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November 19, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Moscow (da Cunha), 6 p.m., Monday Da Cunha reports that the Soviet press (and government) has hidden from its readers the recent evolution of the Cuban problem/crisis.
November 16, 1962	Telegram from Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 6:30 p.m., Friday Pinto discusses the current situation in Cuba and feels certain that Cuba depends more and more on Soviet economic help, but that Fidel Castro feels sure of that there will only be an overthrow due to an American invasion or by a prolonged total blockade, that will have more grave international implications.
November 16, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 4:30 p.m., Friday Pinto analyzes Fidel Castro's decision to accept the “unilateral inspection,” when, beforehand, he always rejected inspection of this character.
November 14, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 3:15 p.m., Wednesday The tight secrecy continues to surround the conversations with Anastas Mikoyan, however in a conversation with Pinto, he reveals information concerning: Fidel Castro, Cuban-Soviet relations during the crisis and Cuba's refusal to submit to international inspections.
November 14, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 12:15 p.m., Wednesday A conversation between Pinto and Raul Roa discussing denuclearization of Latin America and the dismantling of bases like Guantanamo. Pinto also writes that the denuclearization of Africa was an initiative of Fidel Castro in the UN in 1960, and he praised the Brazilian draft, saying that, with the Cuban amendments, it would be an effective guarantee for Latin America and an important step toward disarmament and the suspension of nuclear tests.
November 10, 1962	Telegram-Letter from Brazilian Embassy in Washington (Campos), 10-13 November 1962 In conversation with a high officials from the State Department about the prospects of the Cuban situation, three hypotheses about the future Soviet comportment are discussed: 1) abandon entirely the government of Fidel Castro to its own fate; 2) limit itself to leave constituted in Cuba a socialist regime, based on a well-structured communist party and endowed with a repressive political machine, as a political base of propaganda and infiltration in Latin America and 3) to intensify Soviet technical and economic assistance in a manner to transform Cuba into a living demonstration of the efficacy of communism as an instrument of economic development in Latin America. The letter goes on to describe these three points in more detail.
November 12, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 7 p.m., Monday A description of Brazil's resolution to the United Nations General Assembly regarding Cuba and the denuclearization of Latin America, as well as where the resolution stands in the Assembly thus far.
November 12, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 6:15 p.m., Monday A description of how the American blockade against Cuba has hurt its production, shipping and foreign commerce capabilities. And according to this telegram, the damage that the Cuban economy is suffering is turning this country still more dependent on Soviet help in the immediate future.
November 9, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 7:45 p.m., Friday Pinto describes his conversation with the Cuban Minister of External Relations, Raúl Roa, which he says confirmed his impressions that the Cuban government, conscious of the gravity of the situation, is disposed to make concessions to reach a minimal guarantee.
November 9, 1962	Telegram from the Brazilian Delegation at the UN General Assembly, New York, 2:30 p.m., Friday In the XVII session of the General Assembly of the UN, the Delegates from Canada, Sweden, and Ghana referred exhaustively to the Brazilian draft about denuclearization of Latin America and expressed support to the ideas it contains.