CUBAN CHRONOLOGY 1982

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1982
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This publication is a chronological listing of major international and domestic
events affecting Cuba during the period from 1 January to 31 December 1982.
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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Key to Abbreviations
AALAPSO Afro-Asian-Latin American People's Solidarity Organization
AFP French Press Agency
ALADI Latin American Industrial Design Association
ANAP National Association of Small Farmers
ANGOP Angola's Official News Agency
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System
CDR Committee for the Defense of the Revolution
CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CNN Cable News Network
COPWE Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia
CPCZ Czechoslovakia Central Committee
CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union Organizations
DPRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea
ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America
FDR Salvadoran Revolutionary Democratic Front
FELAP Latin American Federation of Journalists
FEU Federation of University Students
FPN Nicaraguan National Patriotic Front
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
FSLN Sandinista National Liberation Front
GEPLACEA Latin American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting Countries
GDR German Democratic Republic
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GOSPLAN USSR-State Planning Committee
ICAP Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples
IPU Inter-parliamentary Union
ILO United Nations International Labor Organization
ISO International Sugar Organization
KPRP Khmer Peoples Revolutionary Party
LAASP Angolan League for Friendship and Solidarity with Peoples
MIR Movement of the Revolutionary Left (Chile)
MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
MTI Hungarian News Agency
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
OAS Organization of American States
OLADE Latin American Energy Organization
PCC Communist Party of Cuba
PCF French Communist Party
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
PRK People's Republic of Kampuchea
PZPR Polish Union Workers' Party
SELA Economic Commission for Latin America
SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SWAPO South-West African People's Organization
TACC Anti-Imperialist Tribunal
UJC Union of Young Communists
UK United Kingdom
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UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNECA Union of Caribbean Construction Enterprises
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNITA Union for the Total Independence of Angola
US United States
WFTU World Free Trade Union
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Contents
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AFGHANISTAN
1
ALBANIA
2
ALGERIA
3
ANGOLA
5
ANTARCTICA
10
ARGENTINA
11
AUSTRIA
14
BAHAMAS
15
BANGLADESH
16
BARBADOS
17
BELGIUM
18
BENIN
19
BERMUDA
20
BOLIVIA
21
BOSTWANA
22
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
BURMA
BURUNDI
CANADA
23
24
26
27
28
CAPE VERDE
29
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
30
CHILE
32
CHINA (PRC)
33
COLOMBIA
34
CONGO
35
COSTA RICA
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CUBA INTERNAL
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CYPRUS
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
49
DENMARK
51
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
52
ECUADOR
53
EGYPT
54
EL SALVADOR
55
ETHIOPIA
56
FINLAND
58
FRANCE
59
GERMANY EAST
62
GERMANY WEST
65
GHANA
66
GREECE
67
GRENADA
68
GUATEMALA
70
GUINEA
71
GUINEA-BISSAU
72
GUYANA
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
INDIA
73
74
75
77
IRAN
79
IRAQ
80
IRELAND
82
ISRAEL
83
ITALY
85
JAMAICA
86
JAPAN
87
KAMPUCHEA
88
KOREA NORTH
89
KUWAIT
90
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LAOS
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LEBANON
92
LIBERIA
94
LIBYA
95
MADAGASCAR
96
MALI
97
MAURITANIA
98
MEXICO
99
MONGOLIA
102
MOZAMBIQUE
103
NAMIBIA
105
NETHERLANDS
107
NICARAGUA
108
NIGERIA
113
NONALIGNED MOVEMENT
114
NORWAY
119
PALESTINE LIBERATION
120
PANAMA
122
PERU
123
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
ROMANIA
124
125
126
127
128
SAO TOME
129
SENEGAL
130
SEYCHELLES
131
SOUTH AFRICA
132
SOUTH YEMEN (PDRY)
134
SPAIN
135
SRI LANKA
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SUDAN
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SURINAME
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SWEDEN
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SWITZERLAND
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SYRIA
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TANZANIA
142
TOGO
143
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
144
TURKEY
145
UGANDA
146
UK
147
URUGUAY
149
US
150
USSR
161
VATICAN
170
VENEZUELA
171
VIETNAM
172
WESTERN SAHARA
174
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
175
YUGOSLAVIA
176
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
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Cuban Chronology
January 1982�December
1982
AFGHANISTAN
January 29
February 1
February 6
Vilma Espin greets Anahita Ratebzad, chairman of the Democratic Women's
Organization of Afghanistan at Jose Marti International Airport.
Central Committee member Rene Rodriguez discusses solidarity and bilateral
relations with Anahita Ratebzad, chairman of the Democratic Women's Organi-
zation of Afghanistan.
Fidel Castro and Vilma Espin meet with Afghanistan's democratic party member
Anahita Ratebzad, who has made several tours and met with other party and
government leaders.
February 17 Cuba and Afghanistan sign their first bilateral cooperation agreement in Kabul.
April 29 Central Committee member Ramon Fernandez arrives in Kabul to partake in
festivities marking the 4th anniversary of the Afghan Revolution.
November 26 Cuba's ambassador to the UN Raul Roa Kouri accuses the US of meddling in Af-
ghanistan, during a meeting at the UN.
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ALBANIA
February 17
March 5
October 16
October 24
Cuba and Albania sign a trade and payments agreement for 1981-85 in Tirana.
Cuba and Albania sign a trade protocol for 1982 and a price setting agreement for
1982 to 1985.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the present UN General Assembly meeting
with Cypriot President Kiprianou and the international situation with Bulgarian,
GDR, Algerian and Albanian leaders.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas receives an Albanian trade delegation in
Havana. Albanian Trade Minister Muzafer Ahmati and Vice Minister of Foreign
Trade Andres Yebra sign a trade agreement.
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ALGERIA
February 25-27 PDRY President Ali Nasir, returning to Cuba after his two-day visit to
Nicaragua, meets with Fidel and Raul Castro before leaving for Algeria.
March 22
Minister President of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation Hector
Rodriguez Llompart discusses bilateral cooperation with Algerian Agriculture
Minister Salim Saadi. Algerian Agriculture Minister Salim Saadi arrives in
Santiago de Cuba in the company of his Cuban counterpart, Arnaldo Milian
Castro.
March 25 Minister of Agriculture Arnaldo Milian and his Algerian counterpart Salim Saadi
sign an agricultural livestock cooperation agreement.
May 20
September 4
September 15
September 18
September 23
September 25
September 27
October 15-17
October 16
Deputy Foreign Minister Oscar Oramas meets in Algeria with Foreign Minister
Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi to discuss the nonaligned, the international situation, and
bilateral relations.
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Estefania arrives in Algiers and discusses
trade with Algerian Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Ali O'Bouzar.
Hocine Zatout, the new Algerian Ambassador to Cuba presents his credentials to
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
Politburo alternate member Montane greets Algerian Central Committee member
Mr. Slimane Hoffman at Jose Marti Airport. Hoffman will discuss political
matters with members of the Cuban Communist Party.
President of the Central Planning Board Humberto Perez Gonzalez discusses
matters of mutual interest with Algerian party official Slimane Hoffman.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca discuss international issues,
bilateral relations, and the nonaligned movement with Algerian official Slimane
Hoffman.
Politburo alternate member Montane and Slimane Hoffman sign a protocol
between the Communist Party of Cuba and Algeria's National Liberation Front
Party. Fidel Castro and Jesus Montane discuss several international issues and the
Nonaligned Movement with Slimane Hoffman. Hoffman delivers a message from
Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid to Fidel.
A Cuban-Algerian Inter-Governmental Committee meeting is held in Havana.
Vice President of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation Manuel Torres
emphasizes strengthening relations.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the present UN General Assembly meeting
with Cypriot President Kiprianou and the international situation with Bulgarian,
GDR, Algerian and Albanian leaders.
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October 18-20
October 20
November 17
November 18
November 20
Construction Minister Abroad Levi Farah and Algeria's Minister of Housing and
Construction Ghazali preside at the third meeting of the Cuban-Algeria joint
intergovernmental commission.
Levi Farah and Ahmed Ghazali, Algeria's Minister of Housing and Construction
sign a protocol ending the third meeting of the Cuba-Algeria Joint Intergovern-
mental Commission.
Minister of Agriculture Arnaldo Milian discusses opportunities for bilateral
cooperation with Algeria's Culture Minister Salim Saadi.
Agriculture Minister Arnaldo Milian and his delegation visit dairy and poultry
farms and other places of economic and historic interest during an official visit to
Algeria.
Minister of Agriculture Arnaldo Milian tours various agricultural centers, cooper-
atives, public works, plantations, and areas of cultural and social interest in
Algeria. During meetings with Algerian leaders in Algeria, Agriculture Minister
Milian says that foundations to expand cooperation in the agriculture field and
bilateral relations were discussed.
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January 5
January 7
January 31
February 3-6
February 6
February 8
ANGOLA
The Pretoria press announced that South African security forces have killed one
Cuban and captured another on the border between South-West Africa and
Angola during a skirmish.
South African authorities reveal the names of Cuban soldier Francisco Paulo
Hernandez, as taken prisoner and Sergeant Raimundo Davila as killed in southern
Angola on 5 January.
Foreign Minister Malmierca leaves for Luanda in response to an invitation
extended by the Angolan Government. Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in
Luanda and is greeted by Angolan Foreign Minister Paulo Jorge and MPLA-
Labor Party Central Committee member Francia Mestre.
Jorge Risquet arrives in Luanda; he conveys greetings from Fidel Castro to
President dos Santos and begins talks on bilateral relations and the international
situation.
President of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos meets with Jorge Risquet, Isidoro
Malmierca, and Abelardo Colome Ibarra to exchange views on the struggle
against South Africa. Cuban Foreign Minister Malmierca and Angolan Minister
of Foreign Affairs Paulo Jorge issue a statement that the question of Cuban forces
in Angola is not related to a Namibian settlement.
Jorge Risquet addresses a group of journalists at the end of his visit to Angola say-
ing that the Cuban people are prepared to confront any kind of aggression. Jorge
Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
February 28 In his press conference in Havana, Jacques Hutzinger also says that his party
would like Cuba to withdraw its troops from Angola.
March 9 Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new Cuban ambassador to Zambia,
Heriberto Feraudy, President Kaunda says that Cuban troops have prevented
South Africa from overrunning Angola.
April 20 Cuban Minister of Construction Abroad Levi Farah and Angolan Construction
Minister Manuel Mangueira sign a protocol in Luanda concerning cooperation in
the field of construction.
April 29 Education Minister Jose Fernandez welcomes his Angolan counterpart August
Lopes Teixeira in Havana.
April 30 Cuba and Angola sign a cooperation agreement in Luanda, effective in 1983,
covering the exchange of political, cultural, and socioeconomic programs for radio
and television.
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May 6
May 14
May 20
June 10
June 19
July 24-29
Angolan Secretary of State Rodeth Gil departs Luanda on a working visit to
Cuba. Angolan Education Minister Augusto Lopes Teixeira and his delegation
visit four farms schools attended by some 1,800 Angolan students on the Isle of
Youth.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart meets with his Angolan counterpart Boaven-
tura da Silva Cardoso in Havana; a cultural exchange agreement in the field of
music is signed on 18 May.
A Cuban delegation from the Ministry of Education, the National Science and
Education Workers Union, the Union of Young Communists, and the Federation
of Intermediate Level Students visits Angola.
Minister President of the State Committee for Finance Francisco Garcia Valls
visits various Angolan oil fields in Zaire Province.
Angola's official news agency ANGOP rejects any link between negotiations for
the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in Angola.
Rene Rodriguez Cruz, President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with
Peoples (ICAP) visits Luanda and meets with Lucio Lara, MPLA-Labor Party
Central Committee secretary for organization.
July 26 Fidel Castro cites Cuba's conditions for troop withdrawal from Angola and
provides economic statistics for Cuba during a low-key speech marking the 29th
anniversary of the revolution. ANGOP news agency reports that Angola rejects
the US proposal for simultaneous withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola as a
condition for the settlement of the Namibian problem.
July 27 Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, says that about 8,500 Cuban troops, with Soviet
advisers and equipment, are leading a major offensive against his Angolan
opposition movement.
July 28 Minister of Education Jose Fernandez says that a report in The Wall Street
Journal that 2,000 Angolan students in Cuba had been expelled is "an infamous
lie."
July 29 Rene Rodriguez Cruz and Coelho da Cruz, President of the Angolan League for
Friendship and Solidarity with Peoples (LAASP) sign a 5-year cooperation
agreement for 1982-87 in Luanda. Angolan Ambassador to Cuba Baptista tells the
press that relations between Cuba and Angola "are excellent" and that Cuban
troops will leave Angola "little by little", when the governments decide.
August 7 Havana announces that 1,000 Angolan students will arrive soon to join the almost
2,000 others currently in Cuba.
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August 18
August 21
September 12
September 13
September 15
September 16
September 17
September 18
September 20
September 23
September 27
September 29
A farewell ceremony is held in Havana for the Fourth Contingent of the Ernesto
Che Guevara teaching depachment comprising 363 students and 30 teachers
leaving soon for two years in Angola.
During a debate on Namibia at the UN, Cuban delegate Miguel Alvarez says that
Cuban troops will not be withdrawn from Angola until there is no threat of a
South African invasion.
Angolan President dos Santos, speaking at a rally in Huambo, says that Cuban
troop contingents in Angola will be reduced when South African aggression
against Angola stops.
Speaking at a public meeting in Pretoria, South African Prime Minister Botha
says that the presence of Cuban troops in Angola precludes any settlement of the
South-West Africa/Namibia problem.
Hector Rodriguez Llompart, Minister President of the State Committee for
Economic Cooperation meets in Havana with Lopo do Nascimento, Angola's
Planning Minister.
During their meeting in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshio Sakurauchi
calls on his Cuban counterpart Isidoro Malmierca to withdraw Cuban troops from
Angola.
During a meeting in Japan with Harou Okada, Foreign Minister Malmierca
denounces South Africa's aggressions against the Namibian and Angolan peoples.
Angolan Ambassador in Havana, Mawete Joao Baptista says that Cuban troops
will stay in Angola until there are effective guarantees that Angolan integrity and
sovereignty will be respected.
The chief of operations of the UNITA movement in Angola Col. Hoa Bock says
the Cubans are moving to the south of the country in preparation for a big
offensive.
Luanda press reports that during Angolan party leader Lopo do Nascimento's trip
to Cuba, he visited several agricultural complexes, industrial centers, and educa-
tional institutions.
Angolan party leader Lopo do Nascimento and Hector Rodriguez Llompart sign
mutual aid agreements on economic, scientific, and technical cooperation.
During meetings in Havana, Lopo do Nascimento says, "There is no relation
betweeen the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in
Angola."
October 5 Angolan President dos Santos receives Cuban Ambassador Rafael Francia Mestre
in a private audience.
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October 8
October 19
October 21
October 25
At the UN, Foreign Minister Malmierca says that Cuba began reducing its forces
in Angola in 1976 and now will "unhesitantingly respect" any request by Angola
to withdraw Cuban troops. President Reagan is quoted by the Lisbon weekly 0
Journal as saying the US was adamant that Cuban troops must leave Angola, but
was ready to show great flexibility about details of the withdrawal.
Politburo member Ramon Machado discusses matters of mutual interest with
Lucio Lara, member of the Angolan MPLA-Labor Party Politburo. Lucio Lara
and his delegation visit the main offices of the party in Havana City Province;
Lara and Politburo member Camacho Aguilera discuss topics of mutual interest.
A statement by UNITA in Lisbon says that some 12,000 MPLA troops and 5,000
Cubans are making a three-pronged attack against UNITA forces in the Cuando-
Cubango and MOXiC0 Provinces.
Lucio Lara visits the headquarters of the AfroAsian-Latin American Peoples
Solidarity Organization and is briefed on the operation of the organization by
Secretary General Melba Hernandez. Politburo alternate member Montane and
Lucio Lara discuss matters of mutual interest.
In a press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara rejects the US position that
Namibia's independence is contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops in
Angola. Angolan official Lucio Lara announces that the Angolan League of
Friendship With Peoples will increase the level of relations with its Cuban
counterpart during meetings with ICAP officials. Lucio Lara, member of Angola's
MPLA-Labor Party Politburo and Jorge Risquet visit the 26 July school-city and
the Siboney farm in Santiago de Cuba.
October 26 During his press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara dismisses reports that French
troops are to replace Cuban troops in Angola.
November 1 Fidel Castro discusses bilateral relations and international issues, especially those
related to southern Africa, with Angolan official Lucio Lara before his departure
from Cuba.
November 10 Raul Castro, together with Division Generals Abelardo Colome Ibarra and Sixto
Batista, meet with Colonel Pedro Maria Tonha Pedale, member of the MPLA-
Labor Party politburo of Angola.
November 11 Angolan Attorney General Antero Abreu Ersedosa visits the Public Prosecutor's
Office of Havana Province to discuss legal proceedings in the province and its
municipalities. A FAR ceremony is held at the General Maximo Gomez Academy
marking Angolan independence day. Politburo member Jorge Risquet and Ango-
lan leader Colonel Pedro Maria Tonha speak at the ceremony.
November 12 Division General Abelardo Colome Ibarra accompanies Colonel Pedro Maria
Tonha and his high-level delegation on a tour of the Isle of Youth.
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November 15
During a press conference, Jonas Savimbi, leader of the UNITA guerrilla
movement, warns that the war against the Luanda government will continue if
Cuban troops remain in Angola.
November 17 The first 53 members of the fourth contingent of the Ernesto Che Guevara
Internationalist Teachers Detachment arrive in Luanda, Angola.
November 22 Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas establishes, in London, a committee for Angola-
Cuban trade that will function as a complement to the joint inter-governmental
commission.
