TEXT OF KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE TO KENNEDY MOSCOW DOMESTIC SERVICE IN RUSSIAN 1400 27 OCT 62

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• Publication Date: October 27, 1962
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TEXT OF KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE TO KENNEDY
MOSCOW DOMESTIC SERVICE IN RUSSIAN 1400 27 OCT 62 L
(TEXT) ESTEEMED MR. PRESIDENTS I HAVE ACQUAINTED MYSELF WITH
MUCH SATISFACTION WITH YOUR REPLY TO U THANT TO THE EFFECT THAT
STEPS WILL BE-TAKEN TO EXCLUDE CONTACT BETWEEN OUR SHIPS AND THUS
AVOID IRREMEDtBLE FATEFUL CONSEQUENCES. THIS REASONABLE STEP
ON YOUR PART STRENGTHENS MY (BELIEF) THAT YOU ARE SHOWING CONCERN
TO SAFEGUARD PEACE, AND I NOTE THIS WITH SATISFACTION.
I HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT OUR PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT AND I-
PERSONALLY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ARE CONCERNED
SOLELY THAT OUR COUNTRIES SHOULD DEVELOP AND OCCUPY A WORTHY PLACE
AMONG PEOPLE OF THE WORLD IN ECONOMIC COMPETITION, THE DEVELOPMENT
OF CULTURE AND ARTS, AND THE RAISING OF THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE MOST NOBLE AND NECESSARY FIELD FOR COMPETITION, AND
,?C VICTORS AND VANQUISHED WILL ONLY (WORD INDISTINCT) FROM IT,
BECAUSE THIS MEANS PEACE AND INCREASED. COMMODITIES FOR THE LIFE
AND ENJOYMENT OF MAN.
IN YOUR STATEMENT, YOU SUPPORTED THE OPINIQN THAT THE MAIN AIM
WAS NOT ONLY TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND TAKE MEASURES TO
PREVENT CONTACT BETWEEN OUR SHIPS--AND THEREFOhE THE DEEPENING OF
THE CRISIS WHICH MAY AS A RESULT OF SUCH A CONTACT STRIKE THE FIRE
OF A MILITARY CONFLICT AFTER WHICH ALL TALKS WOULD BE SUPERFLUOUS,
BECAUSE OTHER FORCES AND LAWS WOULD COME INTO FORCE--THE LAWS OF
WAR. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP. THE MAIN
THING THAT MUST BE DONE IS TO NORMALIZE AND STABILIZE THE STATE
OF PEACE AMONG STATES AND PEOPLE.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN FOR THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES,
MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST DUTY OF A PRESIDENT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME QUESTIONS, AND I BEAR THE
SAME OBLIGATIONS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF 'MINISTERS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORRIED CONCERNING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HELPED
CUBA WITH WEAPONS WITH THE AIM OF STRENGTHENING ITS DEFENSIVE
CAPACITY--YES PRECISELY ITS "DEFENSIVE CAPACITYW_-BECAUSE NO
MATTER WHAT WEAPONS IT POSSESSES, CUBA CANNOT EQUAL YOU. THESE
ARE DIFFERENT QUANTITIES, ALL THE MORE SO IF ONE TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION THE MODERN MEANS OF EXTERMINATION.
OUR AIM HAS BEEN AND STILL IS TO HELP CUBA. AND NO ONE CAN DENY
THE HUMANENESS OF OUR MOTIVES, WHICH ARE TO ENABLE CUBA TO LIVE
IN PEACE AND DEVELOP IN THE WAY ITS PEOPLE DESIRE.
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X X X ITS PEOPLE DESIRE
(CONTINUING TEXT) YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR COUNTRY SAFE.. THIS IS
UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT CUBA, TOO, WANTS THE SAME THING. ALL COUNTRIES
WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES SAFE.
BUT HOW ARE WE7 THE SOVIET UNION AND OUR GOVERNMENTS TO ASSESS
YOUR ACTIONS WHICH ARE EXPRESSED IN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE SURROUNDED
THE SOVIET UNION WITH MILITARY BASES SURROUNDED OUR ALLIES WITH
MILITARY BASES, LITERALLY DISPOSED MILITARY BASES AROUND OUR
COUNTRY, AND STATIONED YOUR ROCKET ARMAMENTS THERE? THIS IS NOT
A SECRET. AMERICAN OFFICIALS ARE DEMONSTRATIVELY SAYING THIS."
YOUR ROCKETS ARE SITUATED IN BRITAIN AND ITALY AND AIMED AGAINST
US. YOUR ROCKETS ARE SITUATED IN TURKEY.
YOU ARE'WORRIED BY CUBA. YOU SAY THAT IT WORRIES YOU BECAUSE IT
IS A DISTANCE OF 90 MILES BY SEA FROM THE AMERICAN COAST. HOWEVER,
AT EACH'OTHER. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER, THEN-;THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DEMAND SECURITY FOR YOUR'OWN COUNTRY AND THE'REMOVAL OF THOSE
WEAPONS WHICH YOU CALL OFFENSIVE AND DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SAME
RIGHT FOR US?
