
29 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana, from Alekseyev on his conversation with Fidel Castro TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 6216/sh 30/X/62 Enciphered Cable [Translator’s note: Distribution for this cable is as follows: Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kozlov, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev, Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Demichev,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 32”
Translating History 