Documents

History in Pieces

  • Research
  • Photographs
  • Film Footage
  • Documents
  • Documents

Fidel Castro Reports on His Meetings with U Thant after the Cuban Missile Crisis

by David Coleman

In a TV interview in Havana on the evening of November 1, 1962, Cuban Premier Fidel Castro provided a detailed account of his meetings with Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant, who had been in Cuba for two days of talks in the immediate aftermath of the Cuban Missiles Crisis. It includes a long section where Castro reads what is purported to be a transcript of one of their meetings.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Fidel Castro, Indar Jit Rikhye, U Thant