Item COLD WAR 28/61 - Transcript of interview with Red Army officer Grigory Danilevich, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Grigory Romanovich Danilevich, Red Army officer, 1962, relating to the reaction in the USSR to the Cuban revolution and to the socialist government of Dr Fidel Castro (Ruz), 1959-1960; Soviet economic, political, diplomatic and military support for Cuba, 1959-1962; the Soviet opinion of US opposition to Castro's regime in Cuba, 1959-1962; the disparity between the USSR and the USA on the numbers of deployed nuclear weapons, 1961-1962; Danilevich's posting and voyage to Cuba, 1962; the issue of civilian clothes to Soviet military personnel during the voyage to Cuba, 1962; the welcome given by the Cuban people on the arrival of the Soviet military personnel in Cuba, 1962; the Soviet deployment of SS-4 'Sandal' Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM) and SS-5 'Skean' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) to Cuba, 1962; the shooting down of a US Lockheed U2 high altitude photographic reconnaissance aircraft, Cuba, 27 Oct 1962; Soviet fears of a US invasion of Cuba, 27-28 Oct 1962. 24pp