Cuban Chronology 1982

Confidential
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GERMANY EAST
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane receives an FRG delegation headed by
Ernest Weitelmate; governmental matters and relations between the FRG and
Cuba are discussed.
Cuba and the GDR sign a ceramics agreement that provides for the construction
of a dishes factory——“Third Congress”-—and expansion of the “Second Congress”
factory.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Joel Domenech arrives in Berlin.
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Jose de la Fuente and GDR Deputy Trade
Minister Dieter Lemke sign a trade protocol in Berlin providing for a 10 percent
growth in trade in 1982.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez welcomes GDR Deputy Chairman of the Council of
Ministers Gerhard Weiss, who heads a delegation that will participate in joint
cooperation talks.
Fidel Castro meets with GDR official Gerhard Weiss and his delegation after they
visit the Valle de Picadura breeding center and several industrial and agricultural
centers. Gerhard Weiss and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez report to Fidel Castro the
success of their conversations on economic relations between Cuba and the GDR.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Gerhard Weiss sign a protocol for deepening
cooperation, at the end of the Cuba-GDR inter-governmental meeting for
economic cooperation.
Politburo member Jose Machado Ventura visit the GDR.
Foreign Minister Isidoro Malmierca meets in Havana with GDR Deputy Foreign
Minister Bernhard Neugebauer to exchange views on international issues and
bilateral relations. Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane and German
Socialist Party member Erich Mueckenberger exchange views on party relations.
PCC member Juan Almeida accompanies Erich Mueckenberger, German Social-
ist Party member, on a visit to the Mao Mining area in Holguin Province.
Erich Mueckenberger stresses GDR solidarity with Cuba at a rally at the Juan
Marinello printing combine in Guantanamo and condemns the recent US maneu-
vers in the Caribbean.
President of the National Assembly Falvio Bravo arrives in the GDR and meets
with GDR Peop1e’s Chamber President Sindermann; they condemn the US
administration’s imperialist exploitations. Flavio Bravo discusses the international
situation and the prospects of bilateral relations during a meeting in the GDR with
Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer.
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