October 23, 1962
Telegram from TROSTNIK (Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky) to PAVLOV (General Isa Pliev)
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TROSTNIK[1]…to Comrade PAVLOV[2]
From 00 Moscow time on 24 October establish two-way radio connection on two directions on radio station R-100. Also establish round-the-clock reception on the radio receiver “Volna-K” in radio network # 21 at the frequency 17.1 kHz.
Director
23 October
[1] Trostnik, which means "reed" in Russian, was a code name for Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky.
[2] "Pavlov" was used as a code name for General Isa A. Pliev, commander of Soviet forces in Cuba.
Malinovsky instructs Pliev to establish a two-way radio connection.
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