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Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Anastas Mikoyan was an Armenian Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev eras. During Stalin's rule, he was awarded several high governmental posts, including Minister of Trade. He made several important trips to China, North Korea, Cuba, and the United States. After Stalin's death, he helped Nikita Khrushchev with his de-Stalinization policy. During Brezhnev's time, Mikoyan was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1964 until his retirement in 1965.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Found 62 Documents

1962

Cable of V.V. Kuznetsov on 1 November 1962 conversation between CPSU CC Politburo Member A.I. Mikoyan and acting UN Secretary General U Thant

Kuznetsov relays the results of a conversation between Mikoyan and U Thant. The bulk of the conversation between the two concerns U Thant’s recent visit to Cuba and his conversation with Castro. Mikoyan stresses lifting the quarantine around Cuba.

1962

Telegram from A.I. Mikoyan to CC CPSU re 1 November 1962 meeting with Stevenson

Mikoyan discusses the results of a meeting with Stevenson. The two discussed the quarantine in Cuba, the dismantling of weapons, the possibility of the Soviets and Americans coming to agreements over the issues to be discussed by the UN Security Council and the possibility of normalization of relations with Cuba in the future.

1962

Telegram from A.I. Mikoyan in New York to CC CPSU (2)

Mikoyan discusses a meeting with McCloy and Stevenson where the two say that they approve of lifting the blockade for Soviet ships in order to speed up the removal process.

1962

Telegram from Soviet Foreign Minister A.A. Gromyko to A.I. Mikoyan

Gromyko sends instructions to Mikoyan regarding his, Mikoyan’s, negotiations with the Americans concerning Guantanamo Bay and future weapons in Cuba.

1956

Excerpts from Tsedenbal's diary on his conversation with Soviet leader Anastas Mikoyan on Soviet Economic Cooperation and Aid to the People's Republic of Mongolia (Fragments)

Tsedenbal's diary entry on his conversation with Anastas Mikoyan regarding Soviet economic aid and cooperation with the Mongolian People's Republic. Tsedenbal asks Mikoyan to forgive upcoming payments due and provide additional materials and Soviet workers for construction of railroads. Mikoyan tells Tsedenbal that the Soviets will help, but that Mongolia must prepare its own workforce and not be dependent on Soviet or Chinese help. The two also discuss trade issues and Chinese designs on Mongolia.

1962

Meeting of the Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba with Mikoyan in the Presidential Palace

Minutes of the meeting between Anastas Mikoyan, Fidel Castro, and other members of the Secretariat of the ORI in the Old Presidential Palace. The purpose of this meeting is to resolve differences between the Cuban and Soviet governments in order to protect Marxist principles. Among other things, they discuss economic sanctions against Cuba, military intervention by other Latin American countries, the importance of the Cuban revolution to Marxism, and Cuba's relationship with the United States.

1953

Transcript of Conversation between the Soviet Leadership and Hungarian Workers’ Party Delegation in Moscow

Discussion of the reorganization of the Hungarian government and various reforms following Stalin's death.

1962

Cable from Mikoyan to CC CPSU

Mikoyan relays Castro’s willingness to carry out demobilization.

1962

A.I. Mikoyan, Memorandum of Conversation with Robert Kennedy

A meeting in which Mikoyan recounts a dinner in which American officials and Soviet officials discuss the future of Soviet-American relations.

1962

Memorandum of Conversation, A.I. Mikoyan with Osvaldo Dorticos, Ernesto Guevara, and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez

Alekseev and Mikoyan discuss the nature of UN inspections in Cuba with Cuban leadership. Cuban leadership discusses what they feel is a Soviet concession to the US, thereby weakening the international socialist movement.

Pagination