CUBAN CHRONOLOGY

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1979
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Assessment
Center
Cuban Chronology
RP 79-10/62
April 1979
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This publication is a chronological listing of major international and domestic
events affecting Cuba during the period from January 1, 1975 to December 31,
1978. The events are arranged alphabetically by country. In addition, two general
subject categories are included, the Nonaligned Movement and the Palestine
Liberation Movement. The events included in this reference aid were selected for
their individual significance; the publication is not intended to be a complete
collection of every major Cuban event during this period.
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AFP ............French Press Agency
ANC ............African National Congress of South Africa
ANAP ........National Association of Small Farmers
AP ..............Associated Press
CC ..............Central Committee
CDR ............Committee for the Defense of the Revolution
CEMA ..........Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CPSU ..........Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CORU ........Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations
CTC ............Central Union of Cuban Workers
DAAFAR ......Anti-aircraft Defense and Revolutionary Air Force
ECLA ..........Economic Commission for Latin America
EFE ..............Spanish Press Agency
FMC ............Cuban Women's Federation
FSLN ..........Sandinista National Liberation Front
ICAP ............Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples
INRA ............National Institute for Agrarian Reform
LA ................Latin America
MAPU ..........Unitary Popular Action Movement
MINCEX ......Ministry of Foreign Trade
MINREX ......Ministry of Foreign Relations
MPLA ........Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
NFLSV ........National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
NSC ............National Security Council
NYT ............New York Times
OLADE ......Latin American Energy Organization
PAIGC ........Party for the Independence of Guinea & Cape Verde Islands
PCC ............Communist Party of Cuba
PCP ............Communist Party of Peru
PFLP ............Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
PLO ............Palestine Liberation Organization
PNC ............People's National Congress (Guyana)
PNP ............People's National Party (Jamaica)
PRELA ........Prensa Latina
SELA ..........Commission for Latin America
SWAPO ......South-West Africa People's Organization
UN ..............United Nations
UNGA ..........United Nations General Assembly
UPONF ......United Political Organization - National Front (S. Yemen)
USG ............United States Government
USINT ..........United States Interests Section
ZAPU ..........Zimbabwe African People's Union
ZIPRA ..........Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army
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CUBAN CHRONOLOGY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
NATIONAL FOREIGN ASSESSMENT CENTER
JANUARY 1979
AFGHANISTAN
1977
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER PELEGRIN TORRAS ARRIVES IN
AFGHANISTAN.
MAY 01 .................... THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA REAFFIRMS FRIENDSHIP TOWARD NEW
AFGHAN GOVERNMENT. CUBA WISHES TO MAINTAIN ITS TIES WITH
AFGHANISTAN.
MAY 03 .................... FERNANDO FLORES, CHIEF OF NONALIGNED DIRECTORATE OF MINREX
MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL OF AFGHANISTAN
TARAKI.
MAY 09 .................... CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN JOSE LOPEZ SANCHEZ MEETS
WITH THAT COUNTRY'S INFORMATION MINISTER IN KABUL.
MAY 19 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH AFGHANISTAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER
HAFIZULLAH AMIN IN HAVANA.
OCTOBER 05...... .... RAUL GARCIA PELAEZ IS NAMED AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN.
NOVEMBER 21-27 .. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS AFGHANISTAN.
ALBANIA
1975
APRIL 14 ................ CUBA AND ALBANIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC-CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL
COOPERATION PROTOCOL FOR 1975-76.
1978
FEBRUARY 09 ........ TRADE PROTOCOL BETWEEN CUBA AND ALBANIA SIGNED IN TIRANA.
DECEMBER 23 ........ CUBA AND ALBANIA SIGN TRADE PROTOCOL FOR 1979.
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ALGERIA
1975
JANUARY 25 .......... RAUL VIERA LINARES, HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION ARRIVING IN ALGIERS
TO PLAN FOR UPCOMING NONALIGNED MEETING.
JANUARY 30 .......... DELEGATION FROM ALGERIAN PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 15 ........ CUBA AND ALGERIA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT COVERING
CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
FEBRUARY 15-18 .... CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MINISTER ESQUIVEL HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO
GROUP OF 77 MEETING IN ALGIERS.
MARCH 27 ................ ALGERIAN EDUCATION MINISTER ABDELKRtM BENMAHMOUD ARRIVES IN
HAVANA.
JUNE 26 .................... CUBAN PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER JOSE GUTIERREZ MUNIZ ARRIVES IN
ALGERIA ON OFFICIAL VISIT. RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE.
DECEMBER 30 ........ CUBAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION IN ALGIERS REAFFIRMS CUBAN
SUPPORT FOR THE SAHARAN CAUSE.
MARCH 12 ................ FIDEL CASTRO ARRIVES IN ALGERIA AT INVITATION OF PRESIDENT
BOUMEDIENE. MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF POLISARIO FRONT.
JUNE 01 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER RAUL ROA RECEIVED IN ALGIERS BY PRESIDENT
BOUMEDIENE.
AUGUST 16 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING
MEETS WITH ALGERIAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
BOUMEDIENE.
MARCH 01 ................ FIDEL CASTRO BEGINS TRIP TO MIDEAST AND AFRICA. ARRIVES IN ALGERIA
AND HAS SHORT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ,SOUMEDIENE.
MARCH 31-02 ........ FIDEL CASTRO VISITS ALGERIA FOR SECOND TIME ON HIS CURRENT TOUR.
MEETS WITH BOUMEDIENE.
MAY 04 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT MEETS
WITH ALGERIAN PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE IN ALGIERS.
MAY 24 ........ ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN ALGERIA. MEETS WITH
BOUMEDIENE AND GIVES HIM MESSAGE FROIMA FIDEL CASTRO.
MAY 27 ........ ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RETURNS FROM HIS VISITS TO USSR, LIBYA,
AND ALGERIA.
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JUNE 21._ ................ PEDRO MIRET, POLITBURO MEMBER, MEETS WITH RASHID MUS'TAPHA
TAHIR, MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF POLISARIO FRONT AND
DELEGATION IN HAVANA.
JUNE 27 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION VISITING
CUBA.
AUGUST 08 ............ RAUL CASTRO AND HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVE IN
ALGIERS.
AUGUST 10 ............ IN ALGERIA, RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE.
AUGUST 11 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS RAUL CASTRO MEETING WITH CHIEF
REPRESENTATIVE OF POLISARIO FRONT IN ALGIERS.
AUGUST 12 IN ALGERIA, RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH ALGERIAN DEFENSE MINISTER.
AUGUST 13 ............ IN ALGERIA, RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION OF 35 CUBAN
PHYSICIANS WHO ARE WORKING AT THE CHE GUEVARA HOSPITAL IN
GOSTAGANEM, ALGERIA.
AUGUST 23 ............ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO'CUBA FROM VISITS TO SOVIET UNION, EAST
GERMANY, AND ALGERIA.
NOVEMBER 10 ........ GRANMA PUBLISHES EDITORIAL CRITICAL OF FRENCH INTERVENTION IN
WESTERN SAHARA.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO ALGERIA GUALDO MAZOLA PLEDGES CUBAN
SUPPORT FOR SAHARAN STRUGGLE.
DECEMBER 28 ........ RAUL CASTRO IN ALGIERS FOR SEVERAL DAYS (UNOFFICIALLY). MEETS
WITH PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE ON 27 DECEMBER.
JANUARY 18 .......... ALGERIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY DELEGATION VISITS PCC HEADQUARTERS IN
HAVANA.
FEBRUARY 08-13 ... POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION HEADED BY BACHIN MUSTAFA SAYED,
DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, VISITS CUBA.
FEBRUARY 13 ........ FIDEL CASTRO HOLDS TALKS WITH MUSTAFA SAYED, DEPUTY SECRETARY
GENERAL OF THE POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION THAT IS VISITING CUBA.
FEBRUARY 22-27 .... FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RENE ANILLO ARRIVES IN ALGIERS TO
ATTEND OFFICIAL TALKS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS AND DISCUSS
NONALIGNED SUMMIT.
FEBRUARY 28 ........ BRIG. GEN. SENEN CASAS WELCOMES HIGH-LEVEL ALGERIAN MILITARY
DELEGATION TO CUBA.
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MARCH 22 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH ALGERIAN SPOPTS MINISTER JAMAL HOUHOU
TO DISCUSS FORTHCOMING FESTIVAL OF WORLD YOUTH AND STUDENTS.
MAY 18 .................... COLONEL JOSE SILVA HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO ALGIERS TO ATTEND
MILITARY CONGRESS.
JUNE 26 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA INTERVIEWED IN ALGERIA. SAYS
CUBA WANTS "POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF ERITREA."
JULY 01-07 .............. DELEGATION FROM CUBAN STATE COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC
COOPERATION VISITS ALGIERS.
JULY 11 .................. MANUEL GUTIERREZ, CUBAN ECONOMIC SPECIALIST ANNOUNCES IN
ALGIERS THAT 50 CUBAN DOCTORS WILL AFRIVE SHORTLY.
JULY 24 .................. IN BELGRADE, CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH ALGERIAN
PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE TO DISCUSS UPCOMING SUMMIT.
SEPTEMBER 19 ...... FIDEL CASTRO ARRIVES IN ALGIERS. MEETS WITH BOUMEDIENE.
SEPTEMBER 21 ...... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVEES IN MJSCOW FROM ALGIERS.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... ANTONIO ENRIQUE LUSSON, CUBAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTER SIGNS
COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ALGERIA IN ALGIERS.
OCTOBER 05............ DORA CARCANO, SECRETARY GENERAL OF FMC VISITS SAHARAN REFUGEE
CAMPS IN THE ALGERIAN DESERT BUILT BY :SAHARAN WOMEN'S
ORGANIZATION.
NOVEMBER 25 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ROA MAKES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE
POLISARIO STRUGGLE OF THE WESTERN SAHARAN PEOPLE.
DECEMBER 27 ........ THE COUNCIL OF STATE DECREES OFFICIAL THREE-DAY MOURNING PERIOD
FOR DEATH OF ALGERIAN PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE.
DECEMBER 29 ........ CUBAN PARTY AND GOVERNMENT DELEGATIION LED BY VICE PRESIDENT
JUAN ALMEIDA AND POLITBURO MEMBER ARMANDO HART ARRIVE IN
ALGIERS FOR BOUMEDIENE FUNERAL. FIDEL CASTRO SIGNS CONDOLENCE
BOOK AT ALGERIAN EMBASSY ON DEATH OF PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE.
OCTOBER 08............ UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON TELLS UN CUBAN SOLIDARITY WITH PUERTO
RICO IS NON-NEGOTIABLE; IT IS CUBA'S DUT" TO GIVE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT
TO MPLA IN ANGOLA.
NOVEMBER 11 ........ CUBA GREETS ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE AN`) RECOGNIZES THE MPLA AS
THE LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ANGOLAN PEOPLE.
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NOVEMBER 12 ........ IN SPEECH HONORING NEW STATE OF ANGOLA, JORGE RISQUET PROMISES
"SOLIDARITY, IN ANY FIELD AND EVEN TO GIVE OUR BLOOD TO THE
ANGOLAN PEOPLE."
NOVEMBER 24 ........ IN A SPEECH IN DETROIT, US SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER REFERS TO
"THOUSANDS OF CUBANS SENT INTO AN AFRICAN CONFLICT."
DECEMBER 10 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR ALARCON SPEAKS TO UNGA, REAFFIRMS CUBA'S
SUPPORT FOR THE MPLA IN ANGOLA.
DECEMBER 17 ........ GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS PROTESTS CUBAN USE OF SEAWELL
AIRPORT AS A TRANSIT POINT FOR THE CUBAN AIRLIFT OF TROOPS TO
ANGOLA.
DECEMBER 19 ........ TRINIDADIAN PRIME MINISTER ERIC WILLIAMS DENIES CUBA PERMISSION TO
USE PIARCO AIRPORT FOR THE CUBAN AIRLIFT TO ANGOLA.
DECEMBER 22 ........ FIDEL CASTRO GIVES LAST SPEECH TO 1ST PARTY CONGRESS: CUBA WILL
GIVE MORAL AND MILITARY SUPPORT TO MPLA. NEVER RENOUNCE
SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO RICO.
DECEMBER 23 ........ OFFICIAL SOURCES IN GEORGETOWN SAY CUBAN AIRCRAFT DESTINED FOR
ANGOLA HAVE MADE SERVICE STOPS AT TIMEHRI AIRPORT (OUTSIDE
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA).
JANUARY 12 .......... AFRO-CARIBBEAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT MAKES PUBLIC A LETTER OF
SUPPORT SENT TO FIDEL CASTRO PRAISING CUBAN SUPPORT OF THE
MPLA IN ANGOLA.
JANUARY 16 .......... NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT SOMOZA CONDEMNS CUBAN INTERVENTION IN
ANGOLA.
JANUARY 24 .......... HENRIQUE DE CARVALHO, MEMBER OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MPLA
ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JANUARY 26 .......... IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT BY ZAIRE, CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR
ALARCON PRESENTS LETTER TO UNGA SECRETARY GENERAL JUSTIFYING
CUBAN AID TO ANGOLA.
JANUARY 27 .......... GRANMA PUBLISHES EDITORIAL CRITICAL OF CHINESE INTERVENTION IN
ANGOLA.
JANUARY 29 .......... IN A PRESS CONFERENCE FIDEL CASTRO SAYS CUBA IS WILLING TO
INCREASE AID TO ANGOLA. HE SAYS HE WILL VISIT CANADA IN RESPONSE
TO TRUDEAU INVITATION.
JANUARY 30 .......... GRANMA CARRIES 2ND ATTACK ON CHINESE PROPAGANDA ON ANGOLA.
REBROADCAST ON TWO NETWORKS.
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JANUARY 31 .......... GUYANA SAYS CUBANS HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN LANDING RIGHTS FOR
AIRLIFT TO ANGOLA. FRENCH ARTICLE REPQF'TS INSTALLATION OF CUBAN
FUEL TANKS THERE.
FEBRUARY 28 ........ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH NITC ALVES, MEMBER OF MPLA
POLITBURO.
MARCH 01-03 ........ ANGOLAN SOLIDARITY SEMINAR HELD IN HA%?ANA.
MARCH 05 ................ CUBAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS OSCAR ORAMAS OLIVA AMBASSADOR TO
ANGOLA. (ORAMAS FORMER DIRECTOR AFRICA-NEAREAST DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN MINISTRY.)
MARCH 13 ................ GRANMA CARRIES EDITORIAL ATTACKING CH NA'S PRESS COVERAGE OF
EVENTS IN ANGOLA.
MARCH 30 ................ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON ADDRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL.
CONDEMNS SOUTH AFRICA AGGRESSION INA,NGOLA.
APRIL 15 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS IN HAVANA WITH DELEGATIONS OF ANGOLAN AND
CONGOLESE WOMEN.
APRIL 20 ................ RAUL CASTRO ARRIVES IN LUANDA, ANGOLA ON A PRIVATE VISIT.
APRIL 27 ................ CUBA AND ANGOLA SIGN SCIENTIFIC-TECHNI,1AL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT. CUBA WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC HE ALTH AID AND TRAIN
MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
MAY 03 .................... ANGOLAN SPORTS DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 19 .................... CUBA AND ANGOLA SIGN AIR TRANSPORTATON AGREEMENT.
MAY 27 .................... TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUARDIAN QUOTES ?RESIDENT DORTICOS: 'CUBA
WILL WITHDRAW 200 SOLDIERS A WEEK FROM ANGOLA WITH AGREEMENT
OF PRESIDENT NETO.'
TASS COMMENTARY DEFENDS CUBA'S "NOBLE ACTION" IN ANGOLA.
JUNE 06- ................. SPEECH 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, FIDEL CASTRO
STATES THAT CUBA IS GRADUALLY WITHDRAWING MILITARY PERSONNEL
FROM ANGOLA.
JUNE 24 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON COMD~,MNS THE US VETO OF
ANGOLAN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN UN.
JUNE 25 .................... CUBAN LABOR MINISTER OSCAR FERNANDEZ PADILLA ARRIVES IN
ANGOLA. (LAST SEEN IN BULGARIA)
JULY 05 .................. ANGOLAN YOUTH DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JULY 06 .................. GRANMA EDITORIAL CRITICIZES CHINA'S POLICY TOWARD ANGOLA.
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JULY 22 .................. ANGOLAN PRESIDENT NETO AND LARGE DELEGATION ARRIVE IN CUBA.
(INVITED FOR 26 JULY CELEBRATION.)
JULY 26 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SAYS IN JULY SPEECH THAT CUBAN FORCES WILL REMAIN
IN ANGOLA UNTIL THE ANGOLANS CAN GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF
THEIR COUNTRY.
AUGUST 01 ............. HONG KONG AFP SAYS CONTINGENT OF CUBAN TROOPS HAVE RETURNED
TO CUBA FROM SERVICE IN ANGOLA. SECOND SUBSTANTIAL CONTINGENT
TO RETURN.
AUGUST 02 ............ COMMUNIQUE ISSUED FOLLOWING VISIT OF PRESIDENT NETO OF ANGOLA
TO CUBA.
AUGUST 18 ............ COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANGOLAN MPLA YOUTH
ORGANIZATION AND UJC SIGNED IN LUANDA.
SEPTEMBER 28 ...... ANGOLAN PUBLIC HEALTH DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR TEN-DAY
VISIT.
OCTOBER 02-08 .... ANGOLAN LABOR MINISTER DAVID AYRES MACHADO IN CUBA AS GUEST
OF CUBAN LABOR FEDERATION. COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED
OCTOBER 8.
OCTOBER 30............ WELCOMING CEREMONY HELD IN PINAR DEL RIO FOR TROOPS RETURNING
FROM DUTY IN ANGOLA.
EFE MADRID REPORTS 6000 CUBAN CIVILIANS IN ANGOLA. "EVENTUALLY
THERE WILL BE 10'S OF THOUSANDS." THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
CUBAN MILITARY FORCES.
DECEMBER 03 ........ PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT SESSION RESUMES. COUNCIL OF STATE ELECTED.
ANGOLAN PRIME MINISTER LOPO DO NASCIMENTO ADDRESSES ASSEMBLY.
DECEMBER 04 ........ ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE HAS SAGGERS, SA-3 MISSILES, T-62 TANKS,
ZSU-23-4 WEAPONS, BMD-21 USED IN ANGOLA. GEN. COLOME IBARRA LED
CUBANS WHO WERE IN ANGOLA.
DECEMBER 06 ........ FIDEL CASTRO AND LOPO DO NASCIMENTO SIGN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CUBA AND ANGOLA.
DECEMBER 16 ........ POLITICAL BUREAU MEMBER PEDRO MIRET ENDS VISIT TO ANGOLA FOR
CELEBRATION OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF MPLA.
JANUARY 03 .......... GRANMA DECLARES "THE VICTORY IN ANGOLA DUE LARGELY TO THE
PRESENCE OF CUBAN SOLDIERS" AS THE MOST OUTSTANDING EVENT OF
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MARCH 16 ................ JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED WITH SOMALIA. REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
AFRICAN LIBERATION MOVEMENTS AND HAILS ANGOLAN VICTORY.
MARCH 23-31 ........ CASTRO VISITS ANGOLA. HE DECLARES "CUBA WILL AID ANGOLA AS
LONG AS THEY NEED IT."
MARCH 30 ................ IN ANGOLA, CASTRO MEETS WITH JOSHUA NKOMO, ZIMBABWE PATRIOTIC
FRONT CO-LEADER.
IN ANGOLA, CASTRO MEETS WITH OLIVER Ti MBO, PRESIDENT OF AFRICAN
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
IN ANGOLA, CASTRO MEETS WITH SAM NUJOMA, OF NAMIBIA'S
SOUTHWEST AFRICAN PEOPLES ORGANIZATION (SWAPO).
MAY 06 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEWED BY AFRIQUE-ASIE. BIG BLAST AT CHINA.
ANGOLA A NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUE WITH US "PARTIAL LIFTING OF
EMBARGO NOT ENOUGH."
MAY 16 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEW WITH AFRIQUE-ASIE. ATTACKS AGAINST ANGOLA
ARE ATTACK AGAINST CUBA. CONSOLIDATION OF ETHIOPIAN REVOLUTION
IS IMPORTANT FOR AFRICA.
JUNE 01 .................... AL-AHRAM CARRIES ARTICLE CRITICAL OF QADHAFI AND ALLEGES LIBYAN
FINANCING OF CUBAN MERCENARIES IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA.
JUNE 06 .................... FIDEL CASTRO SENDS "MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY" TO ANGOLAN
PRESIDENT NETO. (AFTER COUP ATTEMPT IN LUANDA.)
JUNE 09-11 ............ RAUL CASTRO IN ANGOLA. DELIVERS SUPPORTIVE MESSAGE TO NETO
FROM CASTRO.
JUNE 10 .................... CUBA APPOINTS MANUEL AGRAMONTE SAN(:HEZ AMBASSADOR TO
ANGOLA.
JUNE 13 .................... DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLES OF ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE
OBSERVED IN CUBA.
JUNE 13-16 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA VISITS GUINLA. MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
SEKOU-TOURE. (CONAKRY REMAINS REFUEL NG POINT FOR TWO-WAY
AIRLIFT BETWEEN LUANDA AND HAVANA.)
AUGUST 23 ............ ANGOLAN PRESIDENT NETO ARRIVES IN HAVANA WITH GEN. RAUL
CASTRO. HE IS ON A PRIVATE VISIT.
AUGUST 27 ............ CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES OPENING OF CUBAN CONSULAR OFFICE
IN LUANDA, ANGOLA.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... A DELEGATIION FROM THE ANGOLAN MPLA'a YOUTH GROUP VISITS THE
ISLE OF PINES.
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SEPTEMBER 28 ...... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS TO CDR CONGRESS ON CURRENT
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. REAFFIRMS CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR ANGOLA,
INDEPENDENCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, AND PUERTO RICO.
SEPTEMBER 29 ...... JOSE RAMON FERNANDEZ, CUBAN EDUCATION MINISTER ARRIVES IN
ANGOLA.
OCTOBER 04............ CUBAN EDUCATION MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ CONCLUDES
COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA.
OCTOBER 08............ EFE CARRIES REPORT OF SOVIET TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER ROSSIYA
DEPARTING HAVANA FOR ANGOLA WITH AN ESTIMATED 1,000 CUBAN
TECHNICIANS ABOARD.
NOVEMBER 01 ........ RAMIRO VALDES HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION ARRIVING LUANDA ANGOLA
TO TAKE PART IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANGOLAN-CUBAN JOINT
COMMISSION.
NOVEMBER 04 ........ RAMIRO VALDES HEADS HIGH-LEVEL CUBAN DELEGATION TOURING
VARIOUS ANGOLAN INSTALLATIONS.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ ANGOLAN PRESS REPORTS ADDITIONAL 2600 CUBAN CIVILIANS EXPECTED
IN ANGOLA FOLLOWING SIGNING BY CUBA AND ANGOLA OF BILATERAL
AGREEMENTS.
IN LUANDA, RAMIRO VALDES ASSERTS THAT DURING THE COMING YEAR
CUBA'S CIVILAN COOPERATION EFFORT WILL DOUBLE. COULD BE OVER
10,000 TECHNICIANS.
NOVEMBER 07-09 .. ANGOLAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MANUEL PEDRO PACAVIRA VISITS
CUBA. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO ON 8 NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER 12 ........ CUBA COMMEMORATES THE SECOND ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
ANNIVERSARY WITH CEREMONY.
NOVEMBER 17 ........ NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES NSC STUDY ON CUBA'S AFRICAN BUILDUP AND
INCREASED NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA. SAYS
ACTIONS WILL HARM IMPROVED TIES WITH US.
NOVEMBER 18 ........ A CONTINGENT OF MORE THAN 800 ANGOLAN YOUTHS ARRIVE AT THE
ISLE OF PINES TO ATTEND SCHOOL FOR A YEAR IN CUBA.
DECEMBER 04 ........ RAUL CASTRO ARRIVES IN LUANDA, ANGOLA TO ATTEND FIRST MPLA
CONGRESS.
DECEMBER 05 ........ RAUL CASTRO ADDRESSES MPLA CONGRESS IN LUANDA. FIRST CUBAN
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO RECENT US CRITICISMS OF CUBAN ACTIVITIES IN
AFRICA. RAUL SAYS SUBJECT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
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DECEMBER 12 ........ RAUL CASTRO ADDRESSES MASS RALLY IN LUANDA, ANGOLA WHEN
CUBANS WITHDRAW FROM ANGOLA WE WON'T TAKE ANYTHING BUT OUR
DEAD."
DECEMBER 14 ........ VILMA ESPIN, PRESIDENT OF CUBAN WOMEN'S FEDERATION VISITS MAIN
OFFICES OF ANGOLAN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION IN LUANDA.
DECEMBER 20 ........ A CUBAN ECONOMIC DELEGATION HEADED BY HECTOR RODRIGUEZ
LOMPART ARRIVES IN LUANDA, ANGOLA.
JANUARY 18 .......... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE ANNOUNCES WEEKLY FLIGHTS BETWEEN
LUANDA AND HAVANA WILL BEGIN 29 JANUARY.
MARCH 05 ................ EFE REPORTS THAT THE 732 CUBAN STUDENTS TRAINED AS TEACHERS
FOR SERVICE IN ANGOLA HAVE RECEIVED FOUR MONTHS MILITARY
TRAINING.
MARCH 09 ................ FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER FAREWELL CEREMONY FOR CHE GUEVARA
INTERNATIONALIST TEACHING DETACHMENT' GOING TO ANGOLA.
MARCH 28 ................ GRANMA HIGHLIGHTS SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ANGOLAN PEOPLE'S
VICTORY OVER SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS.
DIVISION GENERAL ABELARDO COLOME IBARRA GIVES SPEECH IN HAVANA
AT EVENT HONORING ANGOLAN VICTORY.
APRIL 01 ................ HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE QUOTES ANGOLAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S
REMARKS ON INTENSIFICATION OF ARMED STRUGGLE NEEDED IN NAMIBIA.
APRIL 04 ................ FOURTH GROUP OF CHE GUEVARA INTERNATIONALIST TEACHING
DETACHMENT LEAVES CUBA FOR ANGOLA.
APRIL 24 ................ ANGOLAN HEALTH MINISTER COELHO DA CR JZ RETURNS FROM 15-DAY
VISIT TO CUBA.
MAY 05 .................... HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE INTERVIEW WITH ANGOLA DEFENSE
MINISTER. CUBA WILL NOT WITHDRAW FORCES FROM ANGOLA UNTIL
ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS IT.
MAY 16 .................... JORGE RISQUET MEETS WITH SAM NUJOMA, HEAD OF SWAPO IN LUANDA,
ANGOLA.
MAY 25 .................... AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO PRESIDENT CARTER SAYS 'CUBA
MUST SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KATANGESE REBEL INVASION OF
ZAIRE FROM ANGOLA.'
MAY 27 .................... ANGOLAN PRIME MINISTER NASCIMENTO ARRIVES IN HAVANA ON HISUAY
TO THE UN SPECIAL SESSION.
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MAY 29 .................... ANGOLAN AND CUBAN TRADE OFFICIALS AGREE TO EXPAND THEIR
COOPERATION AND PERSONNEL TRAINING.
MAY 31 .................... FIDEL CASTRO SENDS SUPPORTIVE MESSAGE TO ANGOLAN PRESIDENT
NETO.
JUNE 15 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE DELEGATION HEADED BY RICARDO CABRISAS
ARRIVES IN LUANDA, ANGOLA.
JUNE 23 .................... CUBA GRANTS ANGOLA 2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TRAINING ANGOLAN
WORKERS AND TECHNICIANS.
JUNE 29 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN LUANDA ANGOLA.
JORGE RISQUET IS IN GROUP MEETING HIM AT AIRPORT. MEETS WITH
PRESIDENT NETO.
JULY 03 .................. MALMIERCA INTERVIEWED IN LUANDA. SAYS 'CUBA HAS NEVER CARRIED
OUT ANY ACTION WHICH COULD BE LABELED AN ACT OF INTERVENTION.'
AUGUST 18 ............ IN LUANDA, CUBAN HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTER BENITO PEREZ MAZA
ANNOUNCES COOPERATION WITH ANGOLA IN EDUCATION WILL INCREASE.
SEPTEMBER 02 ...... ANGOLAN CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING MINISTER MANUEL REZENDE DE
OLIVERA HEADS DELEGATION ARRIVING IN HAVANA.
THREE CUBAN WAR PRISONERS ARE FREED BY SOUTH AFRICA IN
EXCHANGE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS HELD BY ANGOLA.
SEPTEMBER 07 ...... COMMANDER ANTONIO DOS SANTOS, MEMBER OF MPLA POLITBURO
ARRIVES IN CUBA AT INVITATION OF RAUL CASTRO.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH CUBAN PRISONERS RECENTLY EXCHANGED
FOR SOUTH AFRICANS.
SEPTEMBER 09 ...... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MPLA-POLITBURO MEMBER CMDR ANTONIO
DOS SANTOS FRANCA. ALSO PRESENT, RAUL CASTRO AND JUAN ALMEIDA.
SEPTEMBER 14 ...... THE GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND ANGOLA SIGN 1979 CONSTRUCTION
COOPERATION PROTOCOL.
NOVEMBER 16 ........ HEAD OF CUBAN MEDICAL TEAM IN ANGOLA, DR. NAREY RAMOS SAYS
THERE ARE MORE THAN 800 CUBAN HEALTH TECHNICIANS WORKING IN
ANGOLA.
NOVEMBER 30 ........ POLITBURO MEMBER RAMIRO VALDES SIGNS SEVERAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENTS WITH ANGOLAN DEPUTY PREMIER CARLOS ROCHA DILOLUA.
THERE WILL BE ABOUT 11,000 CUBAN TECHNICIANS IN ANGOLA IN 1979.
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DECEMBER 09 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIQUEZ MEETS WITH CARLOS VICTOR DE CARVALHO,
GOVERNOR OF THE ANGOLAN NATIONAL BANK.
SECOND CHE GUEVARA INTERNATIONALIST TEACHING BRIGADE MEETS TO
REAFFIRM THEIR INTENTION TO SERVE IN AICOLA FOR TWO YEARS.
AUGUST 13 ............ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA, EMILIC ARAGONES NAVARRO
ESCAPES UNHARMED FROM AN ATTACK IN FRONT OF THE CUBAN
EMBASSY IN BUENOS AIRES.
OCTOBER 29............ ARGENTINE AND CUBAN OFFICIALS HOLD TRADE TALKS IN HAVANA.
1976
NOVEMBER 12-16 .. ARGENTINE FOREIGN TRADE SECRETARY VISI`~S CUBA.
1977
SEPTEMBER 29 ...... FIDEL CASTRO HOLDS TALKS WITH ARNEDO ALVAREZ, SECRETARY
GENERAL OF ARGENTINE COMMUNIST PARTY IN HAVANA. CARLOS RAFAEL
RODRIGUEZ ALSO PARTICIPATES.
AUSTRIA
1975
JUNE 14 .................... CUBA AND AUSTRIA CONCLUDE TARIFF AGREEMENT.
1978
NOVEMBER 16 ........ CUBA AND AUSTRIA SIGN ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC
COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
BAHAMAS
1978
JUNE 05 .................... CUBA TRADE DELEGATION BEGINS VISIT TO THE BAHAMAS.
BANGLADESH
1975
APRIL 26 ................ CUBA NAMES JOSE LOPEZ SANCHEZ AMBASSADOR TO BANGLADESH.
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BARBADOS
1975
MAY 08 .................... DELEGATION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS FROM BARBADOS ARRIVES IN
CUBA.
DECEMBER 17 ........ GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS PROTESTS CUBAN USE OF SEAWELL
AIRPORT AS A TRANSIT POINT FOR THE CUBAN AIRLIFT OF TROOPS TO
ANGOLA.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... BARBADOS ISSUES CUBA PROVISIONAL PERMIT FOR USE OF SEAWELL
AIRPORT FOR FLIGHTS BETWEEN HAVANA AND POINTS IN AFRICA.
OCTOBER 07............ CUBAN CIVIL AERONAUTICS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE CRASH OF A
CUBANA AIRLINER OFF BARBADOS WITH 77 ABOARD.
OCTOBER 12............ VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SEVERAL CUBAN EXILES HAVE
BEEN PLACED IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING BOMBING OF CUBANA AIRLINER
OFF BARBADOS.
OCTOBER 21 ............ RAUL ROA HEADS DELEGATION TO TRINIDAD TO CONSULT WITH
CARIBBEAN LEADERS ON INVESTIGATION OF CUBANA BOMBING.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CUBA, BARBADOS, GUYANA, AND VENEZUELA
ATTEND.
JANUARY 12 .......... CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO GUYANA CESAR MARTINEZ NAMED CUBA'S FIRST
AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS. HE WILL HOLD BOTH POSITIONS.
JULY 07 .................. ABDO SOTO, CUBAN TRADE COMMISSIONER IN CARIBBEAN TELLS
INTERVIEWER IN BRIDGETOWN THAT CUBA IS A MARKET FOR PRODUCTS
PRODUCED IN BARBADOS.
BELGIUM
1975
JULY 10 .................. CUBAN VICE PRIME MINISTER FLAVIO BRAVO ARRIVES IN BELGIUM FOR
ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS.
OCTOBER 22............ CUBA AND BELGIUM SIGN BILATERIAL AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT.
1976
JUNE 19 .................... FOREIGN TRADE MINISTERS OF CUBA AND BELGIUM SIGN ECONOMIC
AGREEMENT IN CUBA.
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1977
NOVEMBER 10 ........ BELGIAN SOCIALIST PARTY DELEGATION BEGINS VISIT TO CUBA.
1978
OCTOBER 24-28 .... CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT VISITS
BELGIUM.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ CUBAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PELEGRIFI TORRAS EXPRESSES THE
CUBAN VIEW THAT BELIZE HAS THE RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION (IN
PRESS INTERVIEW).
FEBRUARY 15 ........ BELIZE CITY REPORTER CARRIES STORY STATING THAT CUBA MAY
SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNISTS.
NOVEMBER 09 ........ FIRST COMMANDER OMAR ISER MOJENA, DEPUTY CHIEF OF ARMED
FORCES POLITICAL DIRECTORATE, HEADS DELEGATION TO BENIN.
FEBRUARY 17-25 .... BENIN FOREIGN MINISTER MICHEL ALLADAYE IN CUBA. MEETS WITH
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND FIDEL CASTRO.
JUNE 09 .................... CUBAN FONMIN MALMIERCA AND DELEGATION ARE GIVEN RECEPTION BY
BENIN GOVT. MEET WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MICHEL ALLADAYE.
CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ATTENDS RECEPTION GIVEN FOR
CUBAN DELEGATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN.
JUNE 10 .................... IN BENIN, FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA SAYS "THERE IS A RECIPROCAL
DESIRE BETWEEN BENIN AND CUBA TO EXPAND THEIR COOPERATION."
JUNE 21 .................... CUBA AND BENIN SIGN COMMUNIQUE ON FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA'S
6-11 JUNE VISIT.
JANUARY 09-10 ...... PCC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN COTONOU, BENIN TO PARTICIPATE IN
SOLIDARITY CONGRESS WITH COMBATANT PEOPLES. ARMANDO ACOSTA
HEADS DELEGATION.
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FEBRUARY 04-06 .... CUBAN INTERIOR MINISTER GEN. SERGIO DEL VALLE VISITS BENIN. MEETS
WITH HIS COUNTERPART AND PRESIDENT KEREKOU.
APRIL 06 ................ DELEGATION FROM BENIN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION VISIT FMC
HEADQUARTERS AND VILMA ESPIN.
JUNE 12 .................... CUBA CDR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN COTONOU, BENIN.
NOVEMBER 27 ........ COL. RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, CHIEF OF STAFF BENIN NATIONAL DEFENSE
FORCE ARRIVES FOR VISIT AT INVITATION OF ARMED FORCES MINISTRY.
NOVEMBER 30 ........ DELEGATION FROM BENINESE DEFENSE FORCE VISITS THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
DECEMBER 06 ........ ARMY GENERAL RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH BENINESE DEFENSE FORCE
DELEGATION HEADED BY COLONEL RICHARD RODRIGUEZ.
BOTSWANA
1977
DECEMBER 09 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS THAT CUBA AND BOTSWANA WILL
ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
BULGARIA
JANUARY 16 .......... BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF PCC.
JANUARY 31-02 ...... CUBAN-BULGARIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION MEETS IN
HAVANA.
FEBRUARY 07 ........ BULGARIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ARRIVES HEADING DELEGATION FROM THAT
MINISTRY.
FEBRUARY 27 ........ CUBAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DELEGATION ARRIVES IN SOFIA,
BULGARIA.
CUBA AND BULGARIA SIGN TRADE PROTOCOL SUBSTANTIALLY
INCREASING BILATERAL TRADE.
MARCH 05 ................ CUBAN AND BULGARIAN ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE SIGN COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
MARCH 22 ................ A UJC (UNION OF YOUNG COMMUNISTS) DELEGATION ARRIVES IN SOFIA,
BULGARIA.
MARCH 29 ................ BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PETUR MLADENOV ARRIVES IN CUBA.
