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MESSAGE TO KENNEDY
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MOSCOW OOII$TIe: SERVICE IN RUSSIAN 1488 21 OCT 62 L
(TEXT) ESTIE"!D MR. PRESIDENTt I HAVt ACQUAINTED MYSEL' WITH
IlIUCHSATIS'ACTION
WITH YOUR REPLY TO U THANT TO THE E"ECT
THAT
STEPS IILL BE TAXIN TO EXCLUDE COMTACT BETwtEN OUft SKIPS AND THUS
AVOID lJUtEMEDABLE'ATEFut
CONSEQUENCES. THIS J!IASONABU STEP
ON YOUR'PAftT STIEN.THEMS MY (BELIEF) THAT YOU ARE SHOVINS CONCIRN
TO SA'EGUARDpEAC!. All) I NOTE THIS WITH SATISFACTION.
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I HAVE ALREADY SAID TffAT OUI PEOPLE AND eOVERNM11fT AND I
PERSONALLY. AS CHAIRIAN 0' THE COUNCIL 0' MINISTERS. ARE CONCERNED
SOLELY TKAT OUR COUNTRIES SHOULD DEVELOP. AND OCCupy A ,ORTHY PLACE
AMONa PIOPLE or THE WORLD INICONOMIC
COMPETITION, TH! DEVELOPMENT
('JOY CULTURE A_ ARTS, AND THE RAISINS 0' THE VEL.L-BEINe OF PEOPLE.
",THIS 1$ THE MOSTNOJLE AND NECESSARY 'IELD FOR COM1'ITITION, AND
tlVICTQI.i~VAM.UISHED
WILL ONLY (VOI9 INDISTINct)
rROM IT,
~.CAU""HlSHANS
PEACE AND INCREASED CO!1I00I111S rOR THE lI'E
f,."'ClUO'''!NT
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MAN •
STATEMENTt YOU SUpPORTIDTKE
THAT THE MAIN AIM
VAS NOT ONLY TO CO!!
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PREVENT CONTACT BETWEII OUR SHIPs.-"AND THEREFORE TM! DUPINING OF
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TO AI AeREE!!NT
OPINION
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AND TAXE MEASURES TO
~:!AC:~~~A:~lg:N:~ic~S
A~T=:s~~Ic~'A~~e~A~Kio:i~~
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BECAUSE OTHER rORCIS AMD LAWS IOU1.l) COME INTO ,0ICI··THE LAIS OF
VAft. I AGREE VITK YOU THAT THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP. THE MAIN
THINS THAT MUst BE DONE IS TO NORMALIZE AND STABILIZE
AND PEOPLE.
0' PEACE AMONG STATES
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN 'OR THI SECURITY
MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE 'IRST DUTY
HOVEVER, tiE ARE 'ORRIED
or
or
THE STATE
T1ft UNITED STATES.
ABOUT THE SAME IUESTIONS,
A 'RESIDENT.
AffD 1 BEAR THE
SAME OBLIGATIONS AS CHAIRMAN or THE USSR COUNCIL 0' MINISTERS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORRIED CONeERtUffS THE FACT THAT VE HAVE HE1.PED
CUBA WITH WEAPONS WITH THI AIM 0' STRENGTHENING ITS DErENSIVE
CAPACITY--YES.
PRECISELY ITS "DEFENSIVE CAPACITY---IECAUSE
NO
MATTER WHAT WEAPONS IT POSSESSES. CUBA CANNOT EQUAL. you. THEft
ARE DIFFERENT QUANTITIES,
ALL THE MORE so IF ONE TAUS INTO
CONSIDERATION THE MODERN MEANS 0' ExtERMINATION.
OUR AIM HAS BEEN AND STI1.L IS TO HELP CUBA. AND NO ONE CAN DENY
'.THEHU~ANEN~~~ 0' OUR MOTIVES, WHICHAR! TO ENABLE CUIA TO LIVE
~;.IN PEAC!~
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DEVELOP IHTKE
(lORE)
21 OCT 1183A M1.H/HM
VAY ITS PEOPLE DESIRE.
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X X X ITS PEOPLE DESIRE
(CONTINUING
TEXT) YOU WANT TO "AK! YOUR COUNTRY SAYt. THIS IS
aUT CUBA, TOO, WANTS THE SAME THING. ALL COUNTRIES
, WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES SAFt.
