The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 Getting to Know the Cubans: Part 2

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Thursday, 3 November 2022 — The National Security Archive

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Che Guevara asked Soviet bloc to buy 4 million tons of Cuban sugar

Cubans described exact scenario of future Bay of Pigs invasion; asked for military training; wanted USSR to think of Cuba as its own territory

Please do not tell Fidel: Raúl Castro and Che Guevara hid communist party affiliations from Cuban leader

Washington, D.C., November 3, 2022 – As Cuban-Soviet ties grew stronger from late 1960 through early 1961, the Cubans repeatedly asked for military assistance and security guarantees from the Soviets and expressed growing concern about the threat of a U.S. intervention, according to Russian archival documents published today by the National Security Archive. The Cubans described to the Soviet leadership detailed scenarios for a Bay-of-Pigs style invasion only months before the Kennedy administration mounted its failed covert operation in April 1961.

Thursday, 3 November 2022 — The National Security Archive

Che Guevara asked Soviet bloc to buy 4 million tons of Cuban sugar

Cubans described exact scenario of future Bay of Pigs invasion; asked for military training; wanted USSR to think of Cuba as its own territory

Please do not tell Fidel: Raúl Castro and Che Guevara hid communist party affiliations from Cuban leader

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Thursday, 27 October 2022 — National Security Archive

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Friday, 21 October 2022 — National Security Archive

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Friday, 14 October 2022 — National Security Archive

Raul Castro wanted detailed Soviet security assurances, expected U.S. intervention

Khrushchev insisted intervention unlikely, urged flexibility on Cuba’s part

Soviet leader promised to fully replace U.S. as trade partner

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10 September 2021 — National Security Archive

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19 August 2021 — — Origin: National Security Archive

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