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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”

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 ofContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 3”