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JUNE 06 .................... CUBA AND BULGARIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
JULY 10 .................. CUBAN MACHINERY AND DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS ARRIVE IN SOFIA,
BULGARIA.
OCTOBER 24............ BULGARIAN-CUBAN COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC AND
SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION MEETS IN SOFIA. FLAVIO BRAVO
HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION.
JANUARY 16 .......... BULGARIAN ECONOMIC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MARCH 09 ................ FIDEL CASTRO ARRIVES IN SOFIA, BULGARIA FOR OFFICIAL WORKING VISIT.
JUNE 18 .................... CUBAN LABOR MINISTER OSCAR FERNANDEZ PADILLA ARRIVES IN SOFIA,
BULGARIA.
JUNE 25 .................... CUBAN LABOR MINISTER OSCAR FERNANDEZ PADILLA ARRIVES IN
ANGOLA. (LAST SEEN IN BULGARIA)
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... RAMON CASTRO AND DELEGATION MEET WITH BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD INDUSTRY MINISTER GANCHO KRUSTEV IN SOFIA.
OCTOBER 07............ RAMON CASTRO AND AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION ARRIVE IN SOFIA,
BULGARIA.
JANUARY 11-21 ...... RAUL CASTRO ON WAY HOME FROM USSR VISITS BULGARIA. RETURNS TO
CUBA ON JANUARY 21.
FEBRUARY 11-21 .... BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER GENERAL DOBRI DZHUROV VISITS CUBA AT
THE INVITATION OF RAUL CASTRO.
SEPTEMBER 19 ...... RAUL ROA, VICE PRESIDENT OF PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY ARRIVES IN SOFIA, BULGARIA TO ATTEND
INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION MEETING.
OCTOBER 04............ CUBAN DOMESTIC TRADE MINISTER SERAFIN FERNANDEZ ARRIVES IN
BULGARIA TO PARTICIPATE IN CEMA TRADE MINISTER'S MEETING.
FEBRUARY 16 ........ ARMANDO HART HEADING CUBAN CULTURE MINISTRY DELEGATION
ARRIVES IN BULGARIA FROM A VISIT TO MOSCOW.
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FEBRUARY 18 ........ BULGARIAN DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER COL. GEN. ATANAS SEMEDZHIEV
AND DELEGATION ARRIVE IN CUBA.
MARCH 27 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH DIMITAR STANISHEV,
BULGARIAN CP FOREIGN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT CHIEF.
APRIL 12 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND FLAVIO BRAVO MEET WITH BULGARIAN
MACHINE BUILDING MINISTER TONCHO CHAKUROV IN HAVANA.
APRIL 14 ................ DIRECT TELEPHONE SERVICE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CUBA AND
BULGARIA VIA THE INTER-SPUTNIK SYSTEM.
JULY 11 .................. BULGARIAN NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER DZHUROV MEETS WITH LT. GEN.
SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO WHO IS VISITING BULGARIA TO DISCUSS
FURTHER COOPERATION.
AUGUST 01 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA RECEIVED BY BULGARIA'S ZHIVKOV IN
SOFIA.
AUGUST 03 ............ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH BULGARIAN PREMIER
STANKO TODOROV IN VARNA, BULGARIA. COMMUNIQUE ISSUED 4 AUGUST.
OCTOBER 21-23 .... CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT VISITS
BULGARIA. MEETS STANKO TODOROV 10/21. COOP AGREEMENT SIGNED
BY SUBORDINATE ON 10/28.
NOVEMBER 23 ........ BULGARIAN POLITBURO MBR. PENCHO KUBADINSKI VISITS CUBA. SIGNS
COOP AGREEMENT BETWEEN FATHERLAND FRONT & CDR. MEETS WITH
FIDEL CASTRO 25 NOVEMBER.
BURMA
1976
OCTOBER 12............ DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CUBA AND BURMA.
BURUNDI
1976
OCTOBER 08............ BURUNDIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MELCHIOR BWAKIRA ARRIVES IN
CUBA. COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED OCTOBER 12.
CANADA
1975
MARCH 19 ................ DELEGATION OF CANADIAN BUSINESSMEN ARRIVES IN CUBA.
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MARCH 21 ................ CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS REPORT $100 MILL. ION LINE OF CREDIT EXTENDED
TO NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA.
APRIL 01 ................ CANADIAN DELEGATION FROM PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY HEADED BY
MARC LALOUDE ARRIVES IN CUBA. ON APRI _ 4 THE TWO COUNTRIES SIGN
COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
SEPTEMBER 24 ...... VICE PRIME MINISTER CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVE OTTAWA FOR
MEETING OF CUBAN-CANADIAN COMMISSION ON INTER-GOVERNMENTAL
TRADE.
NOVEMBER 21 ........ CUBAN PRESS SERVICE PRENSA LATINA OPENS OFFICE IN MONTREAL,
CANADA.
1976
JANUARY 07 .......... CUBANA AIRLINES ANNOUNCES NEW ROUTES TO CANADA AND GUINEA.
JANUARY 26 .......... CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU BEGINS OFFICIAL 4-DAY VISIT TO
CUBA.
JANUARY 29 .......... IN A PRESS CONFERENCE FIDEL CASTRO SA fS CUBA IS WILLING TO
INCREASE AID TO ANGOLA. HE SAYS HE WII. L VISIT CANADA IN RESPONSE
TO TRUDEAU INVITATION.
FEBRUARY 12 ........ CANADIAN COMMERCIAL MISSION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1977
JANUARY 10-10 ...... CANADIAN GOVERNMENT EXPELS FIVE CUBANS SUSPECTED OF
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AT THE CUBAN CONSULATE IN MONTREAL.
MAY 11 .................... CUBA AND CANADA SIGN FISHING AGREEME NT. PERMITS CUBAN FISHING
WITHIN CANADA'S 200-MILE ZONE.
JUNE 23 .................... ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER RENE ANILLO CQPOTE MEETS WITH C.T.
SHARLAND, CANADIAN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE VICE MINISTER IN
HAVANA.
OCTOBER 19............ RAUL ROA, MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF STATE RECEIVES NEW CANADIAN
AMBASSADOR TO CUBA, GARY R. HARMAN.
DECEMBER 09 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH GERALD REGAN PREMIER OF NOVA SCOTIA
WHO IS VISITING CUBA.
JANUARY 07 .......... CANADIAN SPORTS MINISTER IONA CAMPAGNOLD SIGNS COOPERATION
AGREEMENT WITH CUBA IN HAVANA. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO 6
JANUARY.
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CAPE VERDE
1975
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... CUBA AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
1976
JULY 09 .................. CUBA AND REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE SIGN CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENT.
NOVEMBER 12 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RECEIVES CAPE VERDE DEFENSE MINISTER
SILVINO MANUEL DA LUZ AND DELEGATION.
NOVEMBER 15 ........ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ANTONIO PEREZ HERRERO LEAVES FOR
GUINEA-BISSAU TO ATTEND 3RD PAIGC CONGRESS.
NOVEMBER 28-05 .. TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION MINISTER OF CAPE VERDE
HERCULANO VIEIRA VISITS CUBA.
CHAD
1976
OCTOBER 18............ CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WILL BE
ESTABLISHED WITH CHAD AND WITH MAURITIUS.
FEBRUARY 12 ........ DELEGATION HEADED BY VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS RENE
ANILLO ARRIVES IN NDJAMENA, CHAD TO PREPARE FOR NONALIGNED
SUMMIT MEETING.
MARCH 05 ................ REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHILEAN SOCIALIST AND RADICAL PARTIES
ARRIVE IN HAVANA AT INVITATION OF PCC.
MAY 07 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH CHILEAN SOCIALIST PARTY DELEGATION
HEADED BY SECRETARY GENERAL CARLOS ALTAMIRANO.
JUNE 27 .................... CHILEAN COMMUNIST YOUTH DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF UJC.
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SEPTEMBER 04-11 .. CUBA OBSERVES "WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CHILEAN PEOPLE."
OCTOBER 16............ THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS THE REQUEST OF 30 CHILEAN
LEFTISTS FOR ASYLUM IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 12 ........ A CUBAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION ARRIVES IN GREECE FOR A CHILEAN
SOLIDARITY MEETING.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AWARDS PLAYA GIRON ORDER TO LUIS
CORVALAN, SECRETARY GENERAL OF CHILEAN COMMUNIST PARTY.
DECEMBER 19 ........ JUVENTUD REBELDE CARRIES TASS REPORT ON THE RELEASE OF LUIS
CORVALAN. NO MENTION MADE OF SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE OF SOVIET
DISSIDENT.
MAY 18 .................... LUZ DE LAS NIEVES AYRES MORENO, A CHILEAN REVOLUTIONARY ARRIVES
IN HAVANA.
JUNE 21 .................... FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES LUIS CORVALAN, SECRETARY GENERAL OF
CHILEAN COMMUNIST PARTY.
SEPTEMBER 29 ...... MANUEL PINEIRO, CHIEF OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT, MEETS WITH
DELEGATION FROM CHILEAN UNITARY POPULAR ACTION MOVEMENT
(MAPU) IN HAVANA.
OCTOBER 07............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RECEIVES DELEGATION FROM CHILEAN
MAPU.
OCTOBER 13............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF CHILEAN
COMMUNIST PARTY (PCCH) POLITICAL COMMITTEE AND ITS
REPRESENTATIVES IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 19 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH CLODOMIRO ALMEYDA,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF CHILEAN POPULAR UNITY ABROAD MAPU IN
HAVANA.
DECEMBER 01 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH CHILEAN SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER CARLOS
ALTAMIRANO IN HAVANA.
JANUARY 06 .......... COMMENTARY CARRIED BY CUBAN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE REJECTS
LEGITIMACY OF CHILEAN PLEBISCITE.
JANUARY 14 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF CHILEAN RADICAL PARTY
DELEGATION HEADED BY ITS PRESIDENT ANSELMO JULE.
APRIL 11 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH CHILEAN COMMUNIST PARTY
DELEGATION.
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JUNE 03-12 ............ CHILEAN SOCIALIST PARTY DELEGATION VISITS CUBA.
CHINA (PRC)
MARCH 27 ................ CUBAN VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE GERMMAN AMADO BLANCO
ARRIVES IN PEKING.
MAY 08 .................... CUBA-CHINA TRADE PROTOCOL SIGNED IN PEKING.
MAY 16 .................... CUBAN-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION MARKS 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ITS FOUNDING IN HAVANA AND PEKING.
JUNE 09-13 ............ LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNIST PARTIES MEET IN HAVANA.
COMMUNIQUE IN GRANMA STRESSES UNITY AND ATTACKS CHINA.
JANUARY 27 .......... GRANMA PUBLISHES EDITORIAL CRITICAL OF CHINESE INTERVENTION IN
ANGOLA.
JANUARY 30 .......... GRANMA CARRIES 2ND ATTACK ON CHINESE PROPAGANDA ON ANGOLA.
REBROADCAST ON TWO NETWORKS.
FEBRUARY 03 ........ GRANMA CARRIES THIRD EDITORIAL ATTACKING CHINA'S POLICIES.
FEBRUARY 17 ........ GRANMA CARRIES FOURTH EDITORIAL ATTACKING PRC.
MARCH 13 ................ GRANMA CARRIES EDITORIAL ATTACKING CHINA'S PRESS COVERAGE OF
EVENTS IN ANGOLA.
APRIL 05 ................ GRANMA CARRIES ATTACK ON CHINESE SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA.
JUNE 10 .................... CUBA AND CHINA SIGN TRADE AGREEMENT FOR 1976. TRADE SCHEDULED
TO INCREASE ABOUT 11 %.
JULY 06 .................. GRANMA EDITORIAL CRITICIZES CHINA'S POLICY TOWARD ANGOLA.
SEPTEMBER 16 ...... DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DOMENECH LEADS CUBAN OFFICIALS SIGNING
CONDOLENCE BOOK AT CHINESE EMBASSY IN HAVANA ON DEATH OF
CHAIRMAN MAO. NO CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY REPRESENTATIVES
ATTEND.
1977
APRIL 18 ................ THE TRADE PROTOCOL BETWEEN CHINA AND CUBA IS SIGNED IN PEKING.
1977
MAY 06 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEWED BY AFRIQUE-ASIE. BIG BLAST AT CHINA.
ANGOLA A NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUE WITH US. 'PARTIAL LIFTING OF
EMBARGO NOT ENOUGH.'
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NOVEMBER 03 ........ GRANMA ARTICLE COMPLAINS ABOUT CHINESE ATTACKS ON THE CUBAN
REVOLUTION AND CUBAN INTERNATIONALIST COMMITMENTS IN AFRICA.
JANUARY 31 .......... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES ARMED FORCES COMMENTARY ON
ALIGNMENT OF CHINESE LEADERSHIP WITH IMPERIALISM AND
REACTIONARY FORCES.
MARCH 11 ................ PRC TRADE DELEGATION HEADED BY VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE
WANG JUN-SHENG ARRIVES IN HAVANA TO SIGN 1978 TRADE PROTOCOL.
AGREEMENT SIGNED 20 MAR.
MAY 22 .................... GRANMA CRITICIZES PRESIDENTIAL ASSfSTANT BRZEZINSKI'S TRIP TO THE
PRC.
MAY 31 .................... GRANMA ARTICLE APPEARS HIGHLY CRITICA,_ OF BRZEZINSKI'S TRIP TO
CHINA AND HIS CONSULTATIONS WITH CHINESE LEADERS.
JUNE 01 .................... GRANMA EDITORIAL ACCUSES PRC OF ALLYING WITH THE WEST.
JUNE 02 .................... GRANMA EDITORIAL CITES 'PRC TREACHERY AND THEIR ALIGNMENT WITH
YANKEE IMPERIALISM.'
JUNE 08 .................... HAVANA TELEVISION CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF CHINESE
LEADER'S FOREIGN POLICY.
JULY 04 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE COMMENTARY SCORES "TREACHERY OF PRC
LEADERSHIP."
JULY 08 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF THE
PRC'S ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.
JULY 10 .................. GRANMA NEWS ARTICLE CRITICAL OF THE CHINESE CAMPAIGN TO DIVIDE
AND NEUTRALIZE THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.'
JULY 21 .................. REUTER FROM PEKING CARRIES ITEM ON CHINA ACCUSING CUBA OF
DOING ITS UTMOST TO SABOTAGE THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.
JULY 26 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONCADA
BARRACKS ATTACK. HE ATTACKS US AND CHINA FOREIGN POLICIES &
DEFENDS CUBA'S NONALIGNED ROLE.
JULY 28 .................. CHINA'S DELEGATION WALKS OUT OF WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL TO
PROTEST FIDEL CASTRO'S ANTI-PRC REMARKS IN 26 JULY SPEECH.
NOVEMBER 14 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE VICE-MINISTER, GERMAN AMADO BLANCO,
ARRIVES IN PEKING TO SIGN 1979 TRADE PROTOCOL.
NOVEMBER 14-18 .. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS SRI LANKA HE ACCUSES CHINA AND US
OF LEADING A CAMPAIGN TO WEAKEN THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.
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COLOMBIA
1975
MARCH 05 ................ CUBA FREES SIX COLOMBIANS PRIOR TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
MARCH 06 ................ HAVANA AND BOGOTA ANNOUNCE REESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS IN A JOINT COMMUNIQUE.
MARCH 10 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO ECLA
MEETING IN BOGOTA.
APRIL 30 ................ GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND COLOMBIA ANNOUNCE RAMIRO ANDRADE
TERAN WILL BE AMBASSADOR TO CUBA; FERNANDO RAVELO RENEDO
WILL REPRESENT CUBA IN BOGOTA.
MAY 21 .................... TRADE BETWEEN CUBA AND COLOMBIA RESUMES WITH THE APPROVAL OF
EXPORT OF CEMENT TO CUBA. PRESS SAYS EXCHANGE OF TRADE
MISSIONS TO OCCUR SHORTLY.
JUNE 08 .................... CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BOGOTA. FIRST CUBAN
COMMERCIAL MISSION TO VISIT COLOMBIA SINCE RENEWAL OF
RELATIONS.
OCTOBER 18............ CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CALI, COLOMBIA.
1976
FEBRUARY 07 ........ COLOMBIAN FOREIGN TRADE INSTITUTE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 20 ........ JOSE IGNACIO VIVES ECHEVERRIA, COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA
DISCLOSES THAT FIDEL CASTRO WILL BE INVITED TO VISIT COLOMBIA IN
1977.
MAY 21 .................... MANUEL PINEIRO, MEMBER OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND HEAD OF
AMERICA DEPARTMENT, MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM COLOMBIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY VISITING CUBA.
OCTOBER 18............ NEW COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA MRS. CLARA NEITO DE PONCE
DE LEON RECEIVED IN HAVANA BY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN
COUNCIL OF STATE.
JANUARY 04 .......... COLOMBIA AND CUBA SIGN TREATY ON HIJACKING. COLOMBIAN
LEGISLATURE MUST APPROVE IT. IT IS A FIVE-YEAR TREATY.
JANUARY 10 .......... ARMANDO HART, CUBAN MINISTER OF CULTURE ARRIVES IN BOGOTA,
COLOMBIA TO ATTEND UNESCO CONFERENCE.
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JULY 01 .................. COLOMBIAN EDUCATION MINISTER RAFAEL RIJAS AND DELEGATION
ARRIVE IN CUBA. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO ON 6 JULY.
JULY 05 .................. THE CUBAN AND COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENTS AUTHORIZE COLOMBIAN
AIRLINES TO MAKE A WEEKLY FLIGHT TO HAVANA.
JULY 12 .................. THE COLOMBIAN AND CUBAN EDUCATION MINISTERS SIGN AN AGREEMENT
TO FORM A MIXED COMMISSION.
AUGUST 05 ............ CUBAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION HEADED,. BY FLAVIO BRAVO CENTRAL
COMMITTEE MEMBER, ARRIVES IN COLOMBIA TO ATTEND INAUGURATION
OF PRESIDENT TURBAY.
CONGO
1975
FEBRUARY 14 ........ A MILITARY DELEGATION FROM THE CONGOLESE PEOPLES REPUBLIC
HEADED BY LT. NGOMA FOUTOU ARRIVES IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 23 ...... CONGOLESE PRESIDENT MARIEN NGOUABI AF-.'RIVES IN CUBA ON STATE
VISIT. JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED SEPTEMBER 19.
APRIL 15 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS IN HAVANA WITH DELEGATIONS OF ANGOLAN AND
CONGOLESE WOMEN.
JUNE 03-04 ............ RAUL CASTRO AND DELEGATION VISIT THE CONGO.
JUNE 10 .................... CONGOLESE EDUCATION MINISTER TOURS CUBA WITH DELEGATION.
JULY 14 .................. DELEGATION OF CONGOLESE LABOR PARTY DEPARTMENT OF MASS
ORGANIZATIONS ARRIVES IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 08-16.. CONGOLESE UNION OF YOUNG SOCIALISTS DELEGATION, HEADED BY ITS
FIRST SECRETARY VISITS CUBA.
1977
MAY 15 .................... CONGOLESE WORKERS PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 14 ...... CMDR. OF REVOLUTION JUAN ALMEIDA MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF
CONGOLESE MILITARY DELEGATION VISITING CUBA.
NOVEMBER 30 ........ JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED FOLLOWING VISIT TO CONGO BY ANTONIO
PEREZ HERERRO, CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER.
MAY 04 .................... CONGOLSE FOREIGN MINISTER THEOPHILE OBENGA, ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
OFFICIAL TALKS BEGIN.
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MAY 08 .................... CONGOLESE PRESIDENT YHOMBY OPANGO ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR OFFICIAL
VISIT. FIDEL CASTRO PRESENTS CONGOLESE LEADER WITH ORDER OF
JOSE MARTI.
JULY 10 .................. CUBAN VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE RICARDO CABRISAS MEETS
WITH CONGOLESE DEFENSE MINISTER & CONGOLESE FOREIGN TRADE
MINISTER IN BRAZZAVILLE.
NOVEMBER 04 ........ VILMA ESPIN, HEAD OF FMC, SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH
CONGOLESE & MOZAMBIQUE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS.
COSTA RICA
1975
JANUARY 06 .......... COSTA RICAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATION
ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 26-28 .............. CUBA DELEGATION ARRIVES IN COSTA RICA TO ATTEND TALKS ON
PROPOSED CARIBBEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISE.
AUGUST 02 ............ GONZALO FACIO, COSTA RICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANNOUNCES IN SAN
JOSE THAT COSTA RICA "WILL SOON ESTABLISH TRADE RELATIONS WITH
CUBA."
SEPTEMBER 22 ...... CUBAN ECONOMIC MISSION ARRIVES IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA TO BEGIN
PRELIMINARY TALKS ON REESTABLISHMENT OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ A COSTA RICAN COMMERCIAL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1976
FEBRUARY 25 ........ CUBA AND COSTA RICA ESTABLISH COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.
MARCH 02 ................ GRANMA EDITORIAL CRITICIZES KISSINGER TRIP TO L.A. AND REMARKS OF
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT SOMOZA AND COSTA RICAN FOREIGN MINISTER
FACIO CONCERNING CUBAN AID TO ANGOLA.
AUGUST 18 ............ MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF COSTA RICA ARRIVE IN CUBA.
OCTOBER 07............ CUBA AND COSTA RICA SIGN COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT IN SAN JOSE.
1977
FEBRUARY 21 ........ CUBA AND COSTA RICA RE-ESTABLISH CONSULAR AND ECONOMIC
RELATIONS.
APRIL 14 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH MANUEL MORA, SECRETARY
GENERAL OF THE COSTA RICAN POPULAR VANGUARD PARTY IN HAVANA.
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DECEMBER 23 ........ MANUEL PINEIRO MEETS WITH COSTA RICAN SOCIALIST PARTY
SECRETARIAT MEMBER ROBERTO SALON IN HAVANA.
JUNE 21 .................... DELEGATES FROM COSTA RICAN AGRICULTUPAL INDUSTRY MEET WITH
FAUSTINO PEREZ IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 12-18 .. DELEGATION FROM COSTA RICAN NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISIT
CUBA.
CUBA
1975
JANUARY 02 ..........
16TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. (NO MAJOR ADDRESS
GIVEN.)
FEBRUARY 19-20 ....
CDR (COMMITTEES FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE REVOLUTION) HOLDS THIRD
NATIONAL PLENUM IN HAVANA.
FEBRUARY 19-21 ....
TWELVE MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
WRITERS' UNION HELD IN HAVANA.
FEBRUARY 26-27 ....
ANAP HOLDS NATIONAL PLENUM IN HAVANA.
MARCH 05 ................
RADIO HAVANA ANNOUNCES CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
MINISTRY.
MARCH 10-11 ........
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL FARMERS (ANAP) HOLDS NATIONAL
PLENUM IN HAVANA.
MARCH 17-19 ........
COORDINATING BUREAU OF NONALIGNED NATIONS MEETS IN HAVANA.
MARCH 21 ................
TOURISM INDUSTRY MINISTER VIVIAN COLL ANNOUNCES INTENTION OF
CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT 62 HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY
.
APRIL 10
................
OFFICIAL TEXT OF DRAFT CONSTITUTION PUBLISHED IN GRANMA
FOLLOWING APPROVAL "IN PRINCIPLE" BY POLITICAL BUREAU.
APRIL 16
................
POLITICAL BUREAU ANNOUNCES FIRST PARTY CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN
DECEMBER. ANNOUNCES MAKEUP OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE.
APRIL 19
................
PLAYA GIRON ANNIVERSARY. NO ADDRESS.
MAY 01 ....................
ROBERTO VIEGA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CTC SPEAKS AT MAY DAY
EVENT IN HAVANA.
MAY 17 ....................
COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUBA AND UN DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM SIGNED IN HAVANA.
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MAY 20 .................... CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMAGUEY.
MAY 26 .................... 39TH MEETING OF CEMA PERMANENT COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION
BEGINS IN HAVANA.
MAY 28 .................... CUBA'S 1975 SUGAR HARVEST CONCLUDES. US OFFICIALS ESTIMATE CROP
OF 6.4 MILLION TONS.
JUNE 05 .................... AN INTERNATIONAL BANKING GROUP ANNOUNCES GRANT OF 200 MILLION
MARKS ($84 MIL) TO FINANCE A PORTION OF CUBA'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
JUNE 13 .................... HAVANA RADIO CARRIES ANNOUNCEMENT OF CUBA'S ELECTION TO
GOVERNING BODY OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION.
JUNE 24 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ HEADS CUBA DELEGATION TO CEMA "HEADS
OF GOVERNMENT" MEETING.
JULY 12 .................. FIDEL CASTRO IS ELECTED A PRECANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE TO THE
CUBAN FIRST PARTY CONGRESS.
JULY 26 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF ASSAULT ON MONCADA
BARRACKS. PORTUGUESE DELEGATION VISIT. CASTRO TALKS ON NEW
PROVINCIAL BOUNDARIES.
JULY 30 .................. THE OAS VOTES TO END 11-YR ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION OF
CUBA. (CUBAN REACTION MUTED).
AUGUST 16 ............ FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATION OF CUBAN
COMMUNIST PARTY.
AUGUST 24 ............ RAUL CASTRO SPEAKS ON ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF CUBAN
WOMEN'S FEDERATION. SALUTES ROLE OF CUBAN WOMEN IN BUILIDING
SOCIALISM.
OCTOBER 23............ DRAFT PCC PLATFORM PUBLISHED. STRENGTHEN TIES WITH
USSR,PROMOTE DETENTE, IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS, ENCOURAGE
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH L.A. & CARIBBEAN.
OCTOBER 28............ FIDEL CASTRO ADDRESSES CUBAN ATHLETES RETURNING FROM PAN
AMERICAN GAMES IN MEXICO.
DECEMBER 17 ........ RAUL CASTRO OPENS CUBA'S 1ST COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS.
SUSLOV FROM USSR, ZHIVKOV OF BULGARIA, AND REPS OF HUNGARY,
POLAND, E. GERMANY, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA ATTEND.
1976
FEBRUARY 15 ........ NATIONAL REFERENDUM APPROVES NEW CUBAN CONSTITUTION.
FEBRUARY 24 ........ RAUL CASTRO INAUGURATES PORTIONS OF NEW CUBAN CONSTITUTION.
LAST ADDITION GOES INTO EFFECT 2 DECEMBER 1976.
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MARCH 04 ................ RAUL CASTRO ANNOUNCES CREATION OF MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND
STATE COMMITTEE FOR TECHNICAL MATERIAL SUPPLIES. HAVE RANK OF
MINISTRIES.
APRIL 04 ................ SEMINAR HELD IN HAVANA FOR MEMBERS OF PROVINCIAL
IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSIONS.
APRIL 06 ................ TERRORIST ATTACK SINKS TWO CUBAN FISHING BOATS, KILLING ONE
FISHERMAN AND WOUNDING THREE.
FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT CEREMONY IN HAVANA ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY
OF CUBAN PIONEERS AND 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNION OF YOUNG
COMMUNISTS.
APRIL 15-19 ............ UN SPONSORED CONFERENCE ON INTERNAL MIGRATION PLANNING HELD
IN CUBA.
MAY 01 .................... MAY DAY CELEBRATION. ROBERTO VIEGA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
CTC, GIVES MAIN ADDRESS.
MAY 17-26 .............. UN-SPONSORED SEMINAR AGAINST APARTHEID HELD IN HAVANA.
JUNE 30 .................... DR. JOSE VIERA LINARES APPOINTED DEPUTY FOREIGN RELATIONS
MINISTER.
JULY 13 .................. CUBA ANNOUNCES MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY Et. ECTIONS TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 10.
JULY 18 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT THE DEDICATION =1EREMONY FOR NEW PIONEER
CAMP.
JULY 23 .................. RAUL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES
GRADUATION CEREMONY.
AUGUST 09 ............ APPOINTMENT OF BRIGADE COMMANDER FERNANDO VECINO ALEGRET AS
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION ANNOUNCED.
FIRST COMMANDER SIXTO BATISTA APPOINTED ARMED FORCES DEPUTY
MINISTER FOR POLITICAL WORK.
AUGUST 10 ............ SEVERE DROUGHT EMERGENCY DECLARED IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
AUGUST 16 ............ ASSEMBLIES BEGIN NOMINATIING CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATES TO THE
PEOPLES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF DEPUTIES.
AUGUST 30 ............ US ESTIMATES CUBA SUGAR CROP THIS YEAR TO BE 6.0 MILLION TONS,
7% BELOW 1975 AND ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN 1974.
SEPTEMBER 01 ...... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT DEDICATION OF MAXIMO GOMEZ VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL IN CAMAGUEY OFFICIALLY OPENING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SEPTEMBER 21 ...... REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES MINISTRY, ANNOUNCES THAT JOINT
SOVIET-CUBAN NAVAL AND AIR EXERCISES ARE UNDERWAY.
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OCTOBER 10............ ELECTIONS ARE HELD FOR DELEGATES TO THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLIES OF
THE PEOPLES' GOVERNMENT.
OCTOBER 31 ............ MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED
DECEMBER 01 ........ FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO PRESIDE OVER DEDICATION OF THE
GRANMA MEMORIAL IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 02 ........ CUBAN ARMED FORCES DAY. NEW SYSTEMS OF RANKS AND UNIFORMS
BECOME EFFECTIVE.
RAUL CASTRO PROMOTED TO ARMY GENERAL. INTERIOR MINISTER SERGIO
DEL VALLE BECOMES DIVISION GENERAL.
INSTALLATION OF PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. FIDEL
CASTRO ADDRESSES OPENING SESSION.
DECEMBER 03 ........ PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT SESSION RESUMES. COUNCIL OF STATE ELECTED.
ANGOLAN PRIME MINISTER LOPO DO NASCIMENTO ADDRESSES ASSEMBLY.
CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON URGES AN ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST
SOUTH AFRICA TO "FORCE THAT COUNTRY TO WITHDRAW FROM
NAMIBIA."
DECEMBER 04 ........ ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE HAS SAGGERS, SA-3 MISSILES, T-62 TANKS,
ZSU-23-4 WEAPONS, BMD-21 USED IN ANGOLA. GEN. COLOME IBARRA LED
CUBANS WHO WERE IN ANGOLA.
RAUL CASTRO SPEECH. THE CUBANS WOULD "LOOK WITH ATTENTION TO
ANY US PRACTICAL STEPS SHOWING THAT SANITY WILL PREVAIL" IN THE
CARTER ADMINISTRATION.
DECEMBER 04-07 .. LARGE SCALE MILITARY EXERCISE HELD IN CUBA, ISLAND-WIDE.
DECEMBER 08-15 .. CEMA TRANSPORTATION MINISTERS MEETING HELD IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 09 ........ FIDEL CASTRO GIVES SPEECH TO MARK THE END OF THE "20TH
REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES ANNIVERSARY MANEUVERS."
RAUL CASTRO RECEIVES LT. GEN. MOHAMED ALI SAMANTAR, SOMALI
DEFENSE MINISTER. COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED DECEMBER 11.
DECEMBER 11 ........ L.A. JOURNALISTS SEMINAR SPONSORED BY THE UNION OF CUBAN
JOURNALISTS OPENS IN HAVANA. ELEVEN L.A. AND CARIBBEAN
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE.
FEBRUARY 24 ........ PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER A MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTS
OF PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES.
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FEBRUARY 28 ........ CUBAN COUNCIL OF STATE ANNOUNCES 12-MILE TERRITORIAL SEA LIMIT
AND 200-MILE ECONOMIC ZONE.
MARCH 31 ................ CUBA'S UNION OF YOUNG COMMUNISTS (UJC) BEGINS THIRD CONGRESS
IN HAVANA.
APRIL 26 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE NOTES "SEVERE DIFFICULTIES" IN THIS
YEAR'S SUGAR HARVEST.
MAY 01 .................... MAY DAY IN HAVANA. SPEECH BY ROBERTO VIEGA, MEMBER OF PCC
CENTRAL COMMITTEE, SECRETARY GENERAL OF CTC.
MAY 03 .................... FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS CTC RECEPTION IN HONOR OF FOREIGN LABOR
DELEGATIONS ATTENDING MAY DAY CEREMONIES.
MAY 14-17 .............. FIFTH CONGRESS OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL FARMERS
(ANAP) HELD IN HAVANA.
MAY 18 .................... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS TO CLOSING SESSION OF ANAP CONGRESS.
GROWTH IS NO LONGER ROMANTIC. THE PARTY MUST HAVE A POLICY ON
POPULATION.
MAY 20 .................... EDUCATION MINISTRY INAUGURATES CUBAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE INSTITUTE.
JUNE 08 .................... FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS CLOSING SESSION OF CONSTITUENT CONGRESS OF
NATIONAL UNION OF CUBAN JOURNALISTS.
JUNE 10 .................... PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE HOLDS 4TH PLENUM. FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES.
APPROVES CASTRO'S REPORT ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.
AUGUST 02 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MAKES CLOSING SPEECH AT FOREIGN
POLICY SEMINAR SPONSORED BY CENTRAL COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT OF
FOREIGN RELATIONS AND MINREX.
AUGUST 04 ............ FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO ARE CHOSEN DELEGATES TO
UPCOMING CDR CONGRESS.
AUGUST 13 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES GREETINGS FROM THE PEOPLE TO
FIDEL CASTRO ON HIS 51ST BIRTHDAY.
AUGUST 19 ............ REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES POLITICAL DIRECTORATES HOLD
MEETING PRESIDED OVER BY DIVISION GEN.SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO.
CUBAN WOMEN'S FEDERATION HOLDS 17TH, ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN
HAVANA.
AUGUST 25 ............ COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE
COMMITTEES FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE REVOLUTION IS ESTABLISHED.
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AUGUST 27 CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES HOLD 4TH PARTY CONGRESS.
SEPTEMBER 01 ...... BRIG. GEN. SIXTO BATISTA SANTANA, PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
PRESIDES OVER 4TH PARTY CONFERENCE HELD BY HOLGUIN ARMY CORPS.
FIDEL CASTRO INAUGURATES JOSE MARTI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF
HOLGUIN PROVINCE AND OFFICIALLY OPENS 1977-78 SCHOOL TERM.
SEPTEMBER 01-03.. THIRD NATIONAL MEETING OF COMMUNIST PARTY'S ECONOMIC
? DEPARTMENTS HELD IN SANTA CLARA.
SEPTEMBER 02 ...... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT DEDICATION OF CAPT. ORESTES ACOSTA
? SPORTS TRAINING SCHOOL IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 03 ...... FIDEL CASTRO TOURS SEVERAL FACTORIES IN HOLGUIN CITY.
SEPTEMBER 05 ...... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS IN CIENFUEGOS MARKING 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE 5 SEPTEMBER POPULAR UPRISING IN THAT CITY.
FIDEL CASTRO VISITS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 07 ...... FIDEL CASTRO VISITS CIENFUEGOS' INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
SEPTEMBER 10 ...... FOURTH SUMMER SPARTAKIAD OF FRIENDLY ARMIES BEGINS IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER OPENING OF 4TH SUMMER SPARTAKIAD OF
FRIENDLY ARMIES AT HAVANA'S PEDRO MARRERO STADIUM.
FIRST PEASANT COOPERATIVE IN EASTERN CUBA IS ESTABLISHED.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS BOXING MATCHES, CLIMAX OF FOURTH
SPARTAKIAD.
SEPTEMBER 25-28.. FIRST CONGRESS OF COMMITTEES FOR DEFENSE OF THE REVOLUTION
HELD IN HAVANA. DELEGATION FROM 24 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE.
SEPTEMBER 26 ...... FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS 5TH WORKING SESSION OF FIRST CDR CONGRESS IN
HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 29 ...... PUBLIC RALLY AT PLAZA DE REVOLUTION IN HAVANA TO MARK CLOSING
OF 1ST CDR CONGRESS AND THEIR 17TH ANNIVERSARY.
OCTOBER 01 ............ CEREMONY HELD AT HAVANA POLICE HQS WELCOMING LARGE GROUP OF
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PERSONNEL TO BE INTEGRATED INTO POLICE UNITS
IN CITY OF HAVANA.
OCTOBER 03............ FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO PRESIDE OVER HAVANA CITY PCC
PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE MEETING.
OCTOBER 04............ INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION MEETING BEGINS IN HAVANA. DELEGATIONS
FROM 12 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING.
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OCTOBER 06............ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT
INTERVIEWED IN US REITERATES CUBAN POSITION THAT US EMBARGO
MUST BE LIFTED.
OCTOBER 07............ FIDEL CASTRO INAUGURATES SPORTS TRAINING SCHOOL OF HAVANA CITY
PROVINCE.
OCTOBER 10-15 .... CUBAN WRITERS AND ARTISTS UNION HOLDS 2ND CONGRESS IN HAVANA.
FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS CLOSING RECEPTION ON 15 OCTOBER.
OCTOBER 13............ HAVANA RADIO ANNOUNCES THE SUICIDE OF BEATRIZ ALLENDE IN
HAVANA.
