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Materials from the 40th Anniversary Conference Havana, Cuba 10-12 October 2002
Photos from the 40th Anniversary Conference in Havana Follow the links below to view the images As President Castro reviews the documents, members of the Cuban delegation follow the discussion (L to R): Gen. Ramón Pardo Guerra, Comandante Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Vice President José Ramon Fernández, Castro, President of the National Assembly Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, and Comandante Guillermo García Frias. U.S. conference participants listen to a presentation from the Russian side. From foreground to background: Raymond L. Garthoff, William B. Ecker, Dino A. Brugioni, James G. Blight, John Peterson, William Y. Smith, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,Robert S. McNamara, Thomas S. Blanton, Theodore C. Sorensen and Richard Goodwin (in white shirt). President Castro enjoys a reunion with former Soviet colleagues. Pictured from L to R: Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov (back to camera), Gen. Igor A. Amosov (obscured), Cuban Vice President José Ramon Fernández, Gen. Anatoly I. Gribkov and Lt. Leonid I. Sannikov. Cuban President Fidel Castro applies some gentle ribbing to the Russian delegation over his experiences flying in the former USSR under winter conditions. Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara emphasizes a point at the conference as National Security Archive Director Thomas S. Blanton and Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh look on. Former Kennedy Counsel and speechwriter Theodore C. Sorensen addresses the conference. From L to R in the foreground are: National Security Archive Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh; Wayne S. Smith, former Head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana; and Richard Goodwin, former special assistant to President Kennedy and later deputy assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs. Former Soviet Defense Minister (1987-1991), Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov, recounts his experiences as commander of the special motorized rifle regiment Olgin deployed in Cuba in 1962. General Anatoly I. Gribkov listens. Capt. John A. Peterson (USN Retired) addresses the conference. Capt. Peterson was a watch officer on the destroyer USS Beale, which took part in the Soviet submarine hunt on October 27, 1962. Listening in the background are (L to R), Ethel Kennedy, Gen. William Y. Smith, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Alexandra Schlesinger. Sergo Mikoyan, son of Soviet Presidium member and special envoy to Cuba in November 1962 Anastas Mikoyan, takes the microphone while former Defense Minister Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov and ex-KGB Latin America specialist Nikolai S. Leonov listen. Continuing the discussions at lunch during the conference proceedings are: (L to R) ex-KGB officer Nikolai S. Leonov, National Security Archive staff member Svetlana Savranskaya, former U.S. Ambassador Raymond L. Garthoff, one-time Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy M. Kornienko, and former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. Former Soviet veterans of the Cold War in Cuba pose with Cuban Vice President José Ramon Fernández. From L to R: Lt. Leonid I. Sannikov, Gen. Anatoly I. Gribkov, Vice President Fernández, Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov, Georgy M. Kornienko, and Nikolai S. Leonov. U.S. participants Jorge Dominguez of Harvard University, James G. Hershberg of George Washington University, and Wayne S. Smith, former Head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, listen to the proceedings. Sidney Lawford McKelvy, a niece of President Kennedy, Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Nancy Biersteker of Brown University, and Maxwell Kennedy, a nephew of JFK, observe the conference. Inside a nuclear warhead bunker at San Cristobal, west of Havana, the last surviving structure from the 1962 missile deployment. Division General Samuel Rodiles Planas gives visitors the Cuban perspective on the historical background of the San Cristobal missile site. Captain William B. Ecker, a U.S. Navy reconnaissance commander who flew the first low-level flight confirming the missiles in Cuba on October 23rd, 1962, answers media questions, along with National Security Archive Director Thomas S. Blanton and Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh. Former Soviet Gen. Anatoly I. Gribkov and Temple University Prof. Vladislav Zubok hold an impromptu seminar for reporters at the San Cristobal missile site. In 1962, Gen. Gribkov was a principal planner for Operation Anadyr, the covert operation to install Soviet missiles in Cuba. Ex-CIA photo interpreter Dino Brugioni gets a close-up look at the real thing - Soviet missiles on display outside Havana. Kennedy advisers Theodore C. Sorensen and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. stand in front of an R-12 (SS-4) missile on a hillside overlooking Havana.
