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November 12, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 6:15 p.m., Monday A description of how the American blockade against Cuba has hurt its production, shipping and foreign commerce capabilities. And according to this telegram, the damage that the Cuban economy is suffering is turning this country still more dependent on Soviet help in the immediate future.
November 9, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 7:45 p.m., Friday Pinto describes his conversation with the Cuban Minister of External Relations, Raúl Roa, which he says confirmed his impressions that the Cuban government, conscious of the gravity of the situation, is disposed to make concessions to reach a minimal guarantee.
November 9, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 11:30 a.m., Friday Pinto meets with Anastas Mikoyan and Fidel Castro to discuss Brazilian-Soviet-Cuban relations.
November 5, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 5:30 p.m., Monday Pinto relays the message that Mikoyan intends to remain in Cuba at least one week, permiting a complete review of relations between Cuba and Russia, in face of the last events.
October 29, 1962	Telegram from Brazilian Embassy in Washington (Campos), 1:30 p.m., Monday Secretary of State Dean Rusk tells Brazilian officials about letters that have been sent between Kennedy and Khrushchev discussing missile bases in both Cuba and Turkey.
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.
October 25, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington A telegram from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington relaying a message from the Brazilian Embassy in Moscow regarding their interpretations of the Soviet Union's position on the events related to the Cuban Missile Crisis and U.S.-Cuban relations. The ambassador feels that the Soviets fear war more than the North-Americans; and he says that at no point does the Soviet government specifically refute the NorthAmerican affirmation that it is sending an amount of offensive armament with Cuba, limiting itself to reiterating that the Cuban-Soviet accord of 3 September for defensive military help to Cuba continues in force.
October 23, 1962	Telegram from Brazilian Embassy in Washington (Campos), 1 p.m., Tuesday Suggestion for a decision to internationalize the Cuban crisis would permit Cuba and the Soviet Union to "save face", diminishing the dangerous possibility of direct confrontation.
October 31, 1962	Air Letter from Mexican Embassy, Rio de Janeiro An air letter from Mexican Embassy describing Brazil's role as the mediator of the Cuban crisis, the dismantling of Cuban nuclear weapons bases, and the role of the UN in this conflict.