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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 18 January 18-19 January 19 January 20 January 22 January 26 January 27 January 28 January 29 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 US In an interview with Radio Reloj, Spain’s Secretary of State for Trade denounces US policy toward Cuba and stresses the continuation of relations with Cuba despite international tensions. US Congressmen Robert Garcia, Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Benjamin Gilman depart for Cuba in hopes of opening a dialogue with Fidel Castro securing the release of some 22 American prisoners. President Reagan names F. Clifton White to head the President’s Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba. US Congressmen Gilman, Fish, and Garcia have “fruitful and cordial” talks with Fidel Castro concerning the release of 22 Americans who are in Cuban jails. Four Americans arrive in Florida after being released from prison in Cuba. They were held on charges of drug trafficking and illegal entry into Cuban waters. In his speech to the CEMA meeting, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez criticizes Washing- ton for allegedly reviving the Cold War and says Cuba is prepared to defend-its sovereignty by all means. White House spokesman Larry Speaks announces that the US has evidence that the Soviet Union has shipped more MIG-23 fighter aircraft to Cuba. The Department of State reports that Jaime Guillot Lara, a Colombian citizen, funneled arms and money to a Colombian leftist group in return for Cuban aid in smuggling marijuana shipments to the US. In a CBS news interview, President Reagan says the US discussed Soviet arms shipments to Cuba with Soviet leaders and rules “nothing out, nothing in” as a countermeasure, including a blockade. In a_ CBS news interview President Reagan confirms that Secretary of State Haig held a secret meeting in the Fall in Mexico with a high-ranking Cuban official. In his State of the Union speech, President Reagan accuses Cuba and ‘Libya of exporting subversion to the Caribbean and other parts of the world. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says the threatening policy of the Reagan administration forced Cuba to build up its People’s Militia and “equip it with modern weapons in a short period of time.” The Foreign Ministry issues a communique denying as “lies and true infamy” the US State Department’s accusation of Cuban involve- ment with drug and arms trafficking. The Foreign Ministry announces that Cuba will be forced to stop cooperating with the US in the struggle against drug trafficking if the US Government continues to accuse Cuba of hostile acts. Granma confirms the meeting between Secretary of State Haig and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez on 23 November in Mexico City. Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Relations Castaneda initiated the meeting. 150 _ _ Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 l <l l l L_p41~ i 4 4 I
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