Photos from the 40th Anniversary Conference in Havana
Follow the links below to view the images
As President Castro reviews the documents, members of the Cuban delegation follow the discussion (L to R): Gen. Ramón Pardo Guerra, Comandante Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Vice President José Ramon Fernández, Castro, President of the National Assembly Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, and Comandante Guillermo García Frias.
U.S. conference participants listen to a presentation from the Russian side. From foreground to background: Raymond L. Garthoff, William B. Ecker, Dino A. Brugioni, James G. Blight, John Peterson, William Y. Smith, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,Robert S. McNamara, Thomas S. Blanton, Theodore C. Sorensen and Richard Goodwin (in white shirt).
President Castro enjoys a reunion with former Soviet colleagues. Pictured from L to R: Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov (back to camera), Gen. Igor A. Amosov (obscured), Cuban Vice President José Ramon Fernández, Gen. Anatoly I. Gribkov and Lt. Leonid I. Sannikov.
Cuban President Fidel Castro applies some gentle ribbing to the Russian delegation over his experiences flying in the former USSR under winter conditions.
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara emphasizes a point at the conference as National Security Archive Director Thomas S. Blanton and Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh look on.
Former Kennedy Counsel and speechwriter Theodore C. Sorensen addresses the conference. From L to R in the foreground are: National Security Archive Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh; Wayne S. Smith, former Head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana; and Richard Goodwin, former special assistant to President Kennedy and later deputy assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs.
Former Soviet Defense Minister (1987-1991), Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov, recounts his experiences as commander of the special motorized rifle regiment Olgin deployed in Cuba in 1962. General Anatoly I. Gribkov listens.
Capt. John A. Peterson (USN Retired) addresses the conference. Capt. Peterson was a watch officer on the destroyer USS Beale, which took part in the Soviet submarine hunt on October 27, 1962. Listening in the background are (L to R), Ethel Kennedy, Gen. William Y. Smith, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Alexandra Schlesinger.
Sergo Mikoyan, son of Soviet Presidium member and special envoy to Cuba in November 1962 Anastas Mikoyan, takes the microphone while former Defense Minister Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov and ex-KGB Latin America specialist Nikolai S. Leonov listen.
Continuing the discussions at lunch during the conference proceedings are: (L to R) ex-KGB officer Nikolai S. Leonov, National Security Archive staff member Svetlana Savranskaya, former U.S. Ambassador Raymond L. Garthoff, one-time Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy M. Kornienko, and former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara.
Former Soviet veterans of the Cold War in Cuba pose with Cuban Vice President José Ramon Fernández. From L to R: Lt. Leonid I. Sannikov, Gen. Anatoly I. Gribkov, Vice President Fernández, Marshal Dmitry T. Yazov, Georgy M. Kornienko, and Nikolai S. Leonov.
U.S. participants Jorge Dominguez of Harvard University, James G. Hershberg of George Washington University, and Wayne S. Smith, former Head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, listen to the proceedings.
Sidney Lawford McKelvy, a niece of President Kennedy, Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Nancy Biersteker of Brown University, and Maxwell Kennedy, a nephew of JFK, observe the conference.
Inside a nuclear warhead bunker at San Cristobal, west of Havana, the last surviving structure from the 1962 missile deployment.
Division General Samuel Rodiles Planas gives visitors the Cuban perspective on the historical background of the San Cristobal missile site.
Captain William B. Ecker, a U.S. Navy reconnaissance commander who flew the first low-level flight confirming the missiles in Cuba on October 23rd, 1962, answers media questions, along with National Security Archive Director Thomas S. Blanton and Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh.
Former Soviet Gen. Anatoly I. Gribkov and Temple University Prof. Vladislav Zubok hold an impromptu seminar for reporters at the San Cristobal missile site. In 1962, Gen. Gribkov was a principal planner for Operation Anadyr, the covert operation to install Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Ex-CIA photo interpreter Dino Brugioni gets a close-up look at the real thing - Soviet missiles on display outside Havana.
Kennedy advisers Theodore C. Sorensen and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. stand in front of an R-12 (SS-4) missile on a hillside overlooking Havana.
