Secretariat. About a visit to Cuba by specialists from the USSR Ministry of Defence. The group is to be led by N. V. OGARKOV, Chief of the General Staff (21 pp). [R 4 February 1981, St 249-12]
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#CT-249/12gc/ 02.04.81/ TOP SECRET/SPECIAL FOLDER RESOLUTION
Of the Secretariat of the CC of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Re: Dispatching a team of Defense Ministry experts to the Republic of Cuba
[It is hereby resolved] to adopt the Defense Ministry’s proposal and dispatch a Soviet military delegation on a ten-day visit to the Republic of Cuba — namely Air Force Marshal A.N. Yefimov, Admiral of the Navy G.M. Yegorov, Colonel General N.A. Zotov, Lieutenant General I.N. Zaitsev, Lieutenant General Ye.V. Kalashnikov, Lieutenant General N.A. Frolov, Major General G.A. Burutin, Major General V.M. Grigoryev, Major General P.I. Konakov, and Colonel Yu. A. Markelov — [which delegation shall be] led by Comrade N.V. Ogarkov, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. (See next page)
Vote result
[Six signatures, of which only that of Mikhail Suslov is legible]…
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[It is further resolved hereby] that the traveling expenses shall be charged to the budget of the Ministry of Defense.
[Two illegible signatures] 0282/Top Secret/ Special Folder Attention: CC CPSU
Re: Sending a team of specialists of the Ministry of Defense [of the USSR] to the Republic of Cuba
In keeping with Resolution P231/48 of the CC CPSU, of January 6, 1981, a Soviet military delegation, led by Comrade N.V. Ogarkov, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, will visit the Republic of Cuba.
In view of this, the Ministry of Defense hereby requests [that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union] allow this 10-day visit by the said delegation made up of Marshal A.N. Yefimov (First Deputy Commander and member of the Military Council of the Air Force, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR), Admiral G.M. Yegorov (Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Commander, member of the Military Council of the Navy, candidate member of
the CC CPSU), Colonel General N.A. Zotov (head of the 10th Chief Directorate of the General Staff), Lieutenant General I.N. Zaitsev (first deputy head, Organizations Department, Chief Organizations and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff), Lieutenant General Ye.V. Kalashnikov (head of Department 5, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff) , Lieutenant General N.A. Frolov (Special Operations under the aegis of the head of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense), Major General G.A. Burutin (deputy head of Department 2, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff), Major General V.M. Grigoryev (head of Department 10, Chief Directorate of the General Staff), Major General P.I. Konakov (deputy head of the Chief Engineers Directorate, General Staff), Colonel Yu. A. Markelov (officer for special assignments under the command of the Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Minister of Defense).
The said delegation is scheduled to board a flight [to Cuba] on February 6. This business trip will be financed by the Ministry of Defense [of the USSR].
We believe it expedient to grant the request of the Ministry of Defense and allow Comrades A.N. Yefimov, G.M. Yegorov, N.A. Zotov, I.N Zaitsev, Ye.V. Kalashnikov, N.A. Frolov, G.A. Buturin, and Yu.A. Markelov [to make this visit to Cuba], considering their possession of top-secret information.
Draft CC CPSU resolution is enclosed herewith.
(Signed) N. Savinkin,
Head of the Administration Department, CC CPSU January 30, 1981.
MEMO
Re: Aleksandr Nikolayevich YEFIMOV, recipient of two “Hero of the Soviet Union” Gold Stars/ The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC
CPSU
Since March 1969, First Deputy Commander, member of the Military Council, [Soviet] Air Force
Kantemirovskaya Station, Kantemirovka raion, Voronezh oblast [Russia]
Russia, CPSU membership card 01785040 [Under the Soviets “nationality” meant ethnic origin rather than citizenship, so as to distinguish between Russians and non-Russians, an obvious act of discrimination — Translator]
Post-secondary; graduate of the Air Force Academy (1951) and Military Academy of the General Staff (1957)
[General Staff officer’s] command of military operations
[Remarkably, most of these military CVs show that the Soviet brass knew only Russian (at best), compared to their NATO counterparts, which leaves one asking oneself who has saved the world from nuclear death — Translator]
n/a
- 45, Germany; 1945-46, Poland (with the Soviet
contingent,); [Known as the “Group of Soviet Forces” in all Soviet documents, such military occupation authorities kept the Soviet/socialist camp in one piece until it fell apart in 1991 — Translator] 1970 (ARE [Arab Republic of Egypt]); 1972: Somalia, India; 1976: Mexico, Soviet Czechoslovakia; 1977: Soviet Poland, GDR [East Germany], Bulgaria; 1978: Soviet Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cuba, Turkey; 1979: Syria; 1980: Angola.