November 24
Angolan Minister Ribeiro meets in Havana with Joel Domenech, Minister of Basic
Industry and Diodes Torralba, Minister of the Sugar Industry and visits
manufacturing and agricultural centers. Hector Rodriguez Llompart and Angolan
Industry Minister Bento Ribeiro sign a cooperation accord, in Havana, in the
sugar, metal-mechanical working, shipbuilding, and basic industries.
December 2 The Angolan Secretary of State for Cooperation Paulino Pinto Joao leaves Luanda
for Cuba where he will participate in the Angola-Cuba joint subcommission on
economics.
December 4 Cuban Vice Minister of Agriculture Francisco Gonzalez tours the Angolan
province of Cabinda to discuss strengthening ties in the agricultural field and to
evaluate their forestry potential.
December 8 Vice Minister of Agriculture Francisco Gonzalez and his Angolan counterpart
Graciano Mande sign a forestry cooperation agreement in Luanda; forestry studies
will begin in January 1983 in Cabinda.
December 13 Juan Almeida and Cape Verde's Prime Minister Pedro Pires sign a declaration
condemning South African aggression against Angola and Pretoria and destabiliz-
ing maneuvers, particularly in Mozambique.
December 14 The New York Times reports that Assistant Secretary Crocker and Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Ilyichev are in Moscow discussing Namibia and the Cuban
presence in Angola.
December 18 Cuba and Guinea-Bissau issue a joint communique emphasizing Cuba's aid to
Angola and rejecting US attempts to link Namibia's independence to the
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.
December 30 A joint-Mozambique-Cuban communique is released in Maputo rejecting any
attempts to link the independence to Namibia to the withdrawal of Cuban troops
from Angola.
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ANTARCTICA
October 29
November 10
Antonio Nunez Jimenez and Angel Grana Gonzalez from the Institute of
Geography of the Cuban Academy of Sciences depart Moscow to accompany
Soviets on an Antarctic expedition.
A Cuban flag is hoisted in the Antartic marking the 65th Anniversary of the
October Revolution. Nunez Jimenez and Angel Grana Gonzales are members of
the Soviet scientific expedition.
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ARGENTINA
January 15 Fidel Castro meets with Ruy Barreto and explains Cuba's willingness to offer
Brazil the same "preferential treatment" that it grants Mexico and Argentina.
April 9 A Cuban airliner carrying the Cuban Ambassador to Argentina is detained by
Brazilian authorities for entering Brazilian airspace without authorization, but is
then allowed to continue to Buenos Aires.
April 11 The Argentine press announces the resumption of normal diplomatic relations
between Argentina and Cuba, and Cuban Ambassdor Emilio Aragones returns to
Argentina following a 16-month absence.
April 13
April 26
May 1
May 3
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 10
May 22
Argentine Ambassador to Cuba Rafael Vasquez arrives in Havana following a
two-month stay in Argentina.
The Cuban Government proclaims its "solidarity" with Argentina and calls for the
immediate cessation of all military, economic, and other types of hostility against
Buenos Aires.
The Cuban Government states it will support Argentina in the Falklands dispute
with "every means which might become necessary."
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Paris and meets with Health Minister Ralite
and Foreign Minister Cheysson. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez denies, in Paris, reports
that Cuba has supplied weapons to Argentina; he says Cuba recognizes Argentine
sovereignty over the islands, but does not support the junta.
The French Communist Party issues a communique denouncing imperialism in the
Falklands and favoring negotiations following the meeting between Georges
Marchais and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
Cuban Ambassador to Argentina Aragones reiterates Cuba's solidarity with
Argentina in its struggle over the Malvinas Islands during a meeting with
Argentine Foreign Ministry official de la Vega.
Le Monde cites Marcel Niedergang's interview with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, in
Paris, in which Rodriguez declares, "that his country would aid Argentina by
every means, including military."
Fidel Castro sends a message to Nonaligned leaders appealing to them to take
whatever steps appropriate to stop British-US aggression against Argentina.
Cuba's Ambassador to the UN Raul Roa Kouri condemns British aggression and
calls for Latin American solidarity for Argentina at the UN session.
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May 25
May 26
June 4
June 6
June 15
June 16
July 29
August 6
August 14
August 20
August 24
September 3-7
Argentine President Galtieri sends a message to Fidel Castro expressing his
gratitude to the Nonaligned Movement for its support of Argentina in the
Falklands dispute.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Vice Foreign Minister Alarcon discuss bilateral
relations and the international situation, with emphasis on the Malvinas, with
Grenadian Foreign Minister Whiteman.
Fidel Castro praises Argentine action in the Malvinas in a ceremony in which a
commercial, technical, and scientific protocol was signed by Foreign Ministers
Malmierca and Costa Mendez.
In Madrid, on his way to represent Fidel Castro at a CEMA conference in
Budapest, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that Cuba stands ready to help in the
Malvinas when Argentina requests it.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with UN Secretary General Javier Perez de
Cuellar to discuss the situation in the Malvinas, Israel's invasion of Lebanon and
developments on disarmament.
During a speech at the UN, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez condemns the US for its sup-
port of the British invasion of the Malvinas and Israel's aggression.
During a recent SELA meeting in Buenos Aires, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade
Amadeo Blanco praises the organization's support for Argentina and says Cuba
will participate actively.
Luis Claraso de la Vega has been appointed as the new Argentine ambassador to
Cuba, replacing Rafael Maximo Vazquez.
Severo Aguirre, President of the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of
Peoples, arrives in Buenos Aires to participate in an international conference on
the Malvinas.
In a speech before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, Cuban
Ambassador Raul Roa urges Great Britain to restore the Malvinas Islands to
Argentina.
Fidel Castro visits the Argentine Embassy in Havana to reiterate the "total
support" of his country and government for Argentina's claims to the Malvinas
Islands.
Minister President of the State Committee for Material and Technical Supply
Irma Sanchez arrives in Buenos Aires and discusses trade with Argentine Foreign
Minister Juan Aguirre Lanari.
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September 15
September 17
September 22
October 1
Minister-President of the Cuban State Committee for Technical and Material
Supply discusses expanding bilateral economic relations with Argentine President
Reynaldo Bignone.
Minister-President of the Cuban State Committee for Technical and Material
Supply Irma Sanchez the Argentine Foreign Minister Lanari sign a trade
agreement covering agricultural foodstuffs.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receive credentials
from Luis Raul Claraso de la Vega, new ambassador of Argentina.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses bilateral relations and matters under
consideration by the UN with the foreign ministers of Nicaragua, Spain, Peru, and
Argentina at the UN.
November 4 Cuba's Ambassador to the UN Raul Roa Kouri defends Argentine rights over the
Falklands during meetings at the UN.
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AUSTRIA
April 13-17
Franz Muhri, Chairman of the Austrian Communist Party visits Cuba at the
invitation of the PCC. He discusses the current international situation and party
relations with Fidel Castro.
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BAHAMAS
April 8 The Nassau press reports that the Cuban Council of Ministers issued Decree-Law
50 in February authorizing joint Cuban-foreign companies to invest in property in
Cuba.
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BANGLADESH
June 14
August 27
October 23
December 10
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez exchanges views on the current international situation
and the recently concluded nonaligned meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister
A. R. Shamsul Doha in New York.
The Cuban State Council appoints Jose Perez Novoa Ambassador to Bangladesh;
he will be stationed in New Delhi, India, where he is also the Cuban Ambassador.
Vice President of the Council of State Juan Almeida receives the credentials of K.
M. Shafiullah as ambassador from Bangladesh and Ronald Strelec, ambassador
from Yugoslavia.
New Cuban Ambassador to Bangladesh Jose Perez Novoa presents his credentials
to President Lt. Gen. Husain Mohammad Ershad; they discuss expanding
relations and the Nonaligned Movement.
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BARBADOS
August 5
Bridgetown, Barbados, reports that Cuba's recent sugar harvest of 8.21 million
tons was the best since 1969, according to the Latin American Commodities
Report.
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BELGIUM
December 9 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of Jacques van de Vermer
accrediting him as ambassador to Cuba from Belgium.
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BENIN
January 15 Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane meets in Havana with Benin party
leader Aoko Boko Ynagte to discuss matters of mutual interest.
October 23-25
Beninese Politburo member Atio Boko Ignaz dies in Cuba and Flavio Bravo
accompanies his remains to Benin, where he delivers a letter of condolence from
Fidel Castro to President Kerekou.
November 19 Havana press announces that more than 100 Cuban specialists are currently
working in Benin in the fields of health, education, fishing, trade, and tourism.
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BERMUDA
April 10 The Cuban Council of State grants pardons to three Bermudians held in Cuban
jail since July 1981 for possession of drugs.
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BOLIVIA
September 13
October 11
Politburo alternate member Montane addresses the main ceremony in Havana
commemorating the 15th anniversary of Che Guevara's death in Bolivia.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Alarcon, heading a delegation to the
inauguration ceremony of Bolivian President Siles Zuazo, deliver a message from
Fidel Castro.
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BOTSWANA
January 19 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca receives Legwaila J. Legwaila,
who presents his credentials as Ambassador of Botswana.
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BRAZIL
January 13
January 15
Cuban Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas meets with Ruy Barreto,
president of the Confederation of Brazilian Commercial Associations, to discuss
bilateral trade possibilities.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with the delegation of the Brazilian Confederation
of Commercial Associations headed by its President Ruy Barreto to discuss
international trade. Fidel Castro meets with Ruy Barreto and explains Cuba's
willingness to offer Brazil the same "preferential treatment" that it grants Mexico
and Argentina.
April 9 A Cuban airliner carrying the Cuban Ambassador to Argentina is detained by
Brazilian authorities for entering Brazilian airspace without authorization, but is
then allowed to continue to Buenos Aires.
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BULGARIA
January 12
March 15
According to statistics released in Sofia, Cuba is the biggest importer of Bulgarian
industrial complexes among CEMA member-countries, over the past 15 years ten
industrial projects have been built.
Bulgaria's Transportation Minister Vasil Tsanov arrives in Havana; he visits
places of historic, urban, and economic interest with Commander of the Revolu-
tion Guillermo Garcia Frias.
March 19 Bulgaria's Minister of Transportation Vasil Tsanov and his Cuban counterpart
Guillermo Garcia sign an intergovernmental shipping agreement in Havana.
Mar 31 Apr 4
Bulgaria's Foreign Trade Minister Khristo Ithristov visits Cuba. A 1982 trade
protocol and an intergovernmental agreement on technical servicing of machines
and training of personnel is signed.
April 9 Francisco Travieso, head of the Cuban delegation to the ninth congress of
Bulgarian trade unions, warns that no aggressions or blockades will frighten Cuba.
April 14 Andrey Lulcanov, Deputy Chairman of Bulgaria's Council of Ministers and Oscar
Fernandez Me11, President of the People's Government Provincial Assembly
discuss bilateral cooperation.
May 26 Cuba and Bulgaria sign a cooperation agreement for 1982-85 in Havana that
provides for cooperation concerning international and regional issues.
June 14
The Cuban Council of State awards the Playa Giron Order to Todor Zhivkov,
Secretary General of the Bulgarian Communist Party for his outstanding role in
the struggle against capitalism.
June 16 Politburo alternate member Antonio Perez Herrero addresses the Georgi Dimitrov
and the Contemporary World International Conference in Sofia.
July 14
September 6
September 13
September 18
Approximately 500 Cuban workers and technicians, leaving because of the war
conditions in Iraq, cross into Turkey on their return home via Bulgaria.
Mr. Eustaquio Remedicos de los Cuetos, Cuban Ambassador to Bulgaria, presents
his credentials to Todor Zhivkov, President of the State Council.
The 29th CEMA Waterworks Conference is held in Havana. Bilateral scientific-
technical cooperation agreements are ratified or signed with the GDR, Bulgaria,
Hungary, the USSR, and Czechoslovakia.
Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias attends the signing ceremony
in Havana of the Railway Cooperation Protocol between Bulgaria, the USSR,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
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September 23
September 25-30
September 29
October 1
October 7-9
October 15
October 16
November 16
December 14
December 22-27
December 31
Politburo member Guillermo Garcia Frias meets with Yugoslav Ambassador
Zivojin Jazic and Bulgarian Ambassador Boyko Dimitrov who are ending their
diplomatic tours in Cuba.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas attends the 38th Autumn Fair in Bulgaria and
discusses cooperation and trade relations with Bulgarian Minister Toncho
Chakurov.
Ricardo Cabrizas and his Bulgarian counterpart Khristo Khristov attend a signing
ceremony for a price protocol for 1982 and contracts for the next year amounting
to more than 85 million rubles.
Bulgarian Ambassador to Cuba Boyko Dimitrov awards the Order "1,300th
Anniversary of the Bulgarian State" to Armando Hart, Antonio Nunez Jimenez,
and Lupe Veliz.
Domestic Trade Minister Manuel Vila Sosa meets with Bulgarian leaders Grisha
Filipov and Andrey Lukanov; he signs a scientific-technical cooperation protocol
with his counterpart Karamanev.
Jose Ramon Rodriguez, member of the Cuban Union of Young Communists
Executive Bureau meets in Sofia with Stanka Shopova, first secretary of the
Dimitrov Communist Youth Union.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the present UN General Assembly meeting
with Cypriot President Kiprianou and the international situation with Bulgarian,
GDR, Algerian and Albanian leaders.
Bulgarian leader Andrey Lukanov receives Alejandro Iglesias Roca, Cuba's
minister of food industry.
Cuba and Bulgaria sign a protocol in Havana of cooperation expanding the
technological and scientific exchange between the two nations agricultural
ministries.
Interior Minister Ramiro Valdes visits Bulgaria; he addresses a rally urging unity
to halt imperialism's plans of aggression and he is decorated with the Georgi
Dimitrov medal.
Raul Castro is interviewed by the Bulgarian newspaper Narodna Armiya; he
outlines the history of the FAR and asserts that its current tasks are part of Cuba's
struggle against US imperialism.
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BURMA
July 31 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of Burma's new ambassador to
Cuba Saw Fraing.
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BURUNDI
August 19-23
The second meeting of the Cuban-Burundian joint commission is held in Bujum-
bura and a draft agreement on economic, scientific, and technical cooperation is
signed.
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CANADA
January 29-31
January 30
January 31
February 15
February 18
February 19
April 10
April 19
May 25
June 15
June 19
June 26
September 28
December 6
A Canadian parliamentarian delegation, headed by Maurice Dupras, visits centers
of economic interest and meets with Fidel Castro during his visit to Cuba.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Flavio Bravo meet the Canadian parliamentarian
delegation headed by Maurice Dupras.
Maurice Dupras stresses expanding cooperation in various fields and reiterates
Canada's rejection of the US economic blockade of Cuba in a statement to the
press. Maurice Dupras confirms that Fidel Castro agreed to release Jacques
Lemaie, who has been imprisoned in a Cuban jail for illegally entering Cuba's ter-
ritorial waters and possession of drugs.
Alternate member of the Central Committee Orlando Fundora heads the Cuban
delegation to the 25th Convention of Canadian Communists in Toronto.
Fidel Castro and Flavio Bravo meet in Havana with a Canadian Ministry of
Fisheries and Oceans delegation headed by G. B. Vernon to discuss cooperation.
Orlando Fundora meets with Canadian Social Democratic Party leader Edward
Broadbent in Ottawa.
Central Committee member Manuel Pineiro holds meetings in Havana with
William Kashian, Canada's Communist Party general secretary.
Fidel Castro attends a reception at the Canadian Embassy during celebrations
marking the patriation of the Canadian Constitution.
The secretary general of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Villaverde,
begins talks with representatives from the Canadian Trade Mission.
The fourth meeting of the joint Cuban-Canadian Intergovernmental Committee
for Economic and Trade relations opens in Havana.
Cuban and Canadian officials conclude a meeting on economic and trade relations
with the signing of a final protocol.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Alarcon discuss international affairs with
Canadian officials Michael Saintom, Carlos Salsamendi, and James Bartleman.
Vice President of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation Jose Fernandez
Cossio concludes his visit to Canada where he discussed bilateral economic affairs
with Finance Minister Lalonde.
Canadian Deputy Minister William Thomas Delworth, visiting Cuba as part of a
tour of Central America and the Caribbean, meets twice with Fidel Castro and Isi-
doro Malmierca.
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CAPE VERDE
May 17 A Cape Verdian Defense Ministry delegation, led by Defense Minister Major
Honorio Chantre Fortes, arrives in Cuba and visits Cuba's higher military schools
to learn about Cuban military experiences.
December 10 Juan Almeida makes a stopover in Portugal enroute to Praia on a visit to Cape
Verde Islands. Deputy Prime Minister Juan Almeida, Deputy Foreign Minister
Oscar Oramas and PCC official Bernardo Munos arrive in Praia.
December 13 Juan Almeida delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Cape Verdian President
Aristides Pereira, with whom he discusses the international situation and the
forthcoming Nonaligned Summit meeting. Juan Almeida and Cape Verde's Prime
Minister Pedro Pires sign a declaration condemning South African aggression
against Angola and Pretoria and destabilizing maneuvers, particularly in
Mozambique.
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CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
January 4
January 9
A new freighter, the "Cienfuegos," which was built in Romania's Braila Ship-
yards, docks at Santiago de Cuba. The ship will be used to transport cargo in the
Caribbean.
Fidel Castro receives officials of the Central American and Caribbean sports
organization to discuss the forthcoming Central American Games to be held in
Cuba in August.
January 27 In his State of the Union speech, President Reagan accuses Cuba and Libya of ex-
porting subversion to the Caribbean and other parts of the world.
January 28 Jorge Risquet exchanges views on the international situation, especially Southern
Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean with President Nyerere of Tanzania.