OCTOBER 24-29 .... THIRD CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN JURISTS ASSOCIATION HELD IN
HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 01 ........ RAMIRO VALDES HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION ARRIVING LUANDA ANGOLA
TO TAKE PART IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANGOLAN-CUBAN JOINT
COMMISSION.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ ANGOLAN PRESS REPORTS ADDITIONAL 2600 CUBAN CIVILIANS EXPECTED
IN ANGOLA FOLLOWING SIGNING BY CUBA AND ANGOLA OF BILATERAL
AGREEMENTS.
NOVEMBER 11 ........ DANISH PAPER HAS UNDATED CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEW.
SAYS CUBAN TROOPS FIGHTING IN ETHIOPIA. "SAYS NO ONE IN CUBA IS
IMPRISONED FOR HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS."
DECEMBER 02 ........ ARMED FORCES MINISTER RAUL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER ARMED FORCES'
DAY PARADE.
DECEMBER 15 ........ CASTRO CHAIRS 5TH PLENUM PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 1978 DRAFT
DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL BUDGET APPROVED TO BE CONSIDERED BY
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
DECEMBER 16 ........ FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS 5TH PLENUM OF PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE. RAUL
VALDES VIVO IS ELECTED TO THE PARTY SECRETARIAT.
DECEMBER 20 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ADDRESSES RALLY IN JAGUEY GRANDE, MATANZAS
PROVINCE. (ALL ABOUT CITRUS.)
DECEMBER 22 ........ FIDEL CASTRO OPENS SECOND ORDINARY SESSION OF PEOPLE'S
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
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DECEMBER 24 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ADDRESSES LAST SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE. SAYS CUBA'S
SOLIDARITY WITH AFRICANS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
JANUARY 02 .......... YOUTH FESTIVAL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ISSUES APPEAL TO ALL
YOUTHS IN THE WORLD. DATES ARE SET FOR FESTIVAL. 28 JULY-5
AUGUST.
JANUARY 06 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH CARDINAL BERNARDIN GANTIN
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VATICAN IN HAVANA.
JANUARY 07-09 ...... DIRECTOR OF UNESCO AMADOU MAHTAR M'BOW VISITS HEADQUARTERS
OF YOUTH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND
ARMANDO HART.
JANUARY 11 .......... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS AT CEREMONY MARKING ACTIVITIES
FOR 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA.
JANUARY 17 .......... CUBA IS ELECTED TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SUGAR COUNCIL AT ITS SESSION IN LONDON.
HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS PROGRESS ON SUGAR HARVEST
HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY HEAVY RAINS.
JANUARY 19 .......... PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE SPECIAL SESSION MEETS TO DISCUSS DRAFT
BILLS OF YOUTH AND PENAL CODES.
JANUARY 20 .......... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT DEDICATION OF BULK SUGAR TERMINAL IN
PUERTO CARUPANO.
JANUARY 22 .......... FIDEL CASTRO TOURS LAS TUNAS INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS.
JANUARY 28 .......... FIDEL CASTRO DEDICATES FREDERICH ENGELS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN
PINAR DEL RIO.
JANUARY 30 .......... 18TH MEETING OF CEMA COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
OPENED IN HAVANA BY BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS MEMBER OF PCC
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
FEBRUARY 04 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH DELEGATION CHIEFS AT 19TH
MEETING OF CEMA COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL
COOPERATION RECENTLY HELD IN HAVANA.
FEBRUARY 10 ........ AP CARRIES ARTICLE STATING THAT CUBA HAS STARTED CALLING UP
OLDER (45) MILITARY RESERVISTS FOR SERVICE IN ETHIOPIA.
FEBRUARY 15 ........ FIDEL CASTRO INAUGURATES NEW POWER GENERATING UNITS AT MAXIMO
GOMEZ PLANT IN MARIEL.
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FEBRUARY 17 ........ FIRST MEETING OF CDR NATIONAL DIRECTOFATE OPENS IN HAVANA.
CHAIRED BY NATIONAL COORDINATOR JORGE LEZCANO.
FEBRUARY 21-23 .... HAVANA HOSTS MEETING OF SOCIALIST PAFLIAMENT MEMBERS. RAUL
ROA CHAIRS ALL MEETINGS.
FEBRUARY 25 ........ FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS MEETING TO DETERMINE STATUS OF SUGAR
HARVEST. ASKS FOR EXTRA EFFORTS IN THE NEXT 100 DAYS.
FEBRUARY 28 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ADDRESSES JGINT MINCEX-MINREX MEETING
ON EMULATION.
FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL IN GRANMA URGES GREATER HARVEST EFFORTS.
CALLS FOR SPECIAL EFFORTS DURING NEXT 100 DAYS MAKE UP SERIOUS
RAIN-IMPOSED LAGS.
MARCH 27 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES ITEM: F)ESCRIBING LIONEL SOTO AS
CHIEF OF PCC FOREIGN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.
APRIL 03 ................ DIVISION GENERAL SENEN CASAS ATTENDS JAAFAR AIR SHOW IN CIUDAD
LIBERTAD.
APRIL 12
................
FIDEL CASTRO TOURS PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN HAVANA,
HAVANA CITY AND MATANZAS.
APRIL 14
................
FIDEL CASTRO CONTINUES TOUR OF INDUSTRIAL SITES. GUANTANAMO
PROVINCE.
APRIL 17
................
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ OPENS MEETING OF INFORMATION MINISTERS
OF 15 NONALIGNED COUNTRIES IN HAVANA.
ARMY GENERAL RAUL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER MILITIAMAN'S DAY
ACTIVITIES IN HAVANA.
APRIL 18
................
GRANMA REPORTS ON STATUS OF SUGAR HARVEST. GRINDING LEVELS
HAVE DECREASED.
APRIL 19
................
RICARDO ALARCON IS APPOINTED A DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER.
APRIL 20
................
PEDRO MIRET MARKS 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLAYA GIRON VICTORY.
APRIL 28
................
CUBA ESTABLISHES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMISTS.
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MAY 06 .................... CUBA ELECTED TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
MAY 16-18 .............. CEMA MEETING ON MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPLY HELD IN CUBA.
MAY 23 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO UN SPECIAL
SESSION ON DISARMAMENT.
MAY 30 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS THAT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF
SUGAR MILLS ARE STILL OPERATING.
JUNE 03 .................... FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER SIXTH PLENUM OF PCC CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
JUNE 09 .................... THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES MINISTRY CALLS FOR YOUTHS BORN
IN 1962 TO REGISTER FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
JUNE 18 .................... PRELA REPORTS CASTRO'S REMARKS TO US REPORTERS. HE SAYS
"SUGAR HARVEST THIS YEAR WILL BE SECOND LARGEST IN CUBA'S
HISTORY."
JUNE 23 .................... GRANMA REPORT HAILS THE CUBAN SUGAR HARVEST. SAYS PRODUCTION
HAS SURPASSED 7.3 MILLION METRIC TONS.
JUNE 27 .................... CUBA CENTRAL ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL HOLDS 1-WEEK EXERCISE TO TEST
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY FOR TREATING WOUNDED IN COMBAT.
JUNE 28-30 ............ WORK SESSIONS OF CUBAN NATIONAL PEOPLES ASSEMBLY HELD IN
HAVANA.
JUNE 30 .................... FIDEL CASTRO ADDRESSES CUBAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON ECONOMIC
ISSUES.
JULY 14 .................. FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS THIRD MEETING OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR
THE YOUTH FESTIVAL.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ADDRESSES NATIONAL SEMINAR ON STATE
SECRETS.
JULY 19 .................. FAURE CHOMON ANNOUNCES THE END OF THE SUGAR HARVEST FOR THIS
YEAR WILL BE 20 JULY.
JULY 24 .................. BLAS ROCA IS AWARDED THE PLAYA GIRON ORDER.
JULY 26 .................. OLIVER TAMBO, HEAD OF ANC ARRIVES IN CUBA TO ATTEND 26 JULY
CELEBRATION AND WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL.
JOSHUA NKOMO, HEAD OF ZAPU, ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR 26 JULY
CEREMONY AND WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL.
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JULY 30 .................. FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER MEETING OF SOLIDARITY BETWEEN CUBAN
AND AFRICAN DELEGATIONS ATTENDING WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL.
AUGUST 05 ............ FIDEL CASTRO GIVES CLOSING SPEECH TO DELEGATES ATTENDING WORLD
YOUTH FESTIVAL IN REVOLUTIONARY SQUARE.
SEPTEMBER 04 ...... DIVISION GENERAL SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO OPENS MILITARY TRAINING
SCHOOL ON THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
FIDEL CASTRO SPEECH OPENING NEW SCHOOL YEAR. "THE EXPORT OF
TECHNICAL SERVICES HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF CUBA'S
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT."
SEPTEMBER 06 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA OPENS ANNUAL FOREIGN MINISTRY
SEMINAR FOR CUBAN AMBASSADORS.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... MEETING OF CHIEFS OF ECONOMIC OFFICES ABROAD OPENS. ISIDORO
MALMIERCA AND HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART PRESIDE.
OCTOBER 12............ COUNCIL OF STATE RELIEVES BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS FROM POSITIONS
IN SECRETARIAT AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FOR HEALTH REASONS. HE
IS REPLACED BY JOSE RAMON FERNANDEZ.
OCTOBER 17............ CUBA HOSTS 31ST MEETING OF CEMA STANDING COMMITTEE FOR LIGHT
INDUSTRY.
FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER CLOSING SESSION OF NATIONAL
PREPARATORY SEMINAR ON DRAFTING DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR CUBA.
OCTOBER 19............ CENTRAL PLANNING BOARD PRESIDENT HUMBERTO PEREZ SAYS CUBA
HAS NOT REACHED RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ALLOWING IT TO
EMERGE FROM UNDERDEVELOPMENT.
OCTOBER 20............ HAVANA PRESS REPORTS SERIOUS FLOODING IN NORTH-CENTRAL CUBA
WHICH DESTROYED MANY CROPS.
OCTOBER 21 ............ AT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH CUBAN EXILE NEWSMEN FIDEL CASTRO
STATES WE ARE NOT ONLY MARXISTS-LENINISTS, WE ARE ALSO
NATIONALISTS AND PATRIOTS."
OCTOBER 25............ COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECREE THAT A CENSUS OF POPULATION AND
HOUSING WILL BE CONDUCTED ISLP.NDWIDE !N 1981.
OCTOBER 27............ HAVANA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF HORACIO TABIO YORK TO
PRESIDE OVER THE INTERNATIONAL SUGAR COUNCIL NEXT YEAR.
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OCTOBER 28............ FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO ATTEND NATIONAL WORK HERO
CEREMONY.
OCTOBER 31 ............ FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS MEETING TO EXAMINE THE PREPARATIONS AND
PLANS FOR THE NEXT SUGAR HARVEST WHICH WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER 06 ........ FIDEL CASTRO TOURS VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AND NEAR
HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 14 ........ AN EARTH TREMOR REGISTERING 4.6 ON THE RICHTER SCALE HITS
SANTIAGO, CUBA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.
NOVEMBER 21 ........ ARMED FORCES COMMENTARY STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UPCOMING
NONALIGNED SUMMIT.
NOVEMBER 21-24 .. HAVANA HOSTS 25TH SESSION OF CEMA COMMISSION ON PEACEFUL USES
OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.
NOVEMBER 27 ........ KINGSTON PRESS CARRIES ITEM ON CUBA'S ACCUSING AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL OF RELEASING A DISTORTED DOCUMENT ON ITS PRISONS.
NOVEMBER 29-01 .. FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF CENTRAL ORGANIZATION OF CUBAN
WORKERS (CTC) HELD IN HAVANA. FIDEL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER LAST
SESSION.
NOVEMBER 29-02 .. CTC CONGRESS IS HELD IN HAVANA (CENTRAL ORGANIZATION OF CUBAN
WORKERS) FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS TO CLOSING SESSION.
DECEMBER 12-15 .. NATIONAL SEMINAR OF COMMITTEES FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE
REVOLUTION HELD IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 16-20 ANNUAL MEETING OF NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY POLICE (PNR) CHIEFS
TAKES PLACE IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 22 ........ FIDEL CASTRO CHAIRS 7TH PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM. ECONOMIC
PLAN AND NATIONAL BUDGET FOR 1979 ARE SUBMITTED.
DECEMBER 23 ........ TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD OF THE STATE COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY IS ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT JOSE R.
FERNANDEZ.
DECEMBER 28-01 .. SECOND SESSION IN 1978 OF PEOPLES GOVERNMENT NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY HELD IN HAVANA. BUDGET FOR 1979 SUBMITTED AND
APPROVED.
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CYPRUS
1976
NOVEMBER 12 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON GIVES SPEECH TO UNGA IN SUPPORT
OF CYPRUS' INDEPENDENCE.
DECEMBER 20-27 .. DELEGATION OF RESTORATIVE PARTY OF WGRKING PEOPLE OF CYPRUS
ARRIVES HAVANA. GROUP MEETS WITH C.R. RODRIGUEZ ON DEC 21 AND
WITH FIDEL ON DEC 27.
AUGUST 04 ............ COUNCIL OF STATE DECLARES 4-6 AUGUST PERIOD OF MOURNING FOR
ARCHBISHOP MIKARIOS.
MARCH 27 ................ CYPRIOT SOCIALIST LEADER, DR. VASSOS LYSSARIDES ARRIVES IN CUBA
AT INVITATION OF PCC. MEETS WITH CARLQS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ON 28
MARCH.
APRIL 05 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH CYPRIOT SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER VASOS
LYSSARIDES.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1975
JANUARY 30 .......... DELEGATION FROM CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST UNION OF YOUTHS
ARRIVES IN CUBA AT INVITATION OF UJC.
FEBRUARY 26 ........ CZECHOSLOVAK PRESS AGENCY AND PREN~caA LATINA SIGN COOPERATION
PROTOCOL.
MARCH 21 ................ CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND CUBA SIGN PROTOCOL ON FOOD EXCHANGE IN
PRAGUE.
APRIL 01 ................ CUBAN NATIONAL BANK PRESIDENT RAUL L1_ON TORRAS ARRIVES IN
PRAGUE FOR ECONOMIC TALKS.
MAY 31 .................... CUBA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA SIGN SCIENTIF IC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT IN PRAGUE.
JUNE 11 .................... CUBAN AND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COMMUNIST PARTIES DELEGATIONS
BEGIN TALKS IN HAVANA.
JUNE 16 .................... CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA
FOR TEN-DAY VISIT AT INVITATION OF PCC.
JULY 14 .................. PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY CENTRAL COMMITTEE'S INTERNAL
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEAD FRANCISCO ANTONIO DIAZ, ARRIVES IN
PRAGUE.
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SEPTEMBER 20 ...... DELEGATION FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ARRIVES IN
CUBA.
NOVEMBER 08 ........ CZECHOSLOVAKIAN TECHNICAL AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY
DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
1976
FEBRUARY 24 ........ CZECHOSLOVAKIAN TRADE MINISTER ARRIVES IN CUBA.
APRIL 14 ................ JUAN ALMEIDA BOSQUE, PCC POLITBURO MEMBER, ADDRESSES 15TH
CZECHOSLOVAK COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS.
JUNE 18 .................... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT
INVITATION OF CZECH COMMUNIST PARTY.
JULY 02 .................. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER JOEL DOMENECH ARRIVES IN PRAGUE AS HEAD
OF CUBAN DELEGATION TO THE 3RD SESSION OF THE CUBAN-CZECH
COOPERATION COMMITTEE.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT SIGNS
TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN PRAGUE.
JUNE 02 .................... PEDRO LUIS TORRES, CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA MEETS
WITH DEPUTY PREMIER VACLAV HULA FOR ECONOMIC TALKS IN PRAGUE.
TRADE TO INCREASE.
DECEMBER 07 ........ CUBAN-CZECHOSLOVAK INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION OPENS IN
HAVANA.
1978
AUGUST 04-08 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA VISITS CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
OCTOBER 20............ HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART SIGNS COOPERATION PROTOCOL WITH
CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
NOVEMBER 23-28 .. JOEL DOMENECH VISITS CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO ATTEND MIXED COMMISSION
MEETING.
DEMOCRATIC
YEMEN
APRIL 17 ................ YEMENI PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER HEADS DELEGATION ARRIVING IN
HAVANA.
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JULY 27 .................. DELEGATION FROM NATIONAL FRONT OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN (PDRY) ARRIVES IN CUBA.
AUGUST 01 ............ PCC SECRETARIAT MEMBER ANTONIO PEREZ HERRERO MEETS WITH
YEMENI AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS IN
HAVANA.
MARCH 03 ................ IN MOSCOW, FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH ABC'- AL-FATTAH ISMA'IL, FIRST
SECRETARY OF NATIONAL FRONT OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN.
MARCH 10-12 ........ FIDEL CASTRO VISITS SOUTH YEMEN. MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN OF
PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL SALIM RUBAY'I ALI.
MARCH 18 ................ PARIS AFP FROM DAR ES SALAAM SAYS SOUTH YEMEN IS MISSING LINK IN
CASTRO'S ITINERARY. CASTRO DROPPED FROM PUBLIC VIEW MARCH 17.
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... COMMUNIQUE ON VISIT OF CHAIRMAN RUBAY'I 'ALI. IT STRESSES
SOLIDARITY WITH INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND
NONALIGNED MOVEMENT GOALS.
DECEMBER 20 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN ADEN, SOUTH YEMEN. HAS
MESSAGE FROM FIDEL CASTRO.
DECEMBER 27 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RETURNS TO CUBA FROM TRIPS TO SPAIN,
IRAQ AND YEMEN.
MARCH 12 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN ADEN, SOUTH
YEMEN FOR OFFICIAL VISIT.
MARCH 20 ................ COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA'S VISIT TO
YEMEN.
MAY 24 .................... CUBAN CONSULTIVE MISSION FROM THE CDR MEETS WITH YEMEN
SECURITY OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS COOPERAT?ON.
JUNE 30 .................... CUBAN FIRST VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RENE ANILLO MEETS WITH YEMEN'S
AMBASSADOR TO CUBA TO DISCUSS ABORTIVE COUP ATTEMPT IN HIS
COUNTRY.
AUGUST 13-21 ........ CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION VISITS ADEN, SOUTH YEMEN AT
INVITATION OF UNPONF CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
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AUGUST 14 ............ CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN ADEN, SOUTH YEMEN
TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE UNITED POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION-NATIONAL FRONT.
SEPTEMBER 18 ...... ANTONIO ENRIQUE LUSSON, CUBAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTER SIGNS AIR
AND MARITIME COOPERATION AGREEMENT IN ADEN, SOUTH YEMEN.
DENMARK
1976
DECEMBER 31 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH KHUD JESPERSEN, CHAIRMAN OF DANISH
COMMUNIST PARTY.
OCTOBER 28-30 .... DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER KNUD BOERGE ANDERSEN LEADS DELEGATION
TO HAVANA. SIGNS ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
OCTOBER 30............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS SEPARATELY WITH POLISH, DANISH,
ZAMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS WHO ARE VISITING CUBA.
OCTOBER 31 ............ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER KNUD BOERGE
ANDERSEN.
MAY 21-26 .............. HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART VISITS DENMARK FOR ECONOMIC
COOPERATION TALKS.
DJIBOUTI
1978
APRIL 05 ................ SOMALI PRESS ITEM ACCUSES CUBA OF TRAINING KENYAN, DJIBOUTI
SABOTEURS.
DOMINICAN
REP
APRIL 02 ................ CUBAN TOURISM MINISTER VIVIAN COLL ATTENDS FIRST CONFERENCE OF
CARIBBEAN TOURISM DIRECTORS IN SANTO DOMINGO.
APRIL 21-24 ............ L.A. SUGAR PRODUCERS MEET IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CUBAN
DELEGATION HEADED BY FOREIGN TRADE VICE MINISTER RICARDO
CABRIZAS RUIZ.
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AUGUST 16 ............ DOMINICAN CENTER FOR THE PROMOTION OF EXPORTS (CEDOPEX) ISSUES
REPORT FORSEEING THE REESTABLISHMENT OF TRADE WITH CUBA.
OCTOBER 20............ DELEGATION HEADED BY OSVALDO CARDEN}S CHIEF OF CARIBBEAN
SECTION OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE AMERICA DEPARTMENT, ARRIVES IN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
1976
JANUARY 21 .......... PROFESSORS FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AFRIVE IN CUBA.
1977
MARCH 21 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIEFRCA ADDRESSES OPENING
SESSION OF CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT MEETING IN SANTO DOMINGO
JANUARY 31 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
FEBRUARY 27 ........ DELEGATION FROM DOMINICAN COMMUNIST, PARTY HEADED BY
SECRETARY GENERAL NARCISO ISACONDE (THE PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE) ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
MARCH 01 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM DOMINICAN
COMMUNIST PARTY VISITING CUBA AT THE INVITATION OF PCC.
MARCH 03 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DOMINICAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION
VISITING CUBA.
ECUADOR
1975
FEBRUARY 12 ........ CUBA LABOR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN ECUADOR TO PARTICIPATE IN 20TH
CONGRESS OF ECUADOREAN WORKERS ORGANIZATION.
SEPTEMBER 23 ...... GROUP OF ECUADOREAN NEWSMEN ARRIVE IN HAVANA AT THE
INVITATION OF THE CUBAN JOURNALISTS UNION.
APRIL 16 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH PEDRO SAAD, SECRETARY
GENERAL OF ECUADOREAN COMMUNIST PARTY IN HAVANA.
MAY 12 .................... CUBAN NATIONAL BANK PRESIDENT RAUL LEON TORRAS MEETS WITH
ECUADOREAN CENTRAL BANK DIRECTOR RODRIGO ESPINOSA.
MAY 15 .................... CUBAN AND ECUADOREAN NATIONAL BANKS SIGN CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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EGYPT
1976
DECEMBER 27 ........ HAVANA ANNOUNCES TRADE AGREEMENT WITH EGYPT.
1977
NOVEMBER 24 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC TELEVISION CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SADAT'S VISIT TO ISRAEL.
SEPTEMBER 19 ...... FIDEL CASTRO STATES AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN ALGIERS THAT THE
CAMP DAVID AGREEMENT IS THE CONSUMATION OF TREACHERY.
EL SALVADOR
1975
APRIL 11 ................ DELEGATION OF SALVADORAN DEPUTIES AND JOURNALISTS ARRIVE IN
CUBA AT INVITATION OF ICAP.
JANUARY 09 .......... HAVANA INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMMENTARY DENOUNCES SALVADORAN
REGIME AND CURRENT LIVING CONDITIONS IN EL SALVADOR.
ETHIOPIA
1975
JULY 18 .................. CUBA AND ETHIOPIA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
1977
FEBRUARY 20-27 .... PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ARNOLDO OCHOA ARRIVES IN ADDIS
ABABA.
FEBRUARY 27 ........ MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY FROM FIDEL CASTRO SENT TO ETHIOPIAN
LEADER MENGISTU.
MARCH 11 ................ COMMUNIQUE ISSUED FOLLOWING FIDEL CASTRO'S TRIP TO LIBYA;
SUPPORTS PALESTINIANS, NONALIGNED MOVEMENT, ETHIOPIA, &
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA.
MARCH 14-16 ........ CASTRO VISITS ETHIOPIA. MEETS WITH MENGISTU. JOINT COMMUNIQUE
ISSUED MARCH 19. SUPPORTS NONALIGNED MOVEMENT, LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
MAY 16 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEW WITH AFRIQUE-ASIE. ATTACKS AGAINST ANGOLA
ARE ATTACK AGAINST CUBA. CONSOLIDATION OF ETHIOPIAN REVOLUTION
IS IMPORTANT FOR AFRICA.
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MAY 18 .................... REPRESENTATIVES OF ETHIOPIAN AND CUBA' PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRIES
OPEN BILATERAL COOPERATION TALKS IN ADDIS ABABA.
MAY 24 .................... CUBA AND ETHIOPIA SIGN PUBLIC HEALTH COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
JUNE 01 .................... AL-AHRAM CARRIES ARTICLE CRITICAL OF QADHAFI AND ALLEGES LIBYAN
FINANCING OF CUBAN MERCENARIES IN ANG JLA AND ETHIOPIA.
JUNE 02 .................... HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE REPORT$ ETHIOPIA'S DENIAL OF THE
PRESENCE OF CUBAN MILITARY PERSONNEL.
JUNE 06 .................... ETHIOPIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES GRANT OF FIVE
SCHOLARSHIPS BY CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO ETHIOPIAN YOUTHS.
SEPTEMBER 09 ...... RAUL VALDES VIVO AND DELEGATION LEAVE FOR ETHIOPIA TO
PARTICIPATE IN CEREMONIES MARKING 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE
REVOLUTION.
SEPTEMBER 18-24.. CUBAN HEALTH MINISTER DR. GUTIERREZ MUNIZ VISITS ETHIOPIA AND
SIGNS HEALTH COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
OCTOBER 19............ ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS CUBA'` FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN HAVANA.
OCTOBER 20............ RAUL CASTRO AND ISIDORO MALMIERCA ME-T WITH ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER COL. FELEKE GEDLEGIORGIS AT TF-E END OF HIS VISIT TO CUBA.
OCTOBER 27............ COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO CUBA
15-19 OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER 01 ........ CUBAN-ETHIOPIAN PRESS ASSOCIATIONS SIGN AGREEMENTS OF
COOPERATION.
NOVEMBER 11 ........ DANISH PAPER HAS UNDATED CARLOS RAF/,EL RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEW.
SAYS CUBAN TROOPS FIGHTING IN ETHIOPIA SAYS "NO ONE IN CUBA IS
IMPRISONED FOR HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS."
NOVEMBER 17 ........ NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES NSC STUDY ON CUBA'S AFRICAN BUILDUP AND
INCREASED NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA. SAYS
ACTIONS WILL HARM IMPROVED TIES WITH US.
NOVEMBER 22 ........ AYMRO WONDMAGENUHU, 1ST ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA.
DECEMBER 10 ........ FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEW BY FRENCH TV. CUBA HAS RESPONDED TO
EVERY US EFFORT TO REDUCE TENSIONS. MOST ELEMENTAL DUTY IS TO
HELP CONSOLI- DATE ETHIOPIAN REVOLUTICN.
DECEMBER 27 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA JOSE PEREZ NOVOA REAFFIRMS
CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA.
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JANUARY 12 .......... UPI CARRIES ITEM STATING THAT RAUL CASTRO IS IN ETHIOPIA HELPING
TO PLAN AN OGADEN COUNTEROFFENSIVE WITH THE ETHIOPIANS.
JANUARY 15 .......... SPOKESMAN FOR ERITREAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS THAT
THEY ARE HOLDING SOVIET AND CUBAN PRISONERS.
JANUARY 20 .......... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT
STATEMENTS ON FIGHTING IN OGADEN REGION.
JANUARY 26 .......... REUTERS REPORTS AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST ETHIOPIAN
PRES. MENGISTU AND CUBAN DEFENSE MINISTER RAUL CASTRO IN
ETHIOPIA 2 WEEKS AGO.
REUTERS CARRIES INTERVIEW OF CAPTURED CUBAN COMBAT SOLDIER IN
SOMALIA. THE SOLDIER TOLD QUESTIONERS THAT HE HAD COME FROM
CUBA A MONTH EARLIER.
COMMENTARY ON HAVANA RADIO STATES SOLIDARITY WITH ETHIOPIA A
REVOLUTIONARY DUTY. CITES BOOK BY RAUL VALDES VIVO "ETHIOPIA:
UNKNOWN REVOLUTION."
FEBRUARY 10 ........ AP CARRIES ARTICLE STATING THAT CUBA HAS STARTED CALLING UP
OLDER (45) MILITARY RESERVISTS FOR SERVICE IN ETHIOPIA.
FEBRUARY 15 ........ CUBAN INTERESTS SECTION CHIEF IN US STATES IN WASHINGTON POST
INTERVIEW THAT "CUBA IS HELPING DEFEND ETHIOPIA AGAINST SOMALI
AGGRESSION."
GRANMA CARRIES QUOTES ETHIOPIAN COMMANDER OF HARAR FRONT:
"ETHIOPIAN FORCES WILL NOT CROSS SOMALI FRONT UNDER ANY
CONDITIONS."
HAVANA DOMESTIC TELEVISION REPORTS ETHIOPIAN RECAPTURING OF
CITIES IN THE OGADEN.
HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES ETHIOPIAN LEADER MENGISTU'S
PRESS CONFERENCE. HE STRESSES INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY.
FEBRUARY 22 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE COMMENTARY ON "IMPERIALIST
INVOLVEMENT IN ETHIOPIA" CARRIED ON ARMED FORCES RADIO.
FEBRUARY 26 ........ LONDON OBSERVER INTERVIEW WITH C.R. RODRIGUEZ "ERITREA IS AN
INTERNAL PROBLEM OF THE ETHIOPIAN REVOLUTION."
MARCH 05 ................ PRELA REPORTS ETHIOPIAN CAPTURE OF JIJIGA. CALLS IT "THE MOST
IMPORTANT VICTORY IN THE OGADEN WAR:"
MARCH 14 ................ GRANMA REPORTS CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHTING IN ETHIOPIA
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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MARCH 15 ................ FIDEL CASTRO ADMITS CUBAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN ETHIOPIA FOR
FIRST TIME. SAYS CUBAN CASUALTIES ARE FEW. ALSO SAYS MAJOR
"INTERNATIONALIST" DUTIES LIE AHEAD.
MARCH 16 ................ REUTERS FROM LONDON QUOTE DIPLOMATIC SOURCES CONFIRMING
CUBAN PRESENCE IN ERITREA.
MARCH 20 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA TOURS JIJIGA. TWO COOPERATION
AGREEMENTS SIGNED. LEAVES ETHIOPIA ON 21 MARCH.
MARCH 26 ................ MALMIERCA INTERVIEWED BY ETHIOPIAN NEWS AGENCY. CUBAN
TECHNICIANS PHYSICIANS, TEACHERS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WILL
HELP BUILD NEW ETHIOPIA.
APRIL 02 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH FRENCH FOREIGN
MINISTERLOUIS DE GUIRINGAUD IN PARIS. DISCUSSES SITUATION IN HORN
OF AFRICA.
APRIL 19 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS FORTHCOMING VISIT OF ETHIOPIAN
LEADER MENGISTU.
APRIL 23 ................ FIDEL CASTRO AWARDS LT. COL. MENGISTU THE NATIONAL ORDER OF
PLAYA GIRON.
APRIL 29 ................ JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON ETHIOPIAN DELEGATION VISIT. FIRM ON
NONALIGNMENT. FIDEL AND RAUL CASTRO ARE INVITED TO ETHIOPIA.
MAY 10 .................... ETHIOPIAN LEADER MENGISTU SPEAKS TO MORE THAN 1,200 ETHIOPIAN
STUDENTS WHO WILL STUDY IN CUBA.
MAY 27 .................... SUDANESE PRESS CARRIES STORY THAT CUBAN AND YEMEN
AMBASSADORS TO ETHIOPIA HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE ADDIS ABABA.
MAY 29-09 .............. ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION VISITS CUBA TO STUDY THE PCC,
THE UNION OF YOUNG COMMUNISTS AND MASS ORGANIZATIONS.
JUNE 26 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA INTERVIEWED IN ALGERIA. SAYS
CUBA WANTS "POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF ERITREA."
JULY 09 .................. THE AFRICA-CUBA DOCKS IN HAVANA WITH HUNDREDS OF ETHIOPIAN
STUDENTS ON BOARD. THEY WILL STUDY IN CUBA ON THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
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JULY 14 BUENAVENTURA REYES ACOTA IS NAMED CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO
ETHIOPIA.
AUGUST 03 ............ ETHIOPIAN HERALD REPORTS THAT CUBAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE
BENAVENTURA REYES ACOSTA ARRIVED IN ADDIS ABABA.
AUGUST 26 ............ NEW CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA, BUENAVENTURA REYES ACOSTA
PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO CHAIRMAN MENGISTU.
SEPTEMBER 01 ...... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH VISITING MOZAMBICAN DEPUTY DEFENSE
MINISTER MANUEL EMITIO GUEBUZA WHO IS VISITING CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 11 ...... FIDEL CASTRO STOPS IN MOSCOW ENROUTE TO ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
TO ATTEND REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IS
WITH CASTRO.
SEPTEMBER 12 ...... FIDEL CASTRO AND DELEGATION ARRIVE IN ADDIS ABABA. ATTEND RALLY
IN REVOLUTION SQUARE. RECEIVES ETHIOPIA'S HIGHEST DECORATION
FROM MENGISTU.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS MILITARY PARADE IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA.
SEPTEMBER 14 ...... FIDEL CASTRO AND ETHIOPIAN LEADER MENGISTU VISIT MILITIA TRAINING
CAMP NEAR ADDIS ABABA.
FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT OPENING SESSION OF CONFERENCE OF
AFRO-ARAB PEOPLES AGAINST IMPERIALISM IN ETHIOPIA.
SEPTEMBER 18 ...... IN ETHIOPIA, FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH JOSHUA NKOMO AND ROBERT
MUGABE, PATRIOTIC FRONT LEADERS.
NOVEMBER 12 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MAKES STOPOVER IN ADDIS
ABABA ON WAY TO SRI LANKA.
DECEMBER 16 ........ A NEW GROUP OF 120 CUBAN DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS ARRIVES IN
ETHIOPIA. THEY ARE MET BY RAUL CURBELO MORALES, HEAD OF CUBAN
CIVILIANS IN ETHIOPIA.
FINLAND
1975
MARCH 11 ................ FINNISH FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER JERMU LAINE ARRIVES IN CUBA.
AGREEMENT SIGNED MARCH 14.
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SEPTEMBER 23-26 .. VILMA ESPIN HEADS CUBA DELEGATION TO E,ISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
IN HELSINKI, FINLAND.
1977
JUNE 02 .................... CUBA-FINNISH MIXED COMMISSION TALKS OPEN IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 16 ........ FINNISH COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA AT INVITATION
OF PCC.
FRANCE
1975
JANUARY 15 .......... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN PAF'IS ON OFFICIAL VISIT. FIRST
TIME LEADER OF CASTRO REGIME HAS BEEN INVITED TO FRANCE.
JANUARY 21 .......... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, IN PARIS. INVITES FRENCH PRIME MINISTER
JACQUES CHIRAC TO VISIT CUBA.
MARCH 08 ................ LE MONDE DIRECTOR JACQUES FAUVET MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO IN
HAVANA.
MAY 12-15 .............. FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER NORBERT SEGARD ARRIVES IN CUBA. FIRST
VISIT BY A FRENCH CABINET MINISTER. JOINT COMMUNIQUE RELEASED
MAY 17.
JULY 10 .................. FRANCE EXPELLS THREE CUBAN DIPLOMATS FOR ALLEGED CONNECTION
WITH TERRORIST RING. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES PROTEST AND
DENIAL ON JULY 22.
FEBRUARY 03 ........ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ARMANDO HART ARRIVES IN PARIS TO
ATTEND FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS.
JUNE 09 .................... CUBAN-FRENCH MIXED COMMISSION OPENS IN HAVANA.
1977
NOVEMBER 10 ........ GRANMA PUBLISHES EDITORIAL CRITICAL OF FRENCH INTERVENTION IN
WESTERN SAHARA.
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DECEMBER 01 ........ MICHAEL PONIATOWSKI, AIDE OF FRENCH PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ. DISCUSSES
SPANISH SAHARA AND AFRICAN SITUATIONS.
MARCH 29 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA FAILS TO ARRIVE IN DAR ES
SALAAM, TANZANIA FROM MADAGASCAR. HE IS REPORTED ILL IN A PARIS
HOSPITAL.
APRIL 02 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH FRENCH FOREIGN
MINISTER LOUIS DE GUIRINGAUD IN PARIS. DISCUSSES SITUATION IN HORN
OF AFRICA.
JUNE 05 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF FRENCH
INTERVENTION IN AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
JUNE 29 .................... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL LIONEL SOTO ARRIVES IN PARIS TO
MEET WITH FRENCH COMMUNIST OFFICIALS.
OCTOBER 06............ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH PAUL BERGS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF
COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE ISLAND OF REUNION.
OCTOBER 31 ............ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH FRENCH FOREIGN
MINISTER LOUIS DE GUIRINGAUD IN PARIS.
DECEMBER 11-13 .. FRENCH-CUBAN MIXED COMMISSION MEETS IN PARIS. HECTOR RODRIGUEZ
LLOMPART HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION.
GABON
1978
NOVEMBER 30-04 .. ARSENIO VIERA LAGUNA, DIRECTOR OR CUBA-EXPORT HEADS DELEGATION
VISITING LIBREVILLE, GABON. NO FORMAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED.
GERMANY EAST
1975
FEBRUARY 10 ........ EAST GERMAN SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 19 ........ EAST GERMANY AND CUBA SIGN TECHNICAL-EDUCATIONAL-COOPERATION
ACCORD IN HAVANA.
APRIL 03 ................ CUBA AND EAST GERMANY SIGN CULTURAL-SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
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OCTOBER 18............ CELIA SANCHEZ HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO WOMEN'S WORLD
CONGRESS IN EAST BERLIN. VILMA ESPIN WILL ACT AS CHIEF CUBAN
REPRESENTATIVE.
