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June 26, 1950	Top Secret Report on the Military Situation in South Korea from Shtykov to Comrade Zakharov Report from Shtykov to Zakharov detailing North Korean advances on the first day of the Korean War. Included is a list of conclusions drawn up by Shtykov regarding the conduct of Northern and Southern forces thus far.
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May 24, 1962	R. Malinovsky and M. Zakharov, Memorandum on Deployment of Soviet Forces to Cuba Zakharov and Malinovsky send to Khrushchev the Ministry of Defense’s proposal to send troops and supplies to Cuba. Zakharov and Malinovsky give further detail as to the nature of material to be sent to Cuba and a timetable for building launch pads and assembling missiles.
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