January 29 Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas receives Enrique Estramodoyro, executive
secretary of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting
Countries (GEPLACEA), to discuss the sugar market.
February 24
March 15
March 27
In a message to Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro claims that he is ready to collaborate
to bring peace to the Caribbean if the US ends its threats and subversive activities.
Radio Havana reports that Mexican Foreign Secretary Castaneda and US
Secretary of State Haig agreed to meet in principle after 28 March to discuss Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean.
Cuba's Ambassador to the UN Raul Roa asks the UN to urge the US not to use
force against Central America and the Caribbean and he emphasizes that Cuba is
not sending arms to the Salvadorans.
April 1 Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane discusses international problems in
Latin America and the Caribbean with Vietnam's Chairman of the Council of
Ministers Pham Van Dong.
April 28
June 8
June 13
Havana Domestic Service reports that the US naval maneuver, Ocean Venture 82,
is beginning in the Caribbean Basin and will last until 16 May.
National Institute of Tourism President Padron says that despite obstacles
imposed by the US, Cuba would regain its place as one of the main tourist
destinations in the Caribbean.
Prensa Latina reports that the US Government's decision to reactivate its naval
base in Key West, Florida, shows Washington's aggressive policy toward Central
America and the Caribbean.
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July 4
Fidel Castro meets in Havana with Costa Rican ex-President Jose Figueres to /
discuss political and economic matters, especially in Central America and the/
Caribbean.
July 16 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Alarcon tells a meeting oPUS-based
Association of Caribbean Studies that the US must accept the social changes in
the Caribbean and Central America.
July 20 Cuba joins the Central American and Caribbean Anti-Imperialist Tribunal
(TACC). Guillermo Toriello, President of the TACC, says Cuba's membership
gives the tribunal greater vigor.
October 12
October 30
In a speech before the 7th International Union Congress of Public Workers in
Prague, Cuban Trade Union Leader Juan Atrel Echevarria accuses the US of
aggression in the Caribbean.
A consultation meeting on Latin American and Caribbean trade union education
opens in Havana; Jesus Escandel, Central Organization of Cuban Trade Unions
executive secretary, presides.
November 3 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses matters related to economic problems in South
America and the Caribbean with ECLA Secretary General Enrique Iglesias.
December 4 Cuban delegate before the UN Policy and Security Committee Nestor Garcia
Iturbe accuses the US of attempting aggression in Central America and the
Caribbean.
December 9
Pentagon official Nestor Sanchez, at a meeting in Los Angeles, says that the
increased influence of Soviet-backed Cuba in the Caribbean poses a significant
threat to US and NATO security.
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CHILE
January 18
Luis Corvalan, Secretary General of the Chilean Communist Party, arrives in
Havana for ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the
party on 25 January.
January 23 Fidel Castro meets with Luis Corvalan, Secretary General of the Chilean
N_
\ Communist Party, to discuss Latin America, especially those relating to Cuba.
January 25 Juan Almeida presides at the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chilean
Communist Party. In his speech, PCC member Armando Hart stresses Cuba's
solidarity with revolutionaries in Chile.
February 3 Fidel Castro meets in Havana with Anselmo Sule, President of Chile's Radical
Party to discuss problems relating to Latin America and the Caribbean.
May 27 Secretary General Pascal Allende of Chile's Movement of the Revolutionary Left
(MIR) arrives in Havana after secretly leaving his homeland to visit countries to
promote solidarity with Chile.
June 1
June 9
June 10
August 8
August 11
September 14
In a news conference in Havana, Andres Pascal Allende, Chilean Leftist leader,
says it is necessary to promote a political crisis in Chile to open the way for
overthrowing the military.
MIR Secretary General Andres Pascal Allende calls for unity of all Chilean
revolutionary forces to confront and defeat the dictatorship in Chile during an
event attended by PCC members in Cuba.
Fidel Castro discusses the revolutionary struggle in Chile and the international
situation with Andres Pascal Allende, Secretary General of Chile's Movement of
the Revolutionary Left.
Luis Posada Carriles and Hernan Ricardo, accused of sabotaging a Cuban aircraft
in 1976, escape from prison in Venezuela and seek asylum at the Chilean Embassy
in Caracas.
The Chilean Government rejects the asylum request made by two anti-Castro
activists who escaped from a Venezuelan prison.
Central Committee member Manuel Pineiro meets in Havana with Anselmo Sule
Candia, first secretary of Chile's Radical Party to discuss international issues, in
Latin America and the Caribbean.
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CHINA (PRC)
March 17-19 Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Lu Xuzhang visits Cuba and signs a trade
protocol for 1982 with Acting Minister of Foreign Trade Amado Blanco.
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COLOMBIA
January 27
January 29
February 10
April 9
June 28
August 12
December 3
The Department of State reports that Jaime Guillot Lara, a Colombian citizen,
funneled arms and money to a Colombian leftist group in return for Cuban aid in
smuggling marijuana shipments to the US.
Six men and one woman, members of the M-19 guerrilla movement, land in Cuba,
ending a 48-hour hijacking drama involving a Colombian jetliner; they ask for
political asylum and will remain in Cuba for an indefinite time.
The president of the Colombian Professional Seamens Association, Gerardo
Castro Sarmiento, announces that six Colombian ships and 50 Colombian
crewmen have been detained by Cuban authorities.
In an interview granted to Colombia's Radio Caracol in Havana, Fidel Castro
confirms his involvement in 1948 in the "Bogotazo," calling it the most important
revolt in Colombia.
The Readers Digest article also says that the pipeline used to smuggle drugs has
been used to move "hundreds of tons" of weapons to Cuban-backed forces in El
Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala.
Havana reports that 30 Colombian citizens and an Ecuadoran, convicted of drug
trafficking and of violating Cuban waters or airspace, have been pardoned and
deported via Panama.
During a meeting in Colombia, President Betancur urges President Reagan to halt
the diplomatic boycott of Cuba. Reagan says, "only if Cuba ceases being a satellite
of the Soviet Union."
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CONGO
February 8
April 8-12
Jorge Risquet and his delegation visit the Congo and deliver a message from Fidel
Castro to President Sassou-Nguesso; bilateral relations and the international
situation are discussed.
Cuban Minister of Construction Abroad Levi Farah arrives in Brazzaville, tours
areas of agricultural interest and discusses the fifth development plan with
government officials on 12 April.
April 17 Cuban Construction Minister Abroad Levi Farah conveys greetings from Fidel
Castro to Denis Sassou-Nquesso, President of the Congo during discussions of
economic cooperation for 1982-86.
June 9
July 10
July 11
July 12
July 13
July 14
December 29
December 30
Minister of Justice Osvaldo Dorticos welcomes his Congolese counterpart Captain
Dieudonne Kimbembe, who is visiting Cuba.
A delegation led by Colonel Denis Sassou-Nguesso, president of the People's
Republic of the Congo and the ruling Congolese Workers Party, arrives in Cuba at
the invitation of Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro bestows the National Order of Jose Marti medal on Congolese
President Sassou-Nguesso.
Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida accompanies Congolese President
Sassou-Nguesso to the Jose Marti monument, a tank unit of the FAR, the Isle of
Youth, and a cattle breeding enterprise.
Congolese President Sassou-Nguesso leaves Cuba after signing a cooperation
protocol and cultural and trade agreements.
Granma publishes a communique signed by Fidel Castro and Col. Sassou-Nguesso
blaming the US for the worsening of international tensions and the danger to
peace and security of the world.
Juan Almeida, paying a brief visit to Brazzaville, is met at Maya Maya
International Airport by Michel Bocamba Yangoma, member of the Congolese
Labor Party Politburo. Juan Almeida and Congolese President Denis Sassou-
Nguesso review a military parade.
Cuba's Communist Party Central Committee reiterates its military solidarity with
the Congolese people in a message sent to the Congolese Labor Party on the 23rd
anniversary of its founding.
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COSTA RICA
February 28
July 4
French Socialist Party leader Hutzinger, before leaving for Costa Rica, tells the
press in Havana that Cuban policy in Central America is one of "marked
prudence."
Fidel Castro meets in Havana with Costa Rican ex-President Jose Figueres to
discuss political and economic matters, especially in Central America and the
Caribbean.
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CUBA INTERNAL
January 5 Fidel Castro, Osmani Cienfuegos, Joel Domenech, Jose Lopez Moreno, and
Manuel Pineiro Losada visit the Isle of Youth.
January 7 Fidel Castro outlines Cuba's goals in the health services field while speaking at the
Ministry of Public Health.
January 9 Fidel Castro receives officials of the Central American and Caribbean sports
organization to discuss the forthcoming Central American Games to be held in
Cuba in August. The Council of State names Manuel Vila Sosa as Minister of Do-
mestic Trade to replace Serafin Fernandez who will assume other government
duties.
January 18
January 18-19
January 20
January 22
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 30
February 2
In an interview with Radio Reloj, Spain's Secretary of State for Trade denounces
US policy toward Cuba and stresses the continuation of relations with Cuba
despite international tensions.
US Congressmen Robert Garcia, Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Benjamin Gilman depart
for Cuba in hopes of opening a dialogue with Fidel Castro securing the release of
some 22 American prisoners.
US Congressmen Gilman, Fish, and Garcia have "fruitful and cordial" talks with
Fidel Castro concerning the release of 22 Americans who are in Cuban jails.
Four Americans arrive in Florida after being released from prison in Cuba. They
were held on charges of drug trafficking and illegal entry into Cuban waters.
Roberto Veiga, Politburo alternate member heads the Cuban delegation to the
10th WFTU Congress being held in Havana from 10-15 February.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attends the opening of the 27th meeting of the CEMA
Commission for Cooperation, with Osmani Cienfuegos and Nikolay Baybakov
presiding. In his speech to the CEMA meeting, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez criticizes
Washington for allegedly reviving the Cold War and says Cuba is prepared to
defend its sovereignty by all means.
The Department of State reports that Jaime Guillot Lara, a Colombian citizen,
funneled arms and money to a Colombian leftist group in return for Cuban aid in
smuggling marijuana shipments to the US.
CEMA's 27th planning meeting ends in Havana; matters of interst in the
economic development for 1986-90 and long range-cooperation plans were dis-
cussed. Fidel Castro meets with CEMA members.
An Air Florida Boeing 737 with 78 passengers and crew, on a flight from Miami to
Key West, is hijacked to Cuba; the hijackers are taken into custody and the
aircraft returns to Miami.
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February 4
February 5
February 10
February 16
February 20
February 27
March 4
March 9
March 12
March 13
March 16
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Enrique Estremadoyro, Executive Secretary
of GEPLACEA to discuss work accomplished by the organization.
Fidel Castro hosts a reception for visiting representatives of firms engaged in the
international sugar trade. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Cabrizas meet
with Mr. William Miller, executive director of the International Sugar Organiza-
tion to discuss the international sugar agreement.
Cuba advises the US Interests Section in Havana that, in accordance with its
antihijacking laws, Cuba will prosecute those who hijacked an Air Florida flight
on 2 February. Fidel Castro, in a speech at the 10th WFTU Congress, emphasizes
that Cuba faces new threats from the US and that the arms received from the
USSR do not violate the 1962 US-Soviet agreement. Trade Union official Roberto
Veiga speaks at the 10th WFTU Congress saying that threats and aggressions by
US imperialists have increased and that Cuba is prepared to defend itself.
Fidel Castro discusses issues related to the 10th WFTU Congress and current
international topics with Romesh Chandra, World Peace Council president.
The Atlanta News reports that Fidel Castro recently was taped in a promotional
spot for Cable News Network (CNN).
The Nicaraguan Health Ministry reports that the 171 Cuban doctors, 68 nurses,
and 43 medical aides working in Nicaragua treated over 2 million people from
July 1979 to December 1981.
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders testifies that electronic jamming
might be used to retaliate against any Cuban interference with US commercial
broadcasting.
Trade union leader Roberto Veiga says that the economic results of 1981 were the
best since the revolution and the 1980-81 sugar harvest was the best and most
efficient.
Fidel Castro speaks to the first contingent of the Carlos J. Finaly medical sciences
detachment.
Osmani Cienfuegos speaks at the commemoration ceremony of the 25th anniversa-
ry of the attack on Havana's Presidential Palace. Havana announces the purchase
of the merchant ship "Donato Marmol." The vessel is docked at the Havana Port
for operation by the Mambisa navigation enterprise.
US Navy Secretary Lehman says that any US naval blockade aimed at stopping
arms shipments from Cuba to Nicaragua could easily lead to a global war if Soviet
ships become involved. Representative William Hughes of New Jersey sends a
letter to Fidel Castro asking for the release of ailing poet Armando Valladares who
has been a political prisoner in Cuba for 21 years.
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March 17
March 20
March 24
March 25
March 30
April 1
April 5
The second meeting of nonaligned countries health experts meet in Havana.
Minister of Public Health Sergio del Valle attends the opening session; a work plan
to be presented in May is approved.
Havana press reports that approximately 400 persons have been arrested in
Havana during the past few days as part of a campaign to eliminate immorality in
state and private businesses. Fidel Castro attends the inauguration ceremony of
the Comandante Pinares General Hospital in San Cristobal which cost 12 million
pesos and has more than 380 beds.
Granma reports that 17 top Cuban baseball players and coaches have been
suspended and face trial for conspiring with gamblers to fix games. The
Department of State issues a press report charging that Fidel Castro, last
December, ordered a boost in arms shipments to guerrilla forces in El Salvador to
disrupt the 28 March elections.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approves a bill authorizing government
sponsorship of Radio Marti, which will broadcast news and US opinions to Cuba.
An unidentified US Government officials confirms Le Monde's article that
Secretary of State Haig recently sent US Ambassador at Large Walters to
Havana, where he met with Fidel Castro.
Havana press reports that Cuban police have arrested dozens of farmers and
illegal middlemen at the free farmers' markets in Havana for selling goods stolen
from the government.
Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes presides at the main celebration of
the 20th anniversary of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) in Havana.
Fidel and Raul Castro attend the fourth congress of the Union of Young
Communists.
A Delta Airlines Boeing 727 with 103 people aboard is hijacked in Miami and flies
to Cuba, where the hijackers surrender to Cuban authorities and the aircraft and
passengers return to the US.
April 7 In an interview published by Madrid's El Pais, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuba does not supply arms to El Salvador and that economic conditions in Cuba
have worsened.
April 8 The Nassau press reports that the Cuban Council of Ministers issued Decree-Law
50 in February authorizing joint Cuban-foreign companies to invest in property in
Cuba.
April 9 The Treasury Department announces that American Airways Charter, a Miami-
based firm specializing in tourist flights to Cuba, is controlled by Cuba and has
been barred from continued operations.
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April 11 Fidel Castro is awarded the Emilio Barcenas Pierre medal, the highest decoration
given by the Union of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Civilian employees.
April 16 Raul Castro presides at the Militiamen Day ceremony; Central Committee
member Roberto Veiga, in his closing speech, indicates that people throughout
Cuba are preparing to defend their country.
April 19 Politburo member Flavio Bravo, during a speech marking the 21st anniversary of
the Bay of Pigs, says that Cuba is better prepared to engage in modern combat un-
der any circumstances. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Osvaldo Dorticos, and Roberto
Veiga attend the opening of the national public administration workers union's
fourth congress.
April 21 Raul Castro tours the Camilo Cienfuegos Vocational School and the settlement of
El Salvador during his two-day visit to Guantanamo Province.
April 22 Paris AFP reports that the Cuban Government continues to fight corruption in the
commercial markets in Havana; store managers were found to be selling surplus
milk for their own profit.
April 24 Cuba announces to the Council for Economic Mutual Assistance of the socialist
countries, CEMA, that it has begun to build windmills and solar heaters to take
advantage of natural sources of energy.
April 27
May 10
May 13
May 18
May 20
May 21
May 22
Raul Castro tours economic projects and military units in Camaguey and Ciego de
Avila Provinces.
Assistant Secretary of State Enders testifies to a House subcommittee that US
government broadcasts to Cuba would not provoke Havana to interfere with US
domestic radio.
The new Cuban tanker Rene Martinez Tamayo, which can be used to transport
fuel and liquid gas and has a capacity of 2,868 cubic meters, arrives in Havana.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas meets in Havana with Gamani Corea,
Secretary General of the UNCTAD to exchange views on current problems in the
world economy.
National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR)
Armando Acosta urges each CDR member to rally around Fidel Castro and
eradicate all thieves from the economy.
Granma Province will host the 26th July Anniversary celebration according to a
decision of Cuba's Communist Party.
Fidel Castro and Isidoro Malmierca discuss the agenda for the Sixth UN
Conference on Trade and Development and the international economic situation
with UNCTAD Secretary General Gamani Corea.
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May 27
May 28
May 31
June 10
June 20
June 21
June 28
July 1-3
July 3
Granma reports that only 56 percent of the spring sowing of sugarcane has been
completed.
The Domestic Trade Ministry announces that effective 31 May men's trousers,
toiletries, home furnishings, undergarments, and other products will be rationed.
Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez preside at the opening session of the
Nonaligned foreign ministers meeting in Havana. Foreign Minister Malmierca
denounces the "arrogant US stance" regarding the arms race during his speech at
the opening of the Nonaligned Meeting; US Interests Chief Smith walks out.
At the suggestion of Fidel Castro, the Council of State designates Antonio
Rodriguez Maurell to preside over the State Committee for Prices, replacing
Santiago Riera Hernandez. Fidel Castro tours areas of Pinar del Rio Province
recently affected by Hurricane Alberto.