JANUARY 10 .......... GERHARD SCHUERER, HEAD OF EAST GERMAN PLANNING COMMISSION
ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR ECONOMIC TALKS.
MAY 13 .................... BLAS ROCA, POLITBURO MEMBER, HEADS DELEGATION TO EAST GERMAN
COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS.
JUNE 12 .................... EAST GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER HORST SOELLE ARRIVES IN
CUBA. TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED JUNE 17.
JULY 05 .................. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ LEADS CUBAN. DELEGATION TO CEMA
SESSION IN EAST GERMANY.
SEPTEMBER 15 ...... EAST GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER GENERAL HEINZ HOFFMAN STOPS IN
CUBA ENROUTE TO MEXICO.
SEPTEMBER 21-23.. EAST GERMAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE GENERAL HEINZ HOFFMAN VISITS
CUBA AT INVITATION OF RAUL CASTRO.
SEPTEMBER 22-26.. EAST GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER OSKAR FISHER VISITS CUBA. MEETS
WITH RAUL ROA AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ.
RAMON CASTRO AND AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION ARRIVE IN EAST
GERMANY FOR FIVE-DAY VISIT.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER ROBERTO VIEGA ARRIVES IN EAST
GERMANY.
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... 1ST COMMANDER WILLIAM GALVEZ RODRIGUEZ HEADS CUBAN MILITARY
DELEGATION TO EAST GERMANY.
OCTOBER 16............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN EAST GERMANY FOR 8TH
MEETING OF CUBA-EAST GERMAN MIXED COMMISSION.
OCTOBER 30............ FIVE-YEAR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH EAST
GERMANY.
FEBRUARY 24 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH EAST GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER, ARMY
GENERAL HEINZ HOFFMAN.
APRIL 02-04 ............ FIDEL CASTRO VISITS EAST GERMANY. MEETS WITH PARTY CHIEF
HONECKER.
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JULY 24 .................. CUBA AND EAST GERMANY SIGN ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC
COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
AUGUST 08 ............ RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN ERICH HONECKER IN EAST BERLIN.
AUGUST 09 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FROM EAST BERLIN.
AUGUST 23 ............ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO CUBA FROM VISITS TO SOVIET UNION, EAST
GERMANY, AND ALGERIA.
MARCH 04 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH GERHARD WEISS, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE
GDR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WHO IS VISITING CUBA.
APRIL 08 ................ EAST GERMAN CHIEF OF FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS AND INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT ARRIVES IN CUBA.
AUGUST 28 ............ ECONOMIC MINISTER HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART MEETS WITH EAST
GERMAN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN DR. GERHARD WEISS.
GERMANY
WEST
JANUARY 07 .......... CUBAN-WEST GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BEGIN IN PARIS.
JANUARY 18 .......... JOINT COMMUNIQUE BETWEEN CUBA AND WEST GERMANY ANNOUNCES
RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
MARCH 11 ................ CUBAN AND WEST GERMAN COMMUNIST PARTIES HOLD OFFICIAL TALKS IN
HAVANA.
GHANA
1977
OCTOBER 24............ GHANAIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER LT. COL. ROGER FELLI ARRIVES IN
CUBA AT INVITATION OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS.
OCTOBER 25............ TALKS BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTERS MALMIERCA OF CUBA AND FELLI OF
GHANA BEGIN IN HAVANA.
OCTOBER 28............ GHANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND THEN
DEPARTS CUBA.
APRIL 18-20 ............ CUBAN ECONOMIC DELEGATION VISITS ACCRA, GHANA.
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GREECE
1975
MAY 07 .................... PCC POLITBURO MEMBER GUILLERMO GARCIA FRIAS RECEIVES COSTA
LOULES, OFFICIAL OF GREEK COMMUNIST PARTY, IN HAVANA.
GUADELOUPE
1976
DECEMBER 29 ........ DELEGATION FROM COMMUNIST PARTY OF GUADELOUPE HEADED BY GUY
DANINTHE ARRIVES IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 02 ...... ARMANDO ACOSTA RECEIVES DELEGATION FROM GUADALOUPE
COMMUNIST PARTY IN HAVANA.
GUATEMALA
1976
AUGUST 04 ............ GUATEMALAN LABOR PARTY DELEGATION RECEIVED BY ISIDORO
MALMIERCA, MEMBER OF PCC SECRETARIAT.
GUINEA
1976
JANUARY 07 .......... CUBANA AIRLINES ANNOUNCES NEW ROUTES TO CANADA AND GUINEA.
MARCH 04 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM THE
POLITBURO OF THE GUINEAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
MARCH 14-16 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ARRIVES CONAKRY, GUINEA FOR SUMMIT. CASTRO SPEECH
HINTS OF FORMATION OF MULTI-NATIONAL ARMY TO ELIMINATE
APARTHEID FROM AFRICA.
JUNE 05-07 ............ RAUL CASTRO AND DELEGATION VISIT GUINEA. RETURNS TO CUBA JUNE 7.
NOVEMBER 18-20 .. GUINEAN TRADE UNION DELEGATION VISITS CUBA.
1977
MAY 28 .................... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION, HEADED BY CENTRAL
COMMITTEE MEMBER, F.C. VAILLANT RECEIVED BY GUINEAN PRESIDENT
SEKOU TOURE.
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JUNE 13-16 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA VISITS GUINEA. MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
SEKOU-TOURE. (CONAKRY REMAINS REFUELING POINT FOR TWO-WAY
AIRLIFT BETWEEN LUANDA AND HAVANA.
JUNE 21 .................... CUBA AND GUINEA SIGN COMMUNIQUE AT END OF FOREIGN MINISTER
MALMIERCA'S VISIT.
JUNE 01 .................... FIDEL CASTRO SENDS GUINEAN PRESIDENT SEKOU TOURE A MESSAGE
PRAISING GUINEA'S "IMPORTANT ROLE" IN THE "STRUGGLE AGAINST
IMPERIALISM."
DECEMBER 20 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH LANSANA DIANE, REPRESENTATIVE OF
GUINEAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITBURO WHO BRINGS MESSAGE FROM
GUINEAN PRESIDENT SEKOU TOURE.
GUINEA-BISSAU
1975
JUNE 17 .................... EDUCATORS FROM GUINEA-BISSAU ARRIVE IN CUBA TO STUDY
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
SEPTEMBER 23 ...... 1ST COMMANDER CALIXTO GARCIA AND CUBAN DELEGATION ARRIVES
GUINEA-BISSAU TO ATTEND 20TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES OF FOUNDING
OF PAIGC.
OCTOBER 14............ LUIS CABRAL, PRESIDENT OF GUINEA-BISSAU, ARRIVES IN CUBA AND
RECEIVES NATIONAL ORDER OF JOSE MARTI.
OCTOBER 22............ LUIS CABRAL LEAVES CUBA AFTER SIGNING OF CUBAN-GUINEA BISSAU
COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.
OCTOBER 30............ IN INTERVIEW LUIS CABRAL, PRESIDENT OF GUINEA-BISSAU SAYS CUBANS
WILL SEND DOCTORS, AGRICULTURE EXPERTS AND PROFESSORS TO
ASSIST HIS COUNTRY.
NOVEMBER 23 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH VASCO CABRAL,
GUINEA-BISSAU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING MINISTER.
JANUARY 25 .......... COL. PEDRO RODRIGUEZ PERALTA DECORATED BY LUIS CABRAL
PRESIDENT OF GUINEA-BISSAU.
NOVEMBER 15 ........ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ANTONIO PEREZ HERRERO LEAVES FOR
GUINEA-BISSAU TO ATTEND 3RD PAIGC CONGRESS.
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MARCH 31 ................ CUBAN-GUINEAN MIXED COMMITTEE BEGINS MEETING IN BISSAU.
COOPERATION AGREEMENTS SIGNED ON 7 APRIL.
SEPTEMBER 12 ...... RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OF GUINEA
BISSAU, JOAO BERNADA VIEIRA, IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 27 ........ DELEGATION FROM GUINEA-BISSAU COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR VISITS
CUBAN ISLE OF YOUTH.
DECEMBER 30 ........ IN ALGIERS, CUBAN VICE PRESIDENT JUAN ALMEIDA MEETS WITH
GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENT LUIS CABRAL.
APRIL 07-11 ............ PRIME MINISTER FORBES BURNHAM OF GUYANA PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO
CUBA.
APRIL 09 ................ CUBAN AGRARIAN REFORM DELEGATION ARRIVES IN GUYANA.
MAY 08 .................... TRADE MISSION FROM GUYANA ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JUNE 16 .................... TEAM OF SUGAR ADVISERS ARRIVES IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA TO
CONSULT WITH LOCAL SUGAR TECHNICIANS.
SEPTEMBER 15 ...... GUYANESE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE SHIRLEY FIELD-RIDLEY
ARRIVES IN CUBA.
OCTOBER 29............ CUBA'S FIRST RESIDENT AMBASSADOR IN GUYANA, IVAN CESAR
MARTINEZ, PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS. CUBAN EMBASSY IN
GEORGETOWN OFFICIALLY OPENS.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ DELEGATION FROM PEOPLE'S NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY OF GUYANA
ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 04 ........ MINISTER ARMED FORCES RAUL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER FIRST CONGRESS
MILITARY MANEUVERS IN CUBA. DELEGATIONS FROM PANAMA, PORTUGAL,
GUYANA AND JAMAICA ATTEND.
DECEMBER 23 ........ OFFICIAL SOURCES IN GEORGETOWN SAY CUBAN AIRCRAFT DESTINED FOR
ANGOLA HAVE MADE SERVICE STOPS AT TIMEHRI AIRPORT (OUTSIDE
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA).
DECEMBER 28 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO GUYANA, IVAN CESAR MARTINEZ SAYS CUBA
WILL GIVE PRIORITY TO TRADE WITH CARIBBEAN AND L.A. COUNTRIES
OVER NEXT FEW YEARS.
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JANUARY 31 .......... GUYANA SAYS CUBANS HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN LANDING RIGHTS FOR
AIRLIFT TO ANGOLA. FRENCH ARTICLE REPORTS INSTALLATION OF CUBAN
FUEL TANKS THERE.
FEBRUARY 22 ........ GUYANESE OFFICIAL DENIES PRESENCE OF CUBAN OR SOVIET TROOPS IN
HIS COUNTRY.
MAY 01 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF US
CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUYANA AND JAMAICA.
MAY 26 .................... MANUEL PINEIRO, HEAD OF PCC AMERICA DEPARTMENT AND OSVALDO
CARDENAS, CHIEF OF CARIBBEAN SECTION ATTEND GUYANA'S 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE.
AUGUST 10 ............ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY JOSE ORTIZ ATTENDS 19TH CONGRESS OF
THE PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY IN GUYANA.
OCTOBER 06............ GRANMA ACCUSES THE CIA OF "ATTEMPTING TO DESTABILIZE" THE
JAMAICAN AND GUYANESE GOVERNMENTS.
OCTOBER 21 ............ RAUL ROA HEADS DELEGATION TO TRINIDAD TO CONSULT WITH
CARIBBEAN LEADERS ON INVESTIGATION OF CUBANA BOMBING.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CUBA, BARBADOS, GUYANA, AND VENEZUELA
ATTEND.
DELEGATION FROM GUYANA PEOPLES NATIONAL CONGRESS ARRIVES IN
CUBA AT THE INVITATION OF PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
DECEMBER 23 ........ HIGH-LEVEL CDR DELEGATION LED BY MARIA TERESA MALMIERCA,
ARRIVES IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA.
DECEMBER 24 ........ GUYANESE MINISTER OF STATE KENNETH BANCROFT HEADS DELEGATION
VISITING CUBA.
1977
JANUARY 26 .......... GUYANESE FOREIGN MINISTER WILLS ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 17 ........ CHEDDI JAGAN, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GUYANESE PEOPLES
PROGRESSIVE PARTY ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 17-25 .... VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN COUNCIL OF STATE, JUAN ALMEIDA
BOSQUE, VISITS GUYANA FOR INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION.
FEBRUARY 19 ........ CHEDDI JAGAN MEETS WITH CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND MANUEL
PINEIRO LOSADA.
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MARCH 09-16 ........ A CUBAN EDUCATION DELEGATION VISITS GUYANA.
JUNE 02 .................... TEAM OF CUBAN SUGAR EXPERTS CONCLUDE TEN-DAY VISIT TO GUYANA.
.JUNE 26 .................... RAUL VALDES VIVO ARRIVES IN GUYANA.
JUNE 27 .................... IN GUYANA, RAUL VALDES VIVO MEETS WITH CHEDDI AND JANET JAGAN,
LEADERS OF THE OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY.
RAUL VALDES VIVO, CHIEF OF FOREIGN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE
PARTY, MEETS WITH GUYANESE FOREIGN MINISTER FREDERICK WILLS IN
GEORGETOWN.
AUGUST 10 ............ CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION DEPARTS FOR GUYANA FOR 2ND
CONGRESS OF GUYANESE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL CONGRESS.
NOVEMBER 30 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH GUYANESE EDUCATION
MINISTER IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 09 ........ GUYANESE PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PA13TY DELEGATION LEAVES CUBA
AFTER VISIT.
DECEMBER 20 ........ MANUEL PINEIRO, HEAD OF PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE AMERICA
DEPARTMENT MEETS WITH ROBERT CORBIN MEMBER OF GUYANA'S PNC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
DECEMBER 23 ........ CUBA AND GUYANA SIGN SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT FOR 1978.
DECEMBER 25 ........ GUYANESE AUTHORITIES IN GEORGETOWN HAIL WORK BEING DONE BY
CUBAN DOCTORS ON THE BRAZILIAN BORDER.
JANUARY 12 .......... CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO GUYANA CESAR MARTINEZ NAMED CUBA'S FIRST
AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS. HE WILL HOLD BOTH POSITIONS.
FEBRUARY 21-27 .... CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY BELARMINU CASTILLA MAS ATTENDS
GUYANA'S MASHRAMANI AND REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION.
MARCH 25 ................ DIVISION GENERAL SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO MEETS WITH BRIGADIER
CLARENCE PRICE, CHIEF OF STAFF OF GUYANA'S DEFENSE FORCES.
MARCH 29 ................ CUBAN FISHERY MINISTRY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN GUYANA FOR
COOPERATION TALKS.
MAY 27 .................... FIDEL CASTRO CONGRATULATES PRIME MINISTER BURNHAM ON GUYANA'S
INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY.
JULY 12-13 .............. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN GEORGETOWN,
GUYANA FOR UNPUBLICIZED TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER BURNHAM &
FOREIGN MINISTER JACKSON.
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SEPTEMBER 21 ...... CUBAN MEDICAL TEAM RETURNS FROM SERVICE IN GUYANA. ANOTHER
GROUP OF 22 DOCTORS REPLACES THOSE RETURNING.
OCTOBER 07............ GUYANA'S AMBASSADOR TO CUBA CMDR. FRANK CAMPBELL, PRAISES
CUBAN AID AT RECEPTION FOR CUBAN MEDICAL BRIGADE RETURNING
FROM GUYANA.
NOVEMBER 02 ........ CUBA AND GUYANA SIGN NEW FISHING COOPRATION AGREEMENT IN
GEORGETOWN.
NOVEMBER 14 ........ CUBA AND GUYANA SIGN SEVERAL AGREEMENTS INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC,
TECHNICAL AND TRADE.
DECEMBER 11-13 .. PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ULISES ESTRADA VISITS GUYANA. MEET
WITH PRIME MINISTER FORBES BURNHAM.
HAITI
1977
AUGUST 21 ............ CUBA AND HAITI OPEN DISCUSSIONS OF DEMARCATION OF MARITIME
BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN PORT AU PRINCE.
OCTOBER 25............ HAITIAN UN AMBASSADOR SERGE ELIE CHARLES ARRIVES IN CUBA TO
SIGN ACCORD DELIMITING MARITIME BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES.
HONDURAS
1975
JUNE 26 .................... DELEGATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS AND A STUDENT GROUP
FROM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ARRIVES IN CUBA.
OCTOBER 01 ............ EFE CARRIES ITEM STATING THAT CUBA AND HONDURAS WILL SHORTLY
BEGIN DISCUSSIONS AIMED AT RESUMING COMMERCIAL AND DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS.
1976
FEBRUARY 10 ........ CUBA TRADE MISSION VISITS HONDURAS.
1978
AUGUST 17 ............ HONDURAN TRADE DELEGATION HEADED BY ECONOMIC MINISTER MIGUEL
BENDICK ARRIVES IN CUBA.
HUNGARY
1975
JANUARY 10 .......... PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ISIDORO MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN BUDAPEST,
HUNGARY.
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JANUARY 30 .......... CUBAN AND HUNGARIAN ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE SIGN COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
MARCH 17-24 ........ PEDRO MIRET HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO ELEVENTH HUNGARIAN
SOCIALIST WORKERS' PARTY CONGRESS IN ?3UDAPEST.
APRIL 12 ................ HUNGARIAN INTERNAL TRADE MINISTER ARRIVES IN CUBA. TRADE
AGREEMENT SIGNED APRIL 16.
APRIL 27 ................ CUBAN JUSTICE MINISTER ARMANDO TORRE`_= SANTRAYLL ARRIVES IN
BUDAPEST ON OFFICIAL VISIT.
MAY 14 .................... CDR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.
MAY 21 .................... CUBAN MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN B~JDAPEST.
JUNE 27._ ................. HUNGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
CUBA AND HUNGARY SIGN AGREEMENT ON `NICKEL PLANT CONSTRUCTION
IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 23 ...... TALKS BEGIN IN BUDAPEST ON CUBAN-HUNGARIAN ECONOMIC AND
TECHNICAL COOPERATION.
SEPTEMBER 14 ...... HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRIGYES PUvA ARRIVES IN HAVANA FOR
ONE WEEK VISIT.
SEPTEMBER 21 ...... TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUBA AND HUNGARY SIGNED IN BUDAPEST.
OCTOBER 17............ HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT PAL LOSONCZI ARRIVES IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 27 ........ CUBAN-HUNGARIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED IN
BUDAPEST.
AUGUST 22 ............ POLITBURO MEMBER OSVALDO DORTICOS DEPARTS CUBA FOR HUNGARY
AT INVITATION OF HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST WORKERS' PARTY.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... OSVALDO DORTICOS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF MINISTER ARRIVES
IN MADRID ON HIS WAY HOME FROM HUNGARY.
NOVEMBER 10-17 .. RAUL CASTRO AND MILITARY DELEGATION. VISIT HUNGARY AT INVITATION
OF DEFENSE MINISTER COL. GEN. CZINEGE.
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NOVEMBER 17 ........ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO CUBA AFTER VISITS TO THE SOVIET UNION
(FOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) AND HUNGARY.
DECEMBER 08 ........ HUNGARIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VENCEL HAZI ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
1978
APRIL 08 ................ DIRECT TELEPHONE SERVICE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CUBA AND HUNGARY
VIA INTER-SPUTNIK SYSTEM.
JULY 03 .................. LT. GEN. SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO HEADS CUBAN MILITARY DELEGATION
ARRIVING IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.
APRIL 04 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN NEW DELHI AT
HEAD OF DELEGATION TO NONALIGNED COUNTRIES COORDINATING
BUREAU MEETING ON 7 APRIL.
OCTOBER 14-20 .... IN BOMBAY, AMADO BLANCO STATES CUBA IS INTERESTED IN
DIVERSIFYING ITS TRADE WITH THAT COUNTRY. SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT
CALLING FOR INCREASED TRADE IN 79.
INDONESIA
1976
MARCH 06 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM INDONESIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY.
APRIL 27 ................ DELEGATION FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF EASTERN TIMOR HEADED
BY ECONOMIC MINISTER ARRIVES IN CUBA.
APRIL 09 ................ JAKARTA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES REPORT STATING THAT CUBA AND
INDONESIA WILL "REACTIVATE" THEIR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
MAY 20 .................... MOZAMBIQUE PRESS CARRIES REPORT FROM LISBON THAT CUBA HAS
RECOGNIZED THE SELF-PROCLAIMED DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF EAST
TIMOR.
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IRAN
1975
FEBRUARY 10 ........ CUBA AND IRAN ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
1976
MARCH 05 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH IRAt ESKANDARI, 1ST SECRETARY
OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE'S (COMMUNIST)
PARTY.
APRIL 07 ................ IRAN BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA BECAUSE OF THE
MEETING BETWEEN FIDEL CASTRO AND REPRESENTATIVES OF IRANIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY IN MOSCOW.
IRAQ
1975
MARCH 27 ................ CDR DELEGATION HEADED BY MARIA TERESA MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN
BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
APRIL 28 ................ IRAQ FOREIGN MINISTER SA'DUN HAMMADI ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR 5-DAY
VISIT.
MAY 13 .................... IRAQI MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA AT INVITATION OF CDR.
DECEMBER 20 ........ AMIR ABDALLAH, IRAQI MINISTER OF STATE, ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
1977
SEPTEMBER 22 ...... RAUL VALDES VIVO ENDS VISIT TO IRAQ.
DECEMBER 14-21 .. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ VISITS IRAQ. HE SAYS FIDEL CASTRO WILL
VISIT IRAQ DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 1978.
DECEMBER 16 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH SADDAM HUSAYN, CHAIRMAN
OF IRAQ'S REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL. DELIVERS PERSONAL
MESSAGE FROM FIDEL CASTRO.
DECEMBER 17 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH IRAQI MINISTER OF PLANNING
AND TRADE IN BAGHDAD.
DECEMBER 19 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT AHMAD
HASAN AL-BAKR. DELIVERS MESSAGE FROM CASTRO.
DECEMBER 27 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RETURNS TO CUBA FROM TRIPS TO SPAIN,
IRAQ AND YEMEN.
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FEBRUARY 06 ........ CUBAN CDR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ TO ATTEND
CELEBRATIONS MARKING 8TH ANNIV. OF FORMATION OF IRAQI POPULAR
ARMY. JORGE LEZCANO PEREZ HEADS DELEGATION.
FEBRUARY 10 ........ COUNCIL OF STATE NAMES JUAN CARRETERO IBANEZ AMBASSADOR TO
IRAQ.
MARCH 22-26 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA VISITS BAGHDAD, IRAQ. MEETS
WITH FOREIGN MINISTER HAMMADI. DISCUSSED NON-ALIGNED MATTERS.
APRIL 17 ................ CUBAN AND IRAQI WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS SIGN COOPERATION
AGREEMENT. VILMA ESPIN SIGNS FOR FMC.
APRIL 19 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH IRAQI INFORMATION MINISTER
SA'D QASIM. BILATERAL RELATIONS ARE DISCUSSED.
APRIL 29-10 ............ CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION HEADED BY ERNESTO MELENDEZ BACHS,
VISITS BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
APRIL 30-04 ............ IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT MA'RUF VISITS CUBA.
MAY 01 .................... IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT MA'RUF MEETS WITH CARLOS RAFAEL RODRGUEZ.
MAY 03 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT MA'RUF. DISCUSSED
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, BILATERAL RELATONS, AND NONALIGNED
MOVEMENT.
CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA AND IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER
SA'DUN HAMMADI SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
MAY 06 .................... JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON VISIT TO CUBA OF IRAQ VICE PRESIDENT
MA'RUF.
JUNE 17 .................... RAUL LEON TORRAS, PRESIDENT OF CUBAN NATIONAL BANK ARRIVES IN
BAGHDAD, IRAQ TO DISCUSS COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
JULY 01 .................. CUBA AND IRAQ SIGN ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL AGREEMNT IN
BAGHDAD.
JULY 12 .................. CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY PEDRO MIRET HEADS FOR BAGHDAD,
IRAQ TO ATTEND INDEPENDENCE DAY CEREMONY.
JULY 17 .................. POLITBURO MEMBER PEDRO MIRET HOLDS TALKS WITH MUNIF AR-RAZZAZ,
BA'TH PARTY OFFICER IN BAGHDAD.
FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS RECEPTION AT IRAQI EMBASSY IN HAVANA.
AUGUST 31 ............ CUBA AND IRAQ CO-SPONSOR DRAFT RESOLUTION ON PUERTO RICO IN UN
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE.
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SEPTEMBER 21 ...... ANTONIO ENRIQUE LUSSON, CUBAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTER SIGNS
SEVERAL TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENTS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
OCTOBER 14............ FIDEL CASTRO AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEET WITH IRAQI BAATH
PARTY (AND RCC MEMBER) GHANIM 'ABD A_-JALIL IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 01 ........ LEVI FARAH, CONSTRUCTION MINISTER MEETS WITH IRAQI CONSTRUCTION
DELEGATION IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ IRAQI HEALTH MINISTER DR. RIYAD IBERAHIiv' HUSAYN ARRIVES IN CUBA
TO STUDY CUBAN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.
NOVEMBER 18 ........ IN CUBA, IRAQI HEALTH MINISTER STATES TIAT THERE ARE MORE THAN
300 CUBAN DOCTORS, NURSES AND TECHNICIANS SERVING IN HIS
COUNTRY.
DECEMBER 04 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ HOLDS RECEPTION FOR IRAQI TRADE UNION
DELEGATION THAT ATTENDED CTC CONGRESS.
DECEMBER 07 ........ IRAQI MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY BR G. GEN. TAREQ SHUKRI MEETS
WITH DIV. GEN. SENEN CASAS RIGUEIRO.
DECEMBER 12 ........ FIDEL AND RAUL CASTRO ATTEND IRAQI EMBASSY RECEPTION IN HONOR
OF VISITING MILITARY DELEGATION.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN MOSCOW MEETS WITH IRAQI LEADER
SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI.
DECEMBER 13 ........ SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI, VICE-CHAFRMAA OF IRAQ'S REVOLUTIONARY
COMMAND COUNCIL ARRIVES IN HAVANA Al INVITATION OF FIDEL
CASTRO.
DECEMBER 14 ........ IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER DR. SA'DUN HAMMADI MEETS WITH CUBAN
FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 17 ........ CUBA AND IRAQ SIGN ECONOMIC COOPERA"ION AGREEMENT IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 20 ........ CUBAN HEALTH DELEGATION HEADED I3Y J('SE R. OTERO MOLINA, HEALTH
MINISTRY UNDER SECRETARY LEAVES IRAQ. AGREEMENT REACHED TO
SEND CUBAN EXPERTS TO IRAQ..
DECEMBER 22 ........ A DELEGATION OF IRAQI TRADE UNIONISTS HEADED BY HADI NASIF
ARRIVES IN HAVANA. ROBERTO VIEGA, SECFETARY GENERAL OF CTC
MEETS WITH THEM.
ISRAEL
1976
JULY 15 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF ISRAELI
RAID INTO UGANDA.
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NOVEMBER 24 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC TELEVISION CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SADAT'S VISIT TO ISRAEL.
MARCH 19 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES COMMUNIQUE PROTESTING ISRAEL'S
ATTACK ON SOUTHERN LEBANON.
SEPTEMBER 19 ...... FIDEL CASTRO STATES AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN ALGIERS THAT THE
CAMP DAVID AGREEMENT IS THE CONSUMATION OF TREACHERY.
ITALY
1975
JANUARY 03 .......... PRES. DORTICOS MEETS WITH ITALIAN SOCIALIST LEADER CESARE BENSI,
MEMBER OF ITALIAN PARLIAMENT IN HAVANA.
JUNE 18 .................... CUBA AND ITALY RATIFY SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... CUBA AND ITALY CONCLUDE FIRST MEETING OF ITALIAN-CUBAN
COMMISSION FOR CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION.
1976
FEBRUARY 17 ........ ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JULY 08 .................. CUBA AND ITALY SIGN SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
1977
DECEMBER 22 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ LEAVES ROME AFTER PRIVATE 24-HOUR VISIT
TO ITALY.
MAY 12 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND ISIDORO MALMIERCA SIGN
CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR ALDO MORO IN ITALIAN EMBASSY.
JUNE 28 .................... CUBA COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL LIONEL SOTO IN ROME, ITALY FOR
MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS.
JAMAICA
1975
JANUARY 17 .......... ERIC BELL, JAMAICAN TRANSPORT MINISTER, ARRIVES IN CUBA.
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FEBRUARY 24 ........ CUBAN MINES MINISTER CESPEDES ARRIVES IN JAMAICA TO ATTEND
OLADE MEETING.
MARCH 19 ................ CUBAN HOUSING AND AGRICULTURE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN KINGSTON,
JAMAICA.
MARCH 28 ................ CUBA AND JAMAICA SIGN CONSTRUCTION COOPERATION AGREEMENT IN
KINGSTON.
APRIL 15 ................ CUBAN AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN JAMAICA. DANIEL
SOLONA PINERA, VICE PRESIDENT OF INFA HEADS GROUP.
MAY 09 .................... JAMAICAN CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR A ONE-YEAR
TOUR.
MEMBERS OF JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
PRIME MINISTER MANLEY'S OFFICE ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JUNE 12 .................... CUBAN SUGAR INDUSTRY OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA FOR
TALKS WITH JAMAICAN SUGAR OFFICIAL3.
JULY 09 .................. PRIME MINISTER MICHAEL MANLEY OF JAMAICA ARRIVES ON OFFICIAL
VISIT TO CUBA. JOINT COMMUNIQUE: ISSUED JULY 14.
JULY 13 .................. CUBA AND JAMAICA ESTABLISH JOINT ECONOMIC COMMISSION.
JULY 24 .................. CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER ARRIVES IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
JULY 28 .................. PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY ISIDORO MALMIERCA CONCLUDES VISIT TO
JAMAICA AT INVITATION OF THE PEOPLE S NATIONAL PARTY OF JAMAICA.
AUGUST 26 ............ CUBAN AGRICULTURAL AND ENGINEERING EXPERTS ARRIVE IN JAMAICA.
OCTOBER 23............ MANUEL PINIERO-PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER AND CHIEF OF THE
AMERICA DEPARTMENT-ARRIVES IN JAMAICA AS HEAD OF CUBAN
DELEGATION ATTENDING ANNUAL PNP CONGRESS.
NOVEMBER 11 ........ CUBA-JAMAICA INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION BEGINS WORK
SESSION IN KINGSTON. AGREEMENT IS SIGNED ON NOVEMBER 18.
NOVEMBER 20 ........ JAMAICAN PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER KENNETH MCNEILL ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1976
JANUARY 02 .......... CUBAN CONSTRUCTION TEAM OF 280 ARRIVES IN JAMAICA.
JANUARY 21 .......... REPRESENTATIVES OF CARIBBEAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ARRIVE IN
CUBA FROM JAMAICA.
JANUARY 22 .......... JAMAICAN EDUCATION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
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APRIL 03 ................ JAMAICAN MINISTER P.J. PATTERSON ARRIVES IN HAVANA TO TALK ABOUT
EXPANSION OF TRADE BETWEEN JAMAICA AND CUBA.
MAY 01 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF US
CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUYANA AND JAMAICA.
JUNE 12 .................... JAMAICAN PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY DELEGATION HEADED BY
SECRETARY GENERAL DONALD DUNCAN ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
JUNE 18-22 ............ JAMAICAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DUDLEY THOMPSON VISITS
CUBA.
JULY 09 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY PRAISING JAMAICAN
RESISTANCE TO DESTABILIZATION CAMPAIGN BEING WAGED AGAINST IT
(BY THE US).
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BOMB A CUBANA AIRLINER IN
KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
AUGUST 07 ............ GRANMA CARRIES ARTICLE SCORING "CIA DESTABILIZATION" CAMPAIGN
IN JAMAICA.
AUGUST 12-18 ........ POLITBURO MEMBER ARMANDO HART HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO
JAMAICA, VISITING SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE CUBANS ARE
WORKING IN JAMAICA.
SEPTEMBER 16 ...... NINETY JAMAICAN CONSTRUCTION TRAINEES LEAVE KINGSTON FOR
ONE-YEAR COURSE IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 16-22 .. JESUS MONTANE OROPESA HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO PEOPLES
NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
SEPTEMBER 18 ...... CUBAN DELEGATION VISITING JAMAICA FOR THE PNP CONGRESS MEETS
WITH PRIME MINISTER MANLEY.
OCTOBER 06............ GRANMA ACCUSES THE CIA OF "ATTEMPTING TO DESTABILIZE" THE
JAMAICAN AND GUYANESE GOVERNMENTS.
DECEMBER 18 ........ FIDEL CASTRO SENDS PRIME MINISTER MANLEY A CONGRATULATORY
TELEGRAM ON HIS REELECTION. HAVANA RADIO SAYS US FAILED TO OUST
MANELY IN JAMAICA.
JANUARY 07-10 ...... JAMAICAN FOREIGN MINISTER PATTERSON AND NATIONAL MOBILIZATION
MINISTER DUNCAN VISIT CUBA. MET WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND CARLOS
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ.
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APRIL 11 ................ A DELEGATION FROM THE COMMITTEES FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE
REVOLUTION (CDR) ARRIVES IN JAMAICA.
APRIL 28 ................ CARMEN MACGREGOR, JAMAICAN MINISTRY OF STATE FOR WOMEN'S
AFFAIRS, ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
MAY 04 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH-PRIME MINISTER MANLEY IN
KINGSTON. HE BRIEFS MANLEY ON CASTRO'S TRIP TO AFRICA.
MAY 21-28 .............. CUBA-JAMAICA INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION MEETS IN HAVANA.
PROGRAM FOR THE COMING YEAR IS SIGNED.
MAY 26 .................... COUNCIL OF MINISTERS VICE PRESIDENT BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS
MEETS WITH JAMAICAN MINISTER DUDLEY THOMPSON IN HAVANA.
JUNE 10 .................... ARMANDO HART MEETS WITH JAMAICAN CULTURE MINISTER ARNOLD
BERTRAM IN HAVANA.
JUNE 10-18 ............ JAMAICAN CULTURE DELEGATION IN CUBA. HEADED BY ARNOLD
BERTRAM.
JUNE 19 .................... JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER MANLEY VISITS CUBA. TALKS WITH FIDEL
CASTRO ON WAY HOME FROM COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE.
AUGUST 03 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA SPEAKS IN IAVANA AT CEREMONY
MARKING JAMAICA'S INDEPENDENCE.
AUGUST 18-20 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN JAMAICA FOR 2-DAY
VISIT. CONSULTS ON NONALIGNED MATTERS, FISHING COOPERATION AND
SUGAR PRICING.
SEPTEMBER 16 ...... JAMAICAN HEALTH MINISTER DOUGLAS MANLEY VISITS CUBAN PUBLIC
HEALTH MINISTRY.
OCTOBER 04............ HAVANA DOMESTIC TELEVISION ANNOUNCES A NEW GROUP OF
INTERNATIONALIST CUBAN DOCTORS (14 DOCTORS- 12 NURSES) WILL
SOON GO TO JAMAICA.
OCTOBER 16............ IN JAMAICA, FIDEL CASTRO DECORATED WITH ORDER OF JAMAICA.
OCTOBER 16-21 .... FIDEL CASTRO MAKES OFFICIAL VISIT TO JAMAICA.
OCTOBER 18............ FIDEL CASTRO DEDICATES HOUSING PROJECT IN MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA.
NOVEMBER 22 ........ JUAN ALMEIDA MEETS ARNOLD BERTRAM, JAMAICAN MINISTER OF
CULTURE IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
BERTRAM IN CUBA FOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF SOVIET
REVOLUTION.
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DECEMBER 10 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS RECEPTION GIVEN FOR MRS. BEVERLY MANLEY,
HEAD OF PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 12 ........ CUBA-JAMAICA FRIENDSHIP CEREMONY HELD IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA. MRS.
BEVERLY MANLEY AND DORA CARACANO SECRETARY GENERAL OF FMC
SPEAK AT CEREMONY.
DECEMBER 14 ........ MANUEL PINEIRO, HEAD OF PCC AMERICA DEPARTMENT, RECEIVES ROY
MCGANN, DEPUTY MINISTER OF JAMAICAN DEFENSE FORCES IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 15 ........ JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER MANLEY STATES THAT CUBAN GOVERNMENT
WILL GIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO JAMAICA IN THE RESTRUCTURING
OF THE HOME GUARD.
DECEMBER 23 ........ IN JAMAICA PRIME MINISTER MANLEY ANNOUNCES THAT AN ADDITIONAL
TEAM OF CUBAN DOCTORS WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY IN JAMAICA.
JANUARY 11-14 ...... CUBAN HEALTH MINISTER JOSE GUTIERREZ AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTER
JOSE LOPEZ MORENO IN JAMAICA ON OFFICIAL VISIT.
JANUARY 30 .......... CUBA FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN JAMAICA ON OFFICIAL
VISIT.
JANUARY 30-02 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA VISITS JAMAICA. JOINT
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED. HEAVY ON THIRD WORLD RHETORIC, SUPPORT FOR
NONALIGNED, ETC.
FEBRUARY 11 ........ JAMAICAN HOUSING MINISTER SPALDING ADDRESSES 100 JAMAICAN
YOUTHS GOING TO CUBA FOR A YEAR'S TRAINING ON SCHOLARSHIPS
FROM CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
FEBRUARY 15 ........ ECLA WOMEN'S COMMITTEE BEGINS SESSIONS IN JAMAICA UNDER
CHAIRMANSHIP OF VILMA ESPIN, HEAD OF THE CUBAN WOMEN'S
FEDERATION.
