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November 10, 1962	Message from Raul Roa to the Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Regarding Cuban Missile Crisis Resolution Coding cable number 725 from Raul Roa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations. He discusses the inspections of the Soviet navy and the packing and return of missiles.
November 11, 1962	Message from Raul Roa to Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Regarding Brazillian Proposal Cable coded number 727 from Raul Roa to Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations. Offers three amendments to Brazillian proposal: include Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal in the territorial region, guarantee that nuclear bombs won't be used against Latin America, and the suppression of certain military bases in Latin America or Africa with nuclear potential, including Guantanamo.
November 11, 1962	Message from Raul Roa to Cuban Ambassador the the United Nations Regarding Resolution Agreement Cable coded number 730 from Raul Roa to Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations. Roa discusses the editing and changes made to resolution document and includes conditions for approval.
December 3, 1963	Notes from Carlos Lechuga in a New York bookstore October 22 1962 - December 03 1963. Personal notes of Ambassador Carlos Lechuga (transcription of the manuscript originally composed by Lechuga). Thoughts about the Cold War are organized in a loose timeline.
November 1, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister V.V. Kuznetsov to USSR Foreign Ministry Kuznetsov sends the results of a meeting between Castro and U Thant, regarding UN representatives, the blockade and U Thant’s report to the UN.
October 29, 1962	Memorandum of Conversation between Soviet Foreign Ministry AA Gromyko and Carlos Olivares Sanchez Conversation between Gromyko and Sanchez where Sanchez asks the Soviet opinion on a number of issues, including the US blockade of Cuba and Castro’s recent speech.
October 29, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov to USSR Foreign Ministry Kuznetsov sends the results of a meeting with UN Sec. General U Thant.
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to the US Dobrynin to the USSR Foreign Ministry Dobrynin discusses a meeting with Robert Kennedy, where Robert Kennedy sends back Khrushchev’s letter to John F. Kennedy, stating that a confidential and oral exchange is better regarding the subject of Turkey, rather than a confidential and written exchange.
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov and Ambassador to the UN Zorin to USSR Foreign Minstry (1) Thoughts and opinions from Kuznetsov and Zorin regarding Cuba: namely the possibility of US invasion, U Thant’s intention to talk with Castro, a UN proposal to the US for a framework to end the blockade and the make-up of a UN presence in Cuba.
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov to Soviet Foreign Ministry (1) on the second meeting with U Thant on October 29, 1962 Kuznetsov sends the results of a meeting with U Thant, regarding the dismantling of weapons in Cuba.