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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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g_-— +~r 'v‘<1.4fi|-—-r%*w*~v “\=*"fi* v— '7 1 n November 26 November 29 December 1 December 3 December 4 December 7 December 9 December 11 December 13 December 14 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential 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. 1 59 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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