Fidel Castro tours the beaches east of Havana, one of the areas most severely hit
by the heavy rains that ravaged Havana Province and Havana City on 19 June,
leaving more than 40,000 homeless. A House Republican Conference Committee
member says the Soviet Union has violated a 1962 agreement between President
Kennedy and Soviet leader Khrushchev regarding Soviet weapons in Cuba.
Fidel Castro tours old homes in Havana, promising a solution to the resident's
problems, and also visits the Centro Habana Hospital and the Cayo Hueso Barrio.
Havana press reports that the heavy rains on 19 and 20 June have caused damage
to the tobacco crop, the railroads, and the airport.
Transportation Minister Guillermo Garcia reports on the damages to the railroads
due to the heavy rains and stresses the need to repair them before July and August
when travel levels are high. The July issue of Readers Digest magazine says that
Cuba has been involved in smuggling millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs into
Southern Florida and that Raul Castro is involved.
The People's Government National Assembly holds its second regular session in
Havana; Fidel and Raul Castro attend the closing meeting.
Flavio Bravo's closing speech at the National Assembly noted that the meetings
gave a clearer idea of the problems the country must face in defense and
economics.
July 6 Raul Roa Garcia, Cuba's foreign minister from 1969 to 1976, dies in Havana.
July 7 Fidel and Raul Castro attend the funeral of Raul Roa Garcia.
July 9 Havana press announces that the runway at the Sierra Maestra airport in
Manzanillo has been lengthened from 1,800 to 2,400 meters to enable TU-154 and
IL-18 aircraft to land.
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July 14-16
The first Scientific-Technical Conference of the Construction Sector is held in
Havana. Fidel Castro receives a certificate of recognition for contributions to the
development of construction.
July 15 Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida presides at the inauguration of the
first Palace of Pioneers built in Guantanamo Province, which is being completed in
honor of Children's Day, 19 July.
July 17 Raul Castro attends FAR graduation exercises.
July 18 Fidel Castro speaks at Children's Day celebrations at the Loma del Taburete
pioneer camp in Pinar del Rio Province stressing his intentions to create learning-
recreational camps in each municipality.
July 28 Havana press announces that the Cuban Government is inviting ailing foreigners
to enjoy Cuba's tourist attractions while receiving the best medical care available
on the Caribbean Island. During a ceremony at Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion,
Fidel Castro presents the Cuban flag to athletes representing Cuba in the
Caribbean and Central American Games.
July 30 Juan Almeida, Jorge Risquet, and Jose Ramon Machado attend ceremonies
marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Frank Pais, a leader of the 26th July
Movement.
July 31 Division General Senen Casas chairs the main national commemoration of the
20th Anniversary of the Civil Defense held in Camaguey City. Flavio Bravo
partakes in closing ceremonies on 2 August. Raul Castro sends a message
congratulating the Civil Defense Organization on the occasion of its 20th
anniversary.
August 1
August 2
August 9
August 10
August 11
According to the Miami Herald, a Grand Jury is investigating dealings between
the Cuban Government and southern Florida drug dealers.
Raul Castro inaugurates the "Omar Giron Alvarado" pioneer summer camp
located in the Daiguiri area, the fourth in the territory, of Santiago de Cuba
Province.
Fidel Castro officially opens the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games at
the Pedro Marrero Stadium in Havana.
The House of Representatives approves plans for Radio Marti, a US station that
will broadcast to Cuba giving Cubans an alternative to their government's views.
The Chilean Government rejects the asylum request made by two anti-Castro
activists who escaped from a Venezuelan prison.
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August 18
August 23
August 28
August 31
September 1
September 2
September 3
September 13
September 20
September 2-22
September 21
September 22
Fidel Castro and Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez attend the closing
ceremony of the 14th Central American and Caribbean Games. The Miami
Herald reports that seven Cuban exiles have been subpoened to testify before a
grand jury investigating Omega 7, an anti-Castro exile group.
The Department of State reports that the Cuban military has grown from a largely
home defense force in less than a decade to the best equipped power in Latin
America.
Politburo member Miret presides over the graduation ceremonies for the "25th
Anniversary of 13 March" class of 503 doctors and 48 male nurses; 73 students
from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
According to a report prepared by the Cuban Statistics Committee, Cuba's gross
national product tripled in the period from 1958 to 1980; the average annual
growth rate was 4.7 percent.
Cuban authorities request their main Western bank creditors to defer repayMents
for up to 10 years on the principal due on its hard-currency foreign debt of $3
billion.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Sergio del Valle preside at the third national
meeting to evaluate the implementation of the Economic Management System.
In an article in Foreign Policy magazine, former chief of the US Interests Section
in Havana, Wayne Smith, accuses the US of ignoring Cuban desires for a political
settlement in Central America.
Politburo alternate member Montane addresses the main ceremony in Havana
commemorating the 15th anniversary of Che Guevara's death in Bolivia.
A fire of considerable proportions breaks out at the Antonio Maceo power plant in
Havana affecting the station's master control room and decreasing electricity by
300,00 kw.
The fifth congress of the National Union of Construction Workers is held in
Havana. Jose Ramon Machado and Julio Camacho chair the opening session.
Cuban exile leader Huber Matos tells a press conference in Miami that he plans a
10-station network based in Latin American countries to beam programs to Cuba.
Delegates to the Fifth Congress of the National Union of Construction Workers
agree to award the First Armando Mestre Medal to Fidel Castro for his
outstanding contribution to development.
September 24 The UN General Assembly defeats a Cuban attempt to include the question of
Puerto Rico on its agenda as a colonial issue.
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September 25
September 28
October 1-28
October 4
October 5
October 7
October 11
October 15
October 18
October 20
October 27
October 28
Radio Reloj reports that Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Villa Clara, and Camaguey
reported the highest number of cases of conjunctivitis; Havana Province has the
highest number of patients.
Politburo member Blas Roca is awarded the CDR 28 September medal by
Armando Acosta.
The ideological Camilo-Che drive is held. Cubans pay tribute to Camilo and Che
through volunteer work, hikes, lectures, talks, and provincial meetings.
Fidel Castro and 141 workers are decorated with the Marcos Martinez medal by
the National Union of Agricultural and Forestry Workers for distinguished work
in their jobs.
Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura presides at the 11th plenary
session of the provincial party committee approving Granma Province for hosting
the 29th Moncada anniversary festivities. Havana press announces that Radio
Surco in Ciego de Avila will celebrate its 30th anniversary in broadcasting by
increasing its transmitting power and inaugurating a music station on 10 October.
Foreign Minister Malmierca condemns capitalist economic policies during his
speech at a ministerial conference of the Group of 77 at the UN.
Jose Ramon Machado Ventura and Antonio Perez Herrero preside over the event
held in Manzanillo City to commemorate the 60th anniversary of radio in Cuba.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Cuba from the UN General Assembly.
In a speech before the UN Commission on Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian
Affairs, Cuban delegate Diana Carmenate demands an end to the US economic
blockade and the return of Guantanamo Bay.
Vice President of Cuba's Council of Ministers Joel Domenech opens the 57th
Conference of the Permanent CEMA Committee for cooperation in the oil and gas
industry in Havana.
Machado Ventura stresses that greater efforts are needed to achieve an optimum
sugar harvest during his closing remarks at the 45th meeting of the Organization
of Cuban Trade Unions.
Politburo alternate member Roberto Viega meets with a high-level ILO delegation
visiting Cuba to discuss labor and social legislation in force in Cuba and
development of the labor movement.
Politburo member Miret and 447 delegates from throughout the country partici-
pate in the opening of the second congress of National Hotel, Restaurant, and
Commerce Workers Union.
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October 29
October 30
November 2
November 4
November 5-7
November 6-9
November 7
November 16
November 16-20
November 18
November 19
Nov 2 Dec 3
Julio Castro-Palomino, alternadmember of the Central Committee and Director
of the Juragua Electro-Nuclear Plant Investment in Cienfuegos, is killed in an
automobile accident.
A consultation meeting on Latin American and Caribbean trade union education
opens in Havana; Jesus Escandel, Central Organization of Cuban Trade Unions
executive secretary, presides.
The Cuban-Soviet Friendship Association for Havana Province is established in
Guines. Central Committee member Luis Alvarez and Soviet ambassador to Cuba
Katushev attend the ceremony.
Central Committee member Hector Rodriguez Llompart announces that the
Foreign Service Institute has been renamed after Raul Roa.
The Tobacco Union Workers Congress is held in Havana and attended by 150 del-
egates. Jose Ramon Machado, Jorge Risquet, and Roberto Veiga preside.
Vice Minister of Justice Hector Garcini Guerra heads the Cuban delegation to the
21st meeting of the CEMA Conference for Legal Affairs being held at the Palace
of Conventions in Havana.
Secretary General of the National Tobacco Workers Union Alejandro Roca says
that bad weather caused some damage to all crops in general last year, the greatest
in Pinar del Rio and Havana Provinces.
Isidro Figueroa, distinguised labor leader and revolutionary founder of the first
MarxistLeninist Party in Cuba, dies in Havana. Guillermo Garcia, Osvaldo
Dorticos, and Jorge Risquet are presented the 28 September Order Medal, the
highest CDR decoration, during ceremonies at the CDR main office.
The 21st CEMA juridical conference is held in Havana. Vice President of the
Council of Ministers Osvaldo Dorticos delivers the opening speech. Vice Minister
of Justice Garcini signs a protocol.
PRISMA, a Cuban monthly, reports that the goal of the Cuban state's current 5-
year plan is to develop the country's domestic economy and to have a modest but
sustained production of consumer goods.
Justice Minister Osvaldo Dorticos discusses legal questions applicable to relations
between CEMA member countries with the chiefs of the delegations attending the
21st CEMA Judicial Conference.
The Scientific Research Institutes of the Central Committees of the Communist
and Workers Parties of the Socialist Countries are holding their annual meeting
for the first time in Havana.
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November 26 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attends the second scientific meeting of the National
Association of Cuban Economists (ANEC) in Havana.
December 3 Raul Castro, Ramiro Valdes, Armando Hart, Jorge Risquet, and Julio Camacho
Aguilera attend a reception celebrating the 26th anniversary of the Granma
landing and creation of the FAR. Fidel Castro inaugurates Central Havana
Hospital in Havana.
December 6
December 7
December 9
December 10
December 11
December 11-14
December 13
December 15
December 20
December 21
December 24
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Armando Hart attend the funeral
services for Wilfredo Lam, a famous Cuban artist.
The Cuban National Union of Communications Workers grant Fidel Castro the
Mario Munoz Award for his contribution to the development of communications.
Politburo alternate member Armando Acosta awards the 28 September Medal to
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
La Nacion in Costa Rica receives a document signed by 11 political prisoners in
Boniato Prison appealing for justice and denouncing the merciless penitentiary
policy of the Cuban regime.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses sugar and citrus fruit cooperation programs
and scientific and technological developments in agriculture with CEMA delegates
attending the 57th meeting.
The second congress of the Latin American Industrial Design Association�
ALADI�is held in Havana. Jorge Risquet and Vilma Espin preside at the closing
ceremony.
The new Cuban 14,900-ton merchant ship "Ruben Martinez Villena," built in
Ukrainia, USSR, arrives at the port of Havana.
Granma reports the Ministry of Education has called upon the country's best
students to enroll in university level "nuclear specialties," as construction of the
first Cuban nuclear plant begins.
Fidel Castro addresses the closing session of the second congress of the Federation
of University Students (FEU) in Havana.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez addresses the ceremony held to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of the foundation of the School of Economics at the University of
Havana.
Fidel Castro chairs the Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of Cuba
Central Committee; drafts of the economic and social development plan for 1983
and the budget are examined.
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December 27
December 28
December 29
The National Assembly of the People's Government opens its third regular session
in Havana. Vice President Jorge Lezcano is chosen to occupy the position left
vacant by the death of Raul Roa.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Armando Hart meet with 150 members of the
Antonio Maceo Brigade, made up of Cuban youths living abroad, to discuss
promoting international solidarity.
Fidel Castro, at the closing session of the National Assembly, forecasts an average
social product growth rate of 2 to 2.5 percent in the economic-social development
plan for 1983. Fidel Castro attends the funeral services for Maria Caridad Molina
del Villar, wife of Politburo member Osvaldo Dorticos.
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CYPRUS
July 6
July 9
Fidel Castro receives a message from Yasir Arafat requesting an urgent meeting
of the ministers of the Nonaligned Movement be held as soon as possible in
Cyprus.
Havana press reports that the Nonaligned Movement Coordinating Bureau has
decided to convoke a special foreign ministers conference, on Lebanon, in Nicosia
from 15-17 July.
July 12 Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Cypriot
Chief of State Kiprianou and they discuss the objectives of Israel's invasion of
Lebanon. Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses preparations for the Nonaligned
Movement's Ministerial Conference slated to open in Nicosia on 15 July with his
Cypriot counterpart Rolandhis.
July 16 Foreign Minister Malmierca addresses the Nonaligned Conference meeting in
Cyprus condemning Israeli aggression against Lebanon, supported by the US, and
demands evacuation of all invasion forces.
October 16
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the present UN General Assembly meeting
with Cypriot President Kiprianou and the international situation with Bulgarian,
GDR, Algerian and Albanian leaders.
October 22 Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Nicosia and meets with his counterpart
Nikolas Rolandhis.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
January 15 Cuba and Czechoslovakia sign an agreement providing credits for investment
projects in Cuba for 1981-85.
January 16 Council of State member Joel Domenech Benitez heads a delegation to a meeting
of the Czechoslovakia-Cuban Committee for economic, scientific, and technical
cooperation in Prague.
January 29
January 30
February 26
June 14
June 19
September 13
September 14
Cuba and Czechoslovakia sign an inter-governmental agreement on cooperation in
the scientifictechnical sphere until 1990. Joel Benitez Domenech meets with
Federal Premier Lubomir Strougal in Prague to discuss relations between
Czechoslovakia and Cuba.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Joel Domenech meets in Havana with
Czechoslovakia's Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal to sign an economic, scientific,
and technical agreement.
Cuba and Czechoslovakia sign a trade protocol in Prague for 1982 that will
increase trade by 27 percent.
The 14th session of the Cuba-Czechoslovakia Subcommittee for Scientific and
Technical Cooperation begins in Havana.
Cuba and Czechoslovakia sign scientific and technical cooperation protocols in
Havana.
The 29th CEMA Waterworks Conference is held in Havana. Bilateral scientific-
technical cooperation agreements are ratified or signed with the GDR, Bulgaria,
Hungary, the USSR, and Czechoslovakia.
Communications Minister Pedro Guelmes Gonzalez arrives in Prague and tours
centers of economic interest and discusses expanding bilateral cooperation with
Deputy Premier Rohlicek.
September 16 Cuba and Czechoslovakia sign a communications agreement.
September 17
September 18
September 29
Jindrich Rehorek, CSSR First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs discusses
cooperation with Jorge Bolanos Suarez, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in
Prague.
Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias attends the signing ceremony
in Havana of the Railway Cooperation Protocol between Bulgaria, the USSR,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
CSSR party leader Alois Indra arrives in Havana. He discusses bilateral relations
and aspects of the economic activities of the two nations with Jose Machado
Ventura and Flavio Bravo. Domestic Trade Minister Manuel Vila discusses the
intensification of economic cooperation with Vaclav Hula, deputy premier of
Czechoslovakia during meetings in Prague.
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October 5
October 8
October 12
October 14
November 1
November 6
November 30
December 8
December 11
December 11-13
December 15
December 17
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Politburo alternate member Montane and CSSR party leader Alois Indra discuss
bilateral relations and various international issues. Indra visits Cienfuegos and the
Isle of Youth.
CSSR Federal Assembly leader Alois Indra expresses solidarity and friendship
with the Cuban people in a press conference before departing Cuba for Nicaragua
and Mexico.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas discusses the future development of
economic relations with Czechoslovakian Premier Lubomir Strougal.
In a speech before the 7th International Union Congress of Public Workers in
Prague, Cuban Trade Union Leader Juan Atrel Echevarria accuses the US of
aggression in the Caribbean.
Czechoslovakian leader Alois Indra makes a technical stop over in Cuba in transit
to his country and is greeted at Jose International Airport by Flavio Bravo.
Jesus Montane receives a CPCZ Central Committee study delegation led by
Michal Stefanak, candidate member of the Central Committee, to discuss the
current international situation.
A delegation from the University of Havana, headed by its rector, Eduardo Baston
Fuentes visits Czechoslovakia to hold talks regarding cooperation between Cuban
and Czechoslovakian universities.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Jose de la Fuenta and his Czechoslovakian
counterpart Alois Hloch sign a protocol on the exchange of goods in 1983 during a
meeting in Havana.
Joaquin Benavides, Minister President of the Cuban State Committee for Labor
and Social Security signs a protocol in Prague to expand labor cooperation in 1983
with Czechoslovakia.
The Executive Secretary of the Cuban Atomic Energy Commission and his
Czechoslovakian counterpart sign a protocol in Prague on the peaceful use of
nuclear energy.
CSSR Deputy Foreign Minister Stanislav Svoboda visits Cuba. He is decorated
with the Friendship Medal by Isidoro Malmierca and meets with government and
foreign ministry officials.
Politburo member Ramiro Valdes arrives in Czechoslovakia at the invitation of
CSSR Interior Minister Jaromir Obzina.
Interior Minister Ramiro Valdes discusses bilateral relations with Gustav Husak,
Chief of State and general secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
during a meeting in Prague.
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October 19
October 21
October 22
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Denmark to discuss bilateral relations and
international issues with Prime Minister Poul Schluter, and the sugar market with
Foreign Minister Ellemann-Jensen.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Queen Margre-
the II of Denmark.
During an interview in Denmark, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says, "Cuba does not
want war in Central America and supports the peace proposal suggested by
Mexico, Venezuela, and France."
