CABLE FROM JAPANESE EMBASSY IN MOSCOW TO TOKYO
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A cable from the Foreign Minister Ohira to the Charges d'affaires ad interim Shigemitsu regarding the situation in Moscow over the Cuban blockade. The cable gives an overall report of the atmosphere in Moscow by describing the people and press gathered around the U.S. Embassy in Moscow."Cable from Japanese Embassy in Moscow to Tokyo," October 24, 1962, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (“Cuban Domestic Policies and Situation: 1959-1975” file), Tokyo. Obtained and translated for CWIHP by Masaki Hirata. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/115050 - Share
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Transmitted from Moscow 10/24/1962 19:53 Received in Tokyo 10/25/1962 05:31 To Foreign Minister [Masayoshi] Ohira from Chargés d’affaires ad interim [Akira] Shigemitsu Re: The Situation in Moscow on the Cuban Blockade The following is a report on the overall atmosphere in Moscow: 1. Several dozen policemen have been dispatched to guard the US Embassy since the afternoon of the 24th of October. 2. There were people on the street in front of the Embassy (about 230 at approximately 17:30) who seemed to be just spectators. On the trees on the street, we observed many leaflets which criticized US actions against Cuba. More people gathered with placards in their hands. They mentioned that “the US should keep away from Cuba” or that “Cuban freedom is our freedom.” According to what one of the persons said, Lumumba University students would stage a demonstration soon. 3. A person who looked like a radio reporter was recording the voices of people with a recorder around the Embassy.