» UNDERSTANDABLE,
BUT HOW ARt WI, THE SOVIET UNION AND OUR GOVERNMENT,
YOUR ACTIONS
TO ASSESS
IN THE "FACT TltAT YOJ.,b1!AV£.SllRROUttmED
TKtSOJllEt---Uf6.O.N-·-w.l-r~.trit-AR"l'"USt.s.SURROUNDED
OUR AL1.I~S WITIi
MILiTARy, BM". LITtRAL.-l YO IS?OSEOl'!ILITARY
8AS[S."_AR9JJ!~L.QJJRCOuNnli_J~l~~~~
__~!JONED !(,..urf·~'O-cnT~AMAfltENTS nItRE? THIS IS NOT
A H~
ANlRICAN01J'!CIALS
ARE Dtt'!OMSTRATIVIl. Y SAYING THIS.
Yomf-"OCKITS
ARE SITUATED
IN BRITAIN
AND ITALY ANt> AIMED AGAINST
us.
VIUCH
ARE [XPRESS1D
YOUH ROCKETS ARE SITUAT£D
IN TURKEY.
YOU ARE WORRIED BY CUBA. YOU SAY THAT IT WORRI!S YOU BECAUSE. IT
91 MILES. BY SEA 'ROM THE AME
..RICAN COAST.
. IS A DISTANCE. 0'
~OWIVER,
TURKIY IS NEXT TO US. YOUR SENTRIES WALK UP AND DOWN AND LOOK
AT EACH OTHER. WKAT DO YOU CONSIOER TKEN--THAT YOU HAVE TijE RIGHT
~ TO DlflIANDSECURITY 'OR YOUR OVN COtJNT~Y AND THE RE:MOVAL 0' THOSE
WEAPONS WHICH YOU CAll O'FENSIVE AND no Nor ACKNOWLEDGE THE SAM!
RIGKT 'OR US?
I
YOU HAVE J'!J.ACED
O'FENSIVE,
DESTRUCWJ:"..ROCKtl.Y£APJ>JI.$.
.•.. YIiICH
YOU CALL
IN TUJutty, ..1.lIE!ALL.l..AI ...Q!.l@-.tLBD..V. MOWTHEN DOES
ADMISSION OF OUR EQUAL MILITARYICAPAC!TllS
TALLY WITH SUCH UNEQUAL
RELATIONS8ETVEEN
OUR GREAT STATES? THIS eAHNOT Bit MADE TO AGRtE
IN ANY WAY.
11.18 WELL. MR. ftRiSIDEt4T. THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO OUR
R£PRESJNTATIVES MEtTING AND BEGINNING TALKS, APPARENTLY THROUGH
THE INTER'UtDIARY
0' U.N. ACTING SECRETARY GENERAL U THAN!. HENCE
HE, TO SOME DEGREE, ASSUMES THE IOLE OF A MEDIATOR, AND 'IE CONSIOER
THAT HE IS ABLE TO COPE WITH THIS RESPONSIBLE MISSION l't OF
COURSE, EACH SIDEVKlf:K ISDRAVN INTO THIS CONFLICT SHOVSGOOO
WILL.
I THINK TJolAT IT WOULD BE POSS18LETO
,QUICKLY AND NORMALIZE tHE SITUATION.
END nn: CONFLIct
AND tHEN PEOPLE WOULDBREATHt
MORE IASILY, CONSIDERING THAT THE stAT[S~EN WHO ARE VESTED VITH
RESPONSIBILITY, KAVI SOoo SENSE. AN AWARENESS OF THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY
t
AND THE ABILITY
BRING THINGS TO TH! CATASTROPHE
TO SOl.VE
COfilPLiX QUESTIONS
ANONOT
0' WAR.
I THEREFORE MAKE THIS PROPOSAL. VE AGREE TO REftOVE FROM CUBA
THOSiN!ANS
WHICK YOU REGARD AS O'FENSIVE MEANS. VI AIRtE TO CARRY
THIS OUT AND DECLARE lKIS PLIDt&; 1M 1Hl UNITED NATIOMS. YOUR
REPRESENTATIV!S
lJHITJ:D STAT!S
WILL MAra: A DECLARATION TO ·TH! !FFECT THAT THE
ON ITS PART. CONSIDERING THE UNEASINESS AND ANIIETY
OF THE SOVIET STATE, WILL REMOVE ITS ANALOGOUS MEANS 'ROM TURKEY.
lET US REACH AGREtMENT AS TO TH! SPAN OF TIME NEEDED 'OR YOUR
AHl) us TO ACHIEVE THIS. A'TER THIS, PERSONS ENJOYING TH!
