f° VIRM OGITIGG UL LUG 4 d States of America %y a 53800 Control; PRIORITY ' : Date: 27 ocr 62 pists; = sc . G7 remy EVOUT. OPS «~( INDEVOUT/3/PROD i - REPORT CHRON L =~ 3082 lL ~ AMB PRITY DIR INFO BERR, CITE ava 143 4376 TYBATS INDEVOUT 3] PBRUMEN INTEL REF GNVA 4375 O8S NOTE, FOLLOWING INTEL REPORT ORIGINATED FROM SOMCE AND MEETING CITED REF, NO FURTHER SUPDATA TO BE GIVEN THIS CABLE. . FILED 2713152 REPORT CLASS: SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM NO SIDDEM ABROAD CONTROLLED DISSEM ESG 690 COUNTRY: USSR, CUBA | | SUBJ: RELAXED ATTITUDE EXHIBITED BY SOVIET AND OTHER ORBIT: OFFICIALS CONCERNING CURRENT CUBAN CRISIS -DOI: 25 OCTOBER 1962 PADAs ERRVA), 26 OCTOBER 1962 APPR: 2 (THAT THE EVENTS OCCURRED AS DESCRIBED) ae SOURCE: SOVIET BLOC OFFICIAL (B) 6” . 1, AT_A DINNER PARTY GIVEN ON THE EVENING OF 25 OCTOBER BY A SOVIET OFFICIAL ASSIGNED TO A UN SPECIALIZED AGENCY IN GENEVA AND ATTENDED BY A NUMBER OF ORBIT OFFICIALS AND THEIR WIVES, INCLUDING SOVIET MINISTER NIKOLAY I, MOLYAKOV, THE USSR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AT GENEVA, THE ATMOSPHERE. WAS. RELAXED AND ALMOST FESTIVE, MINISTER MOLYAKOV IN PARTICULAR SEEMED MUCH REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS Oe PROHIBITED UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED”, FORM FS 413P “Single-address messages to the Department can be diverted to souch (appropriate to the ciassifitation of the passage) without 3-1-55 retyping. Type “By Pouch’ after the address, omit the serial number, and pouch in envelope marked ‘For DC/T".
sf =| “GIR OGIVIEE UL LIE -@! i: HEALY . _ol States of America Classification Control: PAGE TWO Date: MORE INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING HIS PERSONAL PLANS, INCLUDING THE FURNISHING OF HIS RESIDENCE, THAN IN CONFERRING WITH THE OTHER ORBIT OFFICIALS PRESENT ABOUT THE CUBAN CRISIS, WHILE NONE OF THE ORBIT OFFICIALS DEMONSTRATED UNUSUAL CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION OR ATTEMPTED TO FOCUS DISCUSSION OM POLITICAL MATTERS RATHER THAN ON MUSIC, FOOD AND DRINK, 2, WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION WAS DISCUSSED, IT WAS MOLYAKOV WHO SET FORTH THE MOST POSITIVE VIEWS, HE CHARACTERIZED SOVIET PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV AS A “VERY WISE_ MAN* WHO HAD THE CURRENT CUBAN SITUATION WELL IN BAND. MOLYAKOV_ADDED THAT KHRUSHCHEV IS AWARE THAT PRESIDENT _KENNEDY “IS MAD AND AN ADVENTURER" AND FULLY UNDERSTANDS _ _THAT SUCH A_MAN MUST NOT BE PERMITTED "TO PULL THE STRINGS" | (SOURCE COMMENT: MEANING THAT PRESIDNET KENNEDY MUST NOT __BB ALLOWED TO RETAIN THE INIATIVE OR TO CONTROL THE PACE _IN THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION), LIKEWISE . KHRUSHCHEV UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SOCIALIST CAMP MUST NOT “PLAY KENNEDY'S GAME" AND RESPOND TO AMERICAN ACTIONS IN THE MANNER DESIRED BY KENNEDY, MOLYAKOV REMARKED TUAT LENIN HAD STATED THAT THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY VIRTUE IS PATIENCE, a 3, IN COMMENTING FURTHER ON THE REASONS FOR CURRENT U.S, ACTION RE CUBA MOLYAKOV STATED THAT KENNEDY HAD BEEN MOTIVATED BY INTERNAL AMERICAN POLITICAL REASONS (THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS), BY A DESIRE TO INTIMIDATE THE LATIN AMERICAN MATIONS, AND BY “PURE ADVENTURISM", MOLYAKOV ADDED THAT IF THE PRESENT TRENDS CONTINUED THEN THE CURRENT | __ SITUATION WOULD PROBABLY BE RESOLVED WITHOUT ARMED CONFLICT. PUP TR 7 h.Classifidatidn® 4 - REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS PROHIBITED UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED”. Pp FORM FS 413 “Single-address messages to the Department can be diverted to pouch (appropriate to the classification of the fo BGT 3-41-55 retyping. Type “By Pouch" after the address, omit the serial number, and pouch in envelope marked ‘For
reign Servite Ul tie ¥ Fr: sl States of America 13-00000 sg ~ " Classification Control: PAGE THREE Date: BUT THAT KENNEDY SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT “TO GO TOO FAR" (SOURCE COMMENT: MOLYAKOV DID NOT ELABORATE ON THE LATTER, PHRASE), 4, AT ONE POINT IN THE CONVERSATION MOLYAKOV REFERRED TO THE PRESENT CALLUP OF SOVIET ARMED FORCES RESERVE PERSONNEL, STATING THAT THE RESERVES MUST BE TOLD THAT IF THE SITUATION CONTINUED AS AT PRESENT, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE GOING BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES, (SOURCE - COMMENT: THE LATTER STATEMENT APPEARED TO CONTRADICT MOLYAKOV'S PREVIOUS STATEMENT - PER PARA 3 ABOVE - TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION WOULD NOT RESULT IN ARMED CONFLICT, MOLYAKOV DRANK QUITE HEAVILY DURING THE BVENING AND IT IS JUDGED THAT THIS LATTER STATEMENT WAS MADE FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT HIS CURRENT CONVICTION). 5S, FIELD DISSEMs AMB ONLY. END OF MSG Charge: ORIGINATED: MIDDAUGH FORM FS 413P aa ‘Classification q RELEASED: ELMARD REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS PROHIBITED UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED". “Single-address messages to the Department can be diverted te pouch (appropriate to the classification of the message) without 3-41-55 wetyping, Type “By Pouch" after the address, omit the serial number, and gouch in envelope marked “For DC/T’’.