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Cuban Chronology 1982

Central Intelligence Agency · 1983-06-01 · 189 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 132 …Panamanian Colonels Roberto Diaz Herrera and Marcos Justines, Minister of the Presidency Gabrial Castro, and Adviser…
January 23-25
January 26
February 8
May 1'0
May 21
May 24
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
June 29
September 10
November 28
December 11
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MOZAMBIQUE
PCC member Jorge Risquet arrives in Maputo on a working visit, He meets with
Joaquim- Chipanoe, a member of the Frelimo Standing Political Committee.
Jorge Risquet discusses the situation in Southern Africa and the Caribbean during
a meeting in Maputo with Mozambique’s President Samora Machel.
Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
The Vice President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television states that
Cuba will send monthly interviews of Mozambicans studying in Cuba for
broadcasting by Radio Mozambique.
Mozambique’s President Machel arrives in Holguin from Nicaragua, enroute to
Grenada, and is greeted by Raul Castro; they visit sites of historical and economic
interest.
Fidel Castro greets President Machel at Jose Marti International Airport.
Fidel Castro and President Machel begin official talks.
Fidel Castro presents the Jose Marti medal to Mozambican President Samora
Moises Machel during a reception in Havana.
Fidel Castro and President Machel tour economic and-cultural centers on the Isle
of Youth and visit with more than 2,300 Mozambican students attending four
schools.
Cuba and Mozambique sign a trade and air transport agreement, a ministerial
cooperation protocol, a reciprocity agreement on diplomatic real estate, and a
cooperation plan between the two parties. Fidel Castro bids farewell to Mozam-
bique’s President Machel; a joint communique stresses cooperation and friendship
between their parties and governments.
Cubana Airlines begins monthly flights to Maputo, Mozambique. An IL-62 will
depart from Havana on a Tuesday and will arrive back in Cuba on a Friday.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Maputo to discuss
economic cooperation with Mozambique leaders.
Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of the Nonaligned Movement informing
them that authorities in Mozambique have reported that South African troops are
massing along the southern border.
Minister of Labor and Social Security Joaquim Rodriguez Benavides arrives in
Maputo to attend the fourth session of the Mozambique-Cuba Joint Commission
on Cooperation.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 189 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.