CONFIDENCE
0' TH! U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MIGHT CKECX ON-THE-SPOT
FULFILLMENT 0' THE PLJ;D9tS ASSUMED. 0' COURS!, THE AUTHORIZATION
OF THI GOVERNMENTS01 CUBA ANn TURKIY ARE NECESSARY 'OR ENTRY
INTO tKOS! COUflltJlU1S 0' THIS£ PLENIPOTEffTIA1UES
AND 'OR INSPECTION
0' FUl'ILLflI1MT0' TN! PLEDGE AS'OIEO BY EITNER SIDE.
IT" WOULD EVIDENTLY Bit BETT!R I' THIS! PL.ENIPOftNTIAIU1S WOUlD
KAVItTKE tRUST 0' THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND YOUR TRUST AND MINt-·OF
TKt
UNITED STATIS
AMD THE SOYlET
UNION·-AS
CUBA. I THINK IT WILL MOT BE OI"ICULT
WOULD ENJOY tHt
TRUst
AND RESPECT 0'
WEl.L AS 0'
TURKEY AND
TO PICK SUCH PEOPLE WHO
Al.L PARTIES CONCERNED.
(KORI)
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SlCGIID AIID LAST 'DO ••9 CTEXT 0'
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KHRUSHCHEVMESSASE TO IIllI.,OY).
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ALL PARTIES CONCERNED •
• CLODINCI TElt)
. 'ACTION TO TRE
MA,VlI1 TAIEN UPON OURSELVES A P1..EDIX TO 8IVE
or THE PEOPLES 0' CUBA AID TURlEY AND
•••• tKI •• THEIR CO"'IDINe", IN tltllR
SECURITY, IE IILL lAD: A
SlATelllT I1THl. TIfi. 'RAIJJIgI' 0' THI·Rev.lfTo,ulen .. TOTil E"1CT
Hons
THAT THI SOVIEt 10'11••lltIlA"
A
.1.1.' Pltlillto
ltasPEct THE
0' THE 'ROUIIR.MI .• 'I.II ••.•• Y .r TURUY •• er
UIIISItlTI ••••• AnIII •••• r 19 II'AtI TUlKlT.NQT
IlfVIOU8ILITY
TO INTiR'ERi
to •• 11 ITSTEIIITORY "'JLA'~."
."ltIlKEAI"ISUCK AI II'ASION,
AND WILl. A1.1O RISTRAIN T••••
IKG .••
'I'UTIPlIPITltAtlll A"IISSION
AGAIIiSTTllftllt 10TH 'R'II fHl TIRIUII'Y .0'. TQ 50yur UIIOI AID
FROM THE TERRITORY 0' OTHER NlIIHBORSTATISOF TURay.
THE
u.s.
GOVERNMENT WILL MAkl A SII1ILAI STATEMtNT VITKIN THE
FRAItEWOll( OF THE SlCUlIIY
COUNCIL IN RESPECT TQ CUBA, IT WILL
DECLARE THAT THE UNItED STATES WILL RESPECT THE INVIOLABILITY OF
0' CdU AtID ITS .'IIIIG.tt._IWTA"S lt01 TO
INTERrERE IN ITS IItTEIIAL A"AIRS,
NOT TO INVADE, AID NOT TO MAKE
ITS TERRITORY AVAIL.A••••I AS A IJUltE M. AD 'OR lUCK •• INVASION OF
CUIA,AND WILL ALSO IEst'AIIi .,••0& 1.0 fllln
COltlllJPLATI PERPETRATING
AIGIE.SIOI
.eAIISf enllA, BOTH 'HI fMlTllalTot, 0' THE WlITID
STATIS AID 'ROI THE TIRIIr •• y or eTKlI MlI.MIOIUM. STAns or CUIA.
THErRONTIER'
~
or
COURSE,
FOR THIS
Vi WOULD. HAVE TO ASIIE
TO SOME XIND OF
TIllE LX.IT.LET us AGRIETO SOMIPIRIOD 0' TIME, BUT NOT TO
DIL.Ay,,·T1fI OR THIEl IlllS,NOT It. THAll It .'IITH.
OUJAVtllCJlVO"
tHllLlAIS
SITUArIDt.
YOUARI INTHE HAND. 0'
USlorTHlIL
_rHEst
lEANS
. I fIO'E""1IT
"'liT
IAVEIlATD
."I.II,.T_I'OII.
TO lKE .JtllltllfT or TnVlltDstAtlS
ARE PERTURBING
A'YAC~UDIIIT At
ts EXILUDED.
THE REQUEST or Tn CUiAN
fJlfEII.IYE.I'UJtNIQ.
tHlllFORI
THER!
