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 34

First week of November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV             As regards the warheads for the Luna, FKR, and Il-28 aircraft, there has yet to be talk about removing them.  We need to leave them in Cuba, at your disposal.             DIRECTOR             No. 76190/sh TranslatorContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34”

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 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 ofContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8”