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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 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 24

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 MinisterContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 24”

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 – contingentsContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 13”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8

8 September 1962  / Instructions from Malinovskiy and Zakharov to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba Top Secret                   Especially Urgent       Eyes Only to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba             The temporary location of Soviet Armed Forces on Cuban territory is necessary for the provision ofContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8”

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”