Mikoyan at Cuban Union meeting. Soviet first Deputy Premier Anastas I Mikoyan (centre) , applauds the speaker to a group of trade unionists here seventh 7 February. Seated with Mikoyan , union leaders, Jesus Soto (left) and National bank president Ernesto ' Che Guevara (right). Mikoyan drew cheers with a rocket rattling speech that included praise of Fidel Castro's revolutionary government and an apparent warning to the US of Russian missile potential. He said 'those who threaten us with war should remember that if we can send a rocket was such precision to the moon, we can send up what it with equal precision to any part of the world'. 7 February 1960 . 11 January 1962