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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.

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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and GDR Prime Minister Willi Stoph discuss the two
countries economies and the international political situation, particularly US
“hostilities,” during talks in Berlin. Raul Castro and Division Generals, Senen
Casas Regueiro and Sixto Batista Santana bid farewell to GDR Army General
Heinz Hoffmann at Jose Marti Airport.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez delivers greetings from Fidel Castro to GDR leader
Erich Honecker and they discuss the US economic blockade and the current
international crisis. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez decorates GDR leader Erich Hon-
ecker with the Playa Giron Order during a ceremony in Berlin.
Justice Minister Osvaldo Dorticos exchanges views on legal matters with chairman
of the GDR State Contract Court Manfred Flegel.
In Berlin, GDR General Heinz Hoffmann, in an interview granted to Horizont
magazine, says that fraternal friendship with Cuba is of particular importance for
his country.
Division General Sixto Batista welcomes GDR Deputy Defense Minister Kessler
to Havana who will visit FAR units and centers of military training, and places of
historic interest.
Raul Castro , deputy minister of the GDR Armed Forces, and Soviet Vice
Admiral Kruglayakov attend a reception in Havana celebrating the creation of the
FAR.
Cuba and the GDR sign a scientific-technical agreement in agriculture in Havana.
The cultivation of potatoes, citrus and other fruits, mechanization, veterinary
services are the main points.
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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.