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November 8, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 8 November 1962 Jelen reports on the talks regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis, especially the issues coming from the Cuban side of the talks.
November 3, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington (Drozniak), 3 November 1962 In a conversation between Drozniak and Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Walt Rostow, Rostow compares "the initial stages of the armed conflict in Cuba to the [Japanese attacks on] Pearl Harbor [on 7 December 1941]. [He said that President] Kennedy was ready for war. The most pressing issue at the moment is a quick removal of the [Soviet] missiles from Cuba."
November 3, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington (Drozniak), 3 November 1962 Drozniak reports on the information from several sources on the Cuban Missile Crisis, particularly the White House and State Department's reactions to the agreement to dismantle the Soviet missiles in Cuba and the continued trouble they are having with Castro's refusal to allow UN inspections.
November 1, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 1 November 1962 Based on the conversation between Paszkowski and Deputy Director of United States Department in the Ministry of International Affairs Sergey Kudryavstev, Jaszczuk describes the situation between the US, the USSR and Cuba after the recent talks and says that "We need to wait a few days for the results of the talks regarding Cuba" to take effect.
November 1, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 1 November 1962 Jaszczuk thinks that the public announcements that the US will not invade Cuba are a good start, but that they need to be "encapsulated in some kind of an international document."
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 31 October 1962 Jelen discusses Cuba's representation at the UN and meetings between U Thant and Cuban leadership officials.
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 31 October 1962 Jelen discusses the confusion which is taking place among the party apparatus and the Cuban leadership. He says, "The existence of such confusion is becoming more and more apparent in different conversations with the Cubans. It is very clear that they do not understand the international situation and one can sense among many of them the feeling of being abandoned by the USSR."
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington, 31 October 1962 Arthur Schlesinger, advisor to President Kennedy, confirms Drozniak's previous telegram report that " In [Schlesinger's] opinion, the assessment of the Soviet installation of the missiles in Cuba as the attempt to strengthen the [world] position of the USSR before a possible confrontation over Berlin, ended up prevailing within the US administration."
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 31 October 1962 US Ambassador Foy D. Kohler tells Jaszczuk that "The United States will not go into Cuba and it does not intend to topple Castro from outside of Cuba."
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 30 October 1962 Jelen continues his analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis.