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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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Cuba’s ambassador to the UN Raul Roa Kouri accuses the US of meddling in Af-
ghanistan, during a meeting at the UN.
Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for InterAmerican Affairs Nestor Sanchez
tells a US Naval Academy audience that Castro “is actively engaged in converting
Nicaragua into another Cuba.” Washington press announces that according to
recent US intelligence estimates, Cuba has sent an additional 2,000 military and
civilian advisers into Nicaragua since early this year.
Eduardo Gomez Cabale, an official involved with disaster relief in Cuba’s Public
Health Ministry, asks for political asylum in the US.
During a meeting in Colombia, President Betancur urges President Reagan to halt
the diplomatic boycott of Cuba. Reagan says, “only if Cuba ceases being a satellite
of the Soviet Union.”
Cuban delegate before the UN Policy and Security Committee Nestor Garcia
Iturbe accuses the US of attempting aggression in Central America and the
Caribbean.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells the Mexican weekly PROCESO that the US has no
valid alternatives for solving Latin America’s problems.
Pentagon official Nestor Sanchez, at a meeting in Los Angeles, says that the
increased influence of Soviet-backed Cuba in the Caribbeaneposes a significant
threat to US and NATO security. Cuban poet Armando Valladares, on his first
visit to the US after being released from prison in Cuba, appeals to Congress to ap-
prove funds for Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba. Cuba’s Ambassador at the UN
Raul Roa Kouri, during a speech at a working session of the Third Committee on
Human Rights, accuses the US of encouraging violence.
Fidel Castro, addressing a rally celebrating the 26th anniversary of the Granma
landing, sharply criticizes the aggressive policy of the United States.
Fidel Castro sends a condolence message to FSLN National Directorate on the
death of 75 Nicaraguan children who died in a helicopter crash on December 9
and accuses the US of aggression. '
Assistant Secretary of State Enders says US attempts to normalize ties with Cuba
have failed and that US policy has been to shore up threatened friends and tighten
economic measures. The New York Times reports that Assistant Secretary
Crocker and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Ilyichev are in Moscow discussing
Namibia and the Cuban presence in Angola. During a special address to the UN
General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Raul Roa Kouri blames the US for
obstructing a Namibian settlement.
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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.