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------- --- --· -· - --·- ·- --· 4°bo 11 11 ulf'8r11n11_1t • g _ ···- 4 - •• • - r'1 --·---· -··- - - - • u ll 'i fU ' - - ' ·flo_·- ·· -· y _ ·- i· 9- --1· ·----'-- • _ ll it UOJJl9€ ____ _ _ JJ if It l 'f t -4 - ' - · - - -- • ----· v w-------- -- 1-1 2 t' vf t2 - I -··---· Report on the Progress of Operation Anadyr 25 September 1962 Top Secret of Special Importance only copy The above is crossed out and a stamp below reads 'Top Secret' classification removed Certificate Incoming N° 11959s 1986 followed by an illegible signature Translator's note the left margin of the document is missing due to a reproduction error the one or two words missing in each sentence are indicated by XM to the CC CPSU Presidium We report 1 The Anadyr ' measures are being done according to the approved plan As of 25 9 62 114 ships have been sent XM ships have arrived in Cuba and 35 ships remain to be sent The plan to transport troops has been accelerated - the loading shall be done by XM October and the arrival will conclude by 3-5 November Already 30 390 men are in Cuba with their corresponding equipment The R-12 missile regiments will finish their buildup in Cuba by 25 October The R-14 missile regiments will load in the period 2-20 October and will finish their buildup in Cuba by 5 November 2 In view of the fact that at the present time sending surface ships of the Fleet with the men would attract the attention of the entire world and get XM not in the favor of the Soviet Union it seems necessary not to send the surface ships to Cuba for now 3 The perhaps 1 digit missing 69th Torpedo Submarine Brigade shall be sent to strengthen the defense of the island of Cuba consisting of four diesel electric Project 641 submarines each of which has 22 torpedoes totaling 8 8 of which 4 have nuclear warheads Their range is 19 km 4 To transport 68 units of special ammunition from XM R-14-24 and 44for the FKR-1 missiles assign the transport Aleksandro vsk with loading at Severomorsk The transport's speed shall be 13-14 miles an hour The transport Aleksandrovsk is to be armed with two XM 37mm automatic weapons The transport Aleksandrovsk shall be sent on 7 October with arrival in Cuba 2025 October To escort the transport in the sea crossing designate a second ship which will apparently be going In order to protect the transport Aleksandrovsk on the passage to Cuba send a Project 627-a nuclear torpedo submarine armed with XMJ torpedoes of which one has special ammunition fully-armed v okonchatel'no snaryazhennf omll vide The torpedo's range is 19-21 km Out of considerations of secrecy the nuclear submarine shall travel to Cuba directly XMJ transport in the most XMJ sectors 5 Regarding the transport Indigirka which is deliyering special ammunition XM its escort by the transport Berdyansk and its observation by other ships travelling to Cuba send the Project 611 diesel electric submarine B-75 which is presently reconnoitering the American coast to the area south of Bermuda The submarine B-75 has 22 torpedoes with a range of 11 km The submarine will be in the region of the transport's travel Please approve thisJ signatureJ M Zakharov signatureJ V Fokin 25 September 1962 Notation in a different hand Reported to the Minister of Defense in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff and the Chief of the Main Operations Directorate 27-9 illegible signature l Source Volkogonov Collection Library ofCongress Manuscript Division Reel 17 Container 26 Translated by Gary Goldberg for the Cold War International History Project and the National Security Archive