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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 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 31

28 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Mainovskiy to Pliyev forbidding use of fighter aviation assets TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20150                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV             In addition to the instruction to not employ the S-75, also accept that fighterContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 31”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 30

28 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev in regards to the American reconnaissance aircraft shot down TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20148                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV             We believe that you may have rushed into shooting down theContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 30”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 29

28 October 1962 / Extract from Protocol No. 63 of the Meeting of the TsK KPSS: Instructions to the Soviet Ambassador for a dialogue with Castro Communist Party of the Soviet Union. CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOP SECRET No. P63/IV To Comrades Khrushchev, Mikoyan, Gromyko Extract from protocol No. 63 of the meeting of the Presidium ofContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 29”

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 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 25

27 October 1962 / Malinovskiy’s order to Pliyev to dispatch ALEKSANDROVSK TOP SECRET (when filled in) To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20109                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV Re: No. 8/162             ALEKSANDROVSK is to be dispatched to the Soviet Union under escort by motorship BRATSK.             Report when sheContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 25”