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March 11, 1976	Minutes of the Meeting between Todor Zhivkov and Fidel Castro in Sofia Conversation for the record between Zhivkov and Castro during a four-day-long state visit of the Cuban leader to Bulgaria. Among the main issues discussed was the state of economic development in both countries, their relations with Albania, China, Romania and Yugoslavia; the Cuban foreign policy in Africa and the Caribbean; the civil war in Angola; the battle for the Third World.
October 23, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to the USSR MFA Dobrynin sends a report on the general mood of Washington DC, by way of media and observation, regarding Kennedy’s establishment of a quarantine around Cuba.
October 25, 1962	Telegram from the Soviet representative to the United Nations, Valerian Zorin, to the USSR MFA Zorin reports on a meeting of the UN Security Council.
October 27, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to the USSR MFA Dobrynin relays the mood of the American capital and the presence of a real possibility of US incursion in Cuba.
October 28, 1962	Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko's Instructions to the USSR representative at the United Nations Gromyko sends instructions to Zorin regarding negotiations and UN inspections in Cuba.
October 28, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to USSR MFA Dobrynin’s description of R. Kennedy’s response to Khrushchev’s message
September 14, 1962	M. Zakharov and S. P. Ivanov to N.S. Khrushchev Zakharov and Ivanov report to Khrushchev the extent of US surveillance in Cuba and request extra fortifications for Soviet ships in Cuban waters.
October 28, 1962	Telegram from Soviet delegate to the UN Zorin to USSR Foreign Ministry on meeting with Cuban delegate to the UN Garcia-Inchaustegui A meeting where Zorin and Garcia-Inchaustegui discuss a proposed visit by U Thant to Cuba and new US action if Cuban construction projects relating to armament building did not stop.
October 28, 1962	Telegram from USSR Foreign Ministry to Soviet diplomats in Washington, Havana and New York US procedures for ships bound for or in transit to Cuba.
October 26, 1962	Telegram from Soviet delegate to the UN Zorin to USSR Foreign Ministry (3) on the meeting between Garcia-Inchaustegui and U Thant on October 26, 1962 The meeting between the Cuban delegate to the UN Garcia-Inchaustegui and U Thant.