Are you a member of I’m a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
the Supreme Soviet or
a regional, district or
local CPSU
committee?
Two Orders of Lenin; five Orders of the Red Banner; Alexander Nevsky Order [for outstanding combat merits in] the Great Patriotic War [i.e. WW II], 1st Class, Red Star, Order for Meritorious Service to Fatherland, 3rd Class, and 11 medals.
Professional experience/Service record
Marshal of the [Soviet] Air Force.
Cadet, Military Pilots’ Training School, Kharkov [Kharkiv] Military District.
[Military] pilot, wing commander, ground attack Air Force regiment, Western Front.
CO, air squadron, ground attack Air Force regiment, 2nd Belarusian Front.
- 46: Navigator, ground attack Air Force regiment, 2nd
Belarusian Front, Northern Group of Forces.
- 51: Cadet, Air Force Academy.
| 1951-54: | CO, Guards Ground Attack Air Force Regiment, Transcaucasian Military District. |
| 1954-55: | Second in command, pilot training, Guards Ground Attack Air Force Division. |
| 1955-57: | Cadet, Military Academy of the General Staff. |
| 1957-58: | CO, Fighter-Bomber Division, Baltic Military District. |
| 1958-59: | CO, Guards Bomber Division, Baltic Military District. |
| 1959-61: | Deputy Commander of the Air Force for combat training, Baltic Military District. |
| 1961-64: | First Deputy Commander, Air Army, Baltic Military District. |
| 1964-69: | Commander, Air Army, Carpathian Military District. |
| 1969-present day: | First Deputy Commander in Chief, member of the Military Council of the Air Force [of the USSR]. |
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
… January, 1981 MEMO
Re: Georgii Mikhailovich YEGOROV
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
| [Your current rank/position:] | Since July 1977, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Commander in Chief, member of the Military Council of the Navy |
| Place, date of birth: Nationality: | Vil. Mestnovo, Volosovsky raion, Leningrad oblast
Russian, CPSU membership card No. 00922001, dated 1942 |
| Education: | Post-secondary; graduate, Frunze Naval College (1940); Naval Officers Training School (1944); Naval Academy (1959) |
| Military Occupational Specialty | general officer, tactical and strategic operations |
| Command of foreign languages:
Party membership record: reprimands (nature of transgression, date, subsequent measures): Periods of time spent abroad (dates and place names): Are you a member of the Supreme Soviet or a regional, district or local CPSU committee? |
n/a
n/a Finland (1944-45); Norway (1974); France (1977-78); Syria (1980) I’m a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR, candidate member of CC CPSU |
| Have you been conferred government decorations? If so, | Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner, 3rd Class; Order of the Great Patriotic War, 1st Class; Order of the Red Star, 2nd Class; Order of October Revolution, plus |
| please specify. ten medals
Professional experience/Service record Rank/position Admiral of the Fleet
|
| 1940-43: | Submarine navigator, Baltic Fleet |
| 1943-44: | Submarine Number Two, Baltic Fleet |
| 1944: | CO, air squadron, ground attack Air Force regiment, 2nd Belarusian Front. |
| 1945-46: | Submarine officers’ training course, Leningrad |
| 1944-50: | Baltic Fleet submarine CO |
| 1950-53: | Submarine CO, Kamchatka Flotilla, Pacific Fleet |
| 1953-54: | CO, Submarine Brigade, Pacific Fleet |
| 1955-57: | Cadet, Military Academy of the General Staff. |
| 1954-56: | Chief of Staff, Submarine Division, Northern Fleet |
| 1956-59: | Cadet, Naval Academy, Leningrad |
| 1959-61: | CO, Submarine Squadron, Northern Fleet |
| 1963-67: | Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander in Chief, Northern Fleet |
| 1967-72: | Deputy Commander in Chief of the Navy (Military Training), Chief of Military Training of the [Soviet] Navy |
1972-77: Commander in Chief, member of the Military Council of
the [Soviet] Navy
1977 until present day: Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Commander in
Chief, member of the Military Council of the [Soviet]
Navy
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
… January, 1981
MEMO
Re: Comrade A. N. YEFIMOV
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
[Your current Since March 1969, First Deputy Commander, member of
