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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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Confidential
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October 29
October 30
November l
November 2
November 3
November 6
November 8
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Ramon Castro greets Mikhail Georgadze and his delegation at the Valle de
Picadura breeding farm and briefs them on the objectives of that dairy district.
Mikhail Georgadze and Jorge Lezcano Perez, Central Committee member discuss
party operations during meetings in Havana. USSR Ambassador to Cuba
Konstantin Katushev accompanies Mikhail Georgadze and his delegation on a
tour of the Vietnam Victory peasant community in Ceiba Mocha.
Antonio Nunez Jimenez and Angel Grana Gonzalez from the Institute of
Geography of the Cuban Academy of Sciences depart Moscow to accompany
Soviets on an Antarctic expedition. In a news conference in Havana, Soviet
Ambassador to Cuba Katushev says that Soviet-Cuban economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation have increased 1.8 percent in the present S-year period.
Central Committee member Jorge Lezcano Perez bids farewell to Mikhail
Georgadze and his delegation.
Ramon Castro welcomes a delegation, headed by Moscow’s CPSU Regional
Committee Secretary Klochov Igor Eugenievich, invited for the 65th anniversary
celebrations of the October Revolution.
The Cuban freighter “Ruben Martinez Villena,” built in the Soviet Union as part
of the 1981-85 plan for the Cuban Merchant Marine, is launched in the Soviet
Union.
Jesus Montane presides over the main ceremony of the Cuban-Soviet Friendship
Association marking the 65th Anniversary of the October Revolution and the 60th
Anniversary of the Soviet State. The Cuban-Soviet Friendship Association for
Havana Province is established in Guines. Central Committee member Luis
Alvarez and Soviet ambassador to Cuba Katushev attend the ceremony. Zoilo
Marinello, President of the Cuban-Soviet Friendship Association stresses the close
friendship uniting the USSR and Cuba during the 65th Anniversary of the
October Revolution ceremony.
Alternate Central Committee member Colonel Arnaldo Tamayo departs for the
Soviet Union to attend ceremonies for the 65th anniversary of the Great October
Socialist Revolution.
Fidel Castro sends a message of greetings to the Soviet people on the occasion of
the 65th anniversary of the Great October Revolution and the 60th anniversary of
the formation of the USSR.
Carlos Rafael Fernandez, returning from Moscow after completing studies in the
Soviet Union, flees from an Aeroflot jetliner during a stopover landing in Lisbon
and asks for political asylum. Raul Castro says that the Soviet Union is the most
important force in the world to ensure the struggle for peace and international se-
curity. Fidel and Raul Castro, and Lao President Souphanouvong attend a
reception hosted by USSR Ambassador Katushev commemorating the 65th
anniversary of the Great October Revolution.
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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.