Documents / FOIA release
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.
August 18 August 23 August 28 August 31 September 1 September 2 September 3 September 13 September 20 September 2-22 September 21 September 22 September 24 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential Fidel Castro and Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez attend the closing ceremony of the 14th Central American and Caribbean Games. The Miami Herald reports that seven Cuban exiles have been subpoened to testify before a grand jury investigating Omega 7, an anti-Castro exile group. The Department of State reports that the Cuban military has grown from a largely home defense force in less than a decade to the best equipped power in Latin America. Politburo member Miret presides over the graduation ceremonies for the “25th Anniversary of 13 March” class of 503 doctors and 48 male nurses; 73 students from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. According to a report prepared by the Cuban Statistics Committee, Cuba’s gross national product tripled in the period from 1958 to 1980; the average annual growth rate was 4.7 percent. Cuban authorities request their main Western bank creditors to defer repayments for up to 10 years on the principal due on its hard-currency foreign debt of $3 billion. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Sergio del Valle preside at the third national meeting to evaluate the implementation of the Economic Management System. In an article in Foreign Policy magazine, former chief of the US Interests Section in Havana, Wayne Smith, accuses the US of ignoring Cuban desires for a political settlement in Central America. - Politburo alternate member Montane addresses the main ceremony in Havana commemorating the 15th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death in Bolivia. A fire of considerable proportions breaks out at the Antonio Maceo power plant in Havana affecting the station’s master control room and decreasing electricity by 300,00 kw. The fifth congress of the National Union of Construction Workers is held in Havana. Jose Ramon Machado and Julio Camacho chair the opening session. Cuban exile leader Huber Matos tells a press conference in Miami that he plans a 10-station network based in Latin American countries to beam programs to Cuba. Delegates to the Fifth Congress of the National Union of Construction Workers agree to award the First Armando Mestre Medal to Fidel Castro for his outstanding contribution to development. - The UN General Assembly defeats a Cuban attempt to include the question of Puerto Rico on its agenda as a colonial issue. 43 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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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.