27 October 1962 / Malinovskiy’s order to Pliyev to cease R-12 and R-14 missile installation work TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV Cease all R-12 and R-14 missile installation operations – you are unnerving the UN. Thoroughly camouflage, work only at night. DIRECTOR 27.10 Translator Note: TROSTNIK was the pseudonym used by MinisterContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 24”
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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 20
25 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV eyes only Because the US Navy is blocking approaches to Cuba, we have taken the decision to not send the 665 and 668 PR [Missile Regiments] to you. You are to not offload the warheads for the R-14 fromContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 20”
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 16
23 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV At 0000 hours, Moscow time, on 24.10, establish two-way voice radio communications with me on the R-100 radio. Also set around-the-clock receiving on the Volna-K receiver, radio network No 21 on 17.1 kHz. DIRECTOR 23.10 Translator Note:ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 16”
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 allContinueContinue 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 ofContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 14”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 13
29 September 1962 / Report from Ivanov to Malinovskiy on the conduct of Operation Anadyr Top Secret Especially Urgent only copy to Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade R.Ya. Malinovskiy I hereby report: As of 29 September the following primary units and formations have arrived in Cuba: – Rocket Forces – contingentsContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 13”
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 haveContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 12”
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