Date

Aug 6, 1993

Description

Gelii Batenin, who worked for Marshal Akhromeyev in the General Staff, told interviewers, "I am very familiar with RYaN." He also confirmed that the situation was tense but that he personally felt no fear of imminent war. “There was a great deal of tension in the General Staff at that time and we worked long hours, longer than usual. I don't recall a period more tense since the Caribbean Crisis in 1962.”

Source

Defense Department Freedom of Information Act release.

Document published in following posting(s):

The Soviet Side of the 1983 War Scare

Nov 5, 2018