YOU HAVE PLACED DESTRUCTIVE ROCKET WEAPONS, WHICH YOU CALL
OFFENSIVE, IN TURKEY LITERALLY AT OUR ELBOW. HOW THEN DOES
ADMISSION OF OUR'EQUAL MILITARY CAPACITIES TALLY WITH SUCH UNEQUAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR GREAT STATES? THIS CANNOT BE MADE TO AGREE
IN ANY WAY.
IT IS WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO OUR
REPRESENTATIVES MEETING AND BEGINNING TALKS 'APPARENTLY'THROUGH
THE INTERMEDIARY OF U.N. ACTING SECRETARY GINERAL U THANT. HENCE
HE, TO SOME DEGREE, ASSUMES THE ROLE OF A MEDIATOR AND WE CONSIDER
THAT HE IS ABLE TO COPE WITH THIS RESPONSIBLE-MISSION IF, OF
COURSE EACH SIDE WHICH IS DRAWN INTO THIS CONFLICT SHOWS GOOD
WILL. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO END THE CONFLICT
QUICKLY AND NORMALIZE THE ,SITUATION$ AND THEN PEOPLE-WOULD BREATHE
MORE EASILY CONSIDERING THAT THE STATESMEN WHO ARE VESTED WITH
RESPONSIBILITY HAVE GOOD SENSE, AN AWARENESS OF THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ABILITY TO SOLVE COMPLEX QUESTIONS AND NOT
BRING THINGS T THE CATASTROPHE OF WAR.
I THEREFORE MAKE THIS PROPOSAL. WE AGREE TO REMOVE FROM CUBA
THOSE MEANS WHICH YOU REGARD AS OFFENSIVE MEANS. WE AGREE TO CARRY
THIS OUT AND'DECLARE THIS PLEDGE IN THE UNITED NATIONS. YOUR
REPRESENTATIVES'WILL MAKE A DECLARATION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE
UNITED STATES ON ITS PART$ CONSIDERING THE UNEASINESS AND ANXIETY
OF THE SOVIET STATE, WILL REMOVE ITS ANALOGOUS MEANS FROM TURKEY.
LET US REACH- AGREEMENT AS TO THE SPAN OF TIME NEEDED FOR YOU3(
AND US TO ACHIEVE THIS. AFTER THIS, PERSONS ENJOYING THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MIGHT CHECK ON-THE-SPOT'
FULFILLMENT OF THE PLEDGES ASSUMED. OF COURSE, THE AUTHORIZATION
OF THE GOVERN14ENTS OF CUBA AND TURKEY ARE NECESSARY FOR ENTRY
INTO THOSE COUNTRIES OF THESE PLENIPOTENTIARIES AND FOR INSPECTION
OF FULFILLMENT OF THE PLEDGE ASSUMED BY EITHER SIDE.
.IT WOULD EVIDENTLY BE BETTER IF THESE PLENIPOTENTIARIES WOULD
HAVE THE TRUST OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND YOUR TRUST AND MINE--OF
THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION--AS WELL AS OF TURKEY AND
CUBA. I-THINK IT WILL NOT :BE DIFFICULT TO PICK SUCH-PEOPLE WHO
WOULD ENJOY THE TRUST AND RESPECT OF ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
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X X X ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
(CONCLUDING TEXT) HAVING TAKEN UPON OURSELVES A PLEDGE TO GIVE
SATISFACTION TO THE HOPES OF THE PEOPLES OF CUBA AND TURKEY AND
STRENGTHEN THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THEIR SECURITY, WE WILL MAKE A
STATEMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO THE EFFECT
THAT THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT MAKES A SOLEMN PROMISE TO RESPECT THE
INVIOLABILITY OF THE FRONTIERS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF TURKEY, NOT
TO INTERFERE IN ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS, NOT TO INVADE TURKEY, NOT
TO MAKE ITS TERRITORY AVAILABLE AS A BRIDGEHEAD FOR SUCH AN INVASION,
AND WILL ALSO RESTRAIN THOSE WHO CONTEMPLATE PERPETRATING AGGRESSION
AGAINST TURKEY BOTH FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE SOVIET UNION AND
FROM THE TERRITORY OF OTHER NEIGHBOR STATES OF TURKEY.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE A SIMILAR STATEMENT WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN RESPECT TO CUBA. IT WILL
DECLARE THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL RESPECT THE INVIOLABILITY OF
THE FRONTIERS OF CUBA AND ITS SOVEREIGNTY, UNDERTAKES NOT TO
INTERFERE IN ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS, NOT TO INVADE, AND NOT TO MAKE
ITS TERRITORY AVAILABLE AS A BRIDGEHEAD FOR SUCH AN INVASION OF
CUBA, AND WILL ALSO RESTRAIN THOSE WHO MIGHT CONTEMPLATE PERPETRATING
AGGRESSION AGAINST CUBA, BOTH FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED
STATES AND FROM THE TERRITORY OF OTHER NEIGHBORING STATES OF CUBA.
