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This Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence reference aid, ALA 83-10064, is dated June 1983. It lists major international and domestic events affecting Cuba between 1 January and 31 December 1982, arranged alphabetically by country, plus sections on the Nonaligned Movement and the Palestine Liberation Movement. Entries include Cuban troops in Angola, Cuban support for Argentina in the Falklands dispute, and trade and cooperation agreements with many nations. It does not discuss UFOs.
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January 15 January 29 February 24 March 3 March 15 March 18 March 20 March 22 April 5-9 April 7 May 1 May 18 May 21 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential MEXICO Fidel Castro meets with Ruy Barreto and explains Cuba’s willingness to offer Brazil the same “preferential treatment” that it grants Mexico and Argentina. Granma confirms the meeting between Secretary of State Haig and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez on 23 November in Mexico City. Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Relations Castaneda initiated the meeting. In a message to Mexican President Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro alleges the US is the source of all problems affecting Latin America and says Cuba will fight US aggression. In a message to Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro claims that he is ready to collaborate to bring peace to the Caribbean if the US ends its threats and subversive activities. Fidel and Raul Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attend the farewell reception given by Mexican Ambassador Gonzalo Martinez Corbala. Radio Havana reports that Mexican Foreign Secretary Castaneda and US Secretary of State Haig agreed to meet in principle after 28 March to discuss Cen- tral America and the Caribbean. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Rodolfo Echeverria Ruiz, the new Mexican ambassador to Cuba. Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Isidoro Malmierca meet in Havana with Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda who informs them of the outcome of his talks with Secretary of State Haig. Granma issues an official communique stating that during his meeting with Jorge Castaneda, Fidel Castro had ratified Cuba’s adherence to the Mexican proposals for peace in Central America. Minister of Culture Armando Hart visits Mexico and conveys greetings from Fidel Castro to Mexican President Lopez Portillo. They discuss matters of common interest. Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias receives Mexican Ambassador Rodolfo Echeverria Ruiz to discuss matters of mutual interest in transportation and communications. Fidel Castro speaks over the telephone with Mexican President Lopez Portillo, inaugurating a direct telephone line via satellite between the two countries. Cuba’s Chamber of Commerce President Jose M. Mirabal, during an interview in Mexico, acknowledges that the world economic recession is affecting his country. Cuba and Mexico sign a trade agreement for 1982-83 aimed at increasing bilateral trade and the exchange of marketing information. 99 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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