Sergei Kudryavtsev (diplomat)

Sergei Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Кудрявцев; 1915–1998) was a senior Soviet intelligence officer who served as the Soviet Ambassador to Cuba from August 22, 1960 to May 30, 1962.^[1] Kudryavtsev did not speak Spanish, nor did he have connections with the Cuban government. As a result, Alexander Alexeyev, who had been in Cuba since 1959, served as his cultural advisor for the duration of his appointment.^[2] Kudryavstev was expelled from Cuba in 1962 by Fidel Castro for open and excessive political activities, and was replaced by Alexeyev.^[3]

References

^ Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich (2007). Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. Volume 3, Statesman,1953-1964. Khrushchev, Sergeĭ. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University. ISBN 978-0271058580. OCLC 162002083.
^ "Interview with Alexander Alekseyev [Soviet Ambassador to Cuba]" (PDF). National Security Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ Gonzalez, Servando (2002). The Nuclear deception : Nikita Khrushchev and the Cuban missile crisis. Oakland, CA: Spooks Books. ISBN 0971139156. OCLC 52500165.

[1] Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich (2007). Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. Volume 3, Statesman,1953-1964. Khrushchev, Sergeĭ. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University. ISBN 978-0271058580. OCLC 162002083.

[2] "Interview with Alexander Alekseyev [Soviet Ambassador to Cuba]" (PDF). National Security Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[3] Gonzalez, Servando (2002). The Nuclear deception : Nikita Khrushchev and the Cuban missile crisis. Oakland, CA: Spooks Books. ISBN 0971139156. OCLC 52500165.

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