FEBRUARY 18 ........ BLAS ROCA RECEIVES NEW JAMAICAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA MRS.
LUCILLE MOSS MATURMAIRE.
FEBRUARY 21 ........ HAVANA ANNOUNCES BEGINNING BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN CUBA AND
JAMAICA. BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS HEADS CUBAN DELEGAION.
MARCH 18 ................ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO JAMAICA, RAMON PEZ-FERRO, PRESENTS
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE GIFT OF 22 SOVIET-BUILT TRACTORS TO
JAMAICA.
MAY 31 .................... JAMAICAN PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF PCC.
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JUNE 13 .................... HAYDEE SANTAMARIA, DIRECTOR OF CUBA'S CASA DE LAS AMERICAS
ARRIVES IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
JUNE 23 .................... JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER MANLEY MEETS:VVITH CUBAN ECONOMIC
OFFICIAL HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART IN KINGSTON.
JUNE 25 .................... CUBA AND JAMAICA SIGN NEW ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL
COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
JULY 07 .................. JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER MANLEY PAYS ONE-DAY WORKING VISIT TO
CUBA. MEETS FIDEL CASTRO, CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, OSMANY
CIENFUEGOS, AND ISIDORO MALMIERCA.
NOVEMBER 16 ........ SAUL ROBINSON, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF JAMAICAN PEOPLE'S
NATIONAL PARTY ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 06 ........ CUBAN NATIONAL BANK PRESIDENT RAUL LEON TORRAS MEETS WITH
JAPANESE FINANCE MINISTER IN TOKYO TO DISCUSS THE CUBAN
FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
MAY 09 .................... HIGH-LEVEL JAPANESE COMMUNIST PARTY_CfLEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA
AT INVITATION OF PCC.
MAY 19 .................... JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY COMMUNIST PARTIES OF JAPAN AND
CUBA.
1976
JANUARY 18 .......... JAPANESE INDUSTRIALIST DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR 8-DAY VISIT.
FEBRUARY 18 ........ CUBA-JAPAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE I3EG.INS IN HAVANA.
MAY 17-26 .............. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN JAPAN FOR CONOMIC TALKS.
MAY 23 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEWED IN JAPAN. SAYS CUBA HAS NO
INTENTION OF SENDING TROOPS TO RHODESIA TO ASSIST NATIONALIST
GUERRILLAS.
JUNE 26 .................... CUBAN PCC DELEGATION LEAD BY JOSE MA.CHADO VENTURA MEETS IN
TOKYO WITH HEAD OF JAPANESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
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1977
MARCH 15 ................ LARGE JAPANESE ECONOMIC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 01 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ HOSTS RECEPTION FOR DELEGATION OF
JAPANESE ATTENDING JAPAN-CUBA ECONOMIC CONFERENCE IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 03 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH VISITING JAPANESE BUSINESS DELEGATION.
DECEMBER 06 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN AND MALAYSIA MARIO GACIA
INCHAUSTEGUI AND HIS WIFE DIE IN CRASH OF MALAYSIAN AIRLINER NEAR
KUALA LUMPUR.
JUNE 24 .................... JAPAN GRANTS CUBA FINANCIAL CREDIT OF $23 MILLION. IT IS THE
SECOND CREDIT OFFERED BY JAPAN THIS YEAR.
OCTOBER 02-05 .... THE THIRD CUBA-JAPAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE IS HELD IN TOKYO.
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART !S THE CUBAN REPRESENTATIVE.
OCTOBER 04............ HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART MEETS WITH JAPANESE MINISTERS OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE AND FINANCE.
JORDAN
1978
JULY 04 .................. CUBA FOREIGN MINISTRY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN AMMAN, JORDAN TO
DISCUSS PLANS FOR THE NONALIGNED SUMMIT CONFERENCE.
KENYA
1978
APRIL 05 ................ SOMALI PRESS ITEM ACCUSES CUBA OF TRAINING KENYAN, DJIBOUTI
SABOTEURS.
JUNE 29 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA IS EXPECTED IN NAIROBI, KENYA
BUT DOES NOT ARRIVE.
KHMER
REPUBLIC
SEPTEMBER 10 ...... CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IENG SARY ARRIVES IN HAVANA FOR
OFFICIAL TALKS.
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1976
DECEMBER 28 ........ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY SERGIO DEL VALLE ARRIVES IN CAMBODIA.
KOREA NORTH
1975
JANUARY 03 .......... CUBAN-NORTH KOREAN TRADE PROTOCOL SIGNED IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 06 ........ DELEGATION FROM KOREAN WORKERS' PARTY ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
MARCH 14 ................ KIM IL-SONG RECEIVES CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO NORTH KOREA ANGEL
FERRAS.
MAY 06 .................... CUBAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION
TALKS BEGIN IN HAVANA.
JUNE 17 .................... PCC DELEGATION RETURNS TO HAVANA AFTER A VISIT TO NORTH KOREA.
OCTOBER 12............ KIM IL-SONG RECEIVES CUBAN PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY GUILLERMO
GARCIA FRIAS TO THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF KOREAN
WORKERS' PARTY.
1976
MARCH 13 ................ CUBA AND NORTH KOREA SIGN 5-YEAR TRADE PROTOCOL.
JUNE 25 .................... CUBAN COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT OF KOREAN REUNIFICATION
ANNOUNCES BEGINNING OF SOLIDARITY DRIVE?IN CUBA.
AUGUST 21 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY ON US
"PROVOCATIONS" IN KOREA.
AUGUST 23 ............ RAMON CASTRO AND DELEGATION ARRIVE IN PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA.
1978
MARCH 02 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH NORTH KOREAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
MINISTER WON TONG-KU AND DELEGATION VISITING CUBA.
MAY 30 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA RECEIVES NORTH KOREAN VICE
PREMIER KONG CHIN-TAE.
KOREA SOUTH
1976
JUNE 25 .................... CUBAN COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT OF KOREAN REUNIFICATION
ANNOUNCES BEGINNING OF SOLIDARITY DRIVE IN CUBA.
AUGUST 21 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY ON US
"PROVOCATIONS" IN KOREA.
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KUWAIT
1975
AUGUST 06 ............ NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA DIRECTOR RAUL LEON TORRAS ARRIVES IN
KUWAIT FOR MEETINGS WITH FINANCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTERS.
AUGUST 05 ............ LA REPUBLICA CARRIES ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF MIGUEL
BRUGUREAS AS CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA. (PREVIOUS
AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON AND KUWAIT.)
LAOS
1975
JANUARY 23 .......... DELEGATION FROM LAO PATRIOTIC FRONT MEETS WITH RAUL GARCIA
PELAEZ, MEMBER OF THE PCC SECRETARIAT.
APRIL 03 ................ CUBA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ROBERTO VALDES MUNOZ AS
AMBASSADOR TO LAOS.
JUNE 18 .................... DELEGATION OF CUBAN JOURNALISTS ARRIVES IN VIENTIANE LAOS FOR
VISIT AND MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE LAO PATRIOTIC FRONT.
AUGUST 16 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING,
MEETS LAOTIAN PRESIDENT PRINCE SOUPHANOUVONG.
SEPTEMBER 08-15.. LAOTIAN PRIME MINISTER KEYSONE PHOMVIHAN VISITS CUBA. SEVERAL
AGREEMENTS ARE SIGNED.
DECEMBER 21-25 .. SERGIO DEL VALLE HEADS PCC DELEGATION IN LAOS. COMMUNIQUE
ISSUED DECEMBER 27. LAO-CUBAN ECONOMIC ACCORD SIGNED.
LEBANON
1975
FEBRUARY 05 ........ NEW CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON, MIGUEL BRUGUERAS PRESENTS
HIS CREDENTIALS.
AUGUST 05 ............ LA REPUBLICA CARRIES ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF MIGUEL
BRUGUREAS AS CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA. (PREVIOUS
AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON AND KUWAIT.)
MARCH 19 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES COMMUNIQUE PROTESTING ISRAEL'S
ATTACK ON SOUTHERN LEBANON.
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APRIL 02 ................ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON ALBERTO VELAZCO MEETS WITH PLO
LEADER YASIR ARAFAT IN BEIRUT.
APRIL 12 ................ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON ALBERT) VELAZCO MEETS WITH
SECRETARY GENERAL OF LEBANESE COMMUNIST PARTY IN BEIRUT.
MAY 06 .................... CUBAN PRESS CARRIES SEVERAL DENIALS OF CUBAN MILITARY PRESENCE
IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
LESOTHO
1978
JUNE 07 .................... CUBA ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
WITH LESOTHO.
GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO DENIES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH CUBA.
LIBERIA
1978
SEPTEMBER 24 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH LIBERIA'S FOREIGN
MINISTER CECIL DENNIS IN NEW YORK.
LIBYA
1976
MARCH 01 ................ DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ESTABLISHED WITH LIBYA.
AUGUST 31 ............ RAUL VALDES VIVO, CHIEF OF PARTY'S GENERAL FOREIGN RELATIONS
DEPARTMENT, ARRIVES IN TRIPOLI TO ATTEND INDEPENDENCE
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
JANUARY 07 .......... FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES LIBYAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE KAMEL
MAGHUR, WHO ARRIVES IN CUBA BEARING A MESSAGE FROM COL.
QADHAFI.
FEBRUARY 28 ........ PARIS AFP CARRIES REPORT FROM HAVANA THAT CASTRO WILL BEGIN
VISIT TO LIBYA ON MARCH 1.
MARCH 02 ................ A LIBYAN ARAB SOCIALIST UNION DELEGATICN ARRIVES IN CUBA AT THE
INVITATION OF THE PCC.
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MARCH 04 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MAKES SPEECH TO THE GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS IN
SABHA, LIBYA.
MARCH 10 ................ FIDEL CASTRO'S VISIT CONCLUDES WITH SIGNING OF TWO AGREEMENTS
WHICH CALL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND
CULTURAL COOPERATION.
MARCH 11 ................ COMMUNIQUE ISSUED FOLLOWING FIDEL CASTRO'S TRIP TO LIBYA;
SUPPORTS PALESTINIANS, NONALIGNED MOVEMENT, ETHIOPIA, &
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA.
MAY 20 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN TRIPOLI, LIBYA.
MAY 27 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIERCA RECEIVES NEW LIBYAN
AMBASSADOR, MR. ALI SUNNI AL-MUNTASIR.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RETURNS FROM HIS VISITS TO USSR, LIBYA,
AND ALGERIA.
JUNE 01 .................... AL-AHRAM CARRIES ARTICLE CRITICAL OF QADHAFI AND ALLEGES LIBYAN
FINANCING OF CUBAN MERCENARIES IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA.
AUGUST 30 ............ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN TRIPOLI, LIBYA TO
ATTEND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN
TRIPOLI. DISCUSSED PREPARATION FOR UPCOMING NONALIGNED MEETING
AND SUMMIT.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ATTENDS RECEPTION AT LIBYAN EMBASSY
MARKING 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBYAN REVOLUTION.
MARCH 15 ................ CUBAN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN TRIPOLI,
LIBYA.
MAY 27-30 .............. CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION HEADED BY MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT
VISITS TRIPOLI, LIBYA.
JUNE 01 .................... CUBA AND LIBYA SIGN TRADE COOPERATION AGREEMENT. SUGAR
EXPORTS TO LIBYA WILL INCREASE.
JUNE 22 .................... LIBYAN PUBLIC HEALTH DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
AUGUST 29 ............ CUBAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTER ANTONIO LUSSON ARRIVES IN TRIPOLI,
LIBYA. AIR TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES 1 SEPT.
SEPTEMBER 19 ...... FIDEL CASTRO MAKES STOP IN TRIPOLI, LIBYA. MEETS WITH QADHAFI.
OCTOBER 14-18 .... LIBYAN TRADE MINISTER ABU BAKRI ALI ASH-SHARIF TO CUBA.
CUBA-LIBYA MIXED COMMISSION ESTABLISHED. MEETS FIDEL CASTRO &
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CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ. HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART SIGNS
COOPERATION PROTOCOL.
LUXEMBOURG
MAY 20 .................... DOMINIC URBANG, CHAIRMEN OF LUXEMBOURG COMMUNIST PARTY
ARRIVES IN CUBA WITH DELEGATION. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO DURING
VISIT.
MADAGASCAR
1976
FEBRUARY 28 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH GISELE RABESI-IALA, SECRETARY GENERAL
CONGRESS PARTY FOR MALAGASY INDEPENDENCE IN MOSCOW.
OCTOBER 16............ MADAGASCAR FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RAKOTOMAVO ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MEETS WITH RAUL ROA OCTOBER 20.
FEBRUARY 13-17 .... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION HEADED BY ARMANDO ACOSTA
ARRIVES IN MADAGASCAR.
FEBRUARY 17 ........ ARMANDO ACOSTA MEETS WITH MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT RATSIRAKA.
SEPTEMBER 26 ...... MADAGASCAR HEALTH MINISTER DR. JEAN SERAPHIN ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF CUBAN PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY.
RAUL VALDES VIVO ARRIVES IN MADAGASCAR WITH A MESSAGE FROM
FIDEL CASTRO FOR MALAGASY PRESIDENT DIDIER RATSIRAKA.
MARCH 29 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA FAIL;. TO ARRIVE IN DAR ES
SALAAM, TANZANIA FROM MADAGASCAR. HE IS REPORTED ILL IN A PARIS
HOSPITAL.
MAY 26-29 .............. MADAGASCAR FOREIGN MINISTER REMI RICHARD VISITS CUBA.
MAY 27 .................... CUBAN AND MADAGASCAR FOREIGN MINISTRIES SIGN COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
NOVEMBER 01-04 .. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO
MADAGASCAR. COMMUNIQUE ISSUED 5 NOVEMBER. STRESSES SUPPORT
FOR NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.
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MALAYSIA
1975
FEBRUARY 17 ........ CUBA AND MALAYSIA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
1977
DECEMBER 06 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN AND MALAYSIA MARIO GACIA
INCHAUSTEGUI AND HIS WIFE DIE IN CRASH OF MALAYSIAN AIRLINER NEAR
KUALA LUMPUR.
MALDIVES
1977
JANUARY 29 .......... DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ESTABLISHED WITH THE REPUBLIC OF THE
MALDIVES.
MALI
1975
JANUARY 28 .......... MALIAN TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1977
DECEMBER 09 ........ MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER COL. CHARLES SAMBA SISSOKO ARRIVES IN
HAVANA.
DECEMBER 12 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH CHARLES SAMBA SISSOKO, MALIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER. HE INVITES CASTRO TO VISIT MALI. CASTRO ACCEPTS FOR
EARLY 1978.
CUBAN AND MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE TWO MINISTRIES FOR 1978 AND 1979.
MARTINIQUE
1978
MAY 05 .................... DELEGATION FROM MARTINIQUE NATIONAL FRONT FOR AUTONOMY
ARRIVES IN CUBA AT INVITATION OF PCC.
MAURITANIA
1977
NOVEMBER 18 ........ CUBA DEMANDS RELEASE OF CUBAN FISHING VESSEL SEIZED BY
MAURITANIA. VESSEL RELEASED 24 NOVEMBER.
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MAURITIUS
1976
OCTOBER 18............ CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DIPLOMA=TIC RELATIONS WILL BE
ESTABLISHED WITH CHAD AND WITH MAURITIUS.
MEXICO
1975
JANUARY 03 .......... WIFE OF MEXICAN PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA HEADS CULTURE DELEGATION
TO CUBA. GREETED BY FIDEL CASTRO, DOR''_ICOS.
JANUARY 04 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MEXICAN TOURI,IM SECRETARY JULIO
HIRSCHFELD IN HAVANA.
JANUARY 13 .......... CUBAN FISHERY VICE MINISTER LAVASTIDA HEADS DELEGATION TO
MEXICO TO DISCUSS EXPLOITATION OF THE 3EA.
JANUARY 15 CUBA AND MEXICO SIGN AGREEMENT OF CC-OPERATION IN TECHNICIAN
EXCHANGES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND VARIOUS TYPES OF TRAINING.
JANUARY 21 .......... MEXICAN SECRETARY OF NATIONAL PROPEFTIES, FRANCISCO JAVIER
ALEJO, ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
FEBRUARY 19 ........ PCC MEMBER ARMANDO HART RECEIVES MEXICAN EDUCATION
DELEGATION.
FEBRUARY 26 ........ MEXICAN COMMERCIAL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA TO DISCUSS
FORMATION OF A MULTINATIONAL CARIBBEAN SHIPPING COMPANY.
MARCH 01 ................ CUBAN HEALTH MINISTER, ANTONIO GUTIERREZ MUNIZ ARRIVES IN MEXICO
CITY FOR SECOND LATIN AMERICAN MEETINI a ON POPULATION CONTROL.
PRIME MINISTER CASTRO DISCUSSES TRADE RELATIONS WITH MEXICAN
FOREIGN RELATIONS UNDERSECRETARY RUE~3EN GONZALES SOSA IN
HAVANA.
MARCH 22 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER AND MEXICAN INDUSTRY AND
COMMERCE MINISTER MEET IN HAVANA. OPENING OF MEXICAN EXPOSITION
IN HAVANA.
MARCH 26 ................ US PRESS CARRIES STORY "OIL TRADING DEAL SET BY CUBA, MEXICO,
USSR, AND VENEZUELA."
APRIL 05 ................ OFFICIALS FROM CUBAN MERCHANT MARINE MINISTRY GO TO MEXICO TO
ATTEND DISCUSSIONS OF PROPOSED MULTINATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY
FOR THE CARIBBEAN.
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APRIL 15-25 ............ CUBAN CULTURAL DELEGATION HEADED BY BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS
ARRIVES IN MEXICO.
APRIL 26 ................ CUBA AND MEXICO SIGN SUGAR PRODUCTION COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
APRIL 28-05 ............ WIVES OF AMBASSADORS IN MEXICO CITY AND KEY MEXICAN WOMEN VISIT
CUBA AT INVITATION OF CUBAN WOMEN'S FEDERATION.
JUNE 11 .................... CUBA AND MEXICO SIGN SUGAR INDUSTRY COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
JUNE 13 .................... CUBA AND MEXICO ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF BILATERAL OIL EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT.
JUNE 17 .................... VILMA ESPIN, HEAD OF CUBA'S WOMEN'S FEDERATION, ARRIVES IN MEXICO
CITY HEADING DELEGATION TO UN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
JULY 02 .................. TEN FEDERAL DEPUTIES FROM MEXICO ARRIVE IN CUBA AT INVITATION OF
CUBAN INSTITUTE FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH PEOPLES (ICAP).
JULY 04 .................. AN IMPROMPTU PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MEXICAN PRESIDENT LUIS
ECHEVERRIA CALLS FOR "IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
AGAINST CUBA."
AUGUST 17 ............ MEXICAN PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA ARRIVES FOR A SIX-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT.
JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AUGUST 22.
SEPTEMBER 10-12.. ANTONIO ESQUIVEL, CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MINISTER, IN MEXICO CITY
ATTENDING OLADE MEETING.
SEPTEMBER 14-18.. MINISTER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES RAUL CASTRO
ATTENDS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... A CUBAN TOURISM INDUSTRY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN MEXICO FOR A
TWO-WEEK VISIT.
OCTOBER 07............ CUBAN PRESIDENT DORTICOS RECEIVES NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR TO
CUBA, CELSO DELGADO RAMIREZ.
NOVEMBER 28 ........ A BOMB DESTROYS THE CAR OF THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO IN
MEXICO CITY.
1976
FEBRUARY 03 ........ MEXICAN PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA DESCRIBES CUBA-MEXICO RELATIONS
AS "GOOD AND POSITIVE."
FEBRUARY 17 ........ CUBA AND MEXICO BEGIN ECONOMIC COOPERATION TALKS.
MARCH 18 ................ MEXICAN EDUCATION SECRETARY VICTOR BRAVO AHUJA ARRIVES IN
HAVANA.
MAY 02 .................... RODOLFO ECHEVERRIA, BROTHER OF MEXICAN PRESIDENT, ARRIVES IN
CUBA HEADING FILM INDUSTRY DELEGATION.
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MAY 26 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MEXICO TO ATTEND
INAUGURATION OF CUBAN CULTURAL CENTER.
AUGUST 26 ............ POLITBURO MEMBER BLAS ROCA RECEIVES MEXICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
SECRETARY GENERAL ARNOLDO MARTINEZ VERDUGO.
AUGUST 31 ............ MANUEL PINEIRO, CHIEF OF THE PARTY'S AMERICA DEPARTMENT, MEETS
WITH ARNALDO MARTINEZ VERDUGO, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
MEXICAN COMMUNIST PARTY.
SEPTEMBER 12 ...... BRG. CMDR. FRANCISCO CABRERA GONZALEZ HEADS CUBAN MILITARY
DELEGATION TO GRITO DE DOLORES MEXICAN CELEBRATIONS WITH
SOVIET DELEGATE YEFINOV.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER RAUL ROA ATTENDS OPENING CEROMONY OF
THIRD WORLD CENTER OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN MEXICO.
SEPTEMBER 15 ...... EAST GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER GENERA!.. HEINZ HOFFMAN STOPS IN
CUBA ENROUTE TO MEXICO.
SEPTEMBER 17 ...... YUGOSLAV DEFENSE MINISTER LJUBICIC PASSES THRU HAVANA ON HIS
WAY HOME FROM MEXICO. GREETED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT
AIRPORT.
JANUARY 05 .......... FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR MEXICAN
AMBASSADOR CELSO DELGADO.
JUNE 09 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH. MEXICAN UNDER SECRETARY
RODOLFO ECHEVERRIA IN HAVANA.
JULY 03 .................. A DELEGATION OF UJC (UNION OF YOUNG COMMUNISTS) MEMBERS
ARRIVES IN MEXICO AT INVITATION OF MEXICAN SOCIALIST PARTY.
SEPTEMBER 17 ...... FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION AT
MEXICAN EMBASSY IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 09 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MEXICAN FOREIGN MINISTER SANTIAGO ROEL
IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 10 ........ MEXICAN AND CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE.
1978
JANUARY 26 .......... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN MEXICO. THE TWO
COUNTRIES WILL ESTABLISH A MEXICAN-CUBAN MIXED COMMISSION.
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MAY 29 .................... DELEGATION FROM MEXICAN WORKER'S PARTY ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
JUNE 12 .................... MEXICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
JUNE 19 .................... LARGE DELEGATION FROM MEXICAN FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ARRIVES IN
HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... DIVISION GENERAL RIGOBERTO GARCIA HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION.
MONGOLIA
1975
FEBRUARY 11 ........ CUBAN-MONGOLIAN TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ULAN BATOR.
OCTOBER 15............ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY GUILLERMO GARCIA FRIAS ARRIVES IN
MONGOLIA. COOPERATION AGREEMENT IS SIGNED ON OCTOBER 17.
AUGUST 10-16 ........ RAMON CASTRO AND DELEGATION ARRIVE IN MONGOLIA. MEETS WITH
AGRICULTURE MINISTER.
SEPTEMBER 27-02.. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ATTENDS CEMA MEETING IN ULAN BATOR,
MONGOLIA.
MOROCCO
1975
MAY 13 .................... CUBA AND MOROCCO SIGN BILATERAL AIR AGREEMENT IN RABAT.
MAY 30 .................... FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES ALI YATA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF MOROCCAN
LIBERATION AND SOCIALIST PARTY.
JUNE 21 .................... PEDRO MIRET, POLITBURO MEMBER, MEETS WITH RASHID MUS'TAPHA
TAHIR, MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF POLISARIO FRONT AND
DELEGATION IN HAVANA.
JUNE 27 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION VISITING
CUBA.
MARCH 07 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH ALI YATA, SECRETARY GENERAL
OF MOROCCAN SOCIALIST PARTY VISITING CUBA.
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MOZAMBIQUE
1975
JUNE 25._ ................. CUBA AND MOZAMBIQUE ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
JUNE 27 .................... PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE DELEGATION RECEIVED BY MOZAMBIQUE
PRESIDENT MACHEL. DELEGATION ATTENDING INDEPENDENCE
CELEBRATION IN MAPUTO.
NOVEMBER 08 ........ CUBAN SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN
MOZAMBIQUE.
MARCH 06 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC RADIO CARRIES COMMENTARY PRAISING
MOZAMBIQUE'S CLOSING OF THE BORDER` AND DECLARATION OF WAR ON
RHODESIA.
MAY 23 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEWED IN JAPAN. SAYS CUBA HAS NO
INTENTION OF SENDING TROOPS TO RHODESIA TO ASSIST NATIONALIST
GUERRILLAS.
NOVEMBER 19-26 .. RAUL VALDES VIVO, MEMBER OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE, HEADS
DELEGATION TO MOZAMBIQUE. COMMUNIQUE ISSUED NOVEMBER 29.
JANUARY 30 .......... JORGE RISQUET HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO THIRD CONGRESS OF THE
MOZAMBIQUE LIBERATION FRONT (FRELIMO) IN MAPUTO.
FEBRUARY 10 ........ CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY JORGE RISQUET MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
MACHEL OF MOZAMBIQUE IN
MARCH 21-23 ........ CASTRO VISITS MOZAMBIQUE. MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MACHEL IN BEIRA.
MARCH 24 ................ CUBA-MOZAMBIQUE ISSUE COMMUNIQUE. CALLS FOR CLOSER
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA AND THE
MOZAMBIQUE LIBERATION FRONT.
JUNE 05 .................... MOZAMBIQUE AND CUBA SIGN AGREEMENT FOR CUBAN TECHNICIANS TO
WORK IN MOZAMBIQUE AND MOZAMBICANS TO WORK IN CUBA IN HEALTH,
PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, AND FISHING.
JUNE 13 .................... DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLES OF ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE
OBSERVED IN CUBA.
JUNE 16 .................... WIFE OF PRESIDENT MACHEL OF MOZAMBIQUE ARRIVES IN CUBA WITH
EDUCATIONAL DELEGATION.
JUNE 17 .................... FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS RECEPTION FOR GRACA MACHEL, WIFE OF
MOZAMBICAN PRESIDENT VISITING CUBA. SHE IS MOZAMBICAN EDUCATION
MINISTER.
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JUNE 18 .................... GRACA MACHEL MEETS WITH ARMANDO HART.
JUNE 20 .................... MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, VECINO ALEGRET, MEETS WITH GRACA
MACHEL, MOZAMBIQUE'S EDUCATION MINISTER, MEMBER OF FRELIMO
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
AUGUST 14 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS THE ARRIVAL OF 19 CUBAN
PHYSICIANS IN MOZAMBIQUE.
OCTOBER 09-14 .... MOZAMBICAN PRESIDENT SAMORA MACHEL VISITS CUBA. MUTUAL
ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENTS SIGNED.
OCTOBER 11 ............ CUBA-MOZAMBIQUE FRIENDSHIP RALLY HELD AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
SPEECH BY FIDEL CASTRO. CUBAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
MOZAMBIQUE WILL INCREASE TO 400 SOON
OCTOBER 12............ FIDEL CASTRO AND PRESIDENT MACHEL ADDRESS THE 1200 MOZAMBICAN
STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS ON THE ISLE OF PINES.
OCTOBER 30............ CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE
FERNANDEZ DE COSSIO ARRIVES IN MOZAMBIQUE TO DISCUSS
RECENTLY-SIGNED COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.
DECEMBER 06 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES DECLARATION ON ATTACKS AGAINST
MOZAMBIQUE FROM RHODESIA.
DECEMBER 08 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN AIDING MOZAMBIQUE AGAINST RHODESIAN
AGGRESSION.
JANUARY 25 .......... CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTRY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN MAPUTO,
MOZAMBIQUE. EXPANDED COOPERATION EXPECTED.
FEBRUARY 23 ........ CUBAN FISHING INDUSTRY MINISTER ANIBAL VELAZ SUAREZ ARRIVES IN
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE FOR DISCUSSIONS.
APRIL 01 ................ MOZAMBIQUE PRESS ANNOUNCES POSTPONEMENT OF VISIT BY CUBAN
FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA.
JUNE 01 .................... MOZAMBIQUE HOUSING MINISTER ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JUNE 30 .................... CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ ARRIVES IN MAPUTO,
MOZAMBIQUE TO DISCUSS NONALIGNED MATTERS.
AUGUST 21 ............ CUBAN VICE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION BENITO PEREZ ARRIVES IN
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE FOR OFFICIAL VISIT.
AUGUST 27 ............ HIGH LEVEL MOZAMBICAN MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY MINISTER OF
NATIONAL DEFENSE ARMANDO EMILIO GUEBAZA ARRIVES IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 10 ...... ARMY GENERAL RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH MOZAMBICAN MILITARY
DELEGATION VISITING CUBA.
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OCTOBER 13............ CUBAN DOMESTIC TRADE MINISTER SERAFIN FERNANDEZ AND SUGAR
INDUSTRY VICE MINISTER ENRIQUE GONZAd EZ ARRIVE IN MAPUTO,
MOZAMBIQUE ON WORKING VISIT.
OCTOBER 19............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH SERGIO VIEIRA HEAD OF BANK
OF MOZAMBIQUE AND FREMILO POLITBURO MEMBER. FIDEL CASTRO
MEETS WITH VIEIRA ALSO.
OCTOBER 21 ............ CUBA-MOZAMBIQUE SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR 600 CUBAN
TECHNICIANS-1700 MOZAMBICAN WORKERS FOR TRAINING IN CUBA AND
1200 MORE SECONDARY STUDENTS FOR SCHOOLING IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 04 ........ VILMA ESPIN, HEAD OF FMC, SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH
CONGOLESE & MOZAMBIQUE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS.
NOVEMBER 08-12 .. CUBA FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO
MOZAMBIQUE.
DECEMBER 11 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
TO TALK ABOUT EXPANDING TRADE.
NEPAL
1975
MARCH 25 ................ CUBA AND NEPAL ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
NETHERLANDS
FEBRUARY 10-14 .... CUBAN DELEGATION VISITS THE NETHERLANDS TO WORK OUT
DUTCH-CUBA ECONOMIC AGREEMENT.
NOVEMBER 04 ........ DUTCH DEVELOPMENT MINISTER J. PRONK ARRIVES IN HAVANA TO
DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN CUBA AND THE
NETHERLANDS.
NICARAGUA
JANUARY 16 .......... NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT SOMOZA CONDEMNS CUBAN INTERVENTION IN
ANGOLA.
FEBRUARY 03 ........ NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT SOMOZA CRITICIZES CUBAN INTERVENTION IN
ANGOLA IN A SPEECH IN NICARAGUA.
MARCH 02 ................ GRANMA EDITORIAL CRITICIZES KISSINGER TRIP TO L.A. AND REMARKS OF
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT SOMOZA AND COSTA RICAN FOREIGN MINISTER
FACIO CONCERNING CUBAN AID TO ANGOLA.
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1977
FEBRUARY 16-22 .... WEEK OF CUBAN SOLIDARITY WITH NICARAGUA.
1978
AUGUST 31 ............ A GROUP OF NICARAGUANS FREED FROM JAIL AS PART OF THE FSLN
OPERATION IN MANAGUA ARRIVE IN HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 06 ...... LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN HAVANA DENY REPORTS OF CUBANS INFILTRATING
NICARAGUA OR TAKING PART IN ANY FSLN ACTIONS.
SEPTEMBER 09 ...... CUBAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT EXPRESSING ITS MILITANT
SOLIDARITY WITH NICARAGUAN PEOPLE. REJECTS SOMOZA'S
ACCUSATIONS OF CUBAN INVOLVEMENT.
CUBAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES A DOCUMENT EXPRESSING ITS
SOLIDARITY WITH THE ANTI-SOMOZA STRUGGLE IN NICARAGUA.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE BROADCASTS EVENT HELD IN LAZARO
PENA AUDITORIUM TO SHOW CUBAN SOLIDARITY WITH THE NICARAGUAN
PEOPLE.
SEPTEMBER 26 ...... TOMAS BORGES, FOUNDER OF THE FSLN, ARRIVES IN HAVANA. MET BY
ULISES ESTRADA. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO ON 27 SEPTEMBER.
NIGER
1976
APRIL 26 ................ CUBA AND NIGER ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
NIGERIA
1975
JANUARY 23 .......... ALIPIO ZORRILLA IS DESIGNATED CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.
1976
FEBRUARY 17 ........ THREE-DAY MOURNING PERIOD DECLARED TO MARK THE DEATH OF
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GENERAL MOHAMMED.
MAY 27 .................... NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSEPH GARBA ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1977
JANUARY 10 .......... CUBAN POET NICHOLAS GUILLEN ARRIVES IN LAGOS NIGERIA, TO ATTEND
AFRICAN CULTURE FESTIVAL.
JUNE 05 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN NIGERIA.
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JUNE 08 .................... NIGERIAN-CUBAN COMMUNIQUE ISSUED IN LAGOS FOLLOWS VISIT OF
MALMIERCA. SUPPORTS AFRICAN LIBERATION STRUGGLES. MALMIERCA
DELIVERS MESSAGE FROM CASTRO.
JANUARY 24 .......... CUBA AND NIGERIA DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION.
CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA CALLED ON NIGERIAN MINISTER OF
DEVELOPMENT IN LAGOS.
JULY 03 .................. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA DELIVERS MESSAGE TO NIGERIAN
HEAD OF STATE OBASANGO FROM FIDEL CASTRO IN LAGOS.
NCNALIGNED
MOVEMENT
JANUARY 25 .......... RAUL VIERA LINARES, HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION ARRIVING IN ALGIERS
TO PLAN FOR UPCOMING NONALIGNED MEETING.
MARCH 17-19 ........ COORDINATING BUREAU OF NONALIGNED NATIONS MEETS IN HAVANA.
AUGUST 16 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING
MEETS WITH PHAM VAN DONG, PREMIER OF SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM.
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... COMMUNIQUE ON VISIT OF CHAIRMAN RUBAY'I 'ALI. IT STRESSES
SOLIDARITY WITH INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND
NONALIGNED MOVEMENT GOALS.
JANUARY 16 .......... JUAN ALMEIDA BOSQUE IS DESIGNATED HEAD OF NATIONAL
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF 6TH NONALIGNED COUNTRIES SUMMIT
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN HAVANA IN 1979.
FEBRUARY 12 ........ DELEGATION HEADED BY VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS RENE
ANILLO ARRIVES IN NDJAMENA, CHAD TO PREPARE FOR NONALIGNED
SUMMIT MEETING.
FEBRUARY 22-27 .... FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RENE ANIL LO ARRIVES IN ALGIERS TO
ATTEND OFFICIAL TALKS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS AND DISCUSS
NONALIGNED SUMMIT.
MARCH 22 ................ CUBAN VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOSE VIERA LINARES VISITS
VIETNAM TO DISCUSS NONALIGNED MATTERS.
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MARCH 22-26 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA VISITS BAGHDAD, IRAQ. MEETS
WITH FOREIGN MINISTER HAMMADI. DISCUSSED NON-ALIGNED MATTERS.
APRIL. 17 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ OPENS MEETING OF INFORMATION MINISTERS
OF 15 NONALIGNED COUNTRIES IN HAVANA.
APRIL 17-20 ............ INFORMATION MINISTERS FROM FIFTEEN NONALIGNED COUNTRIES MEET IN
HAVANA.
APRIL 18 ................ FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS RECEPTION FOR NONALIGNED INFORMATION
MINISTERS IN HAVANA.
MAY 03 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT MA'RUF. DISCUSSED
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, BILATERAL RELATONS, AND NONALIGNED
MOVEMENT.
MAY 15-20 .............. HAVANA HOSTS NONALIGNED COORDINATING BUREAU MEETING.
MAY 18 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ADDRESSES NONALIGNED
COORDINATING BUREAU MEETING IN CUBA.
FIDEL CASTRO RECIEVES DELEGATES TO NONALIGNED SESSION.
JUNE 27 .................... CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ GIVES SPEECH IN
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA REJECTING CHARGES THAT CUBA IS NOT NONALIGNED.
JUNE 30 .................... CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ ARRIVES IN MAPUTO,
MOZAMBIQUE TO DISCUSS NONALIGNED MATTERS.
JULY 01 .................. HAVANA RADIO CARRIES UNATTRIBUTED COMMENTARY DEFENDING
CUBA'S NONALIGNED STATUS.
JULY 04 .................. CUBA FOREIGN MINISTRY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN AMMAN, JORDAN TO
DISCUSS PLANS FOR THE NONALIGNED SUMMIT CONFERENCE.
CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ ARRIVES IN TANZANIA
TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR UPCOMING NON ALIGNED MEETING.
JULY 10 .................. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL RAUL FORNELL DELGADO ENDS VISIT
TO VIETNAM WHERE HE DISCUSSED NONALIGNED MATTERS.
GRANMA NEWS ARTICLE CRITICAL OF THE CHINESE CAMPAIGN "TO DIVIDE
AND NEUTRALIZE THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT."
JULY 12 .................. GRANMA PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON "IMPERIALISTS EFFORTS TO DIVIDE THE
NONALIGNED MOVEMENT."
JULY 21 .................. REUTER FROM PEKING CARRIES ITEM ON CHINA ACCUSING CUBA OF
DOING ITS UTMOST TO SABOTAGE THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.
