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November 23, 1962	Cable from Mikoyan to CC CPSU Mikoyan relays Castro’s willingness to carry out demobilization.
December 7, 1962	Memorandum from the Head of the USSR Merchant Fleet (Bakaev) to the CC CPSU Bakaev reports that all vessels carrying IL-28 planes en route to Cuba are subject to American surveillance.
October 28, 1962	Cable from USSR Ambassador to Cuba Alekseev to Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alekseev transmits the details of a meeting with President Dorticos, who relays the feeling of the Cuban people regarding Soviet withdrawal of missiles.
November 5, 1962	Conversation between the Cuban Leadership and Mikoyan During Mikoyan's visit to Cuba, the Cuban leadership explains its position following the Missile Crisis. Fidel Casto suggests that, while the Cuban leadership still believes that the Soviet Union is sincere in its desire to protect the Cuban Revolution, mistakes had been made during the crisis. The Soviet decision to withdraw the weapons should was based on the exchanges between the Soviet leadership and US President John F. Kennedy, not on the previous agreements between the USSR and Cuba. Castro suggests that the USSR could chose to go back on its security guarantees to Cuba in order to safeguard the peace, but that the Cubans will resist American agression nevertheless. The document only contains the Cuban responses to Mikoyan, without the Soviet leader's answers.
June 25, 1979	Soviet Ambassador to Cuba V.I. Vorotnikov, Memorandum of Conversation with Fidel Castro Memorandum of conversation between Soviet Ambassador Vorotnikov and Fidel Castro
December 27, 1979	Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Cuba A.S. Seletskii and Jose Antonio Arbesu, Head of the USA sector of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee Memorandum of conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Cuba and Head of the USA sector of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee about the US-Cuban relations
August 4, 1961	Secret Agreement Between Cuba and the USSR Regarding Exchange of Special Materials Agreement between the Republic of Cuba and the USSR regarding a provision of special materials to Cuba and payment for these materials. Also attached are two lists enumerating supplies given to Cuba by the USSR.
September 30, 1961	Agreement and Lists to the Secret Agreement Between Cuba and the USSR An agreement between Cuba and the USSR on the provision of special materials to Cuba and payment for these materials. Three annexes are included. Annex I: lists war materials provided by the USSR in 1961-2. 1/3 of the value paid. Annex II: lists materials in 1962-63. 2/3 of the value paid. AnnexIII: lists materials in 1962-3. Total value paid.
March 23, 1962	Letter to Comrade Brisuela Letter written to Comrade Carlos C. Brisuela, a representative of the Cuban government. Two annexes are attached. These state that the USSR will provide to Cuba (in addition to the materials provided by the 30 Sept. 1961 agreement) the materials as specified in Annex I. Apart from the provision provided by Annex I, the USSR will provide materials in accordance with Annex II. In all other affairs, the parties are guided by the original Sept. 1961 agreement.
July 13, 1962	Secret Agreement July 13, 1962 Agreement with annexes between Cuba and the USSR. A memo from the USSR Council of Ministers allowing negotiations, and the signing of the protocol regarding special materials for the agreement between the USSR and Cuba.