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November 1, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 1 November 1962 Based on the conversation between Paszkowski and Deputy Director of United States Department in the Ministry of International Affairs Sergey Kudryavstev, Jaszczuk describes the situation between the US, the USSR and Cuba after the recent talks and says that "We need to wait a few days for the results of the talks regarding Cuba" to take effect.
November 1, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 1 November 1962 Jaszczuk thinks that the public announcements that the US will not invade Cuba are a good start, but that they need to be "encapsulated in some kind of an international document."
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 31 October 1962 Jelen discusses Cuba's representation at the UN and meetings between U Thant and Cuban leadership officials.
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 31 October 1962 Jelen discusses the confusion which is taking place among the party apparatus and the Cuban leadership. He says, "The existence of such confusion is becoming more and more apparent in different conversations with the Cubans. It is very clear that they do not understand the international situation and one can sense among many of them the feeling of being abandoned by the USSR."
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington, 31 October 1962 Arthur Schlesinger, advisor to President Kennedy, confirms Drozniak's previous telegram report that " In [Schlesinger's] opinion, the assessment of the Soviet installation of the missiles in Cuba as the attempt to strengthen the [world] position of the USSR before a possible confrontation over Berlin, ended up prevailing within the US administration."
October 31, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 31 October 1962 US Ambassador Foy D. Kohler tells Jaszczuk that "The United States will not go into Cuba and it does not intend to topple Castro from outside of Cuba."
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington (Drozniak), 30 October 1962 Drozniak reports on information about the Cuban Missile Crisis - the US administration's opinion on Soviet missiles in Cuba, liquidating Guantanamo Base and missiles in Turkey.
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Havana (Jeleń), 30 October 1962 Jelen continues his analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington (Drozniak), 30 October 1962 Drozniak describes the situation of the security present at the Polish embassy in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Moscow (Jaszczuk), 30 October 1962 Jaszczuk discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis, saying "The situation of the past few days has been exceptionally tense. We were on the brink of war. The USSR had information about an imminent invasion of Cuba."