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June 1 In a TV interview in Panama, Jorge Blanco, president-elect of the Dominican
Republic, says he does not foresee political relations with Cuba.
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ECUADOR
March 26
August 12
September 30
Rene Mauge, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Ecuador arrives in
Havana.
Havana reports that 30 Colombian citizens and an Ecuadoran, convicted of drug
trafficking and of violating Cuban waters or airspace, have been pardoned and
deported via Panama.
Representatives of Ecuador's "People, Change and Democracy Party" visit citrus
centers, schools, farm cooperatives and spoke with leaders of Cuban organizations
during their two week visit to Cuba.
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EGYPT
November 20 Cuba's Council of State appoints Luis Karakadze Berrayarza Ambassador to
Egypt.
December 8 Cuban Ambassador in Cairo Luis Berbeza meets with People's Assembly Speaker
Dr. Sufi Abu Talib to discuss strengthening cooperation between Egypt and Cuba;
Berbeza invites Talib to visit Cuba.
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EL SALVADOR
March 1-5
March 15
March 20
A British parliamentary delegation, headed by Sir Anthony Kershaw, visits Cuba
to collect information on El Salvador, which they will report back to the British
Government.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says "it is very possible that the elections in El Salvador
will not take place on 28 March" because leftist guerrillas are waging a violent
campaign to disrupt them.
The Department of State issues a press report charging that Fidel Castro, last
December, ordered a boost in arms shipments to guerrilla forces in El Salvador to
disrupt the 28 March elections.
April 1 The Nicaraguan youth who had embarrassed the US by reversing his story that he
was sent to fight with leftist guerrillas in El Salvador, attends a Young
Communists' Convention in Havana.
April 7 The Chicago Sun-Times and the New York Times report that a senior Cuban
official has stated that Cuba is prepared to negotiate with the US on international
differences, including El Salvador. In an interview published by Madrid's El Pais,
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that Cuba does not supply arms to El Salvador and
that economic conditions in Cuba have worsened.
April 9 Jesus Montane meets with Lao President Souphananouvong to discuss the
international political situation, in particular US threats against Cuba, Nicaragua,
Grenada, and El Salvador.
June 28
September 4
December 14
December 18
The Readers Digest article also says that the pipeline used to smuggle drugs has
been used to move "hundreds of tons" of weapons to Cuban-backed forces in El
Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala.
La Prensa Grafica in San Salvador reports that Cuba's interference with US radio
stations is being heard in El Salvador on various medium-wave frequencies from
very high powered transmitters.
Guillermo Ungo, leader of the Salvadoran Revolutionary Democratic Front
(FDR), arrives in Havana to discuss the problems of Central America and El
Salvador with Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro describes Salvadoran leader Guillermo Ungo's proposal for ending
the Salvadoran conflict as "worthy, realistic, and responsible."
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ETHIOPIA
January 28
February 3
Jorge Risquet arrives in Addis Ababa and delivers a message from Fidel Castro to
Mengistu Haile Mariam, chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative
Council.
Jorge Risquet arrives in Addis Ababa, where he meets with Chief of State
Mengistu and signs a cooperation protocol between the PCC and Ethiopia's
Working People's Party.
February 8 Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
February 9
The Liberation Front of Eritrea claims that it had downed a plane carrying 70 So-
viet and Cuban experts and 60 Ethiopian officers. According to the statement, all
aboard were killed.
February 23 Jorge Risquet meets in Havana with an Ethiopian trade delegation headed by
Murluberra Giner to discuss relations of friendship and cooperation.
June 12
The Ethiopia-Cuba solidarity committee is constituted in Addis Ababa and its
chairman, Maru Tesfaye, stressed the importance for expanding relations between
the two countries.
July 13 Minister of Public Health Sergio del Valle says that Cuba will continue its
cooperation in public health with Ethiopia during his meeting in Addis Ababa with
Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.
September 3 141 Ethiopian students leave Addis Ababa for Cuba; a total of 2,700 Ethiopian
children are now studying in Cuba.
September 11
An Ethiopian Education Ministry delegation, headed by Education Minister
Goshu Wholde arrives in Cuba to exchange experiences and visit education centers
and historical sites.
October 4 Politburo member Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Ethiopia to discuss
bilateral relations with his counterpart Berhanu Baye.
October 6 Politburo member Jorge Risquet visits Ethiopian mass organizations.
October 7 Ethiopian Deputy Mayor Jasefa Datema presents the Addis Ababa emblem to
Jorge Risquet and also briefs him on the city's municipal council activities.
October 8
Jorge Risquet delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Ethiopian President
Mengistu Haile Mariam and they discuss bilateral relations and matters of mutual
interest.
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October 11
October 27
November 17
December 7
Jorge Risquet visits a cement plant near Addis Ababa; the Mutre Complex, which
will produce 300,000 tons of cement per year, began in October 1981 and will be
completed in late 1984.
The second Ethiopia-Cuba Scientific-Veterinary Conference opens at Addis
Ababa University where participants will study the results of research conducted
in several areas of Addis Ababa.
Fidel Castro discusses the international situation and matters of mutual interest
with Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile-Mariam during a meeting in Moscow.
Juan Almeida is met on arrival in Addis Ababa by Bohopolo Quiza-Desta, a
member of Ethiopia's Provisional Military Administrative Council.
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FINLAND
September 24
November 2
November 3
Cuba and Finland sign an agreement in Havana, renewing a similar document
signed in 1975, for the exchange of information in radio and television
broadcasting.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart welcomes Kaarina Suonio, Finland's Minister
of Culture; she tours several cultural institutions in Havana.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart and his counterpart from Finland Kaarina
Suonio sign a three-year cultural cooperation agreement in Havana. She departs
Havana on 4 November.
November 4 A delegation from the State Committee for Statistics, headed by the committee's
ministerpresident Fidel Vascos signs a bilateral cooperation protocol in Finland.
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FRANCE
February 1
February 4
February 25-28
February 28
Central Committee member Julio Camacho Aguilera heads a PCC delegation to
the 24th Congress of the French Communist Party in Paris.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Acting Foreign Minister Alarcon receive the
credentials of Pierre Dechamps as the new French Ambassador to Cuba.
French Socialist Party leader Jacques Hutzinger visits Cuba to discuss interna-
tional politics with Jesus Montane and Manuel Pineiro.
French Socialist Party leader Hutzinger, before leaving for Costa Rica, tells the
press in Havana that Cuban policy in Central America is one of "marked
prudence." In his press conference in Havana, Jacques Hutzinger also says that his
party would like Cuba to withdraw its troops from Angola.
March 21-22 An article in Le Monde reports that US Ambassador at Large Walters made a trip
to Cuba and met for four hours with Fidel Castro.
March 29-30
Georges Marchais, secretary general of the French Communist Party, arrives in
Havana to discuss bilateral party relations and the international situation with
Fidel Castro.
April 10 French Communist Party leader Georges Marchais conveys his impressions of his
visit to Nicaragua to Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jorge Risquet.
April 13 Granma issues a statement signed by Fidel Castro and George Marchais urging an
end to the arms race and withdrawal of the US from Guantanamo Naval Base.
April 22 Paris AFP reports that the Cuban Government continues to fight corruption in the
commercial markets in Havana; store managers were found to be selling surplus
milk for their own profit.
May 3
May 4
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Paris and meets with Health Minister Ralite
and Foreign Minister Cheysson. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez denies, in Paris, reports
that Cuba has supplied weapons to Argentina; he says Cuba recognizes Argentine
sovereignty over the islands, but does not support the junta.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Georges Marchais, Secretary General of the
French Communist Party and Charles Fiterman, Minister of State for Transporta-
tion. The French Communist Party issues a communique denouncing imperialism
in the Falklands and favoring negotiations following the meeting between Georges
Marchais and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
May 5 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses bilateral relations and the international
situation with French President Francois Mitterrand.
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May 6
Le Monde cites Marcel Niedergang's interview with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, in
Paris, in which Rodriguez declares, "that his country would aid Argentina by
every means, including military." Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets the mayor of
Paris, Jacques Chirac, and discusses development of bilateral relations with
French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy.
July 15 In an interview with Prensa Latina, Pierra Decamps mentions French cooperation
in the construction of an important electrical plant in Matanzas Province and a pa-
per pulp project in Jatibonico. Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jesus
Montane attend a reception in Havana hosted by French Ambassador to Cuba
Pierre Richard Decamps on the occasion of France's National Day.
July 22-25
July 28
September 16
September 20
September 23
October 15
October 18
October 26
December 2
French Culture Minister Jack Lang visits Havana and discusses the "differences"
between Cuba and France with Fidel Castro.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in France and reports on the recently held
ministerial meeting of the Nonaligned Movement on the Palestinian issue.
Minister President of Cuba's National Bank Raul Leon Torras arrives in Paris at
the head of a delegation that will meet with French financial and banking
authorities. National Bank President Leon arrives in Paris, where he describes as
"positive" the reception given by the French economic authorities to Cuba's
proposal to renegotiate its medium-term debt.
French Health Minister Jack Ralite arrives in Havana and is greeted by Minister
President of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation Hector Rodriguez
Llompart.
Cuban Ambassador to France Gregorio Ortega discusses economic matters of
mutual interest and bilateral relations with French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy.
Fidel Castro attends a reception for Jack Ralite and discusses expanding
cooperation in the health field and the international situation during two meetings
with the French health minister.
During a meeting of French newsmen, the ambassadors of Cuba, Grenada, and
Nicaragua denounce the dangers that exist in Central America and the Caribbean
due to the aggressive US policy.
French press reports that Fidel Castro has ordered the release of French poet
Armando Valladares, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since 1960.
During his press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara dismisses reports that French
troops are to replace Cuban troops in Angola.
Transportation Minister Baranda and his French counterpart Charles Fiterman
sign a protocol in Paris agreeing to begin air service between Havana and Paris in
May 1983.
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December 19-21
French Foreign Ministry official Bernard Dorin visits Havana; he meets with Fidel
Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Isidoro Malmierca, Armando Hart, and Hector
Rodriguez Llompart.
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GERMANY EAST
January 6
January 29
February 2
February 17
February 19
February 24
February 26
March 27
May 21
May 24
May 25
August 23
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane receives an FRG delegation headed by
Ernest Weitelmate; governmental matters and relations between the FRG and
Cuba are discussed.
Cuba and the GDR sign a ceramics agreement that provides for the construction
of a dishes factory�"Third Congress"�and expansion of the "Second Congress"
factory.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Joel Domenech arrives in Berlin.
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Jose de la Fuente and GDR Deputy Trade
Minister Dieter Lemke sign a trade protocol in Berlin providing for a 10 percent
growth in trade in 1982.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez welcomes GDR Deputy Chairman of the Council of
Ministers Gerhard Weiss, who heads a delegation that will participate in joint
cooperation talks.
Fidel Castro meets with GDR official Gerhard Weiss and his delegation after they
visit the Valle de Picadura breeding center and several industrial and agricultural
centers. Gerhard Weiss and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez report to Fidel Castro the
success of their conversations on economic relations between Cuba and the GDR.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Gerhard Weiss sign a protocol for deepening
cooperation, at the end of the Cuba-GDR inter-governmental meeting for
economic cooperation.
Politburo member Jose Machado Ventura visit the GDR.
Foreign Minister Isidoro Malmierca meets in Havana with GDR Deputy Foreign
Minister Bernhard Neugebauer to exchange views on international issues and
bilateral relations. Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane and German
Socialist Party member Erich Mueckenberger exchange views on party relations.
PCC member Juan Almeida accompanies Erich Mueckenberger, German Social-
ist Party member, on a visit to the Mao Mining area in Holguin Province.
Erich Mueckenberger stresses GDR solidarity with Cuba at a rally at the Juan
Marinello printing combine in Guantanamo and condemns the recent US maneu-
vers in the Caribbean.
President of the National Assembly Falvio Bravo arrives in the GDR and meets
with GDR People's Chamber President Sindermann; they condemn the US
administration's imperialist exploitations. Flavio Bravo discusses the international
situation and the prospects of bilateral relations during a meeting in the GDR with
Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer.
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August 24
August 25
August 27
September 11
September 13
September 29
Sep 3 Oct 3
October 15
October 16
October 18
October 21
October 22
Flavio Bravo denounces the Symms Amendment during a meeting with GDR
Prime Minister Willi Stoph. On 25 August he begins a two day tour through the
Karl Marx Stadt industrial province.
Cuba awards the Playa Giron Order to Erich Honecker, Secretary General of
Germany's Socialist Unity Party, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Flavio Bravo extends greetings from Fidel Castro to Erich Honecker, Chairman of
the GDR State Council during a meeting in Berlin.
A GDR delegation of civilian employees of the National People's Army Trade
Union, headed by Helmut Klabunde, arrives in Cuba to tour various SNICF
Centers and sites of historical interest.
The 29th CEMA Waterworks Conference is held in Havana. Bilateral scientific-
technical cooperation agreements are ratified or signed with the GDR, Bulgaria,
Hungary, the USSR, and Czechoslovakia.
Domestic Trade Minister Manuel Vila arrives in Berlin and discusses trade with
Gerhard Briksa, Trade and Supply Minister.
Cuban Trade Minister Cabrizas reviews trade with his GDR counterpart and also
discusses the 1983 trade protocol which is due to be negotiated soon.
Raul Castro, Division Generals Abelardo Colome Ibarra, Senen Casas, Sixto
Batista, and GDR Army General Heinz Hoffman attend a friendship ceremony
where solidarity is stressed. Raul Castro welcomes a high-level military delegation
from the GDR headed by Army General Heinz Hoffman at Jose Marti
International Airport; cordial talks begin.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the present UN General Assembly meeting
with Cypriot President Kiprianou and the international situation with Bulgarian,
GDR, Algerian and Albanian leaders. Raul Castro addresses a GDR-Cuba
Fellowship Meeting in Havana.
GDR National Defense Minister Heinz Hoffmann addresses a friendship ceremo-
ny in Havana denouncing US aggression and stressing the deep bonds of friendship
betweeen the GDR and Cuba. GDR Army General Heinz Hoffmann visits the
FAR School and is greeted by Raul Castro and Division General Senen Casas
Regueiro.
GDR General Hoffmann, Raul Castro, and Division General Senen Casas
Regueiro visit the Isle of Youth.
Fidel Castro greets the visiting GDR delegation headed by Army General Heinz
Hoffmann. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in the GDR and is greeted by
Gerhard Weiss, Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez is greeted in Berlin by GDR leader Gerhard Weiss. Rodriguez and his
delegation will participate in a meeting of the Cuba-GDR Intergovernmental
Commission.
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October 25
October 26
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and GDR Prime Minister Willi Stoph discuss the two
countries economies and the international political situation, particularly US
"hostilities," during talks in Berlin. Raul Castro and Division Generals, Senen
Casas Regueiro and Sixto Batista Santana bid farewell to GDR Army General
Heinz Hoffmann at Jose Marti Airport.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez delivers greetings from Fidel Castro to GDR leader
Erich Honecker and they discuss the US economic blockade and the current
international crisis. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez decorates GDR leader Erich Hon-
ecker with the Playa Giron Order during a ceremony in Berlin.
November 11 Justice Minister Osvaldo Dorticos exchanges views on legal matters with chairman
of the GDR State Contract Court Manfred Flegel.
November 18
November 27
December 3
December 11
In Berlin, GDR General Heinz Hoffmann, in an interview granted to Horizont
magazine, says that fraternal friendship with Cuba is of particular importance for
his country.
Division General Sixto Batista welcomes GDR Deputy Defense Minister Kessler
to Havana who will visit FAR units and centers of military training, and places of
historic interest.
Raul Castro , deputy minister of the GDR Armed Forces, and Soviet Vice
Admiral Kruglayakov attend a reception in Havana celebrating the creation of the
FAR.
Cuba and the GDR sign a scientific-technical agreement in agriculture in Havana.
The cultivation of potatoes, citrus and other fruits, mechanization, veterinary
services are the main points.
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November 11
November 18
November 23
ICAP Vice President Mario Rodriguez meets in Bonn with members of the FRG-
Cuba Friendship Association to discuss preparations for the Biennial Assembly
meeting on 13 and 14 November in Hamburg.
Cuba and West Germany sign a scientific, technical agreement in Frankfort to
expand economic and trade relations.
A delegation from Cuba's National Assembly of the People's Government, headed
by Deputy Ernesto Vera begins a 12-day visit to the FRG at the invitation of the
Federal Parliament.
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GHANA
April 9-12
Jorge Risquet welcomes Chris Bukari Atim, a member of Ghana's Provisional
National Defense Council upon is arrival in Havana. Atim and his delegation tour
the Isle of Youth.
April 14 A Ghanian delegation led by Chris Bukari Atim, a member of the Provisional
National Defense Council, visit a local Committees for the Defense of the
Revolution to learn how they work.
April 15 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Chris Bukari Atim, a member of Ghana's Provision-
al National Defense Council, discuss bilateral relations.
April 17 Fidel Castro exchanges views on matters of mutual interest and aspects of
international policy with Ghana's Provisional National Defense Council member
Chris Bukari Atim.
April 19 Cuba and Ghana sign a five-year trade protocol, a technical-scientific cooperation
package, and establish a joint Cuban-Ghanian Commission.
April 26 The Council of State appoints Niel Ruiz Guerra as Cuba's ambassador to Togo
with residence in Accra, Ghana.
June 10
June 14
June 17
June 29
Ghana and Cuba sign an air services agreement in Accra.
Ernesto Menendez, First vice president of the State Committee for Economic
Cooperation and his delegation arrive in Accra to discuss how Cuba can help
Ghana revive its economy.
