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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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Argentine President Galtieri sends a message to Fidel Castro expressing his
gratitude to the Nonaligned Movement for its support of Argentina in the
Falklands dispute.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Vice Foreign Minister Alarcon discuss bilateral
relations and the international situation, with emphasis on the Malvinas, with
Grenadian Foreign Minister Whiteman.
Fidel Castro praises Argentine action in the Malvinas in a ceremony in which a
commercial, technical, and scientific protocol was signed by Foreign Ministers
Malmierca and Costa Mendez.
In Madrid, on his way to represent Fidel Castro at a CEMA conference in
Budapest, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that Cuba stands ready to help in the
Malvinas when Argentina requests it.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with UN Secretary General Javier Perez de
Cuellar to discuss the situation in the Malvinas, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and
developments on disarmament.
During a speech at the UN, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez condemns the US for its sup-
port of the British invasion of the Malvinas and Israel’s aggression.
During a recent SELA meeting in Buenos Aires, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade
Amadeo Blanco praises the organization’s support for Argentina and says Cuba
will participate actively.
Luis Claraso de la Vega has been appointed as the new Argentine ambassador to
Cuba, replacing Rafael Maximo Vazquez.
Severo Aguirre, President of the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of
Peoples, arrives in Buenos Aires to participate in an international conference on
the Malvinas.
In a speech before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, Cuban
Ambassador Raul Roa urges Great Britain to restore the Malvinas Islands to
Argentina.
Fidel Castro visits the Argentine Embassy in Havana to reiterate the “total
support” of his country and government for Argentina’s claims to the Malvinas
Islands.
Minister President of the State Committee for Material and Technical Supply
Irma Sanchez arrives in Buenos Aires and discusses trade with Argentine Foreign
Minister Juan Aguirre Lanari.
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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.