Item COLD WAR 28/63 - Transcript of interview with Red Army officer Bois Goncharov, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Boris Goncharov, Red Army, Cuba, 1962, relating to the reaction in the USSR to the Cuban revolution and to the socialist government of Dr Fidel Castro (Ruz), 1959-1960; Goncharov's support for Soviet aid to Cuba, 1960-1962; Goncharov's opinion of US foreign policy, 1960-1962; Goncharov's posting to a Red Army missile engineer unit, Lithuania, Jul 1962; the transfer of Soviet military engineering equipment from Lithuania to Sebastapol, Crimea, USSR, Jul 1962; the issue of civilian clothes to Soviet military personnel during the voyage to Cuba, 1962; Goncharov's account of 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 Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the siting of the missiles and the construction of bases in Cuba, 1962; US flights over Cuba by Lockheed U2 high altitude photographic reconnaissance aircraft, Oct 1962; Soviet fears of a US invasion of Cuba, 27-28 Oct 1962; the Soviet withdrawal from Cuba, Oct-Nov 1962; Goncharov's opinion on how near the USSR and USA came to war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. 24pp