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October 28, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 6:45 p.m., Sunday Pinto describes a meeting with Roa in which Roa repeats a message from Fidel Castro's proclamation that the evacuation of the American base Guantanamo should be directed at not only the United States, but also the Soviet Union, to show both that Cuba is not a toy of the great powers and should be heard in the coming negotiations.
November 20, 1962	Brazilian Foreign Ministry Memorandum, 'Question of Cuba' A memorandum on the Cuban Missile Crisis covering perspectives from the three major actors: U.S., Soviet Union and Cuba.
November 1, 1962	Brazilian Embassy in Washington, Analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis Campos sends an attached memorandum of analysis of the developments of the Cuban crisis, elaborated by the Political Sector of the Embassy. It discusses Soviet motivation, American actions, Soviet reactions, etc.
October 28, 1962	Telegram from Brazilian Embassy in Washington (Campos), 2 p.m., Sunday Campos discusses agreements that are being made between Kennedy and Khrushchev regarding the immediate dismantling of the missile bases in Cuba, international inspections of Cuba, and an abandonment of the demand for reciprocity in Turkey.
October 28, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Washington (Campos), 2 p.m., Sunday Campos discusses the brief alleviation in tensions between the United States and Soviet Union over the Cuban issue due to a temporary accord for a limited-diversion of the Soviet ships.
October 27, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico (Pio Corrêa), 7 a.m., Saturday An official of the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico describes a meeting with the under-Secretary of External Relations, who communicated his conviction that the the United States is not disposed to negotiate on the Cuban question and has decided to intervene militarily on the island, since it is persuaded that the military and political base that has been established by the USSR disturbs the world equilibrium between the two blocs.
October 26, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Delegation at the OAS, Washington, 6:30 p.m., Friday The Brazilian Delegation to the OAS reports that the American Delegation at the General Assembly of the United Nations will enter into contact with the Brazilian Delegation to examine the proposal for banning nuclear arms in Latin America and Africa. In the opinion of the Brazilian Delegation, the North American interest in the proposition is aimed at neutralizing the effect of the Soviet manifestation.
October 26, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 6 p.m., Friday A report on a meeting between the ambassador of Yugoslavia [Boško Vidaković] with President [Osvaldo] Dorticós to discuss American planes making low-level flights over Cuba and, according to information received recently (at the time), the American attack being imminent.
October 26, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 6 p.m., Friday A telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba, describing the paralyzed activities in Cuba due to the incalculable damage to the economy of the country because of the American blockade.
October 26, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Washington (Campos), Noon, Friday Campos offers an analytical review of the latest events in the Cuban Crisis, which has led him to some conclusions, including the goals of the United States government (to block new offensive arms from arriving in Cuba and to obtain the dismantling or removal of the present warlike installations).