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October 5, 1962

Malinovsky Report on Special Ammunition for Operation Anadyr

The Defense Minister's report to Khrushchev about the progress of shipping of Soviet armaments to Cuba specifically states that Aleksandrovsk was fully loaded and ready to sail.

October 1964

The Polyansky Report on Khrushchev’s Mistakes in Foreign Policy, October 1964

Excerpt from a report prepared by Politiburo member Dmitry Polyansky on Khrushchev's foreign policy mistakes, presented at 14 October 1964 CPSU Central Committee plenum. Polyansky included a scathing denunciation of Khrushchev’s “adventurism” in sending the missiles to Cuba, causing the “deepest of crises [that] brought the world to the brink of a nuclear war.” Ridiculing Khrushchev’s claims of having achieved a successful “penetration” of Latin America, Polyansky dismissed his contention that the crisis had in fact ended with a Soviet victory.

September 8, 1962

Memorandum, Malinovsky and Zakharov to Commander of Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba

Malinovsky and Zakharov instruct the Commander of Soviet forces in Cuba on how to deploy navy, missile and air forces.

October 5, 1962

Handwritten Note for the Record by Colonel General S.P. Ivanov

Ivanov takes notes on a conversation with Khrushchev regarding the progress of weapons en route to Cuba.

October 24, 1962

Letter from Khrushchev to John F. Kennedy

Khrushchev expresses outrage at Kennedy’s establishment of quarantine in Cuba.

October 28, 1962

Memorandum from S. P. Ivanov and R. Malinovsky to N. S. Khrushchev

Malinovsky and S.P. Ivanov report the shooting down of an American aircraft, which had taken surveillance pictures of the disposition of troops on Cuba.

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.

June 20, 1962

List of Troops and Commanders to take part in Operation "Anadyr"

A description of the staff and crew of the Soviet Operation "Anadyr."

September 6, 1962

Memorandum from R. Malinovsky to N.S. Khrushchev, 6 September 1962

Malinovsky informs Khrushchev of the details regarding transport of missiles to Cuba and about reinforcing Cuba by air and adding to the troops already present.