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April 5, 1963

From the Journal of A.I. Alekseyev, 'Record of a Conversation with Fidel Castro Ruz, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, 7 March 1963'

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Top Secret Copy Nº 1

5 April 1963

Outgoing Nº 12

 

from the journal of

A. I. ALEKSEYEV

 

 

RECORD OF A CONVERSATION

 

with Fidel CASTRO RUZ, Prime Minister

of the Republic of Cuba

 

7 March 1963

 

I met with F. Castro in order to pass him Cde. N. S. Khrushchev’s personal letter of 6 March.

 

Fidel was very pressed for time at the ORO National Leadership meeting, and therefore he invited me to his car, where I passed him the aforementioned letter. In the situation which developed he could not familiarize himself with the text of the letter and I passed him the content of the letter orally. We arranged to meet and talk another time.

 

Castro told about his decision in principle to go to the [Soviet] Union at approximately the time we had named, but promised to report a specific date later.

 

USSR AMBASSADOR IN THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA (A. ALEKSEYEV)

 

 

Alekseyev delivers a letter from Khrushchev, and Fidel Castro promises to choose a date for his visit to the Soviet Union.


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AVP RF, f. 0104, op. 19, p. 124, d. 3, l. 106. Obtained by James G. Hershberg and translated by Gary Goldberg.

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2018-06-27

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Memorandum of Conversation

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177845

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