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Fidel Castro, 1959.

Castro, Fidel

1926- 2016

Cuba's National Capitol Building, January 2010.

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Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Angola

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Kudryavtsev, Sergey Mikhailovich

1915- 1998

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Alekseyev, Alexander Ivanovich

1913- 1989

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

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Soviet Union. Embassy (Cuba)

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Anastas Mikoyan in 1959

Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich

1895- 1978

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Fireworks over the closing ceremonies of the Seoul Olympics, 1988

1988 Seoul Olympic Games

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October 27, 1962	Telegram from Soviet delegate to the UN Zorin to USSR Foreign Ministry Soviet response to American changes to U Thant’s proposal.
January 26, 1968	Fragments of the Intervention of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro at the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party January 25-26, 1968. F. Castro speaks of relations with the US and Kennedy, friendship with the USSR, as well as placement of missiles, security issues as the US's imperialistic nature, while extolling the virtures of socialism, Cuba, and "The Revolution." Castro also stresses that Soviet withdrawal of weapons from Cuba is a blow to the international Communist movement.
December 30, 1962	Words from Commander-in-Chief Dr. Fidel Castro at the Promotion of Officials Celebrated at the base La Cabana Words from Fidel Castro at the promotion of FAR officials held at La Cabana.
May 10, 1979	Letter from R. Castro to Gen. D. Stoyanov Inviting Gen. P. Chergilanov to Visit Cuba
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.
November 23, 1962	Cable from Mikoyan to CC CPSU Mikoyan relays Castro’s willingness to carry out demobilization.
November 5, 1962	Conversation between the Cuban Leadership and Mikoyan During Mikoyan's visit to Cuba, the Cuban leadership explains its position following the Missile Crisis. Fidel Casto suggests that, while the Cuban leadership still believes that the Soviet Union is sincere in its desire to protect the Cuban Revolution, mistakes had been made during the crisis. The Soviet decision to withdraw the weapons should was based on the exchanges between the Soviet leadership and US President John F. Kennedy, not on the previous agreements between the USSR and Cuba. Castro suggests that the USSR could chose to go back on its security guarantees to Cuba in order to safeguard the peace, but that the Cubans will resist American agression nevertheless. The document only contains the Cuban responses to Mikoyan, without the Soviet leader's answers.
June 25, 1979	Soviet Ambassador to Cuba V.I. Vorotnikov, Memorandum of Conversation with Fidel Castro Memorandum of conversation between Soviet Ambassador Vorotnikov and Fidel Castro
May 25, 1980	Transcript of Conversation between Cuban Premier Fidel Castro and East German leader Erich Honecker, Havana, (excerpt) Memorandum of conversation between Castro and Honecker regarding the bilateral relations, US-Cuban relations, and Soviet-Cuban relations
November 23, 1981	Transcript of Meeting between US Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Cuban Vice Premier Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Mexico City Memorandum of conversation taken during the secret meeting between Alexander Haig and Cuban Vice Premier arranged by Carlos R. Rodriguez, Mexican Foreign Minister, in Mexico City