cfr.org/articles/john-scali-has-lunch-with-a-soviet-spy-cuban-missile-crisis-day-eleven John Scali Has Lunch With a Soviet Spy—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Eleven
On October 26, 1962, ABC correspondent John Scali met KGB station chief Alexander Fomin, who floated a deal to withdraw Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for a US non-invasion pledge. A letter from Khrushchev arrived the same day with a similar offer, while Castro urged a Soviet nuclear strike.
— via CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
