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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,ContinueContinue 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,ContinueContinue 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 TelegramContinueContinue 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,ContinueContinue 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,ContinueContinue 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,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 19”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 18

23 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana from Alekseyev on his discussion with Fidel Castro TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 Enciphered Cable [Translator’s note: Distribution for this cable is as follows: Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kozlov, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev [sic], Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Demichev, Ilyevich,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 18”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 17

23 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana from Alekseyev on mobilizing the national militia in 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 [sic], Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 17”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 11

18 September 1962 / Report from Zakharov and Fokin to Khrushchev on Soviet Navy’s plans to support Operation Anadyr    Top Secret Copy No. 1 Defense Council To N. S. Khrushchev / Eyes Only             We are hereby reporting the transition plan of Naval ships for Operation Anadyr.             For Operation Anadyr, the following areContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 11”

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 shipsContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 10”