CHRONOLOGY OF SOVIET STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS IN GRENADA (7 SEPTEMBER 1979 TO 27 OCTOBER 1983)

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CHRONOLOGY OF SOVIET STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS IN GRENADA
September 1979 to 27 October 1983
7 September 1979
6 October 1979
December 1979
22 May 1980
11 June 1980
24 June 1980
14 August 1980
March/April 1981
3 December 1981
29 January 1982
29 July 1982
July/August 1982
.15 November 1982
Grenada establishes diplomatic relations with the USSR
Soviet military instructors reportedly were to arrive
in early 1981 to train Grenadian Army. More weapons
reportedly on hand from the USSR, via Cuba, and Libya
than Army can handle.
Vincent Noel, PRG Secretary of Home Affairs, travels
to Moscow to arrange for training of 6 policemen in
"secret operations."
Official delegation goes to the USSR on trade and
economic cooperation mission. Bernard Coard visits
USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria.
Soviet Ambassador Dmitri Petrovick Musin is accredited
to Grenada, resident in Jamaica
Grenada will get about $3 million EC from USSR, plus
technical assistance from Czechs and Bulgarians.
Bernard Coard visits Moscow seeking hurricane aid.
Bernard Coard visits Moscow and Bulgaria.
General Hudson Austin and Deputy Commander of the
Armed Forces, Einstein Louison, travel to the USSR.
Grenada establishes an embassy in Moscow
Gennadiy Ivanovich Sazhenev is assigned as resident
Ambassador to Grenada, replacing Ambassador Musin in
Jamaica.
Soviets will offer $1.1 million EC in aid, a ten year
credit to buy equipment, and a five-year trade
agreement for nutmeg and cocoa. The agreement will
include a satellite earth station to receive radio and
television programs from the USSR, a feasibility study
on an east coast port, and a sewage disposal system.
The Soviets also are providing an AN-2.
Bernard Coard travels to Moscow for Brezhnev's
funeral.
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July 1983 USSR and Grenada sign agreement on education,
communications, port development, and waterworks.
21 October 1983 Soviet media is attempting to put some distance
between Moscow and the Bishop regime, leaving the door
open to cooperation with the new military government.
24 October 1983 Soviet media changes emphasis from the military
takeover to the threat posed by the United States to
Grenada
26 October 1983 TASS, in first authoritative USSR statement, says:
The Soviet Unon firmly condemns the US aggression . .
and stigmatizes it as a crime against peace and
humanity."
27 October 1983 Soviet diplomats inform MNF headquarters of their
desire to be sent home. Presence includes 49 Soviets,
10 East Germans, and 24 North Koreans.
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