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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…
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CSSR Federal Assembly leader Alois Indra expresses solidarity and friendship
with the Cuban people in a press conference before departing Cuba for Nicaragua
and Mexico.
Managua radio reports that a Cuban ship arrived in Corinto with cement, mixers,
and other equipment to repair the Chinandega-area bridges damaged by tropical
storm Aleta.
During a meeting of French newsmen, the ambassadors of Cuba, Grenada, and
Nicaragua denounce the dangers that exist in Central America and the Caribbean
due to the aggressive US policy.
A Sandinist National Assembly delegation headed by Rodolfo Lobo, FSLN
Secretary of Regional Information is touring Villa Clara as part of an extensive
work program.
Politburo alternate member Antonio Perez Herrero ends his 2-week stay in
Nicaragua where he conducted a tour of various departments, met with Cuban
builders, physicians, and teachers.
The Cuban elementary school teachers serving in Nicaragua begin returning home
for vacation; with more than 200 arriving daily, all will be in Cuba by 28
November. Nicaraguan official Carlos Nunez tells the Cuban press that President
Reagan’s visit to Central America is a provocation against his country. During his
visit to Cuba, Commander of the Nicaraguan Revolution Carlos Nunez Tellez
visited offices of the party’s Revolutionary Information and Propaganda Depart-
ment. He departs for Nicaragua.
Politburo alternate member Antonio Perez Herrero welcomes Carlos Nunez
Tellez, President of the Nicaraguan State Council upon is arrival in Cuba.
Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Inter-American Affairs Nestor Sanchez
tells a US Naval Academy audience that Castro “is actively engaged in converting
Nicaragua into another Cuba.” Washington press announces that according to
recent US intelligence estimates, Cuba has sent an additional 2,000 military and
civilian advisers into Nicaragua since early this year.
A delegation of the People’s Government National Assembly, headed by National
Assembly President Flavio Bravo, departs for Managua at the invitation of
Nicaragua’s Council of State.
President of the National Assembly Falvio Bravo is received in Managua by
members of the Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction to discuss
foreign attacks on the Nicaraguan revolution.
Fidel Castro sends a condolence message to FSLN National Directorate on the
death of 75 Nicaraguan children who died in a helicopter crash on December 9
and accuses the US of aggression.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 189 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.