July 30, 1962
Letter, Chief of the Main Staff of Ground Forces, General-Colonel Shtemenko, to Chief of the General Staff, Cde M.V. Zakharov
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[Main Staff of the Ground Forces letterhead]
[handwritten: 30] July 1962
Nº [handwritten: 295861]
SECRET
Copy Nº [handwritten: 1]
[stamp] DECLASSIFIED
TO THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF
Cde. M. V. ZAKHAROV
In accordance with the “Anadyr’” operation being conducted the chiefs of the troop arms and services have developed recommendations about the operation and storage of weapons, military equipment, and ammunition in the conditions of a tropical climate.
These materials have not been distributed to the units formed according to organizational measures.
In submitting the developed recommendations I ask your instructions regarding this question.
Attachment; mb Nº 3/2371 on 32 sheets.
CHIEF OF THE MAIN STAFF OF GROUND FORCES
GENERAL-COLONEL
[signature]
SHTEMENKO
[handwritten: to Cde. T. T. Yeliseyev, Cde. P. V. Ageyev: Consider. It will need to be distributed. (illegible signature) August 1. (illegible signature) August 1.]
A request from the Soviet Chief of Ground Forces as to how to proceed with recommendations regarding the effects that Cuba's tropical climate had on the use and storage of Soviet weapons and equipment.
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