In fact, we consider that consultations did take place, dear Comrade Fidel Castro, since we received your cables, one more alarming than the other, and finally your cable of October 27 where you ...

In the end, Castro emerged a winner. President Kennedy secretly pledged to Khrushchev that the United States would not invade Cuba. Yet the Cuban revolution continued to face threats, as a U.S ...

John F. Kennedy was Castro’s adversary; Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet premier, was his patron. At one point, I mentioned the letter he wrote to Khrushchev at the height of the crisis ...

Wayne Smith, U.S. diplomat: Castro was right and Khrushchev was wrong. When Khrushchev raised the possibility of putting these missiles in to defend Cuba, Castro understood immediately that the ...

Therefore, Castro turned to Russia for help and protection. Nikita Khrushchev agreed to provide Cuba with weapons and missiles for defence. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between ...

Khrushchev was under criticism from his own government for his domestic policies. His agricultural programme was a failure and the country was forced to import increasing amounts of wheat from ...

I have just received your letter. The position of our Government regarding your statement can be found in the text of the declaration announced today, with which you are surely familiar. I must ...

In the end, Castro emerged a winner. President Kennedy secretly pledged to Khrushchev that the United States would not invade Cuba. Yet the Cuban revolution continued to face threats, as a U.S ...

They agreed to buy 1 million tonnes of Cuban sugar every year. Castro and Khrushchev were now trading partners. Castro became a communist. America was alarmed. So in April 1961, the CIA trained ...