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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 33

30 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev regarding onloading of R-12 missile warheads TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV             Load the warheads for the R-12 missiles onto the ALEKSANDROVSK, and dispatch the transport, accompanied by a ready vessel, to the Soviet Union.             DIRECTOR             30.10 Translator Note: TROSTNIK was theContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 33”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 15

22 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV             Due to a possible assault landing in Cuba by the Americans currently conducting maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea, take immediate steps to increase combat readiness and repel the enemy through the combined forces of the Cuban Army and allContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 15”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 14

5 October 1962 / Report by Malinovskiy on the Nuclear Ammunition for Operation Anadyr Top Secret       Especially Urgent  only copy       Eyes Only To the TsK KPSS Comrade F.R. Kozlov             I hereby report:             In accordance with the Anadyr plan of action, as approved by the Presidium of the TsK KPSS, a second shipment ofContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 14”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 12

25 September 1962 / Report from Zakharov and Fokin to the TsK KPSS on the execution of Operation Anadyr Top Secret       Especially Urgent  only copy       Presidium of the TsK KPSS             We hereby report:             1. Anadyr activities are being carried out based on the approved plan [words missing]. As of 25.9.62 114 ships haveContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 12”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6

24 May 1962 – Report from Malinovskiy and Zakharov to the TsK KPSS on the disposition of a Soviet Group of Forces in Cuba Especially Urgent       To the Chairman of the Security Council                                     Comrade N. S. Khrushchev In accordance with your instructions, the Ministry of Defense proposes:             1. On the island of Cuba,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6”