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November 5, 1962

Telegram from TROSTNIK (Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky) to PAVLOV (General Isa Pliev)

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From TROSTNIK[1] to comrade PAVLOV[2]

 

With regard to warheads for “Luna,” FKR [cruise missiles] and IL-28 airplanes, so far their withdrawal has not been discussed.  They should be left in Cuba under your command.

 

Director

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[circa 5 November 1962]

 

[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 Issa A. Pliyev, commander of Soviet forces in Cuba. 

 

 

 

Malinovsky informs Pliev that withdrawal of Luna missiles, FKR [cruise missiles] and IL-28 airplanes has not been discussed and they will probably be left in Cuba under his command.

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Archive of the President of the Russian Federation, Special Declassification, April 2002. Translated by Svetlana Savranskaya

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