OR. ATTAC"' ..' THI.- .. 'I. It ...UJlIOIl O. AIT 0.•THEt
COURS! THEil MIA'" All lOT AND WILL lOt IE
T)(IY AR! NOT Tftlll
POa THE PURPOSES or ATTACX.
ARE SITUAtED
IN CUBAAl
AND All 0""'01
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' ...Nt mABlO. O'C'*.A
IJ eo AlJ:lIS. TkO-et
•~ .It tHREATTG A.YGN~."OI
".O"SA1..,
I'YltJ
ARE "Rli.Q~&.
Itft. PItE'XI&tIt, TOtty
WOULD SlMD OUR RIP.tIlIT,JIVE. I' RV ·YOWX. TG TUUlUTII
I'
THEil WI
If.TIOIIS,
AND VOULD 9IVE THEM EXHAUSTIVE INSTRUCTIONS IN OIDEI TO COlE TO AN
AlREllllrlUICXLY. If YOU ALSO CHOOSE YOUR MEN AID GIVE THEN THE
CORIEmlllUI8
QUICKLY.
INSTRUCTIONS,THII
THIS QUISTIOIll CAN B! SOLVED
AID
"HY lHOlan
tincTs
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,
1· WANI ·!.HIS? BECAU.SL.THE_"HOLI "ORLD IS NOI PERTURBED
SlISIIY-ACT lOll
US.
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THE 8Jt£ATtSTclOY 'Oft ALL PEOPLES WOULD'E ANIQUNCilltfT 0' OUR
AClRliMEIT ON tM! RADICAL l.IIUIDA110tlO' TKECON'LICT THAT HAS
ARISIN. 1 ASCRIBE GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THIS AQRE1MtNT INSO'AR AS IT
AS A 80(1) IE8JIIIN.
AMD "Out.D. 1M PARTICULAJ" MAli IT
&lSI" TO REACH AGREEMENT ON BA.WIIGOrtEST! 0' NUCLEA. WEAPORS.
COU&.J)IIRVE
mIUl,TION
or TESTS COUlD IE SOLYED IN PARAl.LEL., WITHOUT CONNECTION
ONE '11'1'1 THE OTHER, BECAUR THEY AI£ DI,rIRlll' I'SUlI.
KOWEVER, IT IS IIPORTANT THAT AIREIIIIIT II l'AC.lD ON.IO!H
THlft ISSUES TO PRESENT THE PEOPLE '.1080 .%'1, to PLiA. THEM
'LSOWITH
THE NEWS THAT AlftEIMiNT
DISCONTINUATION
HAS IIII
IEACHID OHTME
OF NUCLEAR TESTS AND THAT CONSEQUENTLY THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL NO LONQiR BIPOLLUTED.
ARE VERY CLOS[.
OUR AID TOUR POSITIONS
ON THIS ISSUE
ALL THIS COULD POSSIBLY SERVE AS A GOOD IMPETUS TOWARD SEEKING
MUTUALLY ACCEPTA8LE AIJtllllttTSALSO ON OT.II COll'ROvtR,IALISSUIS
01 "MICN VE All lXCHANllMI VIEWS. THESE ISSUES MA'I NOt 80 'AR
BElff SOLVED. aUT THEY ARE AWAITIN URIEfflseLlJtION WHICH WOW
CLIAR THE INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE. VI ARI RIADY FOR THIS.
THESE. THIN, ARE MY PROPOSALS. MR. PRISIDENT.
RESPEctFULLY
YOURS, XHRUSMeNIV.
TO ACTING U.N. SECRETARY GENIRAL U TRANtl
TO MAU IT EASIER. rOR rou TO. e"IJOur
YOURlU •• ION IllARDINa
NiSoTIATIONS. "ITM TMI I.TI.£stU
•••••
IIS ..ON Q.lI1NATIOI 0' ,fHE
DANII.OUS SITUATION CRIAtO Ir TJIIPtItAfICAl.. ACTtOis or THE u.s.
&OVER.HIIT VIS-A-VIS CUlA,.1ID TNI"'IIT UlION. THI .VIIT 8OVI.NMAS COlli OUT, WITM PROPOSAL'",.'
•. IN OUI OPINION CAI IICOME
THI BASIS 'OR stTtLElfiNTO'
tft ctfQ1.1:CTWIUCI HAS •• IIIII.tKIII
PROPOSALS
0' tll SOVIETSOYlIP'ltt If A'! 1118 KITTO PRIII.IIT
UNIIDY AND A COpy OF tU"II
AnACHIDPOR
you.
lENT
RESPECtFULLY,
IMRUSHCKIV.
([ N 0 ALL)
21 OCT 1l4JA MLK/RRR
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