OF COURSE, FOR THIS WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO SOME KIND OF
TIME LIMIT. LET US AGREE TO SOME PERIOD OF TIME, BUT NOT TO
DELAY--TWO OR THREE WEEKS; NOT MORE THAN A MONTH.
THE MEANS SITUATED IN CUBA WHICH YOU HAVE STATED ARE PERTURBING
YOU ARE IN THE HANDS OF SOVIET OFFICERS. THEREFORE, ANY ACCIDENTAL
USE OF THEM TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS EXCLUDED.
THESE MEANS ARE SITUATED IN CUBA AT THE REQUEST OF THE CUBAN
GOVERNMENT AND ARE ONLY FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES. THEREFORE IF THERE
IS NO INVASION OF CUBA OR ATTACK ON THE SOVIET UNION OR ANY OTHER
OF OUR ALLIES, THEN OF COURSE THESE MEANS ARE NOT AND WILL NOT BE
A THREAT TO ANYONE, FOR THEY ARE NOT THERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ATTACK.
IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE, MR. 'PRESIDENT, TO MY PROPOSAL, THEN WE
.WOULD SEND OUR REPRESENTATIVE:' TO NEW YORK, TO THE UNITED NATIONS,
AND WOULD GIVE THEM EXHAUSTIVE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO COME TO AN
AGREEMENT QUICKLY. IF YOU ALSO CHOOSE YOUR MEN AND GIVE THEM THE
CORRESPONDING INSTRUCTIONS, THEN THIS QUESTION CAN BE SOLVED
QUICKLY.
WHY SHOULD I WANT THIS? BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOW PERTURBED
AND EXPECTS SENSIBLE ACTION FROM US.
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THE GREATEST JOY FOR ALL PEOPLES WOULD BE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR
AGREEMENT ON THE RADICAL LIQUIDATION OF THE CONFLICT THAT HAS
ARISEN. I ASCRIBE GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THIS AGREEMENT INSOFAR AS IT
-COULD SERVE AS A GOOD BEGINNING AND WOULD, IN PARTICULAR, MAKE IT
EASIER TO REACH AGREEMENT ON BANNING OF TESTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THE QUESTION OF TESTS COULD BE SOLVED IN PARALLEL, WITHOUT CONNECTION
ONE WITH THE OTHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT ISSUES.
HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AGREEMENT BE REACHED ON BOTH
THESE ISSUES TO PRESENT THE PEOPLE A GOOD GIFT, TO PLEASE THEM
ALSO WITH THE NEWS THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON THE
DISCONTINUATION OF NUCLEAR TESTS AND THAT CONSEQUENTLY THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL NO LONGER BE POLLUTED. OUR AND YOUR POSITIONS ON THIS ISSUE
ARE VERY `CLOSE.
ALL THIS COULD POSSIBLY SERVE AS A GOOD IMPETUS TOWARD SEEKING
MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENTS ALSO ON OTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
ON WHICH WE ARE EXCHANGING VIEWS. THESE ISSUES HAVE NOT SO FAR
BEEN SOLVED, BUT THEY ARE AWAITING URGENT SOLUTION WHICH WOULD
CLEAR THE INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE. WE ARE READY FOR THIS.
THESE, THEN, ARE MY PROPOSALS, MR. PRESIDENT.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS, KHRUSHCHEV.
TO ACTING U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL U THANT:
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO CARRY OUT YOUR MISSION REGARDING
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED COUNTRIES ON ELIMINATION OF THE
DANGEROUS SITUATION CREATED BY THE PIRATICAL ACTIONS OF THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT VIS-A-VIS CUBA AND THE SOVIET UNION, THE SOVIET GOVERN-
MENT HAS COME OUT WITH PROPOSALS WHICH IN OUR OPINION CAN BECOME
THE BASIS FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE CONFLICT WHICH HAS ARISEN. THESE
PROPOSALS OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRESIDENT
KENNEDY AND A COPY OF THEM IS ATTACHED FOR YOU.
RESPECTFULLY, KHRUSHCHEV.
(E N D A L L)
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NEW YORK TIMES
(Late City Edition)
26 October 1962
London, Friday, Oct. 26 -- Doubts
about the reliability of the American
photographs of the Soviet military
build-up in Cuba were expressed today
in the Times of London.
Alun Gwynne-Jones, military corre-
spondent of the Times, in an article
said that although the British govern-
ment was completely convinced. of the
authenticity of the pictures, there
were some doubts about the American
interpretation of them.
For instance, the writer declared,
the Ilyushin-28 bomber, which the
United States says is being supplied
to Cuban forces, can not be con-
sidered an offensive weapon.
He noted that the guided missiles
positively identified in the photo-
graphs were surface-to-air and
therefore primarily defensive. But,
he said, experts had no doubts that
the missile sites were designed for
offensive purposes.
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