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July 5, 1961	Record of a Conversation between N. S. Khrushchev and Chen Yi, Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Chen asks Khrushchev to go over the pressing international issues and he presents the USSR's stances on the situation in Laos, South Korea, and Cuba. Khrushchev also raises problems in GDR and difficulties in negotiations with Western powers with regards to the German question. Khrushchev also mentions Soviet plans to launch a spaceship and resume nuclear testing. The two leaders also discuss the challenges of agricultural development.
September 20, 1960	Record of Conversation between N.S. Khrushchev and Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro
December 8, 1962	Report on Talk between Nicolae Ceauşescu and Nikita Khrushchev, Moscow, 8 June 1963 (excerpt) Ceauşescu was sent in the USSR by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej to establish a meeting between Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and Nikita Khrushchev. During the meeting, Nikita Khrushchev said to Nicolae Ceauşescu: “By sending missiles to Cuba, we ourselves put our head in a bind. I know comrade Gheorghiu-Dej was upset that I had not informed about sending missiles to Cuba. And he has been rightly upset."
December 11, 1962	Documents Concerning Conversations in Moscow between Cuban Communist Official Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev The report of a conversation in Moscow between Cuban Communist Official Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev, discussing Soviet-Cuban relations and public announcements of support.
December 3, 1962	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Presidium Protocol 71 Protocol 71 gives details to the immediate fallout of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the Soviet perspective. Thanks to Castro’s so-called Armageddon letter and his five points, by December 1962 (date of this protocol), Khrushchev was calling the Cubans “unreliable allies.”
July 12, 1962	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Presidium Protocol 41 Protocol 41 details a meeting on a group of economic advisers sent to Cuba from the Soviet Union.
October 27, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to Cuba A.I. Alekseev to USSR Foreign Ministry Castro’s response to a Soviet Foreign Ministry telegram regarding the prohibition of special arms and possible US invasion.
November 5, 1962	Telegram from USSR Foreign Minister Gromyko to Mikoyan and Alekseev in Havana Response to Alekseev’s telegram regarding Fidel Castro’s doubts as to the Khrushchev-Kennedy exchange of letters.
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.