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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 5 January 7 January 31 February 3-6 February 6 February 8 February 28 March 9 April 20 April 29 April 30 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential . ANGOLA 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. Foreign Minister Malmierca leaves for Luanda in response to an invitation extended by the Angolan Government. Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Luanda and is greeted by Angolan Foreign Minister Paulo Jorge and MPLA- Labor Party Central Committee member Francia Mestre. Jorge Risquet arrives in Luanda; he conveys greetings from Fidel Castro to President dos Santos and begins talks on bilateral relations and the international situation. 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. 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. Jorge Risquet addresses a group of journalists at the end of his visit to Angola say- ing that the Cuban people are prepared to confront any kind of aggression. Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo. In his press conference in Havana, Jacques Hutzinger also says that his party would like Cuba to withdraw its troops from Angola. 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. Cuban Minister of Construction Abroad Levi Farah and Angolan Construction Minister Manuel Mangueira sign a protocol in Luanda concerning cooperation in the field of construction. Education Minister Jose Fernandez welcomes his Angolan counterpart August Lopes Teixeira in Havana. Cuba and Angola sign a cooperation agreement in Luanda, effective in 1983, covering the exchange of political, cultural, and socioeconomic programs for radio and television. W 5 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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