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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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Confidential December 2 December 3 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 13 December 14 December 18 December 20 December 21 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov sends greetings to Fidel and Raul Castro on Armed Forces Day. TASS reports that USSR Minister of Foreign Trade N. S. Pa- tolichev has discussed further development of trade.with Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas in Moscow. 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.” Raul Castro , deputy minister of the GDR Armed Forces, and Soviet Vice Admiral Kruglayakov attend a reception in Havana celebrating the creation of the FAR. The Soviet Union’s International Book Distribution Enterprise signs a trade cooperation agreement with the Ediciones Cubanas Publishing Enterprise amount- ing to some 7.5 million rubles. Pentagon official Nestor Sanchez, at a meeting in Los Angeles, says that the increased influence of Soviet-backed Cuba in the Caribbean poses a significant threat to US and NATO security. Joaquin Benavides, Minister President of Cuba’s State Committee for Labor and Social Security meets in Moscow with Soviet State official Lomonosov to discuss bilateral cooperation. Cuba and the USSR sign a work protocol during the 57th meeting of the CEMA permanent commission for agriculture that will expand assistance by Soviet specialists in various agricultural tasks. The Soviet naval detachment headed by Vice Admiral Kruglyakov, arrives in Cienfuegos. The new Cuban 14,900-ton merchant ship “Ruben Martinez Vi1lena,” built in Ukrainia, USSR, arrives at the port of Havana. 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. Raul Castro and his delegation depart Cuba for Moscow to attend the festivities marking the 60th Anniversary of the foundation of the USSR. Raul Castro awards the Antonio Maceo order to the K. Ye. Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces during a ceremony in Moscow. In an interview with the Washington Times, Navy Secretary John Lehman says the USSR has started a massive naval buildup in Cuba that would bottle up US forces in the event of conflict. Raul Castro speaks at the 60th anniversary of the USSR ceremony in Moscow stressing that links between the two countries are becoming more fruitful and firmer with time. 168 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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