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,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 26”
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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 fromContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 20”
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 allContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 15”
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