rank/position:] the Military Council, [Soviet] Air Force
Kantemirovka Station, Kantemirovka raion, Voronezh oblast [Russia]
Russian, CPSU membership card 01785040
Post-secondary; graduate of the Air Force Academy (1951) and Military Academy of the General Staff (1957)
[General Staff officer’s] command of military operations n/a n/a
1944-45, Germany; 1945-46, Poland (with the Soviet contingent); 1970 (ARE [Arab Republic of Egypt]); 1972: Somalia, India; 1976: Mexico, Soviet Czechoslovakia;
| Are you a member of the Supreme Soviet or a regional, district or local CPSU committee? | 1977: Soviet Poland, GDR, Bulgaria; 1978: Soviet Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cuba, Turkey; 1979: Syria; 1980: Angola.
I’m a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR |
| Have you been conferred government decorations? If so, please specify. | Two Orders of Lenin; five Orders of the Red Banner; Alexander Nevsky Order [for outstanding combat merits in] the Great Patriotic War [i.e. WW II], 1st Class, Red Star, Order for Meritorious Service to your Fatherland, |
| 3rd Class, and 11 medals. Professional experience/Service record Rank/position Marshal of the [Soviet] Air Force.
|
| 1941-42: | Cadet, Military Pilots’ Training School, Kharkov [Kharkiv] Military District. |
| 1942-44: | [Military] pilot, wing commander, ground attack Air Force regiment, Western Front. |
| 1944-45: | CO, air squadron, ground attack Air Force regiment, 2nd Belarusian Front. |
| 1945-46: | Navigator, ground attack Air Force regiment, 2nd Belarusian Front, Northern Group of Forces. |
| 1946-51: | Cadet, Air Force Academy. |
| 1951-54: | CO, Guards Ground Attack Air Force Regiment, Transcaucasian Military District. |
| 1954-55: | Second in command, pilot training, Guards Ground Attack Air Force Division. |
| 1955-57: | Cadet, Military Academy of the General Staff. |
| 1957-58: | CO, Fighter-Bomber Division, Baltic Military District. |
| 1958-59: | CO, Guards Bomber Division, Baltic Military District. |
| 1959-61: | Deputy Commander of the Air Force for combat training, Baltic Military District. |
| 1961-64: | First Deputy Commander, Air Army, Baltic Military District. |
| 1964-69: | Commander, Air Army, Carpathian Military District. |
| 1969-present day: | First Deputy Commander in Chief, member of the Military Council of the Air Force [of the USSR]. |
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
… January, 1981
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
Head of the 10th Chief Directorate, General Staff [of the Armed Forces of the USSR]
1923, village of Peruvian, Verkhne-Khavsky raion, Voronezh oblast [Russia]
Russian
CPSU, membership card No. 01793509, dated 1940
Post-secondary; graduate, Armored Forces Academy (1954); Frunze Military Academy (1966); Military Academy of the General Staff (1966)
Commanding Officer n/a n/a
GDR (1954-62), Hungarian People’s Republic (as a commanding officer of the Soviet contingent there) n/a
Have you been conferred government decorations? If so, please specify: n/a
Rank/position Colonel General
Professional experience/Service record
- 41: cadet, Naval Air Force College; Communications College
(Voronezh [Russia])
- 42: deputy CO, company; CO, signals company, detached
battalion, infantry brigade, Central Asian Military District,
Western Front
|
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1981
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
| Rank/position:
Date and place of birth: Nationality: |
Lieutenant General, First Deputy Head of the Chief Organization and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff (since March 1971)
March [8], 1923, t. Leninsk, Volgograd oblast [Russia] Russian |
| Party membership: Education:
Military Occupational Specialty |
CPSU, since 1944, party membership card #0178[8]510
post-secondary; graduate of Frunze Military Academy (1949) general staff officer |
| Command of foreign languages: | n/a |
| Party membership record: reprimands (nature of transgression, date, subsequent measures): | n/a |
| Periods of time spent abroad (dates and place names): | 1945-46: Romania, Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary; 1968: Czechoslovak SSR; 1979: Hungarian People’s Republic; 1980: Polish People’s Republic,
Nicaragua |
| Are you a member of the Supreme Soviet or a regional, district or local CPSU committee? | n/a |
