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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.

Confidential
July I
July l-7
July 7
July 13
July 24
July 27
July 31
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
September 6
Confidential
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Soviet Deputy Chairman Konstantin Katushev
preside at the signing of the cooperation protocol ending the 12th session of Soviet-
Cuban intergovernmental meetings in Moscow. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses
bilateral relations with Ivan Arkhipov, first deputy chairman of the USSR Council
of Ministers, in Moscow.
A delegation of political workers from the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
visit the Soviet Army and Navy Main Political Directorate in the USSR to discuss
ideological work among the servicemen.
Cuban specialists approve the design of a nuclear power station to be built in Cuba
with Soviet assistance; it will have an 850kw capacity and the first unit is to be
commissioned in five years.
The 9th ‘meeting of the Cuba-USSR Permanent Subcommittee for Scientific-
Technical Cooperation begins in Havana.
A delegation of the Soviet-Cuban Friendship Association headed by the secretary
of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Dinmukhamed Kunayev, arrives to attend
the 26 July festivities.
Defense Department spokesman Henry Catto announces that the Soviet Union is
supplying Cuba with advanced “B” models of the MIG-23. Jonas Savimbi, leader
of UNITA, says that about 8,500 Cuban troops, with Soviet advisers and
equipment, are leading a major offensive against his Angolan opposition
movement.
Moscow announces that Konstantin Katushev will be the new Soviet Ambassador
to Cuba.
Fidel Castro awards, for the first time in Cuba, the Order of Solidarity medal to
Vitaliy Vorotnikov, USSR Ambassador to Cuba.
Grenada’s Prime Minister Bishop discusses international policy and fraternal
relations with Fidel Castro during a stopover in Cuba en route home after visiting
the Soviet Union.
Nikolay Tikhonov, member of the Politbureau of the CPSU Central Committee
receives Isidoro Malmierca and other members of the Foreign Ministers’ Commit-
tee to discuss Israeli aggression.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the international situation and bilateral
issues with Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister Georgiy Korniyenko.
Cuban Ambassador to the USSR Rene Anillo Capote discusses bilateral coopera-
tion with Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Guriy Marchuk in
the Soviet Union.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 189 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.