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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…
February 1
February 4
February 25-28
February 28
March 21-22
March 29-30
April 10
April 13
April 22
May 3
May 4
May 5
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Confidential
FRANCE
Central Committee member Julio Camacho Aguilera heads a PCC delegation to
the 24th Congress of the French Communist Party in Paris.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Acting Foreign Minister Alarcon receive the
credentials of Pierre Dechamps as the new French Ambassador to Cuba.
French Socialist Party leader Jacques Hutzinger visits Cuba to discuss interna-
tional politics with Jesus Montane and Manuel Pineiro.
French Socialist Party leader Hutzinger, before leaving for Costa Rica, tells the
press in Havana that Cuban policy in Central America is one of “marked
prudence.” In his press conference in Havana, Jacques Hutzinger also says that his
party would like Cuba to withdraw its troops from Angola.
An article in Le Monde reports that US Ambassador at Large Walters made a trip
to Cuba and met for four hours with Fidel Castro.
Georges'Marchais, secretary general of the French Communist Party, arrives in
Havana to discuss bilateral party relations and the international situation with
Fidel Castro.
French Communist Party leader Georges Marchais conveys his impressions of his
visit to Nicaragua to Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jorge Risquet.
Granma issues a statement signed by Fidel Castro and George Marchais urging an
end to the arms race and withdrawal of the US from Guantanamo Naval Base.
Paris AFP reports that the Cuban Government continues to fight corruption in the
commercial markets in Havana; store managers were found to be selling surplus
milk for their own profit.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Paris and meets with Health Minister Ralite
and Foreign Minister Cheysson. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez denies, in Paris, reports
that Cuba has supplied weapons to Argentina; he says Cuba recognizes Argentine
sovereignty over the islands, but does not support the junta.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Georges Marchais, Secretary General of the
French Communist Party and Charles Fiterman, Minister of State for Transporta-
tion. The French Communist Party issues a communique denouncing imperialism
in the Falklands and favoring negotiations following the meeting between Georges
Marchais and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses bilateral relations and the international
situation with French President Francois Mitterrand.
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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.