| Have you been conferred government decorations? If so, please specify: | Order of Lenin; Red Banner Order; Order of the Great Patriotic War, 1st Class; Red Star Order, 2nd Class; Medal “For Meritorious Service in the Armed Forces of the USSR”, 3rd Class, and 20 medals |
Rank/position: Lieutenant General
Professional experience/Service record 1941-42: cadet, Nevinnomysk Flying School, Zhytomyr Infantry
| 1942-46: | College, North Caucasian Military District
platoon CO, assistant chief of staff, infantry regiment, Infantry Division, Stalingrad Front, Third Ukrainian Front, Southern Group of Forces |
| 1946-49: | cadet, Frunze Military Academy |
| 1949-58: | commanding, general officer, senior inspector, head of section, Planning and Logistics Directorate, General Staff |
| 1958-64: | deputy department head, department head, deputy head of Planning and Logistics Directorate, Main HQ, Land Forces |
| 1964-67: | cadet, Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1967-68: | deputy chief of staff, Army HQ, Transcaucasian Military District |
| 1968-71: | deputy head, organization department, Chief Organization and Planning Directorate of the General Staff |
| 1971 until present day: | first deputy head, organization department, Chief Organization and Planning Directorate of the General Staff |
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1981
MEMO
Re: Comrade Ye.V. KALASHNIKOV
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
| Rank/position: | Lieutenant General, head of the 5th Department, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff |
Date and place of birth: July 28, 1928, Tashkent
Nationality: Russian
| Party membership: | CPSU, since 1950, party membership card #10774880 |
| Education: | post-secondary; graduate of Frunze Military Academy (1955) and Military Academy of the |
Have you been conferred Red Star Order, Order for Meritorious Service in the government decorations? If Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd Class, 9 medals so, please specify:
Professional experience/Service record
1946-49: cadet, Leningrad and Kyiv artillery colleges
1949-52: platoon leader; battery CO, Howitzer Regiment, Central
Group of Forces
1952-55: cadet, Frunze Military Academy
1955-59: intelligence officer, Air Force Special Operations Department
1959-65: senior officer, Anti-aircraft Missile Troops HQ
1965-68: CO, [Soviet] Air Force Unit 61772
- 69: CO, anti-aircraft missile brigade
- 71: cadet, Military Academy of the General Staff
1971-73: second in command, Anti-Aircraft Missile Corps, Moscow A-
AM District
1973-76: head of operations department, deputy chief of staff, Moscow
A-AM District
department head, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1981
MEMO
Re: Comrade N.A. Frolov
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
| Rank/position: | Lieutenant General, in charge of special assignments under the command of the Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR |
| Date and place of birth: Nationality: | October 20, 1928, vil. Fufaievskaia, Solvychegodsky raion, Arkhangelsk oblast
Russian |
| Party membership: | CPSU, since 1950, party membership card #10774880 |
| Education:
Military Occupational Specialty |
post-secondary; graduate of Frunze Military Academy (1962) and Military Academy of the General Staff (1972)
general officer |
| Command of foreign languages: | n/a |
| Party membership record: reprimands (nature of transgression, date, subsequent measures): | n/a |
| Periods of time spent abroad (dates and place names): | 1962-68: East Germany, with the Soviet contingent; 1970-78: business trips to Algeria, Libya, [Soviet- controlled] Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Mongolia, Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland |
| Are you a member of the Supreme Soviet or a regional, district or local CPSU committee? | n/a |
Have you been conferred Order for Meritorious Service in the Armed Forces government decorations? If of the USSR, 3rd Class, 18 medals so, please specify:
| 1949-52: | Professional experience/Service record cadet, Infantry College, Cherepovets [Russia] |
| 1952-53: | infantry platoon CO, machinegun-artillery regiment, Primorsky [Maritime/Far East] Military District |
