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- 1997 Mar (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Anatoly Bondarev, member of Komsomol, the Soviet Communist Party youth organisation, [1961-1965], relating to Bondarev's opinion of the Cuban revolution and to the socialist government of Dr Fidel Castro (Ruz), 1959-1962; 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 and personnel to Cuba, 1962; the high level of secrecy maintained during Bondarev's voyage to Cuba, 1962; US reconnaissance flights over Soviet ships bound for Cuba, 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the US naval blockade of Cuba, 1962; Bondarev's account of his voyage from the Baltic to Cuba on board the supply ship BRODSK, 1962; Soviet attempts to avoid the US blockade of Cuba, 1962; the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba, Oct-Nov 1962. 19pp
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