JULY 24 .................. IN BELGRADE, CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH ALGERIAN
PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE TO DISCUSS UPCOMING SUMMIT.
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JULY 25 .................. YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT TITO SPEAKS TO NONALIGNED MEETING. ATTACKS
SOVIET AND CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN AFRICA SAYS NONALIGNED
COUNTRIES SHOULD UNDERMINE THEIR EFFORT.
JULY 26 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONCADA
BARRACKS ATTACK. HE ATTACKS US AND CHINA FOREIGN POLICIES &
DEFENDS CUBA'S NONALIGNED ROLE.
JULY 28 .................. CUBAN FOR. MIN. MALMIERCA SPEAKS TO NONALIGNED CONFERENCE.
SAYS NAM COUNTRIES SHOULD "CONSOLIDATE THEIR UNITY." DEFENDED
CUBA'S AFRICAN POLICY.
JULY 29 .................. MALMIERCA SPEECH AT NAM CONF DEFENDS HAVANA AS SITE FOR 79
SUMMIT CHARGED OMAN, MOROCCO, SOMALIA, ZAIRE, EGYPT,
KAMPUCHEA WITH TRYING TO DIVIDE NAM.
AUGUST 05 ............ IN PRAGUE, CUBAN FOR. MIN MALMIERCA ANNOUNCES PREPARATION
BEING MADE IN CUBA FOR NONALIGNED SUMMIT CONFERENCE. DEFENDS
CUBA ROLE IN AFRICA.
NOVEMBER 21 ........ ARMED FORCES COMMENTARY STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UPCOMING
NONALIGNED SUMMIT.
NORWAY
1975
JUNE 02 .................... NORWEGIAN MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND S-IIPPING EINAR MAGNUSSEN
ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR TALKS.
PALESTINE
LIBERATION
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... A DELEGATION FROM THE POLITICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE PALESTINE
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION IS RECEIVED BY )SMANY CIENFUEGOS IN
HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 20 ...... CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON MIGUEL 3RUGERAS MEETS WITH YASIR
ARAFAT TO CONFIRM CUBAN SOLIDARITY WIT''H PALESTINIAN CAUSE.
MARCH 04 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DEL GATION FROM PALESTINIAN
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.
NOVEMBER 19 ........ PLO HEAD YASIR ARAFAT MEETS WITH CUBAN AMBASSADOR ARTURO
BARBER OROZCO IN SYRIA.
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NOVEMBER 23 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON VOICES CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN A SPEECH AT THE UN.
JANUARY 03-12 ...... SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE POPULAR DEMOCRATIC FRONT FOR THE
LIBERATION OF PALESTINE (PDFLP), NAYIF HAWATIMAH, VISITS CUBA.
JANUARY 05 .......... SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE POPULAR DEMOCRATIC FRONT FOR THE
LIBERATION OF PALESTINE (PDFLP), NAYIF HAWATIMAH, MEETS WITH
FIDEL CASTRO.
FEBRUARY 25 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM FATAH
REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL, AND PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL IN HAVANA.
APRIL 02 ................ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON ALBERTO VELAZCO MEETS WITH PLO
LEADER YASIR ARAFAT IN BEIRUT.
JUNE 17 .................... CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA, ARTURO BARBER MEETS WITH ABU
MAYZAR, PLO SPOKESMAN, IN DAMASCUS.
JANUARY 04 .......... PANAMANIAN NATIONAL GUARD DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION OF PANAMA SOLIDARITY WEEK.
(JANUARY 4-11)
MARCH 29 ................ A PANAMANIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY THE SISTER OF GEN. OMAR
TORRIJOS ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
JUNE 05 .................... PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA TO GIVE
CASTRO A REPORT ON THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW PANAMA CANAL
TREATY.
JUNE 15 .................... CUBAN JUSTICE MINISTER ARMANDO TORRES SANTRAYAL ARRIVES IN
PANAMA HEADING DELEGATION TO CONFERENCE ON LEGAL ASPECTS OF
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE.
JULY 10 .................. PRESIDENT OF CUBAN NATIONAL BANK ARRIVES IN PANAMA CITY TO
HOLD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
BANKING AUTHORITIES.
JULY 24 .................. CUBANA AIRLINES INAUGURATES REGULAR SERVICE TO PANAMA CITY.
CUBAN DELEGATION TO SELA MEETING ON FIRST FLIGHT.
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JULY 31 .................. SELA MEETING BEGINS IN PANAMA CITY. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE
MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION.
OCTOBER 08............ CUBAN LABOR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN PANAMA TO ATTEND A WORKERS'
CONGRESS.
OCTOBER 14............ FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT ARRIVES IN
PANAMA AS HEAD OF THE CUBAN DELEGAT ON TO SELA MEETING.
OCTOBER 16............ PANAMANIAN NATIONAL GUARD DELEGATION HEADED BY LT. COL.
ARMANDO CONTRERAS ARRIVES IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ CUBAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PELEGRIN TORRAS ARRIVES IN
PANAMA CITY.
DECEMBER 04 ........ MINISTER ARMED FORCES RAUL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER FIRST CONGRESS
MILITARY MANEUVERS IN CUBA. DELEGATIONS FROM PANAMA, PORTUGAL,
GUYANA AND JAMAICA ATTEND.
JANUARY 10 .......... GEN. OMAR TORRIJOS OF PANAMA ARRIVES IN CUBA ON OFFICIAL VISIT.
JOINT COMMUNIQUE JANUARY 16.
SEPTEMBER 17 ...... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES PANAMANIAN PRESS REPORT ON
STUDENT DISTURBANCES IN PANAMA THAT CLAIMS THEY ARE THE RESULT
OF CIA ACTIVITIES.
NOVEMBER 27 ........ CEREMONY HELD IN HAVANA MARKING THE 155TH ANNIVERSARY OF
PANAMA'S INDEPENDENCE.
1977
APRIL 15 ................ A CUBAN CDR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN PANAMA.
JUNE 14 .................... PANAMANIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY DELEGATION. ARRIVES IN CUBA.
AUGUST 05 ............ LA REPUBLICA CARRIES ANNOUNCEMENT Of' APPOINTMENT OF MIGUEL
BRUGUREAS AS CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA. (PREVIOUS
AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON AND KUWAIT.)
AUGUST 11 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW
PANAMA CANAL TREATY BY PANAMA AND THE US.
OCTOBER 06............ NEW CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA MIGUEL BRUGUERAS DEL VALLE
PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING PANAMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
OSORES.
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OCTOBER 25............ PANAMANIAN LABOR MINISTER ADOLFO AHUMADA ARRIVES IN HAVANA
AND ADDRESSES AMERICAN JURISTS CONFERENCE.
NOVEMBER 11 ........ CUBAN NATIONAL BANK PRESIDENT RAUL LEON TORRAS ARRIVES IN
PANAMA TO OPEN AFFILIATION IN PANAMA CITY.
JANUARY 26 .......... PANAMANIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
RECEIVED BY MANUEL PINEIRO.
FEBRUARY 02 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RECEIVES DELEGATION FROM PANAMANIAN
PEOPLE'S PARTY HEADED BY SECRETARY GENERAL RUBEN MARIO SOUZA.
OCTOBER 11 ............. CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY GUILLERMO GARCIA FRIAS ATTENDS
INAUGURATION OF PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT LAKAS IN PANAMA CITY.
FEBRUARY 12 ........ RAUL CASTRO AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ GREET PARAGUAYAN
COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVING IN CUBA. RAUL'S FIRST PUBLIC
APPEARANCE IN 2 1/2 MONTHS.
FEBRUARY 12-22 .... PARAGUAYAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION HEADED BY ANTONIO
MAIDANA MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO ON FEBRUARY 14.
FEBRUARY 20 ........ VISITING PARAGUAYAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION CHAIRMAN
ANTONIO MAIDANA RECEIVES THE PLAYA GIRON NATIONAL ORDER FROM
FIDEL CASTRO.
PERU
1975
MARCH 21-26 ........ UNIDO MEETING IN LIMA. CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY JOEL
DOMENECH, HEAD OF BASIC INDUSTRY SECTOR.
MAY 19 .................... DELEGATION FROM PERUVIAN AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY ARRIVES IN CUBA.
AUGUST 25-29 ........ RAUL ROA HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO THE NONALIGNED COUNTRIES'
FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN LIMA, PERU.
NOVEMBER 05 ........ PERUVIAN MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY GENERAL JOSE VILLARREAL
ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR AN EXCHANGE VISIT.
NOVEMBER 26 ........ A LARGE PERUVIAN MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA TO OBSERVE
FIRST CONGRESS MILITARY MANEUVERS.
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APRIL 17 ................ 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAAFAR. FIDEL. CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO
PRESIDE OVER PARADE. SOVIET MILITARY SPECIALISTS ATTEND. ALSO
CHIEF OF PERUVIAN ARMY.
MAY 14-18 .............. CUBA-PERU MIXED COMMISSION ON SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION MEETS IN
CUBA.
MAY 19 .................... PERUVIAN EDUCATION MINISTER ARRIVES IN HAVANA. EDUCATIONAL
COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED MAY 21.
JULY 29 .................. CUBAN INSTITUTE OF FRIENDSHIP WITH PEOPLE'S SPONSORS
CELEBRATION IN HAVANA OF PERU'S INDEPENDENCE.
JUNE 02 .................... DELEGATION FROM PERUVIAN AGRARIAN FEDERATION ARRIVES IN CUBA
FOR 2-WEEK VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF ANAP.
AUGUST 17 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS EXPLOSION AND SINKING OF CUBAN
FISHING BOAT IN CALLAO, PERU. HAVANA STATES INVESTIGATION SHOWS
EXPLOSION CAUSED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS
AUGUST 19 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES ITEM ON CORU'S CLAIM OF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SINKING OF A CUBAN SHIP IN PERU.
OCTOBER 11 ............ EXPLOSION REPORTED ABOARD THE CUBAN FISHING VESSEL "RIO
DAMUJI" DOCKED IN PORT OF CALLAO, PERU.
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION HEADED BY ALFREDO MENENDEZ
CRUZ LEAVES FOR PERU TO ATTEND 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF
PCP.
DECEMBER 16 ........ MANUEL PINEIRO, HEAD OF PCC AMERICA DEPARTMENT, MEETS WITH
ANTONIO MEZA CUADRA SECRETARY GENERAL OF PERUVIAN SOCIALIST
REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN HAVANA.
AUGUST 25 ............ PHILIPPINE FIRST LADY IMELDA MARCOS ARRIVES IN CUBA ON OFFICIAL
VISIT. SAYS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL BE RESUMED
IN A SHORT TIME.
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AUGUST 27 ............ CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES RE-ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
NOVEMBER 22 ........ A DELEGATION FROM THE PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1978
MARCH 24 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH NYLE BRADY, DIRECTOR OF
PHILIPPINE RICE INSTITUTE.
NOVEMBER 23 ........ CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES SIGN FISHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AGREEMENT.
POLAND
1975
JANUARY 10 .......... POLISH FIRST SECRETARY GIEREK ARRIVES IN HAVANA ON OFFICIAL VISIT.
FEBRUARY 04 ........ ISIDORO MALMIERCA HEADS PCC GROUP VISITING POLISH PARTY FIRST
SECRETARY GIEREK IN WARSAW.
MARCH 10 ................ DELEGATION OF POLISH UNION OF SOCIALIST YOUTH ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
MAY 05 .................... POLISH UNITED WORKERS' PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA AT
INVITATION OF PCC.
JUNE 12 .................... CUBA AND POLAND SIGN TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
JUNE 14-18 ............ CUBAN MINISTER OF HEALTH CONCLUDES COOPERATION PROTOCOL WITH
POLISH HEALTH MINISTRY.
APRIL 01 ................ POLISH PLANNING COMMISSION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
CUBA-POLAND TRADE PROTOCOL SIGNED APRIL 2.
SEPTEMBER 09-15.. VILMA ESPIN, PRESIDENT OF CUBAN WOMENS FEDERATION, HEADS
DELEGATION TOURING POLAND.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... RAUL CASTRO OBSERVES MILITARY MANEUVERS IN POLAND AS GUEST OF
WARSAW PACT.
SEPTEMBER 21 ...... RAUL CASTRO BEGINS OFFICIAL VISIT TO POLAND AS HEAD OF CUBAN
MILITARY DELEGATION.
OCTOBER 04............ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO CUBA FROM TRIPS TO POLAND AND THE
USSR.
OCTOBER 13-20 .... RAMON CASTRO AND AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION VISIT POLAND.
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OCTOBER 26............ CUBA AND POLAND BEGIN COOPERATION TALKS IN WARSAW. AGREEMENT
SIGNED OCTOBER 30.
JANUARY 23 .......... CUBA AND POLAND SIGN TRADE PROTOCOL IN WARSAW; PACT FOR THIS
YEAR INCLUDES 33 PERCENT INCREASE.
JUNE 20 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ DEPARTS CUBA FOR CEMA MEETING IN
WARSAW, POLAND.
OCTOBER 27............ POLISH DELEGATION HEADED BY MINISTER, OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS EMIIL
WOJTASZEK ARRIVES IN CUBA. SIGNS ECONOMIC COOPERATION
AGREEMENT ON 28 OCTOBER.
OCTOBER 30............ CUBAN AND POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS SIGN COOPERATION
AGREEMENTS IN CUBA. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS SEPARATELY
WITH POLISH, DANISH, ZAMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS WHO ARE VISITING
CUBA.
APRIL 04 ................ DIRECT TELEPHONE SERVICE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CUBA AND POLAND
VIA THE INTER-SPUTNIK SYSTEM.
PORTUGAL
1975
FEBRUARY 11 ........ PORTUGUESE SPORTS DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 18 ........ CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN PORTUGAL.
APRIL 02 ................ FIDEL CASTRO SENDS SOLIDARITY MESSAGE TO PORTUGAL GONCALVES
WITH PCC MEMBER JESES MONTANE OROPFESA WHO IS VISITING
PORTUGAL.
APRIL 21 ................ PORTUGUESE MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 17 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN LISBON TO MEET WITH PRIME
MINISTER GONSALVES AND COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS. DELIVERS
MESSAGE FROM FIDEL CASTRO.
IUNE 13 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON ADDRESSES UN DECOLONIZATION
COMMITTEE STRESSING IMPORTANCE OF UN SUPPORT FOR "THE PROCESS
OF REFORM NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY PORTUGAL."
JULY 01 .................. A CUBAN PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
ARMANDO ACOSTA ARRIVES IN LISBON.
JULY 21 .................. PORTUGUESE ARMED FORCES MOVEMENT DELEGATION HEADED BY
GENERAL OTELO DE CARVALHO ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
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JULY 25-28 .............. CUBAN MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF AND
ARMED FORCES FIRST VICE MINISTER BRIG. CMDR. SENEN CASAS
REGUEIRO ARRIVES IN LISBON.
JULY 26 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF ASSAULT ON MONCADA
BARRACKS. PORTUGUESE DELEGATION VISIT. CASTRO TALKS ON NEW
PROVINCIAL BOUNDARIES.
AUGUST 18 ............ PORTUGUESE MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY VICE ADMIRAL ROSA
COUTINHO ARRIVES IN HAVANA AT THE INVITATION OF RAUL CASTRO.
NOVEMBER 29 ........ PORTUGUESE MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA TO OBSERVE FIRST
PARTY CONGRESS MANEUVERS.
DECEMBER 04 ........ MINISTER ARMED FORCES RAUL CASTRO PRESIDES OVER FIRST CONGRESS
MILITARY MANEUVERS IN CUBA. DELEGATIONS FROM PANAMA, PORTUGAL,
GUYANA AND JAMAICA ATTEND.
APRIL 22 ................ TWO CUBANS ARE KILLED WHEN BOMB EXPLODES IN CUBAN EMBASSY IN
LISBON. FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS FUNERAL IN HAVANA ON APRIL 26.
SEPTEMBER 06 ...... DELEGATION FROM CUBAN MERCHANT MARINE AND PORTS MINISTRY
VISITS PORTUGAL.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... CUBAN VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE RICARDO CABRIZAS ARRIVES
IN LISBON. NEGOTIATES A 5-YEAR TRADE AGREEMENT.
NOVEMBER 11-14 .. PARTY SECRETARY MEMBER ANTONIO PEREZ HERRERO HEADS PCC
DELEGATION TO PORTUGUESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS IN LISBON.
JANUARY 06-01 ...... MAJ. VICTOR ALVES, MEMBER OF PORTUGAL'S COUNCIL OF THE
REVOLUTION, HEADS DELEGATION TO CUBA.
JANUARY 08 .......... DELEGATION HEADED BY MAJ. VICTOR ALVES, MEETS WITH CARLOS
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ.
JANUARY 15 .......... DELEGATION HEADED BY MAJ. VICTOR ALVES MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO.
JANUARY 14-18 ...... MAJ. MELO ANTUNES, CHAIRMAN OF PORTUGAL'S CONSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION OF REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL VISITS CUBA AT INVITATION OF
FIDEL CASTRO.
JANUARY 19 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MAJ. MELO ANTUNES WHO IS PAYING AN
OFFICIAL VISIT TO CUBA.
FEBRUARY 08 ........ GEN. FRANCISCO DA COSTA GOMES OF PORTUGAL MEETS WITH FIDEL
CASTRO, CONCLUDING HIS VISIT TO CUBA.
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MARCH 14 ................ PORTUGUESE TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 07-12 .. LIONEL SOTO, CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION
TO PORTUGAL FOR MEETINGS WITH PORT=JGUESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
DECEMBER 20-22 .. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIQUEZ VISITS PORT=JGAL. MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
EANES.
PUERTO RICO
FEBRUARY 25 ........ PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST PARTY SECRETARY FELIX OJEDA LEADS
DELEGATION TO PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS; MEETS WITH
MANUEL PINEIRO.
MARCH 30-31 ........ PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
SOLIDARITY WITH PUERTO RICO HELD IN HAVANA.
AUGUST 12 ............ CTC (CUBAN WORKERS FEDERATION) RELEASES COMMUNIQUE
EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE
PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE.
SEPTEMBER 05-08.. PUERTO RICAN SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF
THE WORLD PEACE COUNCIL IS HELD IN HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 28 ...... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF
CDR. STRONGLY ENDORSES INDEPENDENCE FOR PUERTO RICO AS A
MATTER OF PRINCIPLE.
DECEMBER 22 ........ FIDEL CASTRO GIVES LAST SPEECH TO 1S1 PARTY CONGRESS: CUBA WILL
GIVE MORAL AND MILITARY SUPPORT TOMPLA. NEVER RENOUNCE
SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO RICO.
SEPTEMBER 03 ...... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON SPEAKS TO UN DECOLONIZATION
COMMITTEE REAFFIRMING CUBAN SUPPORT FOR PUERTO RICAN
INDEPENDENCE.
SEPTEMBER 12-23.. PUERTO RICAN SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN HELD IN CUBA. MANUEL PINEIRO
SPEAKS TO CLOSING SESSION REAFFIRMING CUBAN SUPPORT FOR
PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE.
MAY 31 .................... JUAN MARI BRAS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST
PARTY, ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JUNE 08 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST
PARTY DELEGATION HEADED BY SECRETARY GENERAL JUAN MARI BRAS.
JUNE 09 .................... FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST PARTY DELEGATION.
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AUGUST 19 CUBAN ARMED FORCES RADIO CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF US
DOMINATION OF PUERTO RICO.
SEPTEMBER 24 ...... GRANMA CARRIES ARTICLE WHICH SAYS ONLY INDEPENDENCE CAN SOLVE
PUERTO RICAN PROBLEMS.
SEPTEMBER 28 ...... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS TO CDR CONGRESS ON CURRENT
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. REAFFIRMS CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR ANGOLA,
INDEPENDENCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, AND PUERTO RICO.
DECEMBER 24 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ADDRESSES LAST SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE. SAYS CUBA'S
SOLIDARITY WITH AFRICANS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
JUNE 17 .................... HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY REAFFIRMING
CUBAN SOLIDARITY WITH PUERTO RICO.
JULY 31 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS TO CUBAN, L.A. & CARIBBEAN DELEGATION AT
WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL. REITERATES CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR PUERTO
RICAN INDEPENDENCE.
AUGUST 31 ............ CUBA AND IRAQ CO-SPONSOR DRAFT RESOLUTION ON PUERTO RICO IN UN
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES
CUBAN-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON PUERTO RICO.
RHODESIA
1975
JULY 30 .................. FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ZIMBABWE AFRICAN
NATIONAL UNION (ZANU) IN HAVANA HERE FOR YOUTH FESTIVAL.
MARCH 06 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC RADIO CARRIES COMMENTARY PRAISING
MOZAMBIQUE'S CLOSING OF THE BORDER AND DECLARATION OF WAR ON
RHODESIA.
MAY 23 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEWED IN JAPAN. SAYS CUBA HAS NO
INTENTION OF SENDING TROOPS TO RHODESIA TO ASSIST NATIONALIST
GUERRILLAS.
MAY 27 .................... TRINIDAD PAPER QUOTES PRESIDENT DORTICOS: CUBA WILL NOT SEND
TROOPS TO NAMIBIA OR RHODESIA.
JUNE 10 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON IN SPEECH SAYS "ARMED STRUGGLE
IS THE ONLY WAY IN RHODESIA."
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JANUARY 22 .......... JOSEPH DUBE, OF ZIMBABWE PATRIOTIC FRONT, ARRIVES IN HAVANA TO
OPEN OFFICE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL (OF RHODESIA).
MARCH 30 ................ IN ANGOLA, CASTRO MEETS WITH JOSHUA NKOMO, ZIMBABWE PATRIOTIC
FRONT CO-LEADER.
AUGUST 01 ............ RHODESIAN LEADER NKOMO HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE IN HAVANA.
SAYS "THERE ARE NO CUBA INTERNATIONALIST FIGHTERS WITH THE
PATRIOTIC FRONT FORCES."
AUGUST 02 ............ BLACK RHODESIAN NATIONALIST LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO ENDS HIS VISIT
TO CUBA. HE IS SAID TO HAVE GOTTEN ASSURANCES OF FURTHER CUBAN
AID.
DECEMBER 06 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES DECLARATION ON ATTACKS AGAINST
MOZAMBIQUE FROM RHODESIA.
DECEMBER 08 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN AIDING MOZAMBIQUE AGAINST RHODESIAN
AGGRESSION.
DECEMBER 28 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH ZAPU LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO IN HAVANA.
1978
MARCH 02 ................ HAVANA TELEVISION CARRIES COMMENTAR'Y' CIRITICAL OF THE SALISBURY
AGREEMENT.
APRIL 01 ................ IN ARRIVAL STATEMENTS, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL ORAMAS
WARNS THAT "THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE WILL ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE
COME WHAT MAY."
JUNE 06 .................... RHODESIAN GUERRILLA LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO ADMITS THAT CUBANS
ARE TRAINING HIS 6,000 MAN ARMY IN ZAMBIA.
JULY 26 .................. JOSHUA NKOMO, HEAD OF ZAPU, ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR 26 JULY
CEREMONY AND WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL.
AUGUST 01 ............ VOICE OF ZIMBABWE RADIO REPORTS MEETING BETWEEN ZANU LEADER
ROBERT MUGABE AND FIDEL CASTRO IN HAVANA.
AUGUST 25 ............ AUTHORIZED SOURCES IN HAVANA DENY TO THE PRESS REPORTS OF
TRANSFER OF CUBAN TROOPS TO ZAMBIA FOR EVENTUAL ATTACK ON
RHODESIA.
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AUGUST 27 ............ PATRIOTIC FRONT CO-LEADER MUGABE INTERVIEWED IN DAR ES SALAAM.
SAYS CUBA OFFERED MATERIAL SUPPORT TO ZIPRA FORCES.
SEPTEMBER 18 ...... IN ETHIOPIA, FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH JOSHUA NKOMO AND ROBERT
MUGABE, PATRIOTIC FRONT LEADERS.
NOVEMBER 16-20 .. ZAPU CHIEF JOSHUA NKOMO VISITS CUBA. MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO
AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND RAUL VALDES VIVO ON 18
NOVEMBER.
ROMANIA
1975
FEBRUARY 11 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE VICE MINISTER GARCIA LAZO ARRIVES IN
BUCHAREST.
MARCH 05 ................ CUBA AND ROMANIA SIGN EXCHANGE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENTS FOR
1975.
JUNE 25 .................... ROMANIAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1976
APRIL 14 ................ ROMANIAN LABOR MINISTER PETER LUPU ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1978
JANUARY 06-14 ...... ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER COL. GEN. JON COMAN ARRIVES IN CUBA
WITH HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY DELEGATION.
JANUARY 09 .......... ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND HIS DELEGATION MEET WITH FIDEL
CASTRO.
JUNE 26-30 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA TO ATTEND CEMA
MEETING.
NOVEMBER 24 ........ CUBA AND ROMANIA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT IN SCIENCE,
EDUCATION AND CULTURE FOR 1979 AND 1980.
SAO TOME
1976
APRIL 11 ................ DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ESTABLISHED WITH SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.
SEPTEMBER 25 ...... PRIME MINISTER MIGUEL TROVOADA OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ARRIVES
IN CUBA.
OCTOBER 08............ COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUBA AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SIGNED IN HAVANA.
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OCTOBER 19............ WIFE OF PRESIDENT OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF CUBAN WOMEN'S FEDERATION.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ CUBA-SAO TOME & PRINCIPE SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
COOPERATION AGREEMENT. HECTOR RODRIaUEZ LLOMPART HEADED
CUBAN DELEGATION.
DECEMBER 21 ........ CEREMONY HELD IN PORT OF SAO TOME MARKING DONATION OF TWO
FISHING VESSELS FROM CUBA.
FEBRUARY 10 ........ DELEGATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR OFFICIALS FROM SAO TOME
AND PRINCIPE ARRIVE IN CUBA.
MAY 31 .................... CUBAN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TURN OVER TWO FINISHED APARTMENT
BUILDINGS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.
NOVEMBER 02 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES ARTICLE ON DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE BEING GIVEN BY CUBA TO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.
NOVEMBER 08-18 .. SAO TOME PRESIDENT MANUEL PINTO DA COSTA VISITS CUBA. CASTRO
MEETS HIM AT AIRPORT. RECEIVES JOSE MARTI ORDER.
SENEGAL
1976
MARCH 03 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION OF THE AFRICAN
PARTY OF INDEPENDENCE OF SENEGAL.
SEYCHELLES
1978
APRIL 14 ................ THE GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
SIERRA LEONE
1976
FEBRUARY 22 ........ CUBA AND SIERRA LEONE SIGN CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT.
1978
OCTOBER 09............ ALFONSO HERRERA PERDOMO IS NAMED CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO SIERRA
LEONE.
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SOMALIA
1975
MARCH 28 ................ LUIS GONZALEZ MARTURELOS IS NAMED AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA.
1976
FEBRUARY 28 ........ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH SIAD BARRE, PRESIDENT OF
SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
APRIL 07 ................ DELEGATION FROM SOMALIAN NATIONAL POLITICAL OFFICE ARRIVES IN
CUBA AS GUESTS OF THE CDR.
JULY 13 .................. CUBA AND SOMALIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... DELEGATION FROM WOMENS SECTION OF NATIONAL POLITICAL OFFICE OF
THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ARRIVES IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 09 ........ RAUL CASTRO RECEIVES LT. GEN. MOHAMED ALI SAMANTAR, SOMALI
DEFENSE MINISTER. COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED DECEMBER 11.
MARCH 12-14 ........ CASTRO VISITS SOMALIA. MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SIAD IN MOGADISCIO.
MARCH 16 ................ JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED WITH SOMALIA. REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
AFRICAN LIBERATION MOVEMENTS AND HAILS ANGOLAN VICTORY.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ SOMALIA BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA.
1978
FEBRUARY 15 ........ CUBAN INTERESTS SECTION CHIEF IN US STATES IN WASHINGTON POST
INTERVIEW THAT "CUBA IS HELPING DEFEND ETHIOPIA AGAINST SOMALI
AGGRESSION."
FEBRUARY 18 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES REPORTS BY SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL
NEWS SERVICES THAT CUBAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKS RETURN HOME OF
SOMALI STUDENTS IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 19 ........ REUTERS IN HAVANA REPORTS THE DEPARTURE FROM CUBA OF MORE
THAN 50 SOMALI STUDENTS FOR HOME.
APRIL 05 ................ SOMALI PRESS ITEM ACCUSES CUBA OF TRAINING KENYAN, DJIBOUTI
SABOTEURS.
SOUTH AFRICA
1976
MARCH 04 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM AFRICAN
NATIONAL COUNCIL.
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MARCH 30 ................ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON ADDRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL.
CONDEMNS SOUTH AFRICA AGGRESSION IN ANGOLA.
APRIL 05 ................ GRANMA CARRIES ATTACK ON CHINESE SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA.
NOVEMBER 02 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON IN SPEECH TO UNGA SAYS US IS
PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPLGITATION AND REPRESSION OF
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE.
MARCH 30 ................ IN ANGOLA, CASTRO MEETS WITH OLIVER TAMBO, PRESIDENT OF AFRICAN
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
APRIL 01 CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON DEMANDS SANCTIONS AGAINST
SOUTH AFRICA IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL.
SEDTEMBER 28 ...... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS TO CDR CONGRESS ON CURRENT
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. REAFFIRMS CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR ANGOLA,
INDEPENDENCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, AND PUERTO RICO.
OCTOBER 15............ OLIVER TAMBO, CHAIRMAN OF AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) OF
SOUTH AFRICA VISITS CUBA. MEETS WITH RAUL CASTRO 15 OCTOBER.
OCTOBER 24............ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH OLIVER TAMB(. SECRETARY GENERAL OF
AFRICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA WHO IS VISITING CUBA.
OCTOBER 25............ ANC CHAIRMAN OLIVER TAMBO DEPARTS CUBA.
OCTOBER 31 ............ IN ZAMBIA, CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ DE COSSIO
SAYS CUBA WILL CONTINUE ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH AFRICAN LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS.
MAY 08 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR RAUL ROA KOURI URGES SANCTIONS AGAINST
SOUTH AFRICA.
JULY 26 .............. OLIVER TAMBO, HEAD OF ANC ARRIVES IN CUBA TO ATTEND 26 JULY
CELEBRATION AND WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL.
SEPTEMBER 02 ...... THREE CUBAN WAR PRISONERS ARE FREED BY SOUTH AFRICA IN
EXCHANGE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS HELD BY ANGOLA.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH CUBAN PRISONERS RECENTLY EXCHANGED
FOR SOUTH AFRICANS.
SOUTHWEST
AFRICA
MARCH 05, ............... IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MOSES GAROET, SECRETARY OF
SOUTHWEST AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION (SWAPO).
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MAY 27 .................... TRINIDAD PAPER QUOTES PRESIDENT DORTICOS: CUBA WILL NOT SEND
TROOPS TO NAMIBIA OR RHODESIA.
AUGUST 27 ............ CEREMONY DENOTING 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NAMIBIAN PEOPLE'S
STRUGGLE IS HELD IN CUBA.
OCTOBER 01 ............ SWAPO LEADER SAM NUJOMA ARRIVES IN CUBA.
1977
MARCH 30 ................ IN ANGOLA, CASTRO MEETS WITH SAM NUJOMA, OF NAMIBIA'S
SOUTHWEST AFRICAN PEOPLES ORGANIZATION (SWAPO).
OCTOBER 28............ SAM NUJOMA OF SWAPO ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR OFFICIAL VISIT. OPENS
SWAPO OFFICE. CASTRO ON 29 OCTOBER.
OCTOBER 29............ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH SAM NUJOMA PRESIDENT OF SOUTH WEST
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION (SWAPO) IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 01 ........ SAM NUJOMA, HEAD OF SWAPO ANNOUNCES OPENING OF SWAPO OFFICE
IN HAVANA.
APRIL 01 ............ HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE QUOTES ANGOLAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S
REMARKS ON INTENSIFICATION OF ARMED STRUGGLE NEEDED IN NAMIBIA.
APRIL 17 ................ JUAN ALMEIDA HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO UN MEETING ON NAMIBIA.
HIGHEST RANKING CUBAN LEADER TO ATTEND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE
CHE GUEVERA.
APRIL 25 ................ VICE PRESIDENT ALMEIDA MEETS WITH SAM NUJOMA, HEAD OF SWAPO.
MAY 16 .................... JORGE RISQUET MEETS WITH SAM NUJOMA, HEAD OF SWAPO IN LUANDA,
ANGOLA.
AUGUST 07 ............ SWAPO HEAD SAM NUJOMA GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE IN HAVANA.
AUGUST 29 ............ HUNDREDS OF CDR MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN A "SOLIDARITY WITH
NAMIBIA" EVENT IN MATANZAS.
SEPTEMBER 24 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH SWAPO HEAD SAM
NUJOMA IN NEW YORK.
NOVEMBER 16 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES REPORT STATING CUBA HAS
GRANTED 600 SCHOLARSHIPS TO NAMIBIAN STUDENTS.
SPAIN
1975
MARCH 20 ................ SPANISH TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
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APRIL 11 ................ EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS WITH SPAIN IS ANNOUNCED. CARLOS E.
ALFARAS, CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT WILL BE SENT TO SPAIN.
APRIL 17 ................ NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA AND THE BANK OF SPAIN SIGN $900 MILLION
GENERAL FINANCE AGREEMENT.
JUNE 03 .................... SPANISH DELEGATION LEAVES CUBA AFTER DISCUSSING INDEMNIFICATION
FOR PROPERTIES EXPROPRIATED FROM SPANISH CITIZENS DURING EARLY
DAYS OF REVOLUTION.
JULY 01 .................. CUBAN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION MINISTER ANGEL GOMEZ TRUEBA
ARRIVES IN MADRID.
OCTOBER 02............ CUBAN-SPANISH FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION IN HAVANA RELEASES
STATEMENT OF PROTEST REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF FIVE ALLEGED
TERRORISTS IN SPAIN.
JUNE 09 .................... CUBA AND SPAIN OPEN TRADE TALKS IN HAVANA.
JUNE 14 .................... CUBA-SPAIN MIXED COMMISSION TALKS END AND TRADE AGREEMENT
SIGNED.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ CUBANA AIRLINES OFFICE IN MADRID IS BOMBED.
1977
SEPTEMBER 06 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN MADRID FOR
ONE DAY VISIT.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... OSVALDO DORTICOS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF MINISTER ARRIVES
IN MADRID ON HIS WAY HOME FROM HUNGARY.
DECEMBER 14 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RECEIVED BY SPANISH GOVERNMENT LEADER
ADOLOFO SUAREZ IN MADRID.
DECEMBER 27 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RETURNS TO CUBA FROM TRIPS TO SPAIN,
IRAQ AND YEMEN.
JANUARY 04 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MARCELINO CAMACHO, DEPUTY TO
PARLIAMENT FROM THE SPANISH COMMUNIST PARTY IN CUBA AS GUEST
OF CUBAN LABOR FEDERATION.
MARCH 10 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN MADRID ON FIRST STOP
OF AFRICAN TOUR. MEETS WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MARCELINO
OREGA.
APRIL 05 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH SPANISH FOREIGN
MINISTER OREGA IN MADRID. MALMIERCA IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO CUBA
FROM AFRICA.
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APRIL 17 ................ JOSE MACHADO VENTURA HEADS CUBAN PARTY DELEGATION TO SPANISH
COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS.
MAY 09-11 .............. CUBAN EDUCATION MINISTER JOSE ROMON FERNANDEZ VISITS SPAIN.
JUNE 24 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MADRID, SPAIN FOR TRADE
TALKS AND TO PLAN UPCOMING SUAREZ VISIT TO CUBA.
JULY 02 .................. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE IN MADRID AND
SAYS "THE CIA COULD HAVE INCITED THE KATANGAN INVASION OF
SHABA."
AUGUST 22 ............ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA MEETS WITH SPANISH FOREIGN
MINISTER OREJA AGUIRRE IN MADRID.
SEPTEMBER 09-11 .. SPANISH PRIME MINISTER ADOLFO SUAREZ VISITS CUBA. MEETS WITH
FIDEL AND RAUL CASTRO.
SEPTEMBER 10 ...... FIDEL CASTRO AND SPANISH PRIME MINISTER SUARZ HOLD PRESS
CONFERENCE IN HAVANA. CASTRO SAYS HE WILL VISIT SPAIN.
SEPTEMBER 11 ...... HAVANA AFP PRESS SAYS CUBA WILL RECEIVE 500,000 TONS OF
VENEZUELAN OIL THIS YEAR. AGREEMENT INVOLVES SWAPS WITH SPAIN,
USSR, VENEZUELA & CUBA.
OCTOBER 13............ FIDEL CASTRO TELLS SPANISH AMBASSADOR THAT HECTOR ODILIO
ALONSO FERNANDEZ (ONLY SPANISH POLITICAL PRISONER LEFT IN CUBA)
WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
DECEMBER 12 ........ SPANISH TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA TO NEGOTIATE NEW
TRADE AGREEMENT.
SPANISH
SAHARA
1977
DECEMBER 01 ........ MICHAEL PONIATOWSKI, AIDE OF FRENCH PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ. DISCUSSES
SPANISH SAHARA AND AFRICAN SITUATIONS.
