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Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 35

Approximately 5 November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV             After conversion training for the Cubans, weapons are to be handed over to Cuba within the following time frames:             MSP [motorized rifle regiment] – 3-4 months;             PVO [air defense] and VMF [Navy] – 8-10 months;Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 35”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34

First week of November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV             As regards the warheads for the Luna, FKR, and Il-28 aircraft, there has yet to be talk about removing them.  We need to leave them in Cuba, at your disposal.             DIRECTOR             No. 76190/sh TranslatorContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34”

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 31

28 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Mainovskiy to Pliyev forbidding use of fighter aviation assets TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20150                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV             In addition to the instruction to not employ the S-75, also accept that fighterContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 31”

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 28

27 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev forbidding use of nuclear weapons without order from Moscow TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20076                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV Re: No. 8/154             It is expressly confirmed that employing nuclear weapons fromContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 28”

Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 25

27 October 1962 / Malinovskiy’s order to Pliyev to dispatch ALEKSANDROVSK TOP SECRET (when filled in) To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20109                         TROSTNIK                 to Comrade PAVLOV Re: No. 8/162             ALEKSANDROVSK is to be dispatched to the Soviet Union under escort by motorship BRATSK.             Report when sheContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 25”

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 23

27 October 1962 / Directive from the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee in response to PAVLOV’s enciphered cable Communist Party of the Soviet Union CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOP SECRET No. P62/P To Comrades Khrushchev, Malinovskiy Extract from record No. 62 of the meeting of the Presidium of the TsK KPSS from 27 October 1962 TelegramContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 23”

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 fromContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 20”