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October 26, 1962	Telegram from Soviet delegate to the UN Zorin to USSR Foreign Ministry (3) on the meeting between Garcia-Inchaustegui and U Thant on October 26, 1962 The meeting between the Cuban delegate to the UN Garcia-Inchaustegui and U Thant.
October 28, 1962	Cable from USSR Ambassador to Cuba Alekseev to Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alekseev transmits the details of a meeting with President Dorticos, who relays the feeling of the Cuban people regarding Soviet withdrawal of missiles.
October 29, 1962	Record of Conversation between Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov and UN Secretary General U Thant Kuznetsov’s record of a conversation with U Thant discussing the dismantling of Russian weapons and the American quarantine.
October 24, 1962	Report to the CPSU Central Committee from Department of Agitation and Propaganda The Department of Agitation and Propaganda asks permission to increase the amount of radio broadcasts from Moscow to Cuba as a means to preempt the 24-hour broadcasts of the US.
October 24, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to the USSR MFA Dobrynin relays the results of a meeting with R. Kennedy during which R. Kennedy is outraged at the “deception” of the Soviet Union by putting long-range missiles in Cuba.
October 15, 1962	Cable from USSR Ambassador to the USA A.F. Dobrynin to Soviet Foreign Ministry Dobrynin reports confidential intelligence of "piratic raids by the so-called 'Alpha 66' group on the Cuban coast and on several vessels near Cuba are being carried out not from a base on the American mainland, but rather directly from the sea, from American landing ships carrying the corresponding cutters."
October 19, 1962	Cable from USSR ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to Soviet Foreign Ministry Dobrynin reports a speech made by Kennedy during a closed conference, where he discusses Cuba.
October 20, 1962	Cable from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko on 18 October 1962 meeting with President Kennedy (excerpts) Gromyko expresses that the Soviet government is committed to assist Cuba in the face of a US blockade. Kennedy says that the recent build up Soviet supplies to Cuba negatively affected the US population and Congress and that his actions were meant to calm public opinion; also that the US had no intention of invading Cuba.
October 22, 1962	Telegram from Soviet representative to the UN Zorin to Soviet Foreign Ministry Zorin transmits the US’s letter to the UN security council regarding Soviet weapons in Cuba. Zorin states that the US’s letter is a means to legitimize the US blockade on Cuba. Soviet representatives to the UN had a preliminary discussion with the Cuban representative about the possibility of submitting an examination of the issue of US action against Cuba before consulting with other members of the Council on the time for convening the meeting.
October 23, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to Cuba A.I. Alekseev to USSR Foreign Ministry Alekseev transmits that Cuba’s army has mobilized and the subsequent affect on Cuba’s economy because of Kennedy’s recent speech. Cuba waits for the Soviet Union’s opinion on the recent events.