- 2T ctober -In publicly announced moo-ago to the President Khrushchev orprooroo urination with Presidential no spouse to II Thant Proposes Soviets romovo from Cuba moons regarded by 11 3 no o ogrivo ii wiJJ remove its analogous moon- ii lw-tfi subsequent impaction hy poroonnol annoying eon donoo of UN Security Council or well u__o_itho United Staten the Soviet Union outs and omit -Pro oldont in letter to Khrushchev welcome declare to look prompt Iolution Rootntoo hey elemento oi' Ebruahnbov propose no Soviet agreement to remove weapon system from Bubs under UH oboorvntion ind armorvioion to he further introductinn oi ouch weapons oyltemn into Cuba to remove 11 3 quarantine measures and to give 1 1 5 noouroneol against intention oi Guhn Stubs that linking of Euba problems to broader questions oi European and world security would load to intensi cation of anan orilin -5n1ingor ilouol White House Itototnont regarding rovorol inconsistent and con icting proposals made by USSR Stator position of tho ILE that no an urgent prolimiaury to consideration of any Soviet work on Euban batter mutt atop Wonlivo weapon- nauot be rendered inoperative and further shipment must conoo -l a stro in morsngo to Thant inidioarn cub would accept compromises sequined-provided H 5- dooioto irom notions including the naval blochdo Indiontol wining-noon to rocoivo 'I'bant in Cub - ZB Dctobor I111 publicly mouneod to tho Frolidont Khrushchev indiootoe ho has issued order to diamantlo o 'onoivo weapons and return them to tho Eoyiot Union Rotors to Iii-2 over- ight inoidonto to include the euro oi 23 otohor Romanov hi boon cont to New York to nooiot 'I'bant in current negotiations 5 Cuba Dctciber 1961 December l9b3__15 91 Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy Moscow Elctober 1962 Dean bit-t PRESIDENT I have studied with great satisfaction your to r Thantl concerning measures that should be taken to avoid contact between our vesselsand thereby avoid irreparable and fatal con- sequences This reasonable step on your part strengthens my belief that you are showing concern or the preservation of peace which 1 note with satisl action I have already said that our people our Govemment and person- ally as Chairman of the Council of Ministers are concerned solely with having our country develop and occupy a worthy place among all peoples oi the world ineconomic competition in thedevelopment ofeul- ture and the arts and in raising the living sta ndard oi the people This is the most noble and necessary eld for competition and both the victor and the vanquished will derive only benefit irom it because it means peace and an increase in the means by which man lives and finds enjoy- ment In yourstatement you expressed the opinion that the main aim was not simply to come to an agreement and take measures to preventcontact between our vessels and consequently a deepening of the crisis which could asa result oisu ch contacts sparit a military con ict after which all negotiations would be super uous betause other forces a nd other laws would then come into play the laws of war I agree with you that this is only the rst step The main thing that must be clone is to normalize and stabilize the state of peace among states and among peoples I understand your concern for the security of the United States Mr President because this is the primary duty oi a President But we too are disturbed about these same questions I bear these same obligations as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR You have been alarmed by the fact that we have aided Cuba with weapons in order to strengthen its delense ca pability precisely delense ca pability because whatever wea pons it may possess uba cannot be equated with you since the in magnitude is so great particularly in view of Source ol' State Pmider ial Corns Lot H5 Dill-l Horiasstii cation hurl-jog- Ultl'sri' eopsn of this letter are thid m no and in the hbrat'y National Secunty les Ewntl'iri Series USSR lihrushrl'srv Cont-spam o-ll-rial translation spared by language Senior-s oi he Ih Furtmr-nt c- S-tair and an 'Inlormal tra nslation tom Ihe Embassy In Moscow are printed in Department oi State Bulletin November It's 19 51 pp bio-tutti Ht note on the source text indicates- a copy was sent to 'I'I'iant hut-loos offommunrsm reports Ihat this message was bnudcasi overhloocow radtoat 5 the same Russia It to the Embassy '5reDorurnt-nt5 i