1978
FEBRUARY 08-13 .... POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION HEADED BY BACHIN MUSTAFA SAYED,
DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, VISITS CUBA.
FEBRUARY 13 ........ FIDEL CASTRO HOLDS TALKS WITH MUSTAFA SAYED, DEPUTY SECRETARY
GENERAL OF THE POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION THAT IS VISITING CUBA.
MARCH 07 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH ALI YATA, SECRETARY GENERAL
OF MOROCCAN SOCIALIST PARTY VISITING CUBA.
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MAY 25 .................... LARGE POLISARIO FRONT DELEGATION RELIEVED BY ICAP
REPRESENTATIVES IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 25 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ROA MAKES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE
POLISARIO STRUGGLE OF THE WESTERN SAHARAN PEOPLE.
SRI LANKA
APRIL 14-15 ............ MEETING OF 20 NONALIGNED COUNTRIES IN HAVANA TO PREPARE FOR
5TH SUMMIT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
AUGUST 05 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER RAUL ROA DEPARTS FOR SRI LANKA FOR MEETING OF
MINISTERS OF MEMBER COUNTRIES OF NONALIGNED COORDINATING
BUREAU.
AUGUST 16 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED SUMMIT
MEETING.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING
MEETS WITH PHAM VAN DONG, PREMIER OF SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING
MEETS WITH ALGERIAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
BOUMEDIENE.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING,
MEETS LAOTIAN PRESIDENT PRINCE SOUPHANOUVONG.
AUGUST 16-19 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ REPRESENTS CUBA AT MEETING OF
NONALIGNED COUNTRIES IN SRI LANKA.
MARCH 20 ................ A PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY JULIO GARCIA OLIVERA ARRIVES IN
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA TO ATTEND 10TH CONGRESS OF SRI LANKA
COMMUNIST PARTY.
NOVEMBER 14-18 .. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS SRI LANKA. HE ACCUSES CHINA AND US
OF LEADING A CAMPAIGN TO WEAKEN THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT.
SWEDEN
1975
MAY 09 .................... CUBA AND SWEDEN SIGN RADIO AND TELEVISION EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
JUNE 28 .................... SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER OLOF PALME ARRIVES IN CUBA FIRST WEST
EUROPEAN HEAD OF STATE TO VISIT THE ISLAND SINCE THE CUBAN
REVOLUTION.
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FEBRUARY 17 ........ SWEDISH FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER CARL LIDBOM HEADS TRADE
DELEGATION TO CUBA.
MAY 24-26 .............. CUBAN VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE RICARDO CABRIZAS VISITS
SWEDEN.
SWITZERLAND
1978
AUGUST 13 ............ CUBAN DELEGATION TO UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM HEADED BY
FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.
SYRIA
JANUARY 02 .......... BRG. CMDR.. SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO, MINFAR 1ST DEPUTY MINISTER AND
CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF RECEIVED BY SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD IN
DAMASCUS.
FEBRUARY 03-10 .... SYRIAN MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA, HEADED BY DIV. GEN.
ALI ASLAN, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS OF ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF.
NOVEMBER 19 ........ PLO HEAD YASIR ARAFAT MEETS WITH CUBAN AMBASSADOR ARTURO
BARBER OROZCO IN SYRIA.
APRIL 15 ................ CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RENE ANILLO ARRIVES IN DAMASCUS,
SYRIA AT INVITATION OF SYRIAN GOVERNMENT.
MAY 23-27 .............. CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION HEADED BY MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT
VISITS SYRIA. SUGAR AGREEMENT FOR 1979 AND 1980 SIGNED.
JUNE 15 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEWED IN ITALIAN WEEKLY EPOCA. HE SAYS CUBA
SENT EQUIPMENT, DOCTORS AND SOLDIERS TO AID SYRIA IN ITS LAST
CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL.
JUNE 17 .................... CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA, ARTURO BARBER MEETS WITH ABU
MAYZAR, PLO SPOKESMAN, IN DAMASCUS.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... ANTONIO LUSSON-CUBAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION MEETS WITH
MUHAMMAD BAJBUJ, BA'TH PARTY OFFICIAL IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA.
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TANZANIA
1977
JANUARY 07-11 ...... TANZANIAN EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH MINISTERS IN CUBA.
MARCH 18 ................ PARIS AFP FROM DAR ES SALAAM SAYS SOUTH YEMEN IS MISSING LINK IN
CASTRO'S ITINERARY. CASTRO DROPPED FROM PUBLIC VIEW MARCH 17.
MARCH 18-21 ........ CASTRO VISITS TANZANIA. CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT NYERERE. AT PRESS
CONFERENCE CASTRO SAYS "CUBA NOT INVOLVED IN PRESENT REBELLION
IN ZAIRE."
AUGUST 13 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES REPORT OF ARRIVAL OF 21 CUBAN
PHYSICIANS IN TANZANIA.
NOVEMBER 22 ........ RAUL VALDES VIVO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT NYERERE OF TANZANIA TO
DISCUSS SITUATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.
DECEMBER 21 ........ UJC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA PROMOTING WORLD YOUTH
FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN CUBA. DELEGATION CAME FROM TANZANIA.
MARCH 29 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA FAILS TO ARRIVE IN DAR ES
SALAAM, TANZANIA FROM MADAGASCAR. HE IS REPORTED ILL IN A PARIS
HOSPITAL.
APRIL 01 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DELEGATION HEADED BY OSCAR ORAMAS
ARRIVES IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA IN PLACE OF FOREIGN MINISTER
MALMIERCA WHO WAS TAKEN ILL.
JULY 04 .................. CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ ARRIVES IN TANZANIA
TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR UPCOMING NON AL'GNED MEETING.
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... CUBA AND TANZANIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT WHICH WILL APPLY UNTIL 1980
OCTOBER 28............ IN HAVANA, OFFICIAL CUBAN SOURCES REJECT REPORTS OF A CUBAN
ATTACK ON UGANDA FROM TANZANIA.
NOVEMBER 21 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES DECLARATION ON TANZANIA-UGANDA
CONFLICT. CALLS UGANDA THE AGGRESSOR. SAYS NO CUBAN TROOPS IN
TANZANIA.
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TRINIDAD &
TOBAGO
MAY 07 .................... CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART
ATTENDS ECLA CONFERENCE IN PORT-OF-SPAIN.
JUNE 18 .................... ERIC WILLIAMS, PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD-TOBAGO, ARRIVES IN
HAVANA FOR FIVE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT. JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED JUNE
24.
DECEMBER 19 ........ TRINIDADIAN PRIME MINISTER ERIC WILLIAMS DENIES CUBA PERMISSION TO
USE PIARCO AIRPORT FOR THE CUBAN AIRLIFT TO ANGOLA.
AUGUST 03 ............ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO OPPOSITION LEADER DR. JAMES MILLER HOLDS
PRESS CONFERENCE IN HAVANA.
TURKEY
1978
MARCH 06 ................ GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND TURKEY ANNOUNCE REESTABLISHMENT OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
MAY 30 .................... TURKISH RADIO REPORTS CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO BULGARIA JOSE
MARIA ALVAREZ BRAVO, PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT
KORUTURK AND IS ACCREDITED TO ANKARA.
UGANDA
1976
JULY 15 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF ISRAELI
RAID INTO UGANDA.
FEBRUARY 28 ........ SWISS HONORARY CONSUL IN KAMPALA, UGANDA, SAYS THAT "KAMPALA
IS SWARMING WITH CUBANS."
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AUGUST 04 ............ THE LONDON OBSERVER REPORTS THAT CUBAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN SENT
TO UGANDA.
AUGUST 08 ............ AUTHORIZED SOURCES IN HAVANA DENY REPORTS APPEARING IN THE
LONDON OBSERVER OF CUBAN TROOPS BEING SENT TO UGANDA.
SEPTEMBER 09 ...... UGANDAN PRESIDENT IDI AMIN DENIES PUBLISHED REPORTS OF PRESENCE
OF CUBAN SOLDIERS IN KAMPALA.
OCTOBER 28............ IN HAVANA, OFFICIAL CUBAN SOURCES REJECT REPORTS OF A CUBAN
ATTACK ON UGANDA FROM TANZANIA.
NOVEMBER 21 ........ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES DECLARATION ON TANZANIA-UGANDA
CONFLICT. CALLS UGANDA THE AGGRESSOR. SAYS NO CUBAN TROOPS IN
TANZANIA.
1975
APRIL 23 ................ BRITISH COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 06 .................... BRITISH TRADE UNION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 08 .................... BRITISH ECONOMIC COOPERATION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 18 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN LONDON AT HEAD OF CUBAN
ECONOMIC DELEGATION. MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER WILSON.
MAY 19 .................... CUBA AND THE UK SIGN INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT IN
LONDON.
NOVEMBER 14 ........ PETER SHORE, BRITISH TRADE SECRETARY, ARRIVES IN HAVANA TO
ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE CUBA-BRITISH MIXED COMMISSION.
APRIL 06 ................ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LONDON OFFICIALLY PROTESTS BRITISH
FOREIGN SECRETARY OWEN'S SPEECH CRITICIZING SOVIET & CUBAN
INVOLVEMENT IN AFRICA.
MAY 13 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY RELEASES NOTE ATTACKING UK'S DAVID OWEN
FOR HIS REMARKS ON CUBA'S AFRICAN INVOLVEMENT.
OCTOBER 13............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH BRITISH DEPUTY MINISTER OF
FOREIGN TRADE MARY LACKEY IN HAVANA.
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UPPER VOLTA
1976
JANUARY 03 .......... RELATIONS REESTABLISHED BETWEEN CUBA AND REPUBLIC OF UPPER
VOLTA.
URUGUAY
MARCH 05 ................ URUGUAYAN COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER RODNEY ARISMENDI ARRIVES IN
CUBA AT INVITATION OF PCC.
AUGUST 05 ............ URUGUAYAN COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER RODNEY ARISMENDI DEPARTS
CUBA AFTER VISIT AT INVITATION OF PCC.
MAY 08 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND MANUEL PINEIRO MEET WITH
URUGUAYAN EXILE LEADER JOSE DIAZ IN HAVANA.
JUNE 26 .................... MEETING OF SOLIDARITY WITH URUGUAY HELD IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 07 ........ CUBA RELEASES THREE AMERICANS JAILED IN 1971 ON DRUG-RELATED
CHARGES. THEY HAD COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCES.
APRIL 24
................
USG APPROVES ISSUANCE OF EXPORT LICENSE TO CANADIAN FIRM FOR
SALE OF $200,000 WORTH OF OFFICE FURNITURE TO CUBA.
APRIL 28
................
ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL REPORTS FROM HAVANA THAT FOREIGN MINISTER
MWAANGA DELIVERED SPECIAL MESSAGE TO FIDEL CASTRO FROM US
SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER
.
MAY 06 ....................
US SENATOR MCGOVERN ARRIVES IN HAVANA FOR AN UNOFFICIAL 4-DAY
VISIT.
MAY 08 ....................
FIDEL CASTRO HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE FOR NEWSMEN ACCOMPANYING
SENATOR MCGOVERN.
MAY 14 ....................
DELEGATION OF US YOUTH ARRIVES IN HAVANA AT THE INVITATION OF
THE UNION OF YOUNG COMMUNISTS. (UJC)
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MAY 23 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES STATEMENT CONDEMNING US
HANDLING OF THE MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT.
MAY 25 .................... CUBA RELEASES SEVEN CUBAN EXILED FISHERMEN AFTER HOLDING THEM
SINCE MARCH 19. THEY WERE ARRESTED WHILE FISHING IN CUBAN
WATERS.
MAY 28 .................... CUBA'S 1975 SUGAR HARVEST CONCLUDES. US OFFICIALS ESTIMATE CROP
OF 6.4 MILLION TONS.
JUNE 27 .................... US REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES WHELAN ARFIVES IN CUBA FOR 5-DAY
VISIT.
JULY 13 .................. PRENSA LATINA CARRIES ARTICLE ATTACKIP,IG "CIA'S ANTI-CUBAN
CAMPAIGN."
JULY 15 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS ON A SPEECH GIVEN BY US
SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER. HAVANA SAYS SPEECH IS "A VIOLENT
ATTACK ON THE THIRD WORLD."
JULY 24 .................. ALICIA ALONSO PERFORMS IN NEW YORK WITH THE AMERICAN BALLET
THEATER. (A WEEK'S STAY IN US.)
AUGUST 09 ............ FIDEL CASTRO RETURNS $2 MILLION RANSOM PAID BY SOUTHERN
AIRWAYS IN NOVEMBER 1972 FOR A HIJACKED AIRPLANE.
AUGUST 12 ............ CTC (CUBAN WORKERS FEDERATION) RELEASES COMMUNIQUE
EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE
PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE.
AUGUST 21 ............ STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THAT US, FIRMS BASED ON FOREIGN
SOIL WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO BUSINESS WITH CUBA FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 12 YEARS.
SEPTEMBER 04 ...... PELEGRIN TORRAS ARRIVES IN NEW YORK AT THE HEAD OF CUBAN
DELEGATION TO THE 7TH UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SEPTEMBER 05-08.. PUERTO RICAN SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF
THE WORLD PEACE COUNCIL IS HELD IN HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 28 ...... FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF
CDR. STRONGLY ENDORSES INDEPENDENCE FOR PUERTO RICO AS A
MATTER OF PRINCIPLE.
OCTOBER 08............ UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON TELLS UN "CUBAN SOLIDARITY WITH PUERTO
RICO IS NON-NEGOTIABLE; IT IS CUBA'S DUTY TO GIVE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT
TO MPLA IN ANGOLA."
OCTOBER 26............ US CONGRESSMAN BREAUX (DEM. LOUISIANA) ARRIVES FOR 3-DAY VISIT
WITH CUBAN ECONOMIC, TRADE, AND AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS.
NOVEMBER 24 ........ IN A SPEECH IN DETROIT, US SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER REFERS TO
"THOUSANDS OF CUBANS SENT INTO AN AFRICAN CONFLICT."
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NOVEMBER 28 ........ REUTERS IN LONDON NOTES THAT CUBAN MEDIA HAVE SO FAR BEEN
SILENT ON PUBLISHED REPORTS OF CIA PLOTS AGAINST FIDEL CASTRO.
DECEMBER 04 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON PROTESTS TO SECRETARY GENERAL
REGARDING THE ARREST OF TWO CUBAN DIPLOMATS IN NEW YORK.
DECEMBER 22 ........ FIDEL CASTRO GIVES LAST SPEECH TO 1ST PARTY CONGRESS: CUBA WILL
GIVE MORAL AND MILITARY SUPPORT TO MPLA. NEVER RENOUNCE
SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO RICO.
FEBRUARY 25 ........ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON
PRESIDENT NIXON'S TRIP TO CHINA.
MARCH 02 ................ GRANMA EDITORIAL CRITICIZES KISSINGER TRIP TO L.A. AND REMARKS OF
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT SOMOZA AND COSTA RICAN FOREIGN MINISTER
FACIO CONCERNING CUBAN AID TO ANGOLA.
APRIL 10 ................ CUBA SENDS PROTEST NOTE TO US CONCERNING ATTACK ON CUBAN
FISHING BOATS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
APRIL 19 ................ FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT 15TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY
COMMEMORATING VICTORY AT PLAYA GIRON.
MAY 01 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF US
CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUYANA AND JAMAICA.
MAY 05 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF
SECRETARY KISSINGER'S TRIP TO AFRICA. CALLS TRIP A DIPLOMATIC
FAILURE.
MAY 13 .................... PRAVDA ARTICLE CONDEMNS "UNBRIDLED ANTI-CUBAN CAMPAIGN BY
CERTAIN US OFFICIALS AND REACTIONARY ELEMENTS OF NEWS MEDIA."
MAY 30-02 .............. FOREIGN MINISTER RAUL ROA ATTENDS NON-ALIGNED COORDINATING
BUREAU MEETING IN ALGIERS. "BEWARE US EFFORTS IN LATIN AMERICA
AND AFRICA."
JUNE 08 .................... CUBAN GOVERNMENT FILES PROTEST WITH UN SECRETARY GENERAL OF
THE ATTACK ON CUBAN UN MISSION BUILDING IN NEW YORK.
JUNE 24 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON COMDEMNS THE US VETO OF
ANGOLAN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN UN.
JULY 09 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY PRAISING JAMAICAN
RESISTANCE TO DESTABILIZATION CAMPAIGN BEING WAGED AGAINST IT
(BY THE US).
JULY 13 .................. HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY "THE JIMMY CARTER
PHENOMENON: IMPERIALISM DISGUISES ITSELF AS A LAMB."
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AUGUST 07 ............ GRANMA CARRIES ARTICLE SCORING "CIA DESTABILIZATION" CAMPAIGN
IN JAMAICA.
AUGUST 09 ............ UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON STATES THAT THE US BLOCKADE IS STILL
THE PRINCIPAL OBSTACLE TO NORMALIZATION OF CUBAN-US RELATIONS.
(PRESS INTERVIEW)
AUGUST 21 ............ EFE MADRID CARRIES COMMENTARY FROM HAVANA STATING THAT
CARTER IS THE CANDIDATE "PREFERRED" BY THE CUBANS.
HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY ON US
"PROVOCATIONS" IN KOREA.
AUGUST 23 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF
PRESIDENT FORD'S CANDIDACY.
AUGUST 30 ............ US ESTIMATES CUBA SUGAR CROP THIS YEAR TO BE 6.0 MILLION TONS,
7 % BELOW 1975 AND ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN 1974.
AUGUST 31 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF US POLICY
TOWARDS AFRICA.
SEPTEMBER 17 ...... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES PANAMANIAN PRESS REPORT ON
STUDENT DISTURBANCES IN PANAMA THAT CLAIMS THEY ARE THE RESULT
OF CIA ACTIVITIES.
OCTOBER 15............ FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT MASS RALLY IN HAVANA. PAYS TRIBUTE TO
VICTIMS OF CUBANA BOMBING. CHARGES US DIRECTLY INVOLVED.
RENOUNCES HIJACK AGREEMENT WITH US.
DECEMBER 04 ........ RAUL CASTRO SPEECH. THE CUBANS WOULD "LOOK WITH ATTENTION TO
ANY US PRACTICAL STEPS SHOWING THAT SANITY WILL PREVAIL" IN THE
CARTER ADMINISTRATION.
JANUARY 04 .......... CUBAN RADIO CARRIES HIGHLY CRITICAL. COMMENTARY ON PRESIDENT
FORD'S PROPOSAL OF STATEHOOD FOR PUERTO RICO.
JANUARY 25 .......... PRENSA LATINA CARRIES COMMENTARY SALUTING PRESIDENT CARTER'S
FAVORING OF A NUCLEAR TEST BAN.
JANUARY 31 .......... PRENSA LATINA CARRIES SECRETARY OF STATE VANCE'S PRESS
CONFERENCE STATEMENT THAT THE US IS PREPARED TO DISCUSS
RELATIONS WITH CUBA.
FEBRUARY 01 ........ BBC INTERVIEW WITH CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ. HE STATES THAT
"THERE ARE NO POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CUBA."
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MARCH 17 ................ HAVANA PRELA REPORTS END OF PROHIBITION OF US TRAVEL TO CUBA.
MARCH 22 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS US MILITARY AID TO ZAIRE.
MARCH 24-29 ........ CUBA-US TALKS HELD IN NEW YORK. PELEGRIN TORRAS AND SECRETARY
TODMAN HEADING DELEGATIONS.
MARCH 31 ................ HAVANA TELEVISION REPORTS ON TALKS HELD WITH US
REPRESENTATIVES IN NEW YORK.
APRIL 05 ................ RAUL CASTRO ADDRESSES 3RD UJC CONGRESS IN HAVANA. SAYS THAT
CARTER ADMINISTRATION HAS "TAKEN SOME POSITIVE STEPS" TOWARD
CONTROLLING EXILES.
APRIL 07 ................ RADIO HAVANA CONDEMNS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE US.
APRIL 08 ................ A PORTION OF THE 10TH CONTINGENT OF THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE
ARRIVES IN CUBA.
APRIL 09 ................ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE ANNOUNCES MEETING BETWEEN GEN. RAUL
CASTRO AND US SENATORS MCGOVERN AND ABOURESK AT THE PALACE
OF THE REVOLUTION.
APRIL 15 ................ CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF ANTI-HIJACKING
AGREEMENT WITH THE US.
APRIL 18-22 ............ LARGE DELEGATION OF MINNESOTA BUSINESSMEN VISIT CUBA. FIDEL
CASTRO MEETS WITH GROUP.
APRIL 19 ................ BAY OF PIGS ANNIVERSARY PASSES QUIETLY. NO SPEECH BY ANY CUBAN
LEADERS.
APRIL 21 ................ US STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS US IS CONSIDERING ESTABLISHMENT OF A
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP IN SWISS EMBASSY IN HAVANA.
APRIL 25 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCES RESUMPTION OF CUBA-US FISHING
TALKS IN HAVANA.
APRIL 27 ................ GRANMA LINKS HUNGER IN THE US TO BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. CUBAN AND
US GOVTS. ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF 2 AGREEMENTS IN HAVANA. 1) CUBAN
FISHING IN US 200-MILE ZONE; 2) BOUNDARY BETWEEN ZONES CLAIMED
BY BOTH COUNTRIES.
APRIL 28 ................ BOHEMIA INTERVIEWS SENATOR MCGOVERN WHO SAYS US AND CUBA
MOVING CLOSE TO NORMAL RELATIONS. FIRST INTERVIEW WITH
PROMINENT US POLITICIAN IN 16 YRS.
APRIL 29 ................ US STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AUTHORIZATION FOR CUBAN
GOVERNMENT DELEGATION TO ATTEND SCIENTIFIC MEETING IN THE US.
MAY 03 .................... TWO AMERICAN DIPLOMATS RETURN FROM INTERVIEWING AMERICANS IN
PRISON IN CUBA. TWENTY-FOUR AMERICANS IN JAIL IN CUBA-SEVEN ON
POLITICAL CHARGES.
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MAY 04 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES ITEM CRITICAL OF AMBASSADOR
YOUNG'S SPEECH AT ECLA MEETING IN GUATEMALA.
MAY 06 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEWED BY AFRIQUE-ASIE. BIG BLAST AT CHINA.
ANGOLA A NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUE WITH US. "PARTIAL LIFTING OF
EMBARGO NOT ENOUGH."
MAY 11 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS US SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE APPROVED AMENDMENT PARTIALLY REVOKING TRADE
EMBARGO.
JUNE 02 .................... CONGRESSMAN DELLUMS VISITS WITH FIDEL CASTRO. QUOTES CASTRO:
"CUBA PLANS TO SEND 311 DOCTORS TO ETHIOPIA." DELLUMS RELAYS
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT CASTRO TO PRESIDENT CARTER.
JUNE 03 .................... THE GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND US ANNCUNCE AGREEMENT ON THE
OPENING OF SPECIAL INTEREST SECTIONS IN EACH OTHER'S CAPITALS.
FIDEL CASTRO ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF TEN AMERICANS JAILED IN CUBA
ON DRUG CHARGES. NO MENTION OF OTHER AMERICANS JAILED THERE (7
OR 8).
JUNE 09 .................... FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEWED ON AMERICAN TELEVISION PUTS NUMBERS OF
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CUBA AT NEAR "3,000."
JUNE 13 .................... CUBA RELEASES TEN US CITIZENS ARRESTED IN CUBA ON DRUG CHARGES.
JUNE 16 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS US COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION
VISITING CUBA.
JUNE 20 .................... RADIO HAVANA CHARGES US HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN IS
"HYPOCRITICAL."
JUNE 22 .................... GRANMA SAYS US HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IS "MOST EMBARRASSING."
JUNE 23 .................... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH LARGE GROUP OOF AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN.
CASTRO REITERATES FULL LIFTING OF EMBARGO ESSENTIAL FOR BETTER
RELATIONS.
AUGUST 02 ............ CUBA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF TWO EXILE COMMANDOS IMPRISONED 15
YEARS AGO.
AUGUST 04 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY ON HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS IN US.
AUGUST 08-12 ........ SENATOR FRANK CHURCH VISITS CUBA AT INVITATION OF FIDEL CASTRO
WHO CALLS VISIT "VERY PRODUCTIVE."
AUGUST 11 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW
PANAMA CANAL TREATY BY PANAMA AND THE US.
PARIS AFP REPORTS THAT CUBAN RELATIVES OF US CITIZENS LIVING IN
CUBA ARE NOW FREE TO LEAVE WITH THEM IF THEY SO DESIRE.
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AUGUST 18 ............ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON SUBMITS DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
PUERTO RICO TO UN DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE.
AUGUST 19 ............ CUBAN ARMED FORCES RADIO CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF US
DOMINATION OF PUERTO RICO.
AUGUST 21 ............ HAVANA RADIO ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF LYLE LANE AS CHIEF
OF THE US INTERESTS SECTION TO OPEN IN CUBA ON 1 SEPTEMBER.
AUGUST 30 ............ IN INTERVIEW FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA SAYS RENEWAL OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH US IS LONG WAY OFF. SAYS BLOCKADE
"NOW, WORSE THAN EVER."
SEPTEMBER 01 ...... OPENING OF US INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA AND CUBAN INTERESTS
SECTION IN WASHINGTON.
SEPTEMBER 12-18.. PUERTO RICAN SOLIDARITY DRIVE HELD IN CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 15 ...... THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT PERMITS 16 AMERICANS AND THEIR 39 CUBAN
DEPENDENTS TO LEAVE CUBA. THIS WAS AGREED TO AT THE TIME OF
SENATOR CHURCH'S VISIT TO CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... CUBAN FOREIGN RELATIONS MINISTER ISIDORO MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN
NEW YORK TO ATTEND UNGA SESSION.
SEPTEMBER 28 ...... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS TO CDR CONGRESS ON CURRENT
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. REAFFIRMS CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR ANGOLA,
INDEPENDENCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, AND PUERTO RICO.
FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS AT CDR RALLY. TELLS THE CUBAN PEOPLE THAT
US RELATIONS ARE IMPROVING BUT CAUTIONS AGAINST EXPECTING
MAJOR BENEFITS SOON.
OCTOBER 06............ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT
INTERVIEWED IN US REITERATES CUBAN POSITION THAT US EMBARGO
MUST BE LIFTED.
OCTOBER 08............ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA INTERVIEWED IN MEXICO CITY SAYS
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN US AND CUBA WILL BE
LENGTHY PROCESS.
OCTOBER 19............ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER FERNANDEZ FONT SAYS THAT US
SHOULD RESTORE MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS TO CUBA AND ALLOW
CREDIT IF TWO COUNTRIES TRADE.
NOVEMBER 04 ........ ARMED FORCES COMMENTARY SCORES US WITHDRAWAL FROM
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION.
NOVEMBER 17 ........ NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES NSC STUDY ON CUBA'S AFRICAN BUILDUP AND
INCREASED NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA. SAYS
ACTIONS WILL HARM IMPROVED TIES WITH US.
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NOVEMBER 20-25 .. BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL SPONSORS MEETINGS IN HAVANA OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF 50 US FIRMS AND THEIR CONTACT POINTS IN THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
NOVEMBER 21 ........ GRANMA CARRIES COMMENTARY CRITICAL OF NEW US IMPORT DUTIES ON
SUGAR CALLING INCREASE "A BLOW TO LATIN AMERICA."
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PUBLIC RESPONSE TO RECENT US CRITICISMS 05 ........ RAUL CASTRO ADDRESSES MPLA CONGRE -S OF CUBAN ACTICTITITIUB IN
AFRICA. RAUL SAYS SUBJECT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
DECEMBER 07 ........ CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON TAKES STRONG EXCEPTION TO
AMBASSADOR YOUNG'S STATEMENTS ON CUBAN ACTIVITIES IN VARIOUS
AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS TO GROUP OF AMERICAN REPORTERS AND
REJECTS SUGGESTIONS OF PULLOUT OF CUBAN TROOPS FROM VARIOUS
AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
DECEMBER 10 ........ FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEW BY FRENCH TV. CUBA HAS RESPONDED TO
EVERY US EFFORT TO REDUCE TENSIONS. MOST ELEMENTAL DUTY IS TO
HELP CONSOLI- DATE ETHIOPIAN REVOLUTION.
DECEMBER 16 ........ GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND US SIGN PROVISIONAL MARITIME BORDER
TREATY IN WASHINGTON.
1978
JANUARY 14 .......... MEMBERS OF ANTONIO MACEO BRIGADE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CUBA FOR 3
WEEKS DEPART FOR THE US. (MADE UP OF CHILDREN OF CUBANS WHO
LEFT AFTER REVOLUTION.)
JANUARY 16-19 ...... CUBA BORDER GUARD AND US COAST GUARD REPRESENTATIVES MEET IN
HAVANA TO DISCUSS COOPERATION RESC.JE OPERATIONS, DRUG LAW
ENFORCEMENT, AND ANTI-TERRORISM.
JANUARY 21 .......... US STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF ONE-TIME SALE TO
CUBA OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES VALUED AT LESS THAN $80,000.
JANUARY 27 .......... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE HAS SEVERAL COMMENTARIES CRITICAL OF
THE "MILITARISTIC NATURE" OF THE IJS BUDGET.
FEBRUARY 14 ........ US STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASES OFFICIAL STATEMENT THAT "THERE
CAN BE NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS" IN US-CUBAN TIES UNTIL CUBA
FORCES IN AFRICA REDUCE.
FEBRUARY 15 ........ CUBAN INTERESTS SECTION CHIEF IN US STATES IN WASHINGTON POST
INTERVIEW THAT "CUBA IS HELPING DEFEND ETHIOPIA AGAINST SOMALI
AGGRESSION."
FEBRUARY 23 ........ GOVERNMENT OF CUBA ALLOWS 125 CUBAN-AMERICANS TO FLY TO US.
THIS IS THE SECOND GROUP ALLOWED TO EMIGRATE.
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FEBRUARY 27 ........ US SECRETARY OF STATE CITING CUBAN TROOPS IN AFRICA TELLS
NATIONAL GOVERNORS CONFERENCE HE "DOES NOT FORESEE NORMAL
RELATIONS WITH HAVANA IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE."
MARCH 20-23 ........ DELEGATIONS FROM US AND CUBAN FISHERIES SERVICES HOLD
TECHNICAL TALKS IN HAVANA.
MARCH 21 ................ RAUL ROA KOURI IS DESIGNATED CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UN.
MARCH 22 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCES THAT A GROUP OF US HIJACKERS
ARE FREE TO LEAVE CUBA.
APRIL 15 ................ OUTGOING CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR ALARCON SAYS AT PRESS
CONFERENCE: "CUBA WILL NOT GIVE UP ANY FOREIGN POLICY PRINCIPLES
FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH US."
APRIL 17 ................ JUAN ALMEIDA HEADS CUBAN DELEGATION TO UN MEETING ON NAMIBIA.
HIGHEST RANKING CUBAN LEADER TO ATTEND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE
CHE GUEVERA.
APRIL 20 ................ PEDRO MIRET MARKS 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLAYA GIRON VICTORY.
APRIL 22 ................ CUBAN RADIO HAILS RATIFICATION OF PANAMA CANAL TREATIES.
APRIL 30 ................ CUBAN VICE PRESIDENT ALMEIDA MEETS WITH US AMBASSADOR YOUNG
AT THE UNITED NATIONS. DISCUSSED AFRICA AND CUBAN-US RELATIONS.
MAY 19 .................... NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THAT FIDEL CASTRO CALLED USINT CHIEF IN TO
DENY CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHTING IN SHABA PROVINCE.
MAY 22 .................... GRANMA CRITICIZES PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT BRZEZINSKI'S TRIP TO THE
PRC.
MAY 25 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH US AMBASSADOR ANDREW
YOUNG AT THE UN IN NEW YORK TO DISCUSS CUBAN ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA
AND CUBA-US RELATIONS.
AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO PRESIDENT CARTER SAYS "CUBA
MUST SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KATANGESE REBEL INVASION OF
ZAIRE FROM ANGOLA."
MAY 27 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ REFUTES PRESIDENT CARTER'S STATEMENTS
ON CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE SHABA INVASION.
MAY 3b .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ CONFERS WITH USSR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MINISTER ANDREY GROMYKO AT UN IN NEW YORK.
MAY 31 .................... GRANMA ARTICLE APPEARS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF BRZEZINSKI'S TRIP TO
CHINA AND HIS CONSULTATIONS WITH CHINESE LEADERS.
JUNE 08 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR RAUL ROA KOURI REITERATES CUBAN
NONINVOLVEMENT IN ZAIRE.
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JUNE 13 .................... CUBAN AIR FORCE PLANES FORCE A US-RECa'STERED AIRCRAFT TO LAND
IN CUBA BECAUSE IT HAD VIOLATED CUBAN AIR SPACE.
JUNE 17 .................... HAVANA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CARRIES COMMENTARY REAFFIRMING
CUBAN SOLIDARITY WITH PUERTO RICO.
JUNE 19 .................... FIDEL CASTRO GIVES FAR-RANGING INTERVIEW TO US JOURNALISTS. HE
ADDRESSES US RELATIONS, SHABA INVASION, AND US FOREIGN POLICY.
JUNE 23 .................... GRANMA EDITORIAL CRITICAL OF MR. BRZEZ`NSKI APPEARS.
JUNE 28 .................... FIDEL CASTRO TELLS A GROUP OF US MAYORS VISITING CUBA THAT "HE
WOULD NOT OBJECT TO A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CARTER."
JULY 02 .................. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE IN MADRID AND
SAYS "THE CIA COULD HAVE INCITED THE KATANGAN INVASION OF
SHABA."
JULY 21 .................. "AUTHORIZED SOURCES" IN HAVANA SAY THAT REPORTS REGARDING THE
NUMBER OF CUBAN CASUALTIES IN AFRICA ARE TOTALLY WITHOUT
FOUNDATION.
JULY 26 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONCADA
BARRACKS ATTACK. HE ATTACKS US AND CHINA FOREIGN POLICIES &
DEFENDS CUBA'S NONALIGNED ROLE.
JULY 31 .................. FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS TO CUBAN, L.A. & CARIBBEAN DELEGATION AT
WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL. REITERATES CUBA'S SUPPORT FOR PUERTO
RICAN INDEPENDENCE.
AUGUST 18 ............ CUBA CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF US BASES FROM GUANTANAMO AND
PUERTO RICO IN UN DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE.
AUGUST 27 ............ US CONGRESSMAN PREGER OF HOUSE ASSASSINATIONS COMMITTEE IN
HAVANA TO HEAR CUBAN TESTIMONY CONCERNING ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT KENNEDY.
AUGUST 31 ............ CUBA AND IRAQ CO-SPONSOR DRAFT RESOLUTION ON PUERTO RICO IN UN
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE.
SEPTEMBER 01 ...... CUBAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS TO RELEASE BETWEEN 500 AND 1,000
POLITICAL PRISONERS AND ALLOW THEM TO COME TO THE US.
SEPTEMBER 02 ...... HAVANA TELEVISION CARRIES COMMENTAF:Y SCORING COLONIAL STATUS
OF PUERTO RICO.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... FIDEL CASTRO GRANTS LENGTHY INTERVIEW TO EXPATRIATE CUBAN
JOURNALISTS.
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MARCH 01 ................ SOVIET NAVAL VISIT ANNOUNCED. (CHARACTERIZED IN CUBAN PRESS AS
"UNOFFICIAL.")
MARCH 10 ................ DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS V.N. NOVIKOV MEETS
WITH CUBA AMBASSADOR TO USSR SEVERO AGUIRRE DEL CRISTO IN THE
KREMLIN.
MARCH 14 ................ CUBA AND USSR SIGN CONSTRUCTION COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
MARCH 15 ................ CUBA AND USSR SIGN SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
MARCH 26 ................ US PRESS CARRIES STORY "OIL TRADING DEAL SET BY CUBA, MEXICO,
USSR, AND VENEZUELA."
MARCH 30 ................ CUBAN-SOVIET 1975 TRADE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED IN MOSCOW.
APRIL 17 ................ CUBA AND USSR SIGN ANNUAL SHIPPING PROTOCOL.
APRIL 21 ................ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY JUAN MARINELLO ARRIVES IN MOSCOW TO
PARTICIPATE ON SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR LENIN PEACE PRIZES.
APRIL 29 ................ CUBAN AND SOVIET ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE SIGN COOPERATION
AGREEMENT.
MAY 02-09 .............. CUBAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP WEEK OBSERVED IN CUBA.
MAY 05 .................... CUBAN MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN MOSCOW TO CELEBRATE 30TH
ANNIVERSARY OF END OF WORLD WAR II.
MAY 08 .................... 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN
CUBA AND THE USSR.
MAY 09 .................... A MILITARY PARADE IN HAVANA MARKS 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SOVIET
VICTORY OVER FACISM.
MAY 22 .................... TWO SOVIET GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS ARRIVE IN HAVANA HARBOR.
SECOND SOVIET NAVAL VISIT TO CUBA THIS YEAR.
JUNE 13 .................... CUBA AND USSR SIGN PROTOCOL ON DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL
ENERGY IN CUBA, IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT IN CUBA.
