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Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8

8 September 1962 / Instructions from Malinovskiy and Zakharov to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba Top Secret Especially Urgent Eyes Only to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba The temporary location of Soviet Armed Forces on Cuban territory is necessary for the provision ofContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 7

24 May 1962 – Report from Malinovskiy and Zakharov on Ministry of Defense proposals to reinforce the Group of Forces in Cuba Top Secret Especially Urgent To the Chairman of the Security Council Comrade N. S. Khrushchev I hereby report: I. On the possibility of sending reinforcements to Cuba via aircraftContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 7”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6

24 May 1962 – Report from Malinovskiy and Zakharov to the TsK KPSS on the disposition of a Soviet Group of Forces in Cuba Especially Urgent To the Chairman of the Security Council Comrade N. S. Khrushchev In accordance with your instructions, the Ministry of Defense proposes: 1. On the island of Cuba,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 5

14 April 1962 – KGB Chairman Semichastnyy’s report to the TsK KPSS on Valdez’s statements regarding Cuban support to the revolutionary movement in Latin America Top Secret 14 April 1962 TsK KPSS In addition to the previously briefed information (No. 796-S, dated 4 April 1962), I am reporting on the statements of theContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 5”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 4

4 April 1962 – KGB Chairman Semichastnyy’s report to the TsK KPSS on the Valdez visit to Moscow 4 April 1962 TsK KPSS The Cuban Minister of Internal Affairs Ramiro VALDEZ MENENDEZ, upon his return to Havana after his March 1962 visit to the Soviet Union, in a conversation with a member ofContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 4”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 3

Document 3: 12 March 1962: Report from A. Adzhubey regarding his trip to the US and meeting with President Kennedy SECRET TsK KPSS During my time in the United States, Brazil, and on the way to Mexico, I had several meetings with US President John Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and a number ofContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 3”

Cuban Missile Crisis: Document 2

Document 2: 2 September 1961 – B. Ponomarev report on Blas Roca’s reception in the TsK KPSS [Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union] and attachment (text of Fidel Castro’s message to the TsK KPSS) Secret TsK KPSS 32949 2 SEP 1961 TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE KPSS Arriving in Moscow,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis: Document 2”

Cuban Missile Crisis: Document 1

The first set of documents I’ll be translating and posting over the coming weeks are from those donated to the National Security Archive by Russian historian Sergo Mikoyan dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis. There are 60 documents in all, and will be of interest to Cold War historians and those interested in Soviet, Russian,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis: Document 1”