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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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December 1
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Tamara Golubtsova, Deputy Culture Minister of the Soviet Union is visiting Cuba
and in a news conference she stresses the deep relations that exist between the two
countries.
A Cuban flag is hoisted in the Antartic marking the 65th Anniversary of the
October Revolution. Nunez Jimenez and Angel Grana Gonzales are members of
the Soviet scientific expedition.
Cuba’s Council of State decrees a four-day official mourning period on the
occasion of the death of Leonid Brezhnev.
Fidel Castro sends a congratulatory message to Yuriy Andropov, the new General
Secretary of the CPSU, stressing Cuba’s firm support, solidarity, trust, and
friendship.
Fidel Castro, Ramiro Valdes, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jesus Montane arrive
in Moscow to attend the funeral of Leonid Brezhnev on 15 November.
Fidel Castro discusses the next summit conference of the Nonaligned Countries
Movement during a meeting in Moscow with Indira Ghandi. Fidel Castro meets
with his Syrian counterpart Hafiz Al-asad in Moscow to discuss the international
situation, mainly issues concerning the Middle East. During a meeting in Moscow
with Fidel Castro to discuss bilateral relations, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou
reiterates his government’s intention to build an embassy in Havana. Fidel Castro
meets, in Moscow, with Libyan Staff Major ‘Abd as-Salam Ahmad Jallud. Major
Abd as-Salam Admad Jallud.
Fidel Castro and CPSU General Secretary Yuriy Andropov discuss bilateral
cooperation and the world situation during a meeting in Moscow. Fidel Castro,
Soviet Defense Minister Dmitriy Ustinov, and Chief of the General Staff N. V.
Ogarkov discuss issues of mutual interest during a meeting in Moscow. Yuriy
Andropov, during a meeting with Fidel Castro in Moscow, expresses gratitude for
the Cuban Communists’ and the entire Cuban people’s profound condolences on
the death of Brezhnev. Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Ramiro Valdes,
and Jesus Montane meet in Moscow with Yasir Arafat. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez
and Ivan Arkhipov, First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Council
of Ministers, discuss topics of mutual interest and bilateral relations in the USSR.
TASS announces that the antisubmarine ship Admiral Isakov, the escort ship
Rezvyj, a submarine, and the tanker Genrikh Gasanov will visit the ports of
Havana and Cienfuegos 2-10 December. The Cuban media reports that an oil
refinery, based on Soviet technology, is being constructed north of Cienfuegos and
will have a capacity to refine 3 million metric tons of crude per year.
Soviet Vice Admiral Vladimir Kruglyakov commands a detachment of Soviet
warships—an antisubmarine cruiser, a patrol boat, a submarine, and a tanker-
arriving in Havana. During a meeting with Chief of the Navy Aldo Santamaria,
Soviet Vice Admiral Kruglayakov, commander of the Naval contingent visiting
Cuba, reiterates his country’s willingness to help Cuba.
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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.