| 1953-57: | officer in charge of “physical training and sports,” machinegun-artillery regiment, Primorsky [Maritime/Far East] Military District |
| 1957-59: | deputy chief of staff, infantry battalion, infantry company leader, Detached Infantry Brigade, Primorsky [Maritime/Far East] Military District |
| 1959-62: | cadet, Frunze Military Academy |
| 1962-68: | general officer, Army HQ Operations and Intelligence Directorate , Soviet Contingent in [East] Germany |
| 1968-70: | general officer, head of department, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff |
| 1970-72: | cadet, Academy of the General Staff |
| 1972-77: | general officer, head of section deputy head of department, head of operations control department, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff |
| 1977 until present day: | general officer for special assignments under the command of the Head of General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense [of the USSR] |
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1981
MEMO
Re: G.A. BURUTIN
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
Deputy head of Operations Department, General Staff, since July 1979
Apr. 20, 1928, Moscow
Russian
CPSU, membership card 1956 #01780066, issued in 1956
post-secondary; graduate, Military Armored Forces Academy (1961); Military Academy of the General Staff (1969)
general staff officer
n/a n/a
Romania, as commanding officer of the Soviet contingent (1950-56); ditto GDR [East Germany] (1961-67) n/a
Have you been conferred Order “For Meritorious Service to Fatherland and government decorations? If Its Armed Forces,” 3rd Class; Order of the Red Star, so, please specify: eight medals
Professional experience/Service record
1947-50: cadet, Kyiv Joint Self-Propelled Artillery College
1950-54: platoon CO, heavy-caliber tank-self-propelled artillery
regiment, Detached Mechanized Army
1954-58: company leader, heavy-caliber tank-self-propelled artillery
regiment, Detached Mechanized Army, Baltic Military District
1958-61: cadet, Armored Forces Academy
1961-62: battalion CO, tank regiment, Soviet Contingent, [East]
Germany
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1981
MEMO
Re: V.M. GRIGORYEV
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
Major General
Aug. 7, 1925, vil. Krugy, Yegoryesvky raion, Moscow oblast
Russian
CPSU since 1944, party membership card #03490 545
business trips [missions] abroad: Tanzania… [illegible/incomprhensible] Uganda, Cuba (1969); Nigeria, Somalia, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia (1971-78)
n/a
| Have you been conferred Orders of the Red Banner and Red Star; Order for
government decorations? If Meritorious Service in the Armed Forces of the
1972 until present
|
day: head of section, 10th Chief Directorate, General Staff
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1980
MEMO
Re: P.I. KONAKOV
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
| Rank/position:
Date and place of birth: Nationality: |
major general, deputy head, Chief Engineering Directorate, GKES [Soviet acr. for State Committee on Economic Co-operation]
July 19, 1921, vil. Kenakovo, Kichminsky raion, Kirovsk oblast (Russia) Russian |
| Party membership: | CPSU, since 1950; party membership card #00134805 |
| Education: | post-secondary; Air Force Engineering Academy of the USSR (1952) |
| Military Occupational Specialty: | mechanical engineer, Air Force [of the USSR] |
| Command of foreign languages: | n/a |
| Party membership record: reprimands (nature of transgression, date, subsequent measures): | n/a |
| Periods of time spent abroad (dates and place names): | business trips to socialist and developing countries (1970-80) |
| Are you a member of the Supreme Soviet or a regional, district or local CPSU committee? | n/a |
Have you been conferred Order, of the Red Star, Order for Meritorious government decorations? If Service in the Air Force of the USSR, 3rd Class, so, please specify: Order of Merit, 8 medals
| 1939-40: | Professional experience/Service record cadet, Air Force Technical School in Kirovsk |
| 1940-44: | apprentice, then mechanic, Air Force Regiment, Air Force Detachment, Air Force Navigator College, Moscow Military District |
| 1944-45: | aircraft mechanic, senior aircraft mechanic, Air Force Regiment, Air Force Detachment, Air Force Navigator College, Moscow Military District |
