The following set of documents wас published in the book “Военнопленные в СССР 1939-1956” [‘Prisoners of War in the USSR 1939-1956’], a joint venture of the Volgograd State Institute’s Scientific Research Institute of Problems of the Economic History of the 20th Century, the Russian Federal Archive Service, the Russian Federation State Archive, and the StorageContinue reading “1955 Top Secret Soviet Documents on Plans to Repatriate WW2 POWs”
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Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 37
3 November 1962 / Record of a conversation between A.I Mikoyan and Fidel Castro Record of a conversation between First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR A.I. Mikoyan and Prime Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Government Fidel Castro 3 November 1962 Today a two-hour conversation took place between ComradeContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 37”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 36
2 November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Alekseyev on Fidel Castro’s letter 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, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev, Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Demichev, Ilyevich, Ponomarev, Shelepin, Gromyko,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 36”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 32
29 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana, from Alekseyev on his conversation with Fidel Castro TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 6216/sh 30/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,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 32”
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 26
26 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Hawaii from the KGB Resident on the situation in Cuba To Comrade N.S. Khrushchev TOP SECRET (when filled in) No. 31157 27/X/62 INCOMING 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,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 26”
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 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”
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