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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 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”

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”