JUNE 18-22 ............ CUBAN PCC DELEGATION IN MOSCOW TO STUDY THE CPSU'S EXPERIENCE
IN ORGANIZING PARTY WORK.
JUNE 27 .................... CUBA AND USSR SIGN COMMUNICATIONS ACCORD.
JULY 09 .................. SOVIET AND CUBAN COOPERATION SUBCOMMISSION MEETS IN MOSCOW.
JULY 22 .................. CUBAN MINES AND GEOLOGY MINISTER MANUEL CESPEDES FERNANDEZ
ARRIVES IN MOSCOW.
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JULY 25 .................. CUBA AND SOVIET UNION SIGN AGREEMENT ON CONSTRUCTION OF A
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN CUBA.
AUGUST 05 ............ FIDEL CASTRO INTERVIEWED BY PRAVDA ON COMMUNISTS FUTURE IN L.A.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO USSR DETENTE POLICY DISCUSSES L.A. - CARIBBEAN
COMMUNIST PARTIES MEETING HELD IN JUNE
SEPTEMBER 02-16 .. CUBAN INRA (NATIONAL INST. FOR AGRARIAN REFORM) DELEGATION
VISITS THE SOVIET UNION AT INVITATION OF SOVIET AGRICULTURE
MINISTRY.
SEPTEMBER 13 ...... DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN
MOSCOW FOR ECONOMIC CONSULTATIONS.
SEPTEMBER 17 ...... SOVIET-CUBAN TRADE PROTOCOL COVERING 1976 THROUGH 1980 SIGNED
IN MOSCOW. TOTAL BILATERAL TRADE IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN THIS
PERIOD.
OCTOBER 09............ CEMA PARTY SECRETARIES AND DEPUTY PREMIERS MEET IN MOSCOW.
ANTONIO PEREZ HERERRO AND BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS ATTEND FOR
CUBA.
OCTOBER 11............ CUBA AND USSR SIGN SUGAR INDUSTRY COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
OCTOBER 15............ SOVIET-CUBAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION FOR
SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION MEETS IN MOSCOW.
CUBAN-USSR TRADE TO INCREASE MORE THAN 30 PERCENT THIS YEAR.
OCTOBER 23............ DRAFT PCC PLATFORM PUBLISHED. STRENGTHEN TIES WITH USSR,
PROMOTE DETENTE, IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS, ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION WITH L.A. & CARIBBEAN
NOVEMBER 07 ........ FIDEL AND RAUL CASTRO AND OTHER HIGH-TANKING CUBAN
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ATTEND CELEBRATION OF 58TH ANNIVERSARY OF
SOVIET REVOLUTION AT USSR EMBASSY.
NOVEMBER 15 ........ A SOVIET MILITARY DELEGATION FROM THE POLITICAL DIRECTORATE OF
THE ARMED FORCES ARRIVES IN CUBA.
NOVEMBER 18 ........ AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN CUBA AND THE SOVIET UNION IS
SIGNED.
NOVEMBER 22 ........ CUBA AND THE SOVIET UNION SIGN AGREEMENT ON PEACEFUL USES OF
NUCLEAR ENERGY IN MOSCOW.
DECEMBER 17 ........ RAUL CASTRO OPENS CUBA'S 1ST COMMUNI T PARTY CONGRESS.
SUSLOV FROM USSR, ZHIVKOV OF BULGARIA. AND REPS OF HUNGARY,
POLAND, E. GERMANY, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA ATTEND.
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JANUARY 13 .......... CUBAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SOVIET AID PROJECT THAT
WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUPERTANKER PORT.
FEBRUARY 06 ........ CUBA-SOVIET TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MOSCOW.
FEBRUARY 23 ........ FIDEL CASTRO, CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, AND OSMANI CIENFUEGOS
HEAD CUBAN DELEGATION TO 25TH CPSU CONGRESS IN MOSCOW.
FEBRUARY 25 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ADDRESSES CPSU CONGRESS IN MOSCOW.
FEBRUARY 28 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH GISELE RABESHALA, SECRETARY GENERAL
CONGRESS PARTY FOR MALAGASY INDEPENDENCE IN MOSCOW.
IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH NITO ALVES, MEMBER OF MPLA
POLITBURO.
IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH SIAD BARRE, PRESIDENT OF
SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
MARCH 01 ................ FIDEL CASTRO HOSTS RECEPTION AT CUBAN EMBASSY IN MOSCOW FOR
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN DELEGATES TO THE 25TH CPSU
CONGRESS.
MARCH 03 ................ IN MOSCOW, FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH ABD AL-FATTAH ISMA'IL, FIRST
SECRETARY OF NATIONAL FRONT OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN.
MARCH 04 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM PALESTINIAN
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.
IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM THE
POLITBURO OF THE GUINEAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH SOVIET FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MINISTER GROMYKO IN MOSCOW.
MARCH 05 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH IRAJ ESKANDARI, 1ST SECRETARY
OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE'S (COMMUNIST)
PARTY.
IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH MOSES GAROET, SECRETARY OF
SOUTH WEST AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION (SWAPO).
MARCH 06 ................ IN MOSCOW FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH DELEGATION FROM INDONESIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY.
MARCH 16 ................ FIDEL CASTRO AND DELEGATION RETURN TO HAVANA.
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APRIL 07 ................ IRAN BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA BECAUSE OF THE
MEETING BETWEEN FIDEL CASTRO AND REPRESENTATIVES OF IRANIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY IN MOSCOW.
APRIL 14 ................ DIVISION GENERAL SENEN CASAS REGUIERO PRESENTS 20TH
ANNIVERSARY MEDALS TO GROUP OF SOVIET GENERALS AND OFFICERS IN
MOSCOW.
SOVIET-CUBAN ECONOMIC AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MOSCOW. CARLOS
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ FOR CUBA, IVAN ARKHIPOV FOR USSR.
APRIL 17 ................ 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAAFAR. FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO
PRESIDE OVER PARADE. SOVIET MILITARY SPECIALISTS ATTEND. ALSO
CHIEF OF PERUVIAN ARMY.
APRIL 26 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FOR CEMA MEETING.
APRIL 29 ................ RAUL CASTRO IN MOSCOW FOR GRECHKO FUNERAL.
MAY 04 .................... RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH SUSLOV IN MOSCOW.
MAY 05 .................... RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV IN MOSCOW.
MAY 12 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FOR MEETING OF CEMA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
MAY 13 .................... PRAVDA ARTICLE CONDEMNS "UNBRIDLED ANTI-CUBAN CAMPAIGN BY
CERTAIN US OFFICIALS AND REACTIONARY ELEMENTS OF NEWS MEDIA."
MAY 27 .................... TASS COMMENTARY DEFENDS CUBA'S "NOBLE ACTION" IN ANGOLA.
JUNE 09 .................... CUBA JOINT SOVIET NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
JULY 01-09 .............. PCC SECRETARIAT MEMBER ISIDORO MALMERCA HEADS PARTY
DELEGATION TO USSR FOR A WORKING VISIT.
JULY 05 .................. VLADIMIR KIRILLIN CHAIRMAN OF USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY OPENS SOVIET EXHIBITION IN
CUBA. FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS.
JULY 19 .................. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER JOEL DOMENECH IS RECEIVED IN KREMLIN BY
IVAN ARKHIPOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.
AUGUST 14 ............ SUPREME SOVIET PRESIDIUM AWARDS FIDEL CASTRO ORDER OF OCTOBER
REVOLUTION AT CEREMONY AT SOVIET EMBASSY IN HAVANA. BREZHNEV
SENDS MESSAGE.
AUGUST 16 ............ RAUL VALDES VIVO, CHIEF OF PARTY GENERAL FOREIGN RELATIONS
DEPARTMENT REPORTEDLY VACATIONING IN SOVIET UNION.
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AUGUST 27 ............ RAMON CASTRO MEETS WITH MIKHAIL SUSLOV AND KONSTANTIN
KATUSHEV IN MOSCOW.
AUGUST 30 ............ RAMON CASTRO AND CUBAN DELEGATION FROM AGRICULTURE SECTOR
VISIT LENINGRAD.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... RAUL CASTRO LEAVES MOSCOW FOR POLAND. (ARRIVAL IN MOSCOW
FROM HAVANA UNANNOUNCED.)
SEPTEMBER 11-12 .. SOVIET MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY MARSHAL OF AVIATION
ALEKSANDR YEFIMOV VISITS CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 12 ...... BRG. CMDR. FRANCISCO CABRERA GONZALEZ HEADS CUBAN MILITARY
DELEGATION TO GRITO DE DOLORES MEXICAN CELEBRATIONS WITH
SOVIET DELEGATE YEFINOV.
SEPTEMBER 17-27.. CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION HEADED BY R. LOPEZ VISITS THE
SOVIET UNION.
SEPTEMBER 21 ...... REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES MINISTRY ANNOUNCES THAT JOINT
SOVIET-CUBAN NAVAL AND AIR EXERCISES ARE UNDERWAY.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... CUBAN DEFENSE MINISTER RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH MARSHAL DIMITRIY
USTINOV USSR MINISTER OF DEFENSE IN MOSCOW.
OCTOBER 01 ............ RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV IN MOSCOW.
OCTOBER 04............ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO CUBA FROM TRIPS TO POLAND AND THE
USSR.
OCTOBER 06............ CHIEF OF SOVIET MILITARY SPECIALISTS WORKING IN CUBA, LT. GEN. IVAN
VERBITSKIY, ENDS HIS TOUR.
OCTOBER 12............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FOR CEMA MEETING.
NOVEMBER 06 ........ CUBA MARKS 59TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT OCTOBER REVOLUTION.
SOVIET AMBASSADOR SPEAKS AT CTC HQRS IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 12 ........ CUBA AND USSR SIGN FISHING COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR 1977.
NOVEMBER 19 ........ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO USSR S.G. CRISTO PRESENTS GENERAL
SECRETARY BREZHNEV 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL THAT MARKS
BEGINNING OF CUBAN REVOLUTION.
NOVEMBER 24 ........ CUBAN HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTER FERNANDO VECINO ALEGRET HEADS
DELEGATION TO THE SOVIET UNION.
NOVEMBER 29 ........ CUBAN MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY DIV. COMDR. JULIO CASAS
REGUEIRO ARRIVES IN MOSCOW TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES FOR 20TH
ANNIV. OF GRANMA LANDING.
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DECEMBER 15 ........ RAUL CASTRO AND CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIQUEZ ARRIVE IN MOSCOW.
RAUL'S 3RD AND RODRIGUEZ' 6TH THIS YEAR BOTH MEET WITH GENERAL
SECRETARY BREZHNEV.
DECEMBER 19 ........ JUVENTUD REBELDE CARRIES TASS REPORT ON THE RELEASE OF LUIS
CORVALAN. NO MENTION MADE OF SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE OF SOVIET
DISSIDENT.
1977
JANUARY 11-21 ...... RAUL CASTRO ON WAY HOME FROM USSR VISITS BULGARIA. RETURNS TO
CUBA ON JANUARY 21.
MARCH 17 ................ CUBA AND USSR SIGN AGREEMENTS ON ENE, GY DEVELOPMENT.
MARCH 23 ................ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH GENERAL SECRETARY
BREZHNEV IN MOSCOW.
APRIL 01 ................ CUBA AND USSR SIGN 1977 TRADE PROTOCOL IN MOSCOW.
APRIL 04-08 ............ FIDEL CASTRO VISITS USSR. VISIT TERMED "UNOFFICIAL, FRIENDLY."
APRIL 06 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV IN MOSCOW.
APRIL 07 ................ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH YASIR ARAFATIN MOSCOW.
APRIL 08 ................ TASS CARRIES ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SOVIET CONSTRUCTION OF THE
FIRST ATOMIC POWER PLANT IN CUBA WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR.
APRIL 16 ................ DEPUTY CHAIRMAN ARKHIPOV ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR ECONOMIC TALKS.
APRIL 20 ................ DEPUTY CHAIRMAN ARKHIPOV MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO.
MAY 19 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIQUEZ MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN KOSYGIN IN THE
KREMLIN. IN MOSCOW FOR 81ST MEETING OF CEMA EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
MAY 20 .................... EDUCATION MINISTRY INAUGURATES CUBAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE INSTITUTE.
MAY 27 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ RETURNS FROM HIS VISITS TO USSR, LIBYA,
AND ALGERIA.
JUNE 01 .................... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY WORKERS FROM SANTIAGO DE CUBA VISIT
LENINGRAD. MEET WITH G.V. ROMANOV.
AUGUST 09 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FROM EAST BERLIN.
AUGUST 12 ............ CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DEATH OF ANIBAL ESCALANTE; A
PRO-MOSCOW LEADER OF CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY IMPRISONED IN 1968
FOR TRYING TO SPLIT THE PARTY.
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AUGUST 18 ............ CEREMONY-IS HELD AT JOSE MARTI AIRPORT IN HONOR OF FIRST FLIGHT
OF IL-62 AIRCRAFT ACQUIRED BY CUBANA AIRLINES FROM THE SOVIET
UNION.
AUGUST 23 ............ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO CUBA FROM VISITS TO SOVIET UNION, EAST
GERMANY, AND ALGERIA.
SEPTEMBER 30 ...... HUMBERTO PEREZ GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN PLANNING
BOARD, MEETS WITH IVAN ARKHIPOV IN MOSCOW TO BEGIN TRADE TALKS.
OCTOBER 02-05 .... CUBA ECONOMIC DELEGATION HEADED BY BELARMINO CASTILLA MAS
VISITS KIEV.
OCTOBER 08............ EFE CARRIES REPORT OF SOVIET TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER ROSSIYA
DEPARTING HAVANA FOR ANGOLA WITH AN ESTIMATED 1,000 CUBAN
TECHNICIANS ABOARD.
OCTOBER 31 ............ RAUL CASTRO ARRIVES IN MOSCOW HEADING CUBAN DELEGATION TO
60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT OCTOBER REVOLUTION.
NOVEMBER 05 ........ RAUL CASTRO MEETS WITH USSR MINISTER OF DEFENSE USTINOV IN
MOSCOW.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW.
NOVEMBER 10 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH I.V ARKHIPOV IN MOSCOW.
NOVEMBER 11 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN MOSCOW, ADDRESSES SCIENTIFIC
CONFERENCE.
NOVEMBER 17 ........ RAUL CASTRO RETURNS TO CUBA AFTER VISITS TO THE SOVIET UNION
(FOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) AND HUNGARY.
NOVEMBER 22 ........ JUAN ALMEIDA MEETS ARNOLD BERTRAM, JAMAICAN MINISTER OF
CULTURE IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA. BERTRAM IN CUBA FOR 60TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF SOVIET REVOLUTION.
NOVEMBER 23-25 .. CUBA SPONSORED SEMINAR ON USSR OCTOBER REVOLUTION IMPACT ON
NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES. DELEGATION FROM 47 COMMUNIST
AND LEFTIST PARTIES ATTEND.
NOVEMBER 25 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ CLOSES CONFERENCE ON GREAT OCTOBER
REVOLUTION HELD IN HAVANA.
NOVEMBER 26 ........ FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO MEET WITH SOVIET AVIATION MARSHAL
ALEKSANDR POKRYSHKIN, WHO IS VISITING CUBA AT HEAD OF MILTIARY
DELEGATION.
NOVEMBER 27 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ WELCOMES IVAN ARKHIPOV, USSR COUNCIL
OF MINISTERS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN IN CUBA FOR MEETINGS OF
CUBAN-USSR INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION.
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NOVEMBER 29 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ AND IVAN ARK.HIPOV, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF
USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OPENS CUBA-USSR INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMISSION MEETING IN HAVANA.
DECEMBER 17 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH SOVIET FLEET ADMIRAL GORSHKOV AND HIS
DELEGATION.
DECEMBER 21 ........ FIDEL CASTRO PAYS VISIT TO SOVIET NAVAL._ DETACHMENT ADMIRAL
GORSHKOV ABOARD FLAGSHIP.
DECEMBER 23 ........ SOVIET ADMIRAL GORSHKOV DEPARTS CUBA.
1978
JANUARY 25 .......... ARMANDO HART, CUBAN CULTURE MINISTER, LEAVES FOR MOSCOW AT
INVITATION OF USSR CULTURE MINISTRY.
JANUARY 27 .......... SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO CUBA NIKITA TOLUBEYEV TOURS SITE OF A
PLANNED OIL REFINERY TO BE BUILT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE SOVIET
UNION.
FEBRUARY 01 ........ TASS REPORTS RAUL CASTRO MEETING WITH GENERAL SECRETARY
BREZHNEV IN MOSCOW. ALSO MET WITH DEFENSE MINISTER USTINOV.
FEBRUARY 16 ........ ARMANDO HART HEADING CUBAN CULTURE MINISTRY DELEGATION
ARRIVES IN BULGARIA FROM A VISIT TO MOSCOW.
FEBRUARY 18 ........ USSR AIR MARSHALL YEFIMOV ARRIVES IN CUBA AS HEAD OF DELEGATION
ATTENDING 60TH ANNIV. CELEBRATIONS FOR SOVIET ARMED FORCES.
RECEIVED BY FIDEL CASTRO AND RAUL CASTRO.
DIV GEN SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO HEADS CUBA DELEGATION TO 60TH
ANNIVERSARY OF SOVIET ARMED FORCES CELEBRATION IN THE USSR.
FEBRUARY 21 ........ PRESIDENT OF CUBAN-USSR FRIENDSHIP ASSOC, ZOILO MARINELLO,
SPEAKS AT MAIN EVENT HONORING 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF SOVIET ARMY
AND NAVY.
FEBRUARY 23 ........ MONUMENT TO INTERNATIONALIST SOVIET SOLDIER DEDICATED BY ARMY
GEN. RAUL CASTRO AND SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO CUBA TOLUBEYEV.
APRIL 06 ................ CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LONDON OFFICIALLY PROTESTS BRITISH
FOREIGN SECRETARY OWEN'S SPEECH CRITICIZING SOVIET & CUBAN
INVOLVEMENT IN AFRICA.
SOVIET-CUBAN TRADE PROTOCOL SIGNED IN MOSCOW. TRADE WILL
INCREASE BY 16 PERCENT.
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APRIL 18 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA ARRIVES IN MOSCOW ON OFFICIAL
VISIT.
TALKS BEGIN IN MOSCOW BETWEEN USSR FOREIGN MINISTER GROMYKO
AND CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA.
APRIL 19 ................ TALKS BETWEEN GROMYKO AND MALMIERCA CONCLUDE. COMPLETE
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
PRAVDA REPORTS MEETING BETWEEN GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV
AND FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA IN "FRATERNAL, CORDIAL"
ATMOSPHERE IN KREMLIN. BREZHNEV SALUTES CUBA'S "ACTIVE" FOREIGN
POLICY.
MAY 10 .................... CUBAN DELEGATION HEADED BY RAUL ROA ARRIVES IN MOSCOW.
MAY 13 .................... FLAVIO BRAVO LEAVES FOR CEMA MEETING IN MOSCOW.
MAY 30 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ CONFERS WITH USSR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MINISTER ANDREY GROMYKO AT UN IN NEW YORK.
JUNE 25-05 ............ PCC DELEGATION HEADED BY GUILLERMO GOMEZ-CHIEF OF BASIC
INDUSTRIES DEPT. OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE-VISITS SOVIET UNION TO
LEARN ABOUT CPSU MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY.
JULY 05 .................. CUBAN CULTURE MINISTER ARMANDO HART LEAVES FOR THE SOVIET
UNION.
JULY 22 .................. RAUL CASTRO GREETS SOVIET DELEGATION LED BY MASHEROV-SOVIET
CANDIDATE MEMBER CPSU CC POLITBURO-ARRIVING FOR 26 JULY
CELEBRATION AND WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL.
AUGUST 29 ............ DIV GEN SENEN CASAS REGUEIRO MEETS WITH SOVIET VICE ADM
SOKOLAN AND LT GEN SERGEY KRIVOPLYASOV, CHIEF OF SOVIET
MILITARY EXPERTS ASSIGNED TO CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 11 ...... FIDEL CASTRO STOPS IN MOSCOW ENROUTE TO ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
TO ATTEND REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IS
WITH CASTRO.
HAVANA AFP PRESS SAYS CUBA WILL RECEIVE 500,000 TONS OF
VENEZUELAN OIL THIS YEAR. AGREEMENT INVOLVES SWAPS WITH SPAIN,
USSR, VENEZUELA & CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 14 ...... IVAN ARKHIPOV, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
MEETS WITH JOEL DOMENECH, VICE PRESIDENT COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN
MOSCOW.
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SEPTEMBER 22 ...... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH POLITBURO MEMBER SUSLOV IN
MOSCOW.
OCTOBER 09............ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT HEADS
CUBAN DELEGATION ATTENDING 53RD MEETING OF CEMA PERMANENT
COMMITTEE.
OCTOBER 12............ MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT, CUBAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE MEETS
WITH HIS SOVIET COUNTERPART, NIKOLAY PATOLICHEV IN MOSCOW.
OCTOBER 14............ CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER MARCELO FERNANDEZ FONT MEETS
WITH IVAN ARKHIPOV, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF USSR COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS IN MOSCOW.
OCTOBER 20............ CUBAN UN REPRESENTATIVE ANNOUNCES THAT IN 1979 CUBA WILL BE
THE FIRST COUNTRY IN LATIN AMERICA TO PARTICIPATE IN A SOVIET
SPACE FLIGHT.
NOVEMBER 04 ........ CUBA COMMEMORATES 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF USSR REVOLUTION AT
KARL MARX THEATER. MEMBERS OF POLITBURO PRESIDE.
NOVEMBER 07 ........ FIDEL CASTRO ATTENDS PARTY AT SOVIET EMBASSY MARKING 61ST
ANNIVERSARY OF SOVIET REVOLUTION.
NOVEMBER 08 ........ VLADIMIR PROMYSLOV, MAYOR OF MOSCOW ARRIVES IN HAVANA AT
INVITATION OF PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT.
NOVEMBER 24 ........ JOSE RAMON MACHADO VENTURA MEETS WITH CPSU DELEGATION
HEADED BY SERGEY SHABASHOV TO EXCHANGE PARTY EXPERIENCES.
DECEMBER 11-13 .. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN MOSCOW. MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN
KOSYGIN ON 12 DECEMBER.
DECEMBER 12 ........ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN MOSCOW MEETS WITH IRAQI LEADER
SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI.
DECEMBER 29 ........ SOVIET DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER MARSHAL SOKOLOV ARRIVES IN CUBA
FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. MET BY RAUL CASTRO.
JANUARY 02 .......... DELEGATION FROM DEMOCRATIC ACTION PARTY OF VENEZUELA ARRIVES
IN HAVANA. (FIRST OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED VISIT TO ISLAND SINCE
RELATIONS BROKEN IN 1961.)
JANUARY 17 .......... VENEZUELAN LABOR DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA.
FEBRUARY 04 ........ CUBAN NATIONAL BANK VICE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH VENEZUELAN
MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CENTRAL BANK
PRESIDENT IN CARACAS.
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MARCH 26 ................ US PRESS CARRIES STORY "OIL TRADING DEAL SET BY CUBA, MEXICO,
USSR, AND VENEZUELA."
APRIL 03 ................ CUBA'S NATIONAL POET NICOLAS GUILIEN ARRIVES IN CARACAS AT
INVITATION OF ASSOCIATION OF VENEZUELAN WRITERS AND ARTISTS.
APRIL 18 ................ VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN
HAVANA.
APRIL 25 ................ CUBA CTC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CARACAS TO ATTEND 7TH CONGRESS
OF CONFEDERATION OF VENEZUELAN WORKERS AS GUESTS.
JUNE 28 .................... MINISTER-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA RAUL LEON TORRAS
ARRIVES IN CARACAS TO TALK WITH VENEZUELAN BANKING AUTHORITIES.
SEPTEMBER 18 ...... 2 CUBAN CITIZENS SEEK EXILE IN VENEZUELAN EMBASSY. CUBAN
AUTHORITIES FORCIBLY REMOVE THEM. VENEZUELA PROTESTS. ASYLEES
SAY LATER THEY LEFT VOLUNTARILY.
1976
APRIL 15 ................ DELEGATION FROM VENEZUELA'S PEOPLE'S ELECTORAL MOVEMENT
ARRIVES IN CUBA.
JULY 17 .................. DIRECT CHARTER FLIGHTS BETWEEN CUBA AND VENEZUELA ARE RESUMED
FOR VENEZUELAN TOURISTS.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... HIGH-LEVEL VENEZUELAN TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAVANA FOR
4-DAY VISIT.
OCTOBER 08............ EXTERIOR OF CUBAN EMBASSY IN CARACAS IS SPRAYED WITH GUNFIRE.
NO INJURIES.
OCTOBER 12............ VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SEVERAL CUBAN EXILES HAVE
BEEN PLACED IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING BOMBING OF CUBANA AIRLINER
OFF BARBADOS.
OCTOBER 21 ............ RAUL ROA HEADS DELEGATION TO TRINIDAD TO CONSULT WITH
CARIBBEAN LEADERS ON INVESTIGATION OF CUBANA BOMBING.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CUBA, BARBADOS, GUYANA, AND VENEZUELA
ATTEND.
JANUARY 28 .......... COOPERATION ACCORD SIGNED BETWEEN CUBAN AND VENEZUELAN
JOURNALISTS.
MAY 11 .................... DELEGATION FROM VENEZUELAN COMMUNIST PARTY MEET WITH PCC
GROUP HEADED BY CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ TO DISCUSS THE
INTERNATIONAL SITUATION.
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JULY 02 .................. VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA ADOLFO RAUL TAYLHARDAT
ARRIVES TO ASSUME HIS POST.
AUGUST 26 ............ HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BOSCH IN
VENEZUELA HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO MILITARY COURTS.
APRIL 03 ................ HECTOR RODRIGUEZ LLOMPART, HEAD OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR
ECONOMIC COOPERATION ARRIVES IN CARACAS TO ATTEND FOURTH
MEETING OF SELA.
SEPTEMBER 11 ...... HAVANA AFP PRESS SAYS CUBA WILL RECEIVE 500,000 TONS OF
VENEZUELAN OIL THIS YEAR. AGREEMENT INVOLVES SWAPS WITH SPAIN,
USSR, VENEZUELA & CUBA.
DECEMBER 09 ........ CUBA ANNOUNCES THAT 1500 FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES WILL GO TO VENEZUELA BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
DECEMBER 30 ........ VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTER SIMON ALBERT CONSALVI ARRIVES IN
CUBA TO ATTEND 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
VIETNAM
1976
JULY 04 .................. CUBA AND VIETNAM SIGN FIVE-YEAR ECONOMIC AGREEMENT.
AUGUST 16 ............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN SRI LANKA FOR NONALIGNED MEETING
MEETS WITH PHAM VAN DONG, PREMIER OF SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM.
SEPTEMBER 02-04.. RAMON CASTRO AND CUBAN AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION VISIT HANOI TO
ATTEND CELEBRATION OF VIETNAMESE: INDEPENDENCE DAY.
SEPTEMBER 21 ...... VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER PHAM VAN DOING RECEIVES RAMON CASTRO
AND CUBAN AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION.
DECEMBER 13 ........ POLITBURO MEMBER SERGIO DEL VALLE HEADS CUBAN PARTY
DELEGATION TO HANOI FOR VIETNAM WORKERS PARTY CONGRESS.
1977
APRIL 28 ................ CUBA AND VIETNAM SIGN TRADE PROTOCOL IN HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 06-16.. CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER PELEGRIN TORRAS AND DELEGATION IN
HANOI. MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER ON 7 SEPTEMBER.
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1978
JANUARY 03 .......... FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE PARTY, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
AND GOVERNMENT DELEGATION LED BY DO MUOI IN CUBA FOR 20TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
JANUARY 20 .......... CUBAN-VIETNAM FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION ISSUES DECLARATION
ENCOURAGING NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM.
MARCH 22 ................ CUBAN VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOSE VIERA LINARES VISITS
VIETNAM TO DISCUSS NONALIGNED MATTERS.
MAY 06 .................... CUBA AND VIETNAM SIGN FISHING COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
JULY 10 .................. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL RAUL FORNELL DELGADO ENDS VISIT
TO VIETNAM WHERE HE DISCUSSED NONALIGNED MATTERS.
DECEMBER 25 ........ A PROTOCOL FOR ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
BETWEEN CUBA AND VIETNAM IS SIGNED IN HAVANA.
VIETNAM
NORTH
SEPTEMBER 11 ...... CUBAN PCC DELEGATION LEAVES NORTH VIETNAM AFTER ATTENDING
30TH NATIONAL DAY CELEB. RAUL GARICA PALAEZ MEMBER OF PARTY
SECRETARIAT HEADS DELEGATION.
VIETNAM
SOUTH
MAY 20 .................... DELEGATION OF CUBAN JOURNALISTS RECEIVED BY NGUYEN HUU THO,
CHAIRMAN OF NFLSV IN HO CHI MINH CITY.
AUGUST 01 ............ PCC SECRETARIAT MEMBER ANTONIO PEREZ HERRERO MEETS WITH
YEMENI AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS IN
HAVANA.
AUGUST 15 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
OF SOUTH VIETNAM, NGUYEN THI BINH, ARRIVES IN CUBA.
YUGOSLAVIA
1975
FEBRUARY 10 ........ YUGOSLAV COMMUNIST LEAGUE DELEGATION ARRIVES IN CUBA AT
INVITATION OF PCC.
SEPTEMBER 08 ...... CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BELGRADE FOR AN
8-DAY STAY.
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MARCH 06-08 ........ FIDEL CASTRO IN YUGOSLAVIA. OFFICIAL WORKING VISIT AT INVITATION OF
PRESIDENT TITO.
SEPTEMBER 09-13.. YUGOSLAV DEFENSE MINISTER ARMY GENERAL NIKOLA LJUBICIC AND
DELEGATION VISIT CUBA.
SEPTEMBER 17 ...... YUGOSLAV DEFENSE MINISTER LJUBICIC PASSES THRU HAVANA ON HIS
WAY HOME FROM MEXICO. GREETED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT
AIRPORT.
SEPTEMBER 19 ...... BRIG. CMDR. JULIO CASAS REGUEIRO HEADS CUBAN ARMED FORCES
DELEGATION DEPARTING FOR YUGOSLAVIA.
SEPTEMBER 27 ...... CUBAN MILITARY DELEGATION HEADED BY BRIG. CMDR. JULIO CASAS
REGUEIRO ARRIVES IN BELGRADE. PARTICIPATED IN GOLFA 76
MANEUVERS.
OCTOBER 11............ RAMON CASTRO AND DELEGATION IN BELGRADE.
1977
MAY 20 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ IN BELGRADE FNROUTE TO LIBYA. MEETS
WITH YUGOSLAV COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERS AT AIRPORT.
JUNE 05 .................... DELEGATION OF LEAGUE OF COMMUNISTS Q1 YUGOSLAVIA ARRIVE IN
HAVANA.
SEPTEMBER 01 ...... YUGOSLAV PARTY LEADER JURE BILOC MEET; WITH CARLOS RAFAEL
RODRIGUEZ IN HAVANA.
OCTOBER 15............ MILJAN KOMATINA, YUGOSLAVIAN VICE MINIS ? ER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ARRIVES IN CUBA.
MAY 22 .................... FIDEL CASTRO GREETS CUBAN BOXING TEAM RETURNING FROM
BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA.
JULY 22 .................. CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ ARRIVES IN BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA.
JULY 24 .................. IN BELGRADE, CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH ALGERIAN
PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE TO DISCUSS UPCOMING SUMMIT.
JULY 25 .................. YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT TITO SPEAKS TO NONALIGNED MEETING. ATTACKS
SOVIET AND CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN AFRICA. SAYS NONALIGNED
COUNTRIES SHOULD UNDERMINE THEIR EFFORT.
JULY 26 .................. IN BELGRADE, CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH YUGOSLAV
GOVERNMENT LEADERS.
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JANUARY 26 .......... IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT BY ZAIRE, CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR
ALARCON PRESENTS LETTER TO UNGA SECRETARY GENERAL JUSTIFYING
CUBAN AID TO ANGOLA.
MARCH 18-21 ........ CASTRO VISITS TANZANIA. CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT NYERERE. AT PRESS
CONFERENCE CASTRO SAYS "CUBA NOT INVOLVED IN PRESENT REBELLION
IN ZAIRE."
APRIL 05 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES STATEMENT REFUTING ZAIRE'S
CHARGES OF CUBAN INTERFERENCE IN SHABA.
APRIL 15 ................ CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA DENIES CUBAN PARTICIPATION IN
INVASION OF SHABA,"NOR ARE THE CUBANS SUPPORTING OR TRAINING
1978
MAY 15 .................... HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE REPORTS REBEL ATTACK ON KOLWEZI, ZAIRE.
MAY 19 .................... NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THAT FIDEL CASTRO CALLED USINT CHIEF IN TO
DENY CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHTING IN SHABA PROVINCE.
MAY 21 .................... CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE DENIES ROLE IN ZAIRE.
MAY 25 .................... AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO PRESIDENT CARTER SAYS "CUBA
MUST SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KATANGESE REBEL INVASION OF
ZAIRE FROM ANGOLA."
MAY 27 .................... CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ REFUTES PRESIDENT CARTER'S STATEMENTS
ON CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE SHABA INVASION.
JUNE 08 .................... CUBAN UN AMBASSADOR RAUL ROA KOURI REITERATES CUBAN
NONINVOLVEMENT IN ZAIRE.
JUNE 23 .................... CUBA FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES THAT CUBANS WERE CAPTURED DURING
THE RECENT FIGHTING IN ZAIRE.
ZAMBIA
1975
APRIL 21 ................ ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT KENNETH KAUNDA PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO CUBA.
APRIL 26 ................ CUBAN-ZAMBIAN JOINT COMMUNIQUE RELEASED IN HAVANA FOLLOWING
PRESIDENT KAUNDA'S VISIT.
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APRIL 28 ................ ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL REPORTS FROM HAVANt THAT FOREIGN MINISTER
MWAANGA DELIVERED SPECIAL MESSAGE TC: FIDEL CASTRO FROM US
SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER.
JUNE 22-23 ............ FOREIGN MINISTER MALMIERCA IN ZAMBIA. DELIVERS PERSONAL MESSAGE
FROM CASTRO TO PRESIDENT KAUNDA. REAFFIRMS CUBAN SUPPORT FOR
FRONT LINE STATES AND LIBERATION FOR SC.UTH AFRICA.
JUNE 24 .................... CUBA AND ZAMBIA SIGN COMMUNIQUE ON MALMIERCA'S VISIT.
SOLIDARITY WITH ZIMBABWE-SWAPO ETC.
OCTOBER 28-29 .... ZAMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SITEKE MUALE IN CUBA FOR OFFICIAL VISIT.
OCTOBER 30............ CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MEETS SEPARA"ELY WITH POLISH, DANISH,
ZAMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS WHO ARE VISITING CUBA.
OCTOBER 31 ............ IN ZAMBIA,. CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ DE COSSIO
SAYS CUBA WILL CONTINUE ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH AFRICAN LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS.
FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH ZAMBIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER
SITEKE MUALE IN HAVANA.
CUBA AND ZAMBIA SIGN COMMUNIQUE IN HA /ANA FOLLOWING VISIT BY
FOREIGN MINISTER MUALE.
NOVEMBER 13 ........ RAUL VALDES VIVO, CHIEF OF PCC FOREIGN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
DELIVERS SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM FIDEL CASTRO TO PRESIDENT KAUNDA
OF ZAMBIA IN LUSAKA.
FIDEL CASTRO SENDS MESSAGE TO ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT KAUNDA BY
HAND OF RAUL VALDES VIVO, PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER ARRIVED
LUSAKA 12 NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER 21 ........ UJC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA PROMOTING WORLD YOUTH
FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN CUBA. DELEGATION CAME FROM TANZANIA.
DECEMBER 22-29 .. JOSHUA NKOMO VISITS CUBA AT INVITATION `)F PCC.
DECEMBER 28 ........ FIDEL CASTRO MEETS WITH ZAPU LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO IN HAVANA.
1978
MAY 07 .................... THE LONDON OBSERVER CARRIES STORY STATING THAT ZAMBIAN
PRESIDENT KAUNDA MAY INVITE CUBAN TROOPS TO ZAMBIA TO HELP THE
PATRIOTIC FRONT.
MAY 24 .................... PRESIDENT KAUNDA OF ZAMBIA IS INTERVIEWI=D IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
HE DEFENDS CUBAN AID TO AFRICAN COUNTEIES.
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JUNE 06 .................... RHODESIAN GUERRILLA LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO ADMITS THAT CUBANS
ARE TRAINING HIS 6,000 MAN ARMY IN ZAMBIA.
JUNE 27 .................... CUBAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE FERNANDEZ GIVES SPEECH IN
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA REJECTING CHARGES THAT CUBA IS NOT NONALIGNED.
AUGUST 25 ............ AUTHORIZED SOURCES IN HAVANA DENY TO THE PRESS REPORTS OF
TRANSFER OF CUBAN TROOPS TO ZAMBIA FOR EVENTUAL ATTACK ON
RHODESIA.
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