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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.
January 21 February 6 June 19 July 26 August 19 August 21 September 17 September 29 October 25 October 27 November 17 December 14 December 18 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential NAMIBIA Jesus Montane presides over a seminar on Namibia, organized by the Party Central Committee’s Center for African and Middle Eastern Studies. Cuban Foreign Minister Malmierca and Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Jorge issue a statement that the question of Cuban forces in Angola is not related to a Namibian settlement. Angola’s official news agency ANGOP rejects any link between negotiations for the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in Angola. ANGOP news agency reports that Angola rejects the US proposal for simulta- neous withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola as a condition for the settlement of the Namibian problem. South African Defense Minister Magnus Malan says that Cuban troops will have to leave Angola before a settlement in Namibia can become a reality. During a debate on Namibia at the UN, Cuban delegate Miguel Alvarez says that Cuban troops will not be withdrawn from Angola until there is no threat of a South African invasion. During a meeting in Japan with Harou Okada, Foreign Minister Malmierca denounces South Africa’s aggressions against the Namibian and Angolan peoples. During meetings in Havana, Lopo do Nascimento says, “There is no relation betweeen the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in Angola.” In a press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara rejects the US position that Namibia’s independence is contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops in Angola. Cuban Ambassador at the UN Raul Roa Kouri, charges that South Africa and the US are trying to introduce foreign elements into negotiations to hamper Namibia’s independence. Fidel Castro and Sam Nujoma, Chairman of the South West African People’s Organization—SWAPO discuss problems related with South Africa and in particular the situation in Namibia in Moscow. During a special address to the UN General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Raul Roa Kouri blames the US for obstructing a Namibian settlement. Cuba and Guinea-Bissau issue a joint communique emphasizing Cuba’s aid to Angola and rejecting US attempts to link Namibia’s independence to the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola. 105 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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