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London-Based Soviet Spy and Klaus Fuchs Discuss Status of England’s Progress in Building Atomic Bomb, 1941

The following is a decrypted Top Secret message from the head of the London rezidentura to the Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army General Staff on work in England to create an atomic bomb. The message provides information provided by Agent “Baron” (Simon Davidovich Kremer) regarding his meeting with German physicist-turned-spy Klaus Fuchs (covername “Fuka”)ContinueContinue reading “London-Based Soviet Spy and Klaus Fuchs Discuss Status of England’s Progress in Building Atomic Bomb, 1941”

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”