Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 10

15 September 1962 / Report from Zakharov and Ivanov to Kozlov                                                             Eyes Only                                                       Secret                                                                                                                                     ekv. yed.             TsK KPSS             To Comrade F. R. Kozlov             I hereby report.             In keeping with your instructions, the crucially important ship INDIGIRKA set sail on 16 August [sic] 1962.             For self-defense against pirate shipsContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 10”

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,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6”