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”
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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 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”
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