The visiting Cuban economic delegation in Ghana tour the State Fishing
Corporation, drydock yard, and boatyard division of the Ghana Industrial Holding
Company in Tema.
Ghana press reports that Jorge Risquet presented a message from Fidel Castro to
Flight Lieutenant Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defense
Council of Ghana during his visit.
July 30 Jorge Risquet discusses matters of mutual interest with Daniel Akata-Pore,
member of Ghana's Provisional National Defense Council, who heads a Ghanian
delegation visiting Cuba.
August 2
Politburo alternate member Montane discusses topics of international and mutual
interest with Ghana's Provisional National Defense Council member Daniel A.
Akata-Pore.
December 27 Accra press announces that a Cuban health delegation is currently touring Ghana
to collect data on the health needs of the country.
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GREECE
May 27
July 26
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca receive Konstandinos Vassis, the
new Greek Ambassador to Cuba.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Athens. He discusses diplomatic, economic,
and cultural matters with Foreign Minister Kharalambopoulos and Economy
Minister Arsenis on 27 July.
July 27 Greek Prime Minister Andre Papandreou reiterates the decision to open a
diplomatic mission in Havana and discusses the Greek Government's domestic
policies with Isidoro Malmierca.
July 28 Foreign Minister Malmierca meets Kharilaos Florakis, Secretary General of the
Communist Party of Greece, to whom he conveyed greetings from Fidel Castro.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses expanding government relations and world
issues with Greek Parliament President Yiannis Alveras.
August 31
November 15
December 16
PLO leader Arafat sends greetings to Fidel Castro, before departing Beirut for
Greece, expressing his appreciation for all of his assistance and support.
During a meeting in Moscow with Fidel Castro to discuss bilateral relations,
Greek Prime Minister Papandreou reiterates his government's intention to build
an embassy in Havana.
Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Haralambopoulos meets with Cuban Ambassador
Roberto Mulet del Valle to discuss bilateral relations and the scheduled opening of
a Greek Embassy in Cuba.
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January 27
March 3
March 10
March 12
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with a Grenada Government delegation headed by
Kendrick Radix, member of the Political Bureau to discuss bilateral cooperation
and the international situation.
The Government of Grenada receives four new fishing boats from Cuba, bringing
the total received to 10.
The Cuban Embassy in Grenada announces that stateowned Radio Free Grena-
da's new transmitter, a gift of the Cuban Government, is in full operation and will
boost broadcasting in the country. Politburo member Jorge Risquet arrives in
Grenada to participate in ceremonies commemorating the third anniversary of the
Grenadian revolution. In a press interview, he stresses Cuban solidarity.
Politburo member Risquet reaffirms Cuba's solidarity with Grenada during his
speech at the inauguration rally in Grenada of a 75kw shortwave radio transmitter
built by Cuban and Grenadian workers.
April 9 Jesus Montane meets with Lao President Souphananouvong to discuss the
international political situation, in particular US threats against Cuba, Nicaragua,
Grenada, and El Salvador.
April 15 Cuban Ambassador to Grenada Julian Torres Rizo accuses the US of using the
construction of Grenada's international airport as an excuse to sell arms to other
countries.
April 22 A US Administration report to Congress states that airfields under construction in
Grenada and Nicaragua could enable Cuban MIG fighter planes to penetrate
throughout Central America.
May 21
May 24
May 26
May 28
Mozambique's President Machel arrives in Holguin from Nicaragua, enroute to
Grenada, and is greeted by Raul Castro; they visit sites of historical and economic
interest.
Grenadian Foreign Minister Unison Whiteman arrives in Havana at the invitation
of Foreign Minister Malmierca.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Vice Foreign Minister Alarcon discuss bilateral
relations and the international situation, with emphasis on the Malvinas, with
Grenadian Foreign Minister Whiteman.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and his Grenadian counterpart sign an inter-
ministerial agreement effective until 31 December 1983 for cooperation between
the two ministries.
June 6 Fidel Castro discusses international issues and bilateral relations with Grenadian
Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in Havana.
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July 16
July 28
August 4
September 9
October 8
October 15
November 8
Cuba's Ambassador to Grenada Julian Torres Rizo attends the inauguration of
Prensa Latina's newest correspondents' office in St. Georges, Grenada.
Grenada's Prime Minister Bishop names Leon Cornwall as Grenada's new
ambassador to Cuba.
Grenada's Prime Minister Bishop discusses international policy and fraternal
relations with Fidel Castro during a stopover in Cuba en route home after visiting
the Soviet Union.
Acting Foreign Minister Viera and Grenadian Foreign Minister Unison White-
man sign a bilateral air services agreement.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Alarcon receive the credentials of Leon
Cardinal Cornwall, Grenadian ambassador to Cuba.
During a meeting of French newsmen, the ambassadors of Cuba, Grenada, and
Nicaragua denounce the dangers that exist in Central America and the Caribbean
due to the aggressive US policy.
Minister for Construction Abroad Levi Farah and Austin Hudson, Grenada's
Minister of Communications, meet in Havana to discuss construction of Grenada's
airport and its related projects.
November 20 Fidel Castro sends a message to the Intellectuals of the Caribbean meeting in
Grenada. Jorge Timossi and Pablo Arnaldo Fernandez represent Cuba.
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June 28
August 3
The Readers Digest article also says that the pipeline used to smuggle drugs has
been used to move "hundreds of tons" of weapons to Cuban-backed forces in El
Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala.
Leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Movement hold a press
conference in Havana denouncing massacres perpetrated by General Rios Montt's
regime against Guatemala.
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October 4 Guinean President Ahmed Sekou Toure receives the credentials of Colmon Ferrer,
the new Cuban ambassador to Guinea.
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January 9 Fidel Castro receives Julio Somedo, a member of the African Independence Party
of Guinea-Bissau, who delivers a message from President Joao Bernardo Vieira.
March 10
President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau arrives in Havana at the
invitation of Fidel Castro; Politburo member Juan Almeida escorts him on a tour
of economic and educational areas.
March 12 Fidel Castro presents the Jose Marti medal to Joao Bernardo Vieira, President of
Guinea-Bissau.
March 15 Fidel Castro and Joao Bernardo Vieira attend the signing of five agreements on
consular ties, trade, cultural cooperation, a juridicial cooperation, and an inter-
party agreement.
November 6 Vice President of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation Manuel Torres
arrives in Guinea-Bissau to take part in a meeting of the Cuba Guinea-Bissau
Joint Commission.
December 15-18 Vice President Juan Almeida visits Guinea-Bissau. President Joao Bernardo
Vieira presents the Colina Seboe National Order medal to Almeida.
December 17
December 18
The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Victor Saude Maria, hosts a banquet in
honor of Juan Almeida and expresses his gratitude to Cuba for aid in the
education and public health sectors.
Cuba and Guinea-Bissau issue a joint communique emphasizing Cuba's aid to
Angola and rejecting US attempts to link Namibia's independence to the
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.
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February 21
May 24
May 31
June 29
October 7
Radio Free Grenada announces that four trawlers are due to arrive in Grenada
soon with 16 Cuban fishermen who will teach fishing methods to Grenadians.
Foreign Minister Malmierca welcomes Guyana's Foreign Minister Rashleigh
Jackson. They discuss relations between the two countries and the forthcoming
Nonaligned Ministerial Meeting.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and his Guyanese counterpart Rashleigh Jackson
sign a memorandum calling for expanded fraternal relations and bilateral
cooperation in 1982-83.
According to a memorandum of cooperation between Havana and Georgetown,
published in Guyana, Cuba has agreed to back Guyana in its territorial dispute
with Venezuela.
Foreign Minister Malmierca holds separate meetings at the UN with Iraqi
Foreign Minister Sa'dun Hammadi and Guyanese Foreign Minister Rashleigh
Jackson.
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April 21 Assistant Secretary of Defense Francis West indicates that the US is negotiating
with Honduras for the use of air bases to counter the buildup of Cuba's Air Force
with Soviet aircraft.
May 1 A Honduran Electra aircraft is hijacked and flown to Cuba.
July 31 The Honduran newspaper Heraldo reports that four hundred deserters from
Nicaragua's Army captured 27 Cuban advisors and executed them for torturing
political prisoners.
September 28
Panama radio reports that the twelve members of the Chinchonero Popular
Liberation Movement, who arrived in Panama on 25 September from Honduras,
left for Cuba. The Honduran Chinchoneros group that recently held a large
number of Honduran personalities hostage for over a week in San Pedro Sula
arrives in Havana from Panama.
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February 2
February 14-18
February 18
February 18-19
March 1
March 4
March 16
May 6
June 6
June 8
June 10
September 13
Cuba and Hungary sign a 1982 trade protocol that envisages the exchange of
goods worth 145 million rubles.
Hungarian Socialist Workers Party official Ferenc Havasi visits Cuba. He meets
with Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane to discuss bilateral relations and
the international situation.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Hungarian official Ferenc Havasi to discuss
topics of common interest regarding the economic development theories of
socialism.
Cuba and Hungary hold economic talks in Hungary. Deputy chairman of the
Cuban Council of Ministers Jose Ramon Fernandez and Hungarian official
Gyorgy Lazar sign an aide-memoire.
Cuba and Hungary sign a health research work and cooperation agreement for the
1981-85 period that will increase mutual assistance in public health and strength-
en bilateral relations.
Hungarian People's Republic official Janos Nagy and his delegation arrive in
Havana at the invitation of the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Vice Foreign Minister
Jose Viera greets them at the airport.
Politburo member Jose R. Machado Ventura meets in Havana with Hungarian
Socialist Workers Party Central Committee member Laszlo Karakas, in fulfill-
ment of the inter-party exchange plan.
Carrlos Rafael Rodriguez is greeted by the Deputy Director of the Department of
International Relations Istvan Varga upon his arrival in Budapest.
In Madrid, on his way to represent Fidel Castro at a CEMA conference in
Budapest, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that Cuba stands ready to help in the
Malvinas when Argentina requests it.
During his speech at the 36th CEMA meeting in Budapest, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez denounces the US for suppressing Cuban trade and waging economic
battles against the Socialist community.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez presents the Jose Marti medal to Janos Kadar, first
secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee on his
70th birthday in Budapest.
The 29th CEMA Waterworks Conference is held in Havana. Bilateral scientific-
technical cooperation agreements are ratified or signed with the GDR, Bulgaria,
Hungary, the USSR, and Czechoslovakia.
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September 24
October 3
November 29
December 19
Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias attends the signing ceremony
in Havana of the Railway Cooperation Protocol between Bulgaria, the USSR,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
Cuba and Hungary sign a cooperation agreement in Budapest for the exchange of
experiences and training of Cuban specialists in the field of radio.
Domestic Trade Minister Manuel Vila Sosa is in Hungary to sign a protocol for
scientific and technical cooperation.
On a return trip to Nicaragua, Hungarian Minister of Home Affairs Istvan
Horvath stops in Havana and meets with Ramiro Valdes, Vice President of the
Cuban Council of State.
Interior Minister Ramiro Valdes and his Hungarian counterpart Dr. Istvan
Horvath exchange notes related to their respective ministries during official talks
in Budapest.
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January 27
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Isidoro Malmierca, and Flavio Bravo meet with the
Indian ambassador, a pharmaceutical plant is under construction in Cuba with the
cooperation of an Indian firm.
February 20 Vice Foreign Minister Pelegrin Torras arrives in New Delhi to attend an economic
conference for underdeveloped countries.
February 26
Foreign Minister Malmierca sends messages to his Indian and Zambian counter-
parts, and the PLO Political Department, seeking a nonaligned meeting on the
Iran-Iraq conflict.
April 1 Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane meets in Vietnam with Karkisan Sin
Surjet, a member of the Indian Communist Party Politburo.
April 11 Foreign Minister Malmierca, his Indian and Zambian counterparts, and a PLO
representative are received in Tehran by President Khamenei.
April 17 Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane meets in Havana with India's
Communist Party General Secretary E. M. Sankaran Namboodiripad to discuss
the international situation.
April 26 Melba Hernandez discusses international solidarity and economic problems
affecting the Third World with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi.
April 29 A delegation of the Cuban enterprise for the import and export of railroad
equipment arrives in New Delhi. They visit factories that manufacture locomo-
tives, railroad cars, wagons, and parts.
August 8
Vice Minister of External Affairs Pelegrin Torras discusses Cuba's proposal for
special nonaligned meeting on 21 August with India's External Affairs Minister
Narasimha Rao in New Delhi.
August 27 The Cuban State Council appoints Jose Perez Novoa Ambassador to Bangladesh;
he will be stationed in New Delhi, India, where he is also the Cuban Ambassador.
August 31
Cuba informs the Nonaligned Movement Coordinating Bureau at the United
Nations that a consensus exists to hold the Seventh Nonaligned Summit in New
Delhi, India.
September 18 Fidel Castro sends a message to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi informing her that
member nations have agreed to hold their seventh summit in New Delhi.
September 21
Fidel Castro sends a letter to nonaligned members saying that 2/3 of the heads of
state and government agree to have New Delhi as the venue for the seventh
summit of Nonaligned countries.
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September 22
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 11
November 15
December 23
December 24
December 28
Fidel Castro receives Indian Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Natwar Nawal Singh
to discuss the nonaligned movement's decision to hold the seventh summit in New
Delhi.
Mr. Durga Prachat Mandelia heads an Indian Commercial delegation to Cuba to
analyze the possibilities of establishing closer trade relations between the two
countries.
Foreign Minister Malmierca opens the Nonaligned Meeting at the UN. Indian
Foreign Minister Narasimha Roa proposes that the upcoming Summit be hosted
by India and be held from 7-11 March 1983.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Durga Mandelia, President of the Indian (Birla)
Group discuss the possibilities for cooperation.
Hector Rodriguez Llompart and Durga Grashad Mandelia, President of India's
(Birla) Group sign an assistance agreement.
Fidel Castro discusses the next summit conference of the Nonaligned Countries
Movement during a meeting in Moscow with Indira Ghandi.
A Cuban Foreign Ministry delegation arrives in New Delhi to discuss preparations
for the Seventh Nonaligned Summit to be held in March 1983.
India's Vice Minister K. S. Bajpai arrives in Havana and discusses the Nonaligned
Meeting in Managua in January and the Seventh Nonaligned Summit in March in
India with Isidoro Malmierca.
Indian foreign ministry official K. S. Bajpai ends his visit to Cuba after an
extensive work schedule and meetings with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Jesus
Montane.
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January 29
Fidel Castro meets with Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, who delivers
a message from Saddam Hussein, efforts to find a political solution to the Iran-
Iraq conflict are discussed.
February 5 Iran's First Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Azizi arrives in Havana for talks
with Acting Foreign Minister Alarcon and Vice Foreign Minister Torras.
February 6 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez exchanges views on bilateral relations with an Iranian
delegation headed by Ahmad Azizi.
February 8 Fidel Castro and Ricardo Alarcon meet with Iranian official Ahmad Azizi to
discuss bilateral relations and international issues, especially the Iran-Iraq
conflict.
February 26
Foreign Minister Malmierca sends messages to his Indian and Zambian counter-
parts, and the PLO Political Department, seeking a nonaligned meeting on the
Iran-Iraq conflict.
March 6 Isidoro Malmierca departs for Geneva to participate in a nonaligned countries'
ministerial committee that is seeking a solution to the Iran-Iraq conflict.
March 26-29
Iraqi's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ismat al Kittani discusses the forthcoming
nonaligned summit and the Iran-Iraq conflict with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and
Isidoro Malmierca in Havana.
April 11 Foreign Minister Malmierca, his Indian and Zambian counterparts, and a PLO
representative are received in Tehran by President Khamenei.
May 6 Tehran's news agency reports that a Commerce Ministry delegation is visiting
Cuba to discuss the expansion of trade.
June 6
August 15
September 15
October 6
During a meeting with Fidel Castro, Iranian Foreign Minister Velayati expresses
hope for the development of bilateral cooperation through the opening of the
Iranian Embassy in Havana on 5 June.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Azizi delivers a message from President
Khamenei to Fidel Castro on the nonaligned and they discuss bilateral relations.
The new Iranian Ambassador to Cuba, Mostafa Mokhlesi, presents his credentials
to Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
The new Cuban ambassador to Tehran, Luis Marisi Figueredo presents his
credentials to President Khamenei.
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IRAQ
January 28
January 29
February 26
March 1
March 2
March 4
March 6
March 26-29
June 4
July 14
August 10
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca greet Tariq Aziz, deputy prime
minister of Iraq, upon his arrival at Jose Marti International Airport.
Fidel Castro meets with Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, who delivers a
message from Saddam Hussein, efforts to find a political solution to the Iran-Iraq
conflict are discussed.
Foreign Minister Malmierca sends messages to his Indian and Zambian counter-
parts, and the PLO Political Department, seeking a nonaligned meeting on the
Iran-Iraq conflict.
Iraq's Minister of Public Works and Housing Muhammad Fadil Husayn arrives in
Havana to participate in the third session of the Intergovernmental Cuba-Iraq
Joint Committee on economic cooperation.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas and Iraq's Minister of Public Works
and Housing Muhammad Fadil Husayn discuss bilateral trade relations in
Havana.
Hector Rodriguez Llompart and Iraq's Public Works and Housing Minister
Muhammad Fadil Husayn sign a cooperation protocol in construction, public
health, and commerce.
Isidoro Malmierca departs for Geneva to participate in a nonaligned countries'
ministerial committee that is seeking a solution to the Iran-Iraq conflict.
Iraqi's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ismat al Kittani discusses the forthcoming
nonaligned summit and the Iran-Iraq conflict with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and
Isidoro Malmierca in Havana.
The final communique of the Nonaligned foreign ministers' meeting in Havana
covers political and economic issues that will serve as a basis for the 1982 summit
in Baghdad.
