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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.

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  • p. 48 …a promotional spot for Cable News Network (CNN). The Nicaraguan Health Ministry reports that the 171…
  • p. 161 …a promotional spot for Cable News Network (CNN). Havana accuses the US of being involved in…
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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.
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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.