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November 2, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Envoy G. Zhukov to CC CPSU Soviet envoy to the UN, G. Zhukov, reports to the Soviet leadership on his discussion with US diplomat John McCloy. The US diplomat said that the US hoped the U2 spy plane pictures taken the day before will show that the withdrawal of Soviet Missiles was proceeding as agreed. Provided that progress was made on the issue of Cuba, further cooperation between the two superpowers was possible, including an agreement on an atmospheric test ban and on the militarization of the outer space.
September 8, 1962	Memorandum, Malinovsky and Zakharov to Commander of Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba Malinovsky and Zakharov instruct the Commander of Soviet forces in Cuba on how to deploy navy, missile and air forces.
October 5, 1962	Handwritten Note for the Record by Colonel General S.P. Ivanov Ivanov takes notes on a conversation with Khrushchev regarding the progress of weapons en route to Cuba.
October 24, 1962	Letter from Khrushchev to John F. Kennedy Khrushchev expresses outrage at Kennedy’s establishment of quarantine in Cuba.
November 20, 1962	Memorandum from the Head of the USSR Merchant Fleet to the CC CPSU Bakaev tells the CC CPSU that Soviet ships en route to Cuba are subject to overhead flights and surveillance by Americans.
November 23, 1962	Cable from Mikoyan to CC CPSU Mikoyan relays Castro’s willingness to carry out demobilization.
November 30, 1962	A.I. Mikoyan, Memorandum of Conversation with Robert Kennedy A meeting in which Mikoyan recounts a dinner in which American officials and Soviet officials discuss the future of Soviet-American relations.
December 7, 1962	Memorandum from the Head of the USSR Merchant Fleet (Bakaev) to the CC CPSU Bakaev reports that all vessels carrying IL-28 planes en route to Cuba are subject to American surveillance.
December 10, 1962	Official Note from the US Embassy in Moscow to the USSR Foreign Ministry The U.S. Embassy releases a note from JFK stating that the quarantine in Cuba has been lifted on 20 November 1962.
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.