Item COLD WAR 28/62 - Transcript of interview with General Anatoly Gribkov, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Soviet Gen Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov, commanded the operational command of the Soviet Chief of Staff, 1962, relating to Soviet support for the government of Dr Fidel Castro (Ruz) in Cuba, 1959-1962; US opposition to Castro's regime in Cuba, 1959-1962; the opposition in the USSR to US foreign policy, 1959-1962; Soviet military aid to Cuba, 1960-1962; 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 deployment of Soviet military equipment, personnel and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21 'Fishbed' aircraft to Cuba, 1962; the strategic reasons for the Soviet deployment of missiles 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 siting of the missiles and the construction of bases in Cuba, 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 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; Gribkov's opinion on how near the USSR and USA came to war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; the removal of the Soviet missiles from Cuba, Oct-Nov 1962. 36pp