Approximately 500 Cuban workers and technicians, leaving because of the war
conditions in Iraq, cross into Turkey on their return home via Bulgaria.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses bilateral relations and the Nonaligned Move-
ment with Iraqi Youth Minister Ahmad Hussein. Iraqi Youth Minister Ahmad
Hussein delivers a message from President Hussein on Iraq's preparations to host
the seventh nonaligned summit.
August 26-29 Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Baghdad and discusses the Nonaligned
Movement with Hamid Alwan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
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August 28
August 29
September 22
October 7
Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message to Iraq's President Hussein from
Fidel Castro; Hussein replies that Iraq's basic concern is to safeguard the
Nonaligned Movement's unity.
In his predeparture statement from Iraq, Malmierca said that he had discussed the
means for strengthening bilateral relations and efforts to bolster the Nonaligned
Movement with Iraqi officials.
Levi Farah delivers a message to Iraqi First Deputy Prime Minister Taha Yasin
Ramadan from Carlos Rafael Rodriguez about strengthening economic relations
between the two countries. During a meeting with Levi Farah, Taha Yasin
Ramadan reaffirms that Iraq's membership in the Nonaligned Movement is solid.
Foreign Minister Malmierca holds separate meetings at the UN with Iraqi
Foreign Minister Sa'dun Hammadi and Guyanese Foreign Minister Rashleigh
Jackson.
October 27 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Baghdad.
October 28
October 31
November 1
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Iraq's President
Hussein, and they exchange views on the Arab and international situation, and
other issues of joint interest. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Taha Yasin Ramadan,
Revolution Command Council member and first deputy prime minister of Iraq
discuss bilateral cooperation.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas arrives in Baghdad to attend the
International Fair. He delivers a message from Fidel Castro to President Hussein.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses the possibility of a negotiated solution to the
Iran-Iraq conflict and the nonaligned movement with Iraq's Deputy Prime
Minister Tariq `Aziz before departing Iraq.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas discusses Cuban-Iraqi economic cooper-
ation and trade with Hasan 'Ali, his Iraqi counterpart during meetings in
Baghdad.
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IRELAND
May 18
Havana press reports that Raul Valdes Vivo attended Ireland's Communist Party
Congress in Dublin and met with visiting delegations from the Soviet Union and
Great Britain.
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ISRAEL
February 15
February 16
April 6
April 9
June 8
June 15
June 16
June 17
June 19
June 23
July 3
Fidel Castro receives a message of support from PLO chairman Yasir Arafat
regarding Israel's preparations for war in south Lebanon.
As President of the Nonaligned Movement, Fidel Castro issues a s
warning of the imminent possibility of a widescale Israeli aggression against the
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, addressing a Nonaligned Coordinating Bo- .,:au
meeting in Kuwait, stresses solidarity with Palestine and urges the Ina I:gned
countries to put an end to Israeli aggressions.
At a special meeting of the Nonaligned Country Movement Coordi n.i t Burei.11
in Kuwait, Foreign Minister Malmierca charges that Israel is prepari4 )r ncv
attacks against Palestine.
Havana Radio reports that Fidel Castro told representatives to the meeting of
Nonaligned countries in Havana that "the criminal aggression of Israel against
Lebanon" must be halted. Fidel Castro sends a mes .4e to the heads of state and
government of the Nonaligned Movement rPr, ,olidarity as rt-sult of
Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with UN
Cuellar to discuss the situation in the Malvir
developments on disarmament.
6eneral Javier Pe i de
-ael's invasion of 1 rn.-Amt and
During a speech at the UN, Carlos Rafael Rodrigt, tondemns the ,up-
port of the British invasion of the Malvinas and 1st s aggression.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Syria to asser the ( an pea'
for the joint Palestinian-Lebanese forces in the face . the ' cli inv
Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Malmierca departs Syria after informing Pre,
Asad of the steps being taken by Fidel Castro to exert pressure
withdraw from Lebanon.
It 11
I
Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from Fidel Cast io 1.
Chairman Yasir Arafat. They discuss a wide range of question, ,)nc:
Israeli and Lebanon War.
Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of state and govt.
Nonaligned Movement's member countries asking help to Si
against Lebanon.
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;.ttit...
July 12 Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from Fidel C ro to Cypriot
Chief of State Kiprianou and they discuss the objectives of Is l's invasion of
Lebanon.
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July 16 Foreign Minister Malmierca addresses the Nonaligned Conference meeting in
Cyprus condemning Israeli aggression against Lebanon, supported by the US, and
demands evacuation of all invasion forces.
August 5
August 17
September 20
September 21
Nikolay Tikhonov, member of the Politbureau of the CPSU Central Committee
receives Isidoro Malmierca and other members of the Foreign Ministers' Commit-
tee to discuss Israeli aggression.
Foreign Minister Malmierca attacks the US for supporting Israel, during the
opening session of the special UN General Assembly meeting on Palestine.
PLO leader Yasir Arafat sends a message to Fidel Castro requesting him to
inform all nonaligned countries about the Israeli invasion of Beirut.
Fidel Castro sends a letter to UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar calling for
an emergency UN session on Palestine, and denouncing US-Zionist actions
against Lebanon.
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ITALY
August 3
September 15
November 20
November 24
Politburo alternate member Montane discusses international events, particularly,
the European and Latin American situation with Italian Communist leader
Gerardo Ciaromonte in Havana.
Cuba's delegate to the 69th IPU conference in Rome Jorge Lezcano Perez
denounces US aggression and demands the adoption of urgent measures to avoid a
nuclear war.
Health Minister Sergio del Valle and Hector Rodriguez Llompart meet, in
Havana, with Pio Pignari Moreno, Italian Institute leader to discuss developing
relations.
Ambassador to Italy, Roberto Mulct del Valle and Giordano Bruno Reffi, State
Secretary for Foreign and Political Affairs of San Marino, Italy, sign a document
establishing official relations.
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JAMAICA
March 23
July 8
Jamaican opposition leader Michael Manley discusses the nonaligned movement
and the Central American peace plan with Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez in Havana.
Thirty Cubans, seeking asylum, arrive in Montego Bay Harbor aboard an 85-foot
fishing vessel. They are being held by the Jamaican government while their
requests for political asylum are received.
December 8 Vice foreign Minister Pelegrin Torras heads a delegation to the third conference
on Law of the Sea in Jamaica.
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JAPAN
February 14 The sixth Japan-Cuba economic conference begins in Havana.
February 16
February 17
February 18
August 24
September 9
September 11
September 16
September 17
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Cabrizas meet in Havana with a Japanese
delegation headed by Ryoichi Kawai, president of Kumatsu, Ltd., to discuss
economic cooperation.
Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet with the Japanese delegation led
by Ryoichi Kawai to discuss the potential for greater and closer cooperation.
Trade talks between Cuba and Japan end with the signing of the final protocol by
Ricardo Cabrizas and Mr. Ryoichi Kawai covering the work of the conference.
ICAP Vice President Mario Rodriguez welcomes members of the Japan-Cuba
Friendship Association, headed by Dr. Mitsumachu Icho.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas arrives in Tokyo and meets with Shintaro Abe,
International Trade and Industry Minister.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, the first Cuban foreign minister to visit Japan,
arrives in Osaka; he tours Kyoto on 12 September and Hiroshima on 14
September.
Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a letter from Fidel Castro to Prime Minister
Zenko Suzuki in Tokyo. Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas discusses trade,
especially in sugar and seafood products, with Japan's Minister of Agriculture
Tazawa and meets with the president of the Bank of Japan. During their meeting
in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshio Sakurauchi calls on his Cuban
counterpart Isidoro Malmierca to withdraw Cuban troops from Angola.
Foreign Minister Malmierca denounces Washington's aggressive policy as an
obstacle to normalizing Cuba-US relations during a meeting in Japan with Harou
Okada, Chamber of Representatives leader. During a meeting in Japan with
Harou Okada, Foreign Minister Malmierca denounces South Africa's aggressions
against the Namibian and Angolan peoples.
October 4 Minister-President Raul Leon of the National Bank of Cuba arrives in Tokyo on a
working visit that will include meetings with the presidents of 23 banks.
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KAMPUCHEA
March 23
April 15
May 2-24
November 6
November 7
November 9
December 6
December 13
December 15
December 18
Cuba's ambassador in Phnom Penh, Hector Gallo, presents 1,500 tons of sugar to
the PRK.
Kampuchean Ambassador to Cuba Lon Bisalo presents his credentials to Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez.
Deputy Minister of Communications Manuel Garcia and his delegation visit
Phnom Penh and meet with KPRP member Chan Si. A report on the printing of
postal stamps in Cuba for Kampuchea was signed.
During his visit to Phnom Penh, Prensa Latina's Director General Gustavo
Robreno discusses the rebuilding of Kampuchea's economy with Minister of
Planning Chea Soth.
General Director of Prensa Latina Gustavo Robreno and his Kampuchean
counterpart Em Saman sign a cooperation and exchange agreement in Phnom
Penh.
The Cuban Council of State appoints Orestes Quintana Marquez to the post of
Cuban Ambassador to the People's Republic of Kampuchea.
Minister of Communications Pedro Guelmes arrives in Phnom Penh. He discusses
the situation in Kampuchea and economic cooperation with Chea Soth, member of
the KPRP Central Committee.
Minister of Communications Pedro Guelmes and Kampuchea's Minister of
Industry Meas Samnang sign an economic, technical, and scientific protocol for
1983-84 in Phnom Penh. Minister of Communications Pedro Guelmes meets with
Chan Si, member of the KPRP Central Committee Political Bureau and chairman
of the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh.
President of the Cuba-Kampuchea Friendship Association Rene Rodriguez meets
with Chea Sim, member of the KPRP Central Committee Political Bureau in
Phnom Penh.
ICAP President Rene Rodriguez discusses expanding relations with Men Chhan,
Vice Chairman of the Kampuchean National United Front For National Salvation,
during a meeting in Phnom Penh.
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March 4
March 6
March 18
KOREA NORTH
Foreign Minister Malmierca greets North Korean Vice Premier Ho Tam upon his
arrival in Havana to discuss bilateral relations and the nonaligned movement.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with North Korea's Vice Premier Ho Tam to
discuss the current international situation, the nonaligned, and bilateral relations.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Isidoro Malmierca discuss the
international situation and bilateral relations with North Korean leader Yi Chong-
ok. Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Isidoro Malmierca discuss the
international situation and bilateral relations with Yi Chong-ok. Yi Chong-ok
delivers a message to Fidel from Kim Il-song.
March 19 Fidel and Raul Castro, Isidoro Malmierca, and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attend a
reception in honor of Yi Chong-ok.
April 16 Fidel Castro attends a reception in Havana for the 70th birthday of Korean
President Kim II-song. The Council of State confers the Jose Marti Order to Kim
Il-song.
June 6 Fidel Castro meets with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ho Tam in Havana who
presented a letter from President Kim Il-song.
June 2-22
Jose Lopez Moreno, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Cuba heads a party workers delegation to Pyongyang and has a cordial meeting
with President Kim Il-song.
September 11 Ricardo Danza Sigas, newly-appointed ambassador to North Korea presents his
credentials to President Kim II-song.
September 16-21
Health Minister Sergio del Valle arrives in Pyongyang. A cooperation agreement
in public health and medical science is signed on 20 September; he departs for
Moscow on 21 September.
November 13 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of Pak Yong-se, DPRK Ambas-
sador to Cuba.
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KUWAIT
April 5 Foreign Minister Malmierca meets in Kuwait with Foreign Affairs Minister Ali
Akbar Velayati. Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Kuwait's Minister of
Foreign Affairs Sabah Sabah alAhmad al-Jabir Al and agree to upgrade
diplomatic relations to the embassy level.
April 6 Foreign Minister Malmierca, addressing a Nonaligned Coordinating Bureau
meeting in Kuwait, stresses solidarity with Palestine and urges the nonaligned
countries to put an end to Israeli aggressions.
April 7 Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Amir Jabir al-Ahmad as-Sabah of
Kuwait to discuss bilateral relations.
April 9 At a special meeting of the Nonaligned Country Movement Coordination Bureau
in Kuwait, Foreign Minister Malmierca charges that Israel is preparing for new
attacks against Palestine.
April 15-16
November 4
November 15
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Sabah, he departs for Damascus on 16 April.
Juan Almeida and Isidoro Malmierca receive credentials from Mr. Muhammad
Abul Hassan accrediting him as ambassador of Kuwait.
Kuwait press reports that an envoy from President Fidel Castro has invited the
Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jabir Admad Sabah, to visit Cuba. National Bank
President Raul Leon Torras discusses closer economic and political cooperation
within the Nonaligned Movement with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Jabir al-Admad as-
Sabah in Kuwait.
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April 5-8
April 9
October 27
October 28
November 6-8
November 8
November 9
November 12
November 13
December 13
LAOS
Politburo alternate member Montane visits Laos and discusses international issues
with Lao People's Revolutionary Party member Vongvichit.
Jesus Montane meets with Lao President Souphananouvong to discuss the
international political situation, in particular US threats against Cuba, Nicaragua,
Grenada, and El Salvador.
General Director of Cuban Prensa Latina Gustavo Robreno visits Laos and meets
with Lao's Minister of Culture Sisana Sisan to discuss strengthening relations
between the news agencies.
General Director of Cuban Prensa Latina Gustavo Robreno and Laotian leader
Thongsavat Gnamani sign an agreement on the exchange of news, photo-
documents, and bilateral cooperation in other fields.
Fidel Castro welcomes Lao President Souphanouvong. He visits the Ernesto
Guevara Pioneer Palace, the Granma memorial, and the historic center of Havana
on 7 and 8 November.
Fidel and Raul Castro, and Lao President Souphanouvong attend a reception
hosted by USSR Ambassador Katushev commemorating the 65th anniversary of
the Great October Revolution.
Fidel Castro discusses matters of mutual interest, bilateral relations, and the
international situation with Lao President Souphanouvong. CDR Coordinator
Armando Acosta accompanies President Souphanouvong to Santiago de Cuba to
visit places of historic interest, including the Siboney Farm and the museum in the
26 July School City.
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane and LAO President Souphanouvong
tour the model prison, the handicrafts complex, and the citrus complex on the Isle
of Youth.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo holds talks with Lao President
Souphanouvong and his delegation at the Palace of Conventions. Fidel Castro
decorates President Souphanouvong with the Playa Giron Order during a ceremo-
ny at the Palace of the Revolution.
Rene Rodriguez, ICAP President, signs a cooperation agreement in Vientiane with
the Laotian-Cuban Friendship Association; he meets with President
Souphanouvong.
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LEBANON
February 15 Fidel Castro receives a message of support from PLO chairman Yasir Arafat
regarding Israel's preparations for war in south Lebanon.
April 27 Rene Rodriguez heads a delegation of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with
Peoples (ICAP) to Beirut to visit cities and refugee camps.
April 28 Central Committee member Rene Rodriguez travels to Beirut to deliver a message
from Fidel Castro to Yasir Arafat, who briefs Rodriguez on Lebanese political and
military developments.
April 29 Cuba and the Palestinian Resistance Movement sign a five-year agreement on
solidarity and cooperation that provides for joint activities in Cuba and Palestinian
refugee camps.
June 7
June 8
June 13
June 15
June 17
June 19
June 23
July 3
PLO President Yasir Arafat asks Fidel Castro, as President of the Nonaligned
Movement, for the solidarity of the movement in the face of the Israeli forces' in-
vasion of Lebanon.
Havana Radio reports that Fidel Castro told representatives to the meeting of
Nonaligned countries in Havana that "the criminal aggression of Israel against
Lebanon" must be halted. Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of state and
government of the Nonaligned Movement requesting solidarity as a result of
Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
Fidel Castro sends a new appeal to nonaligned members demanding the withdraw-
al of the aggressors from the territory they have occupied in Lebanon.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with UN Secretary General Javier Perez de
Cuellar to discuss the situation in the Malvinas, Israel's invasion of Lebanon and
developments on disarmament.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Syria to assert the Cuban people's support
for the joint Palestinian-Lebanese forces in the face of the Israeli invasion of
Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Malmierca departs Syria after informing President Hafiz al-
Asad of the steps being taken by Fidel Castro to exert pressure on Israel to
withdraw from Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from Fidel Castro to PLO
Chairman Yasir Arafat. They discuss a wide range of questions concerning the
Israeli and Lebanon War.
Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of state and government of the
Nonaligned Movement's member countries asking help to stop the Israeli attack
against Lebanon.
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July 9
Havana press reports that the Nonaligned Movement Coordinating Bureau has
decided to convoke a special foreign ministers conference, on Lebanon, in Nicosia
from 15-17 July.
July 12 Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Cypriot
Chief of State Kiprianou and they discuss the objectives of Israel's invasion of
Lebanon.
July 16 Foreign Minister Malmierca addresses the Nonaligned Conference meeting in
Cyprus condemning Israeli aggression against Lebanon, supported by the US, and
demands evacuation of all invasion forces.
July 29 Fidel Castro sends a message to Noel G. Sinclair, President of the UN Security
Council, calling for "the quickest action" on the part of the UN "to halt the
genocide of the people in Beirut."
August 5
September 20
September 21
October 18
Acting Foreign Minister Viera sends a message of support to members of the
Cuban Embassy in Beirut, which was damaged by Israeli artillery; there were no
casualties.
PLO leader Yasir Arafat sends a message to Fidel Castro requesting him to
inform all nonaligned countries about the Israeli invasion of Beirut.
Fidel Castro sends a letter to UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar calling for
an emergency UN session on Palestine, and denouncing US-Zionist actions
against Lebanon.
Lebanese Communist Party leader Nassir al-Asad discusses the current situation
of his people's struggle to maintain unity with Melba Hernandez, Secretary
General of AALAPSO.
