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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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y —0-—+ L +- +1 l.,'—q——+lr_v—& -v > l February 2 February 8 February 10 February 20 February 23 February 24 March 4 March 10 March ll March l5 March 16 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential An Air Florida Boeing 737 with 78 passengers and crew, on a flight from Miami to Key West, is hijacked to Cuba; the hijackers are taken into custody and the aircraft returns to Miami. 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. Fidel Castro, in a speech at the 10th WFTU Congress, emphasizes that Cuba faces new threats from the US and that the arms received from the USSR do not violate the 1962 US-Soviet agreement. Trade Union official Roberto Veiga speaks at the 10th WFTU Congress saying that threats and aggressions by US imperialists have increased and that Cuba is prepared to defend itself. The Atlanta News reports that Fidel Castro recently was taped in a promotional spot for Cable News Network (CNN). Havana accuses the US of being involved in a terrorist bombing that killed three people at the Sandino International Airport in Managua on 20 February. In a speech to the OAS, President Reagan accuses the USSR and Cuba of conspiring to bring a new form of “brutal and totalitarian” colonialism to Latin America. In a message to Mexican President Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro alleges the US is the source of all problems affecting Latin America and says Cuba will fight US aggression. In a message to Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro claims that he is ready to collaborate to bring peace to the Caribbean if the US ends its threats and subversive activities. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders testifies that electronic jamming might be used to retaliate against any Cuban interference with US commercial broadcasting. An editorial in Granma denounces the violation of Cuban air space by US Air Force aircraft alleging that SR-71s have made l8 spy flights over Cuba since President Reagan took office. A Havana press commentary denounces the proposed US radio station, Radio Marti, renaming it Radio “Mentiros” (lies) and calls Assistant Secretary of State Enders a liar as well. Radio Havana reports that Mexican Foreign Secretary Castaneda and US Secretary of State Haig agreed to meet in principle after 28 March to discuss Cen- tral America and the Caribbean. US Navy Secretary Lehman says that any US naval blockade aimed at stopping arms shipments from Cuba to Nicaragua could easily lead to a global war if Soviet ships become involved. Leonid Brezhnev implies that the USSR might install nuclear missiles in Cuba if NATO deploys new nuclear missiles in Europe. Representative William Hughes of New Jersey sends a letter to Fidel Castro asking for the release of ailing poet Armando Valladares who has been a political prisoner in Cuba for 21 years. 1 51 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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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.