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August 23, 1962	Soviet Report on American Attempts at Disseminating Fabricated News on Cuba Report on the American effort to spread false rumors about the arrival of Soviet military equipments and personnel in Cuba. To counter this subversive attempt, the Cuban security organs has established full control of foreign correspondence and captured maps and intelligence reports.
November 21, 1962	News Wire Dispatch on United Press International Agency Coverage of the US-USSR negotiations Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) news wire dispatch. The United Press International Agency reported on the sides' softened stances in negotiation and U Thant's role in the inspection issue.
October 28, 1962	Letter from Fidel Castro to Khrushchev Fidel Castro explained to Khrushchev his decision to shoot down American planes operating in Cuban air space and reaffirmed his opposition to any inspection of Cuban territory.
October 26, 1962	Telegram from Fidel Castro to N. S. Khrushchev In his message to Khrushchev, Fidel Castro evaluated the two possible scenarios of American aggression against Cuba. Castro seems to suggest a retaliatory nuclear strike against the US in the case of an attack on Cuba.
November 4, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to Cuba A.I. Alekseev to USSR Foreign Ministry Alekseev sends the results of a meeting with Cuban leadership, the Cubans were expressing discontent because of the fact that Soviet government had not consulted them on a number of issues.
November 5, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Alekssev to USSR Foreign Ministry Alekseev reports to the Foreign Ministry about Castro’s dissatisfaction about not being consulted regarding the question of dismantling. Alekseev shows him some letters that passed between Khrushchev and Kennedy.
November 5, 1962	Telegram from USSR Foreign Minister Gromyko to Mikoyan and Alekseev in Havana Response to Alekseev’s telegram regarding Fidel Castro’s doubts as to the Khrushchev-Kennedy exchange of letters.
November 3, 1962	Notes of Conversation between A.I. Mikoyan and Fidel Castro Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Alexeev reports on the conversation between Mikoyan and Fidel Castro. The Cuban leader expresses his disappointment that the Cuban leadership was not consulted on the issue of withdrawing Soviet weapons from Cuba and on the Cuban Missile Crisis in general, and emphasizes the negative impact it has had and confusion it has caused on the Cuban people.
November 4, 1962	Memorandum of Conversation between Castro and Mikoyan Mikoyan discusses the Soviet decision to exclude the Cubans from negotiations with the US, regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis, with Cuban leadership.
November 5, 1962	Memorandum of Conversation between Castro and Mikoyan Mikoyan, Castro and the Cuban leadership firther discuss the Soviet Union’s lack of regard for the Cubans during the missile crisis and the nature of UN inspections.