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October 25, 1962	Telegram from Soviet delegate to the United Nations V. A. Zorin to USSR Foreign Ministry Preparation for an upcoming meeting with acting UN Secretary U Thant, a meeting with the Soviet Union that will take place between U Thant’s meetings with the US and Cuba. Zorin says they will transmit Khrushchev’s message during the meeting that the Soviet agrees with U Thant’s proposal of holding a negotiation for a peaceful settlement in the Caribbean region. He also says the Soviet should expect the US would not agree to the suspension of “quarantine” activity only after the removal of “offensive weaponry” from Cuba. Soviet, however, would insist the negotiation to be based on U Thant’s proposal of suspending arms stockpiling in Cuba, which is supported by neutral countries.
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.
November 27, 1962	Letter from Blas Roca in Regards to Post-Missile Crisis Cuba Letter from Blas Roca and Note Translated from President Osvaldo Dorticos. Among other things, he discusses American foreign policy in Cuba, including Guantanamo Bay and the U.S. invasions, and the significance of Marxism.
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.
October 24, 1962	Letter from Khrushchev to John F. Kennedy Khrushchev expresses outrage at Kennedy’s establishment of quarantine in Cuba.
September 1, 1979	Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Vorotnikov, Memorandum of Conversation with Raul Castro Raul Castro discusses with the Soviet Ambassador in Cuba the position to be adopted by the Cuban and Soviet governments with regard to the presence of Soviet soldiers in Cuba. Raul Castro also informs the Soviet Ambassador of the discussions that took place between Fidel Castro and Josip Tito in Havana during the meeting of the non-aligned countries.
September 27, 1979	CPSU CC Politburo Decision with Brezhnev-Carter Hotline Correspondence Telegram, in response to the President of the USA, regarding the issue of the Soviet military personnel in Cuba
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 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.