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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.

  • p. 64 …Cuban Ambassador in Cairo Luis Berbeza meets with People’s Assembly Speaker Dr. Sufi Abu Talib…
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ETHIOPIA
Jorge Risquet arrives in Addis Ababa and delivers a message from Fidel Castro to
Mengistu Haile Mariam, chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative
Council.
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Jorge Risquet arrives in Addis Ababa, where he meets with Chief of State
Mengistu and signs a cooperation protocol between the PCC and Ethiopia’s
Working People’s Party.
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Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
The Liberation Front of Eritrea claims that it had downed a plane carrying 70 So-
viet and Cuban experts and 60 Ethiopian officers. According to the statement, all
aboard were killed.
Jorge Risquet meets in Havana with an Ethiopian trade delegation headed by
Murluberra Giner to discuss relations of friendship and cooperation.
The Ethiopia-Cuba solidarity committee is constituted in Addis Ababa and its
chairman, Maru Tesfaye, stressed the importance for expanding relations between
the two countries.
Minister of Public Health Sergio del Valle says that Cuba will continue its
cooperation in public health with Ethiopia during his meeting in Addis Ababa with
Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.
141 Ethiopian students leave Addis Ababa for Cuba; a total of 2,700 Ethiopian
children are now studying in Cuba.
An Ethiopian Education Ministry delegation, headed by Education Minister
Goshu Wholde arrives in Cuba to exchange experiences and visit education centers
and historical sites.
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Politburo member Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Ethiopia to discuss
bilateral relations with his counterpart Berhanu Baye.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet visits Ethiopian mass organizations.
Ethiopian Deputy Mayor Jasefa Datema presents the Addis Ababa emblem to
Jorge Risquet and also briefs him on the city’s municipal council activities.
Jorge Risquet delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Ethiopian President
Mengistu Haile Mariam and they discuss bilateral relations and matters of mutual
interest.
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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.