LETTERS EXCHANGED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS OF OCTOBER 1962
1. 10/22/62 President Kennedy letter
2. 10/23/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
3. 10/23/62 President Kennedy letter
4. 10/24/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
5. 10/25/62 President Kennedy letter
6. 10/27/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
7. 10/26/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
8. 10/27/62 President Kennedy letter
9. 10/28/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
10. 10/28/62 President Kennedy letter
11. 10/30/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
12. 11/03/62 President Kennedy letter
13. 11/05/62 (received) Chairman Khrushchev letter
14. 11/06/62 President Kennedy letter
15. 11/12/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
16. 11/14/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
17. 11/15/62 President Kennedy letter
18. 11/20/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
19. 11/21/62 President Kennedy letter
20. 11/23/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
21. 12/11/62 Chairman Khrushchev letter
22. 12/14/62 President Kennedy letter
Letters 1-10 were opened in 1973 by the Department of State and published in: The Department of State Bulletin, Volume LXIX No. 1795, 11/19/73.
Letter 14 was declassified in 1974 as the result of a mandatory review request.
Letter 19 was declassified in 1979 as the result of a mandatory review request.
Letter 22 was released in sanitized form in 1980 as the result of a mandatory review request.
Letters 1-10: Located in The Department of State Bulletin, Volume LXIX No. 1795, 11/19/73
Letter 14: Located in National Security Files Box 184-190 Folder: USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence, Cuba, 10/30/62-11/19/62. 7 pages
Letter 19: Located in National Security Files Box 184-190 Folder: USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence, Cuba, 11/22/62-12/14/62. 1 page
Letter 22: Located in National Security Files Box 184-190 Folder: USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence, Cuba, 11/22/62-12/14/62. 4 pages
Note: There are 1590 pages of letters, telegrams, and translations that passed between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. This total does not include correspondence in draft form. The complete Kennedy-Khrushchev correspondence can be found in this online volume of the Foreign Relations of the United States .