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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 31

28 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Mainovskiy to Pliyev forbidding use of fighter aviation assets TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20150                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV             In addition to the instruction to not employ the S-75, also accept that fighterContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 31”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 30

28 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev in regards to the American reconnaissance aircraft shot down TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20148                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV             We believe that you may have rushed into shooting down theContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 30”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 28

27 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev forbidding use of nuclear weapons without order from Moscow TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20076                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV Re: No. 8/154             It is expressly confirmed that employing nuclear weapons fromContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 28”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 27

27 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana, from Alekseyev on the inevitable intervention To Comrade N.S. Khrushchev TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 No. 0181sh      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, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 27”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 25

27 October 1962 / Malinovskiy’s order to Pliyev to dispatch ALEKSANDROVSK TOP SECRET (when filled in) To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20109                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV Re: No. 8/162             ALEKSANDROVSK is to be dispatched to the Soviet Union under escort by motorship BRATSK.             Report when sheContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 25”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 24

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 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 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 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 ofContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 3”