| 1945-52: | cadet, Air Force Engineering Academy |
| 1952-53: | senior departmental officer, Chief Directorate for Experimental Construction, GKES |
| 1953-55: | senior officer, Chief Engineering Directorate, GKES |
| 1955-58: | under command of the Chief Engineering Directorate, GKES |
| 1958-79: | chief engineer, deputy departmental head, departmental head, Chief Engineering Directorate, GKES |
| 1979 until present day: | deputy head, Chief Engineering Directorate, GKES |
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January 30, 1981
MEMO
Re: Yu.A. MARKELOV
The following data [service record] is submitted in conjunction with the subject’s pending trip to the Republic of Cuba/ Subject to approval by CC CPSU
Rank/position: colonel, special assignment officer since January
1970
Date and place of birth: Sept. 13, 1933, Tashkent [currently the capital city
of Uzbekistan]
Nationality: Russian
CPSU, since 1958, party membership card #03490739
Minister of the USSR and Chairman of the GKES
1977 until
present day: special assignment officer reporting to Chief of General Staff,
First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR
(Signed) I. Larin,
Assistant Deputy Head,
Administration Department, CC CPSU
January [30], 1981
[Logo] Ministry of Defense of the USSR/General Staff/[Stamp] CC CPSU /03312/Top Secret… Single copy/ January 22, 1981/#318/6/0226/ City of Moscow
Attention: CC CPSU
In keeping with Resolution #II-231/48, Jan. 6, 1981, I hereby request permission to allow a military delegation to visit Cuba for a term of 10 days, said delegation being led by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR [and composed of the following persons]:
- Air Force Marshal A.N. Yefimov, First Deputy Commander in Chief, Member of the Military Council of the Air Force;
- Admiral of the Navy G.M. Yegorov, Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander if Chief, member of the Military Council of the Navy;
- Colonel General N.A. Zotov, head of 10th Chief Directorate, General Staff, Air Force of the USSR (as per Resolution of Oct. 19, 1978, cleared for repeated business trips abroad while holding current post);
- Lieutenant General Ye.V. Kalashnikov, head of Department 5, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff;
- Lieutenant General I.N. Zaitsev, first deputy head, Organizations Department, Chief Organizations and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff;
- Major General P.I Konakov, Deputy Head, Chief Engineering Directorate, GKES (as per Resolution of March 30, 1979, cleared for three-year business trips);
- Major General G.A. Burutin, deputy head of Department 2, Chief Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Air Force of the USSR;
- Major General V.M. Grigoryev, head of Section 5, Department 10, Chief Directorate of the General Staff, Air Force of the USSR (as per Resolution of Sept. 17, 1980, cleared for two-year business trips);
– Colonel Yu. A. Markelov, special assignment officer reporting to the Chief of General Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR.
In keeping with the Regulations adopted by CC CPSU, Aug. 26, 1976, #ct- 23/41gs, I, [the undersigned] submit [this list of names including] Comrades A.N Yefimov, G.M. Yegorov, N.A. Zotov, Ye.V. Kalashnikov, and G.A. Burutin, who are knowledgeable about top secrets of the state, along with Comrades I.N. Zaitsev and Yu.A. Markelov, who are in possession of classified information.
(Signed)
- Ogarkov, Marshal, Chief of General Staff, Armed Forces of the USSR [L°g°]
Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR/Single copy/ Top Secret/Jan. 24, 1981/#318/6/02[60]
Attention: CC CPSU
Re: Further to our 318/6/0226, 01.21.81
As per Resolution II231/48, 01.21.81, I hereby request permission to include Lieutenant General N.I. Frolov, Special Assignment General reporting to the Chief of Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, in the military delegation, headed by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR, scheduled to pay a 10-day visit to the Republic of Cuba.
In keeping with CC CPSU Regulations #Ct-23/41gs, of August 1976, I hereby submit Comrade N.A. Frolov with an eye to his possession of top secrets of the state.
(Signed)
- Sokolov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
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