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Letter from Premier Khrushchev to Secretary General U Thant in Reply to his Letter of October 26, 1962.
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Letter from Premier Khrushchev to Secretary General U Thant in Reply to his Letter of October 26, 1962.
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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
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LETTER FROM PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV
TO SECRETARY GENERAL U THANT
IN REPLY TO HIS LETTER OF
OCTOBER 26, 1962
(Unofficial Version)
Dear U Thant:
I have received and studied your telegram of 25 October.
I understand your anxiety for the preservation of peace, and
I appreciate highly your efforts to avert military conflict.
Indeed, if any conflict should arise on the approaches
to Cuba--and this may become unavoidable as a result of the
piratical measures taken by the United States--this would
beyond question seriously complicate the endeavors to initiate
contacts in order to put an end, on a basis of negotiation,
to the critical situation that has now been thrust on the
world by the aggressive actions of the United States.
We therefore accept your proposal, and have ordered the
masters of Soviet vessels bound for Cuba but not yet within
the area of the American warships' piratical activities to
stay out of the interception area, as you recommend.
But we have given this order in the hope that the other
side will understand that such a situation, in which we keep
vessels immobilized on the high seas, must be a purely
temporary one; the period cannot under any circumstances
be of long duration.
I thank you for your efforts and wish you success in
your noble task. Your efforts to ensure world peace will
always meet with understanding and support on our part.
The Soviet Government has consistently striven, and is
striving, to strengthen the United Nations--that international
organization which constitutes a forum for all countries of
the world, regardless of their socio-political structure,
in order that disputes arising may be settled not through
war but through negotiations.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
/s/ N. Khrushchev
October 26, 1962