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Two German Spies Alert the Soviets to Germany’s War Preparations: Alta, Ariyets, and Barbarossa

On December 29, 1940, a decrypted report from Berlin landed on Stalin’s desk. “Meteor,” a resident of the intelligence directorate of the Red Army General Staff reported from Berlin: “‘Alta’ has reported that Hitler gave the order (learned from ‘Ariyets’ in highly informed circles) on preparations for war with the USSR, which is planned toContinueContinue reading “Two German Spies Alert the Soviets to Germany’s War Preparations: Alta, Ariyets, and Barbarossa”

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,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 26”