Cuban Chronology 1982

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Confidential
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During a speech at the UN, Foreign Minister Malmierca charges the Reagan
Administration with plotting a military intervention that would bring a Vietnam-
style conflict to Central America. President Reagan is quoted by the Lisbon
weekly O Journal as saying the US was adamant that Cuban troops must leave
Angola, but was ready to show great flexibility about details of the withdrawal.
In a speech before the 7th International Union Congress of Public Workers in
Prague, Cuban Trade Union Leader Juan Atrel Echevarria accuses the US of
aggression in the Caribbean.
Granma warns that Washington is preparing direct military intervention in
Central America and that “sinister consequences” may result. On a stopover in
Peru, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that as long as the Reagan Administration
governs the US, there is no hope of normalizing relations between the US and
Cuba.
During a meeting of French newsmen, the ambassadors of Cuba, Grenada, and
Nicaragua denounce the dangers that exist in Central America and the Caribbean
due to the aggressive US policy. In a speech before the UN Commission on Social,
Cultural, and Humanitarian Affairs, Cuban delegate Diana Carmenate demands
an end to the US economic blockade and the return of Guantanamo Bay.
GDR National Defense Minister Heinz Hoffmann addresses a friendship ceremo-
ny in Havana denouncing US aggression and stressing the deep bonds of friendship
betweeen the GDR and Cuba.
In a press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara rejects the US position that
Namibia’s independence is contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops in
Angola.
Cuban Ambassador at the UN Raul Roa Kouri, charges that South Africa and the
US are trying to introduce foreign elements into negotiations to hamper Namibia’s
independence.
Rene Rodriguez Cruz, Fernando Rovelo Renedo, Aldo Santamaria Cuadrado, and
Gonzalo Bassols Suarez are indicted by the Grand Jury in Miami for smuggling
drugs.
Nivaldo Herrera, President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television says
the US radio station aimed against Cuba is a “declared cultural and political
aggression.”
Cuba’s delegate to the UN Commission for Economic Affairs Ramon Prado says
the Cuban economy has suffered a loss of $9 billion due to the US blockade.
Nicaraguan official Carlos Nunez tells the Cuban press that President Reagan’s
visit to Central America is a provocation against his country. .
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