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LIBERIA
April 16 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Mrs. Abeodu Bowen Jones, who presents her
credentials as ambassador of Liberia.
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LIBYA
Levi Farah, President of the Cuban-Arab Friendship Association, reiterates
Cuba's support and solidarity with the Libyan revolution during a meeting with
Libyan official Ahmad Guirhy in Havana.
January 27 In his State of the Union speech, President Reagan accuses Cuba and Libya of ex-
porting subversion to the Caribbean and other parts of the world.
March 26 Fidel Castro sends a message to Libya's Chief of State Qadhafi stressing that the
nonaligned movement will stand by Nicaragua in the face of US aggression.
June 22 In an interview with the Libyan press, Farah praises bilateral agreements in the
areas of medicine, trade, and agriculture, as well as the 2,000 Cuban construction
workers in Libya. Minister for Overseas Construction Levi Farah and Libyan
Housing Minister Muhammad Ahmad al-Manqush discuss in Tripoli old and new
construction agreements.
September 9
September 15-22
October 7-14
November 2
November 15
In an interview for Radio Reloj, Muhammad 'Ali al-Ajili, Libyan representative in
Cuba says that more than 3,000 Cuban internationalists are working in Libya.
Minister of Construction Abroad Levi Farah arrives in Tripoli and discusses
cooperation with Libyan leader `Abd al-Salam Jallud on 22 September. Jallud
gives Farah messages for Fidel and Raul.
Levi Farah visits Libya and meets with Muhammad al-Manqush, Secretary of
Housing; he visits the city of Benghazi and meets with the governor of the Libyan
Central Bank.
Cuba's Minister for Construction Abroad Levi Farah reaffirms the close bonds of
friendship between Cuba and Libya during meetings, in Libya, with leaders of the
Libyan Friendship Department.
Fidel Castro meets, in Moscow, with Libyan Staff Major `Abd as-Salam Ahmad
Jallud. Major Abd as-Salam Ahmad Jallud.
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September 18
September 29
MADAGASCAR
The Council of State appoints Aldo Pena Enriquez Ambassador to Madagascar.
Foreign Minister Christian Remi Richard of Madagascar receives the credentials
of Aldo Pena Enriquez, new Cuban Ambassador.
Aldo Pena Enriquez, Cuba's new ambassador to Madagascar, presents his
credentials to President Ratsiraka.
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MALI
May 18
December 8
December 30
Cuban Ambassador to Mali Carlos Garcia Neira, on behalf of the Cuban
Communist Party, presents 50 tractors to the Democratic Union of Malian People.
Cuba's Council of State appoints Eduardo E. Barbin Martin as ambassador to the
Republic of Mali.
The new Cuban Ambassador to Mali, Eduardo Balbine presents his credentials to
the head of state General Moussa Traore.
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May 27
October 3
October 4-8
October 8
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca receive Mohamed Said OuId
Hamodi who presents his credentials as the new ambassador from Mauritania.
Deputy Minister for External Trade Manuel Torres meets in Mauritania with
President Haidalla to discuss current issues and the prospects for strengthening
bilateral relations.
Cuban Deputy Minister of External Trade Emmanuel Torres visits industrial and
fishing plants in Mauritania and discusses cooperation with leaders Lt. Col. Anne
Babaly and Mohamed Amar.
Foreign Trade Minister Torres discusses bilateral cooperation in fishing and the
merchant navy with Mauritanian ministers Diop Moustapha and Mohamed Didi
Ali.
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MEXICO
January 15
January 29
February 24
March 3
March 15
March 18
March 20
March 22
April 5-9
Fidel Castro meets with Ruy Barreto and explains Cuba's willingness to offer
Brazil the same "preferential treatment" that it grants Mexico and Argentina.
Granma confirms the meeting between Secretary of State Haig and Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez on 23 November in Mexico City. Mexico's Minister of Foreign
Relations Castaneda initiated the meeting.
In a message to Mexican President Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro alleges the US is
the source of all problems affecting Latin America and says Cuba will fight US
aggression. In a message to Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro claims that he is ready to
collaborate to bring peace to the Caribbean if the US ends its threats and
subversive activities.
Fidel and Raul Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attend the farewell reception
given by Mexican Ambassador Gonzalo Martinez Corbala.
Radio Havana reports that Mexican Foreign Secretary Castaneda and US
Secretary of State Haig agreed to meet in principle after 28 March to discuss Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Rodolfo Echeverria Ruiz, the new Mexican
ambassador to Cuba.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Isidoro Malmierca meet in Havana
with Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda who informs them of the
outcome of his talks with Secretary of State Haig.
Granma issues an official communique stating that during his meeting with Jorge
Castaneda, Fidel Castro had ratified Cuba's adherence to the Mexican proposals
for peace in Central America.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart visits Mexico and conveys greetings from Fidel
Castro to Mexican President Lopez Portillo. They discuss matters of common
interest.
April 7 Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias receives Mexican Ambassador
Rodolfo Echeverria Ruiz to discuss matters of mutual interest in transportation
and communications.
May 1
May 18
May 21
Fidel Castro speaks over the telephone with Mexican President Lopez Portillo,
inaugurating a direct telephone line via satellite between the two countries.
Cuba's Chamber of Commerce President Jose M. Mirabal, during an interview in
Mexico, acknowledges that the world economic recession is affecting his country.
Cuba and Mexico sign a trade agreement for 1982-83 aimed at increasing
bilateral trade and the exchange of marketing information.
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June 2
June 12
July 1
July 12
A Mexican delegation, which includes officers and former students of Mexico's
National Defense School, arrives in Havana at the invitation of Raul Castro and
meets with Fidel.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in New York to attend the UN General
Assembly session on disarmament. He discusses Latin America and the Middle
East with Mexican Foreign Secretary Castaneda.
Mexican President Lopez Portillo complies with a Cuban request by authorizing
technical aid and construction plans to build desalinization plants in Cuba.
A spokesman of the ruling PRI announces that Fidel Castro sent a congratulatory
message to Mexico's president-elect Miguel de la Madrid, who won the 4 July
election. Foreign Minister Malmierca cancels his trip to Mexico. Secretary of
Patrimony and Industrial Development Jose Andres de Oteyza will preside over
the third Mexico-Cuba Joint Commission meeting.
July 17 Hector Rodriguez Llompart describes the talks at the Cuban-Mexican Intergov-
ernmental Committee meeting as very positive and that new prospects had opened
up for economic relations.
July 26 Minister of Culture Armando Hart submits a proposal to cut arms spending in or-
der to promote education and culture during the second UNESCO conference in
Mexico.
August 5
August 11
September 10
September 14
October 1
October 5
Vilma Espin arrives in Mexico to attend a meeting of the Continental Women's
Front Against Intervention.
Fidel Castro attends a basketball game in Sports City between the Cuban and
Mexican teams during the Central American and Caribbean games.
Culture Minister Hart attends the "Dialogue of the Americas" meeting in Mexico.
In an interview with Escelsior, he says that dialogue between the United States
and the continent is necessary.
Fidel Castro attends a Mexican awards ceremony in Havana in which Mexican
Ambassador to Cuba, Rodolfo Echeverria Ruiz, presents the Order of the Mexican
Eagle to Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso.
In a news conference in Mexico City, Union of Democratic Journalists President
Antonio Caram said the US is violating the norms of international law with the in-
stallation of Radio Marti.
CSSR Federal Assembly leader Alois Indra expresses solidarity and friendship
with the Cuban people in a press conference before departing Cuba for Nicaragua
and Mexico.
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November 9
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez decorates former Mexican Ambassador to Cuba Senator
Gonzalo Martinez Corbala with the Order of Solidarity during ceremonies in
Mexico City. Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria invites Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez to attend the inauguration of a symposium on nonalignment and the
new international economic order.
November 10 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez holds talks with Mexican President-elect Miguel de la
Madrid in Mexico City.
November 29 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Mexico to attend the inauguration of
President-elect Miguel de la Madrid on 1 December.
December 4 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez returns from Mexico after participating in the inaugura-
tion of Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, at which he was the highest-rank-
ing foreign representative.
December 7 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells the Mexican weekly PROCESO that the US has no
valid alternatives for solving Latin America's problems.
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September 23-26
October 1
October 4
December 30
Justice Minister Osvaldo Dorticos attends the 7th Conference of Justice Ministers
from Socialist countries in Mongolia. Cuba is selected as the site of the next
conference.
Justice Minister Dorticos and his delegation return from Mongolia after attending
the Justice Ministers Conference.
� Mongolian newspaper official Gambat arrives in Villa Clara from Sancti Spiritus
to learn about the province's economic and social development.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Jose de la Fuente signs a protocol on
commodity turnover and payments for 1983 in Ullaanbaatar.
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January 26
February 8
May 10
May 21
May 24
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
June 29
September 10
November 28
December 11
MOZAMBIQUE
PCC member Jorge Risquet arrives in Maputo on a working visit; He meets with
Joaquim Chipanoe, a member of the Frelimo Standing Political Committee.
Jorge Risquet discusses the situation in Southern Africa and the Caribbean during
a meeting in Maputo with Mozambique's President Samora Machel.
Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
The Vice President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television states that
Cuba will send monthly interviews of Mozambicans studying in Cuba for
broadcasting by Radio Mozambique.
Mozambique's President Machel arrives in Holguin from Nicaragua, enroute to
Grenada, and is greeted by Raul Castro; they visit sites of historical and economic
interest.
Fidel Castro greets President Machel at Jose Marti International Airport.
Fidel Castro and President Machel begin official talks.
Fidel Castro presents the Jose Marti medal to Mozambican President Samora
Moises Machel during a reception in Havana.
Fidel Castro and President Machel tour economic and cultural centers on the Isle
of Youth and visit with more than 2,300 Mozambican students attending four
schools.
Cuba and Mozambique sign a trade and air transport agreement, a ministerial
cooperation protocol, a reciprocity agreement on diplomatic real estate, and a
cooperation plan between the two parties. Fidel Castro bids farewell to Mozam-
bique's President Machel; a joint communique stresses cooperation and friendship
between their parties and governments.
Cubana Airlines begins monthly flights to Maputo, Mozambique. An IL-62 will
depart from Havana on a Tuesday and will arrive back in Cuba on a Friday.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Maputo to discuss
economic cooperation with Mozambique leaders.
Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of the Nonaligned Movement informing
them that authorities in Mozambique have reported that South African troops are
massing along the southern border.
Minister of Labor and Social Security Joaquim Rodriguez Benavides arrives in
Maputo to attend the fourth session of the Mozambique-Cuba Joint Commission
on Cooperation.
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December 13
Juan Almeida and Cape Verde's Prime Minister Pedro Pires sign a declaration
condemning South African aggression against Angola and Pretoria and destabiliz-
ing maneuvers, particularly in Mozambique.
December 25 Juan Almeida arrives in Mozambique; speaking on 27 December to workers at the
largest steel mill in Maputo, he offers to send technical advisers to Mozambique.
December 26 Juan Almeida and secretary of the Frelimo Party Central Committee for economic
affairs of Mozambique Marcelino dos Santos discuss strengthening ties of
friendship and cooperation.
December 27
December 30
Juan Almeida attends a reception in Mozambique hosted by Marcelino dos
Santos. Dos Santos condemns US aggression in the world and hails the friendship
and cooperation with Cuba. Juan Almeida and the President of the Frelimo Party
of Mozambique, Samora Machel discuss cooperation in the economic, technical,
and scientific fields. Almeida departs Mozambique on 28 December.
A joint-Mozambique-Cuban communique is released in Maputo rejecting any
attempts to link the independence to Namibia to the withdrawal of Cuban troops
from Angola.
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NAMIBIA
January 21 Jesus Montane presides over a seminar on Namibia, organized by the Party
Central Committee's Center for African and Middle Eastern Studies.
February 6 Cuban Foreign Minister Malmierca and Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paulo Jorge issue a statement that the question of Cuban forces in Angola is not
related to a Namibian settlement.
June 19 Angola's official news agency ANGOP rejects any link between negotiations for
the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in Angola.
July 26 ANGOP news agency reports that Angola rejects the US proposal for simulta-
neous withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola as a condition for the settlement of
the Namibian problem.
August 19 South African Defense Minister Magnus Malan says that Cuban troops will have
to leave Angola before a settlement in Namibia can become a reality.
August 21 During a debate on Namibia at the UN, Cuban delegate Miguel Alvarez says that
Cuban troops will not be withdrawn from Angola until there is no threat of a
South African invasion.
September 17
September 29
October 25
October 27
November 17
December 14
December 18
During a meeting in Japan with Harou Okada, Foreign Minister Malmierca
denounces South Africa's aggressions against the Namibian and Angolan peoples.
During meetings in Havana, Lopo do Nascimento says, "There is no relation
betweeen the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in
Angola."
In a press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara rejects the US position that
Namibia's independence is contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops in
Angola.
Cuban Ambassador at the UN Raul Roa Kouri, charges that South Africa and the
US are trying to introduce foreign elements into negotiations to hamper Namibia's
independence.
Fidel Castro and Sam Nujoma, Chairman of the South West African People's
Organization�SWAPO discuss problems related with South Africa and in
particular the situation in Namibia in Moscow.
During a special address to the UN General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Raul
Roa Kouri blames the US for obstructing a Namibian settlement.
Cuba and Guinea-Bissau issue a joint communique emphasizing Cuba's aid to
Angola and rejecting US attempts to link Namibia's independence to the
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.
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December 30
A joint-Mozambique-Cuban communique is released in Maputo rejecting any
attempts to link the independence to Namibia to the withdrawal of Cuban troops
from Angola.
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September 22 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca receive credentials from Konrad
Frederik Stork, new ambassador of the Netherlands.
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NICARAGUA
January 11
January 15
January 20
January 22
January 23
February 23
February 25-27
February 26
February 27
March 16
March 20
March 26
April 1
Cuba oilers 400 scholarships to Nicaraguan students in September 1982, some
1,200 Nicaraguan secondary students are currently studying in Cuba.
Cultural Minister Armando Hart visits Nicaragua for the first time to participate
in activities marking the 115th anniversary of poet Ruben Dario's birth.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas welcomes Alejandro Martinez, heading
a Nicaraguan Foreign Trade Minister delegation to Havana.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses bilateral trade in 1981 and examines the
prospects of increasing trade and cooperation with Nicaraguan Foreign Trade
Minister Alejandro Martinez.
Guillermo Garcia and Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas meet with
Alejandro Martin to discuss matters of mutual interest.
Havana accuses the US of being involved in a terrorist bombing that killed three
people at the Sandino International Airport in Managua on 20 February.
PDRY President Ali Nasir, returning to Cuba after his two-day visit to
Nicaragua, meets with Fidel and Raul Castro before leaving for Algeria.
Transportation Minister Guillermo Garcia Frias arrives in Managua. He says that
the economic plan announced by President Reagan is merely alms and will not re-
solve any problems.
The Nicaraguan Health Ministry reports that the 171 Cuban doctors, 68 nurses,
and 43 medical aides working in Nicaragua treated over 2 million people from
July 1979 to December 1981. At the invitation of Fidel Castro, Dr. Rafael
Cordova Rivas, a Nicaraguan Government official visits the Siboney Farm and the
26 July School City and other tourist sites in Santiago de Cuba.
US Navy Secretary Lehman says that any US naval blockade aimed at stopping
arms shipments from Cuba to Nicaragua could easily lead to a global war if Soviet
ships become involved.
Nicaraguan leader Ortega sends a letter to Fidel Castro requesting an emergency
meeting of the UN Security Council to explain "imperialist threats" to Nicara-
guan independence and sovereignty.
Fidel Castro sends a message to Libya's Chief of State Qadhafi stressing that the
nonaligned movement will stand by Nicaragua in the face of US aggression.
The Nicaraguan youth who had embarrassed the US by reversing his story that he
was sent to fight with leftist guerrillas in El Salvador, attends a Young
Communists' Convention in Havana.
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April 6 Hector Rodriguez Llompart and Nicaragua's Agricultural Minister Jaime Whee-
lock sign a economic and scientific-technical cooperation protocol for 1982 in
Managua.
April 9 Jesus Montane meets with Lao President Souphananouvong to discuss the
international political situation, in particular US threats against Cuba, Nicaragua,
Grenada, and El Salvador.
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 4
May 17
May 21
May 31
June 7
June 12
July 14
A brigade of 100 "internationalist" Cuban medical personnel arrive in Nicaragua.
A US Administration report to Congress states that airfields under construction in
Grenada and Nicaragua could enable Cuban MIG fighter planes to penetrate
throughout Central America.
At a meeting of sugar exporting countries in Managua, Cuban Foreign Trade
Minister Cabrizas urges unity against divisive US policies.
Fiidel Castro meets with Nicaraguan leaders Daniel Ortega and Henry Ruiz
during their stopover at Jose Marti International Airport on their way to the
Soviet Union. Leonid Brezhnev lauds the "constructive initiative" of Cuba and
Nicaragua toward better ties with the US and criticizes US imperialism toward
Cuba in a speech in Moscow.
Nicaragua's Vice Minister of Defense Luis Carrion speaks at the first graduation
ceremony of Nicaraguan students in Cuba; Jesus Montane chairs the ceremony.
Mozambique's President Machel arrives in Holguin from Nicaragua, enroute to
Grenada, and is greeted by Raul Castro; they visit sites of historical and economic
interest.
Raul Castro and his delegation arrive in Nicaragua to examine the damage caused
by the recent floods and to study the assistance that Cuba may provide to aid in re-
covery operations.
Havana announces that more than 2,000 Cuban construction workers will leave for
Nicaragua to take part in the reconstruction of roads, houses, and bridges