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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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March l-5 March 15 March 20 April 1 April 7 April 9 June 28 September 4 December 14 December 18 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential EL SALVADOR A British parliamentary delegation, headed by Sir Anthony Kershaw, visits Cuba to collect information on El Salvador, which they will report back to the British Government. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says “it is very possible that the elections in El Salvador will not take place on 28 March” because leftist guerrillas are waging a violent campaign to disrupt them. J The Department of State issues a press report charging that Fidel Castro, last December, ordered a boost in arms shipments to guerrilla forces in El Salvador to disrupt the 28 March elections. The Nicaraguan youth who had embarrassed the US by reversing his story that he was sent to fight with leftist guerrillas in El Salvador, attends a Young Communists’ Convention in Havana. The Chicago Sun-Times and the New York Times report that a senior Cuban official has stated that Cuba is prepared to negotiate with the US on international differences, including El Salvador. In an interview published by Madrid’s El Pais, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that Cuba does not supply arms to El Salvador and that economic conditions in Cuba have worsened. Jesus Montane meets with Lao President Souphananouvong to discuss the international political situation, in particular US threats against Cuba, Nicaragua, Grenada, and El Salvador. The Readers Digest article also says that the pipeline used to smuggle drugs has been used to move “hundreds of tons” of weapons to Cuban-backed forces in El Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala. La Prensa Grafica in San Salvador reports that Cuba’s interference with US radio stations is being heard in El Salvador on various medium-wave frequencies from very high powered transmitters. Guillermo Ungo, leader of the Salvadoran Revolutionary Democratic Front (FDR), arrives in Havana to discuss the problems of Central America and El Salvador with Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro describes Salvadoran leader Guillermo Ungo’s proposal for ending the Salvadoran conflict as “worthy, realistic, and responsible.” 55 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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