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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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Fidel Castro sends a message to Nonaligned leaders appealing to them to take
whatever steps appropriate to stop British-US aggression against Argentina.
Fidel Castro sends a message to PLO leader Yasir Arafat calling for pressure on
British authorities to prevent military threats against Argentina and to search for
political solutions.
Foreign Minister Malmierca welcomes Guyana’s Foreign Minister Rashleigh
Jackson. They discuss relations between the two countries and the forthcoming
Nonaligned Ministerial Meeting.
Argentine President Galtieri sends a message to Fidel Castro expressing his
gratitude to the Nonaligned Movement for its support of Argentina in the
Falklands dispute. V _
Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez preside at the opening session of the
Nonaligned foreign ministers meeting in Havana. Foreign Minister Malmierca
denounces the “arrogant US stance” regarding the arms race during his speech at
the opening of the Nonaligned Meeting; US Interests Chief Smith walks out.
The final communique of the Nonaligned foreign ministers’ meeting in Havana
covers political and economic issues that will serve as a basis for the 1982 summit
in Baghdad. ~
Cuba and Suriname sign an economic, scientific, and technical cooperation
protocol; a cooperation program for bilateral relations; and an agreement to
exchange information on Nonaligned matters.
PLO President Yasir Arafat asks Fidel Castro, as President of the Nonaligned
Movement, for the solidarity of the movement in the face of the Israeli forces’ in-
vasion of Lebanon. Fidel Castro answers Yasir Arafat’s message by pledging total
support and military solidarity in response to the Israeli aggression.
Havana Radio reports that Fidel Castro told representatives to the meeting of
Nonaligned countries in Havana that “the criminal aggression of Israel against
Lebanon” must be halted. Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of state and
government of the Nonaligned Movement requesting solidarity as a result of
Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
Syrian President Hafiz Al-Asad sends a message to Fidel Castro thanking him for
Cuba’s support for the forces fighting in Lebanon against the Israeli invasion.
Fidel Castro sends a new appeal to nonaligned members demanding the withdraw-
al of the aggressors from the territory they have occupied in Lebanon.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez exchanges views on the current international situation
and the recently concluded nonaligned meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister
A. R. Shamsul Doha in New York.
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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.