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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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Confidential January 5 January 7 January 28 February 2 February 6 March 9 March 29 June 19 August 19 September 12 September 13 September 17 October 12 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 SOUTH AFRICA The Pretoria press announced that South African security forces have killed one Cuban and captured another on the border between South-West Africa and Angola during a skirmish. South African authorities reveal the names of Cuban soldier Francisco Paulo Hernandez, as taken prisoner and Sergeant Raimundo Davila as killed in southern Angola on 5 January. Jorge Risquet exchanges views on the international situation, especially Southern Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean with President Nyerere of Tanzania. Jorge Risquet arrives in Lusaka, where he meets with President Kaunda and Ruben Camanga to discuss tensions in Central America and Southern Africa. President of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos meets with Jorge Risquet, Isidoro Malmierca, and Abelardo Colome Ibarra to exchange views on the struggle against South Africa. Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new Cuban ambassador to Zambia, Heriberto Feraudy, President Kaunda says that Cuban troops have prevented South Africa from overrunning Angola. Jorge Risquet greets Sam Nujoma, president of the South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO), upon his arrival in Havana. Angola’s official news agency ANGOP rejects any link between negotiations for the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in Angola. South African Defense Minister Magnus Malan says that Cuban troops will have to leave Angola before a settlement in Namibia can become a reality. Angolan President dos Santos, speaking at a rally in Huambo, says that Cuban troop contingents in Angola will be reduced when South African aggression against Angola stops. Speaking at a public meeting in Pretoria, South African Prime Minister Botha says that the presence of Cuban troops in Angola precludes any settlement of the South-West Africa / Namibia problem. During a meeting in Japan with Harou _Okada, Foreign Minister Malmierca denounces South Africa’s aggressions against the Namibian and Angolan peoples. In a speech to the special UN committee against apartheid, Lazaro Mora Secades, Cuban delegate, demands the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners held in South African jails. 132 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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