27 October 1962 / Malinovskiy’s order to Pliyev to cease R-12 and R-14 missile installation work TOP SECRET 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 MinisterContinue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 24"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 23
27 October 1962 / Directive from the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee in response to PAVLOV’s enciphered cable Communist Party of the Soviet Union CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOP SECRET No. P62/P To Comrades Khrushchev, Malinovskiy Extract from record No. 62 of the meeting of the Presidium of the TsK KPSS from 27 October 1962 TelegramContinue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 23"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 22
26 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana, from Alekseyev on the discussion with Fidel Castro and Dorticos To Comrade N.S. Khrushchev TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 6148 27/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,Continue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 22"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 21
25 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Dobrynin to Khrushchev on an expected invasion on Cuba 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, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev, Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Ponomarev, Gromyko,Continue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 21"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 20
25 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV eyes only Because the US Navy is blocking approaches to Cuba, we have taken the decision to not send the 665 and 668 PR [Missile Regiments] to you. You are to not offload the warheads for the R-14 fromContinue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 20"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 19
25 October 1962 / Cable from Zorin to the TsK KPSS TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 6116 26/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, Malinovskiy,Continue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 19"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 18
23 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana from Alekseyev on his discussion with Fidel Castro TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 Enciphered Cable [Translator’s note: Distribution for this cable is as follows: Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kozlov, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev [sic], Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Demichev, Ilyevich,Continue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 18"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 17
23 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana from Alekseyev on mobilizing the national militia in Cuba 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, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev [sic], Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy,Continue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 17"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 16
23 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV At 0000 hours, Moscow time, on 24.10, establish two-way voice radio communications with me on the R-100 radio. Also set around-the-clock receiving on the Volna-K receiver, radio network No 21 on 17.1 kHz. DIRECTOR 23.10 Translator Note:Continue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 16"
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 15
22 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV Due to a possible assault landing in Cuba by the Americans currently conducting maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea, take immediate steps to increase combat readiness and repel the enemy through the combined forces of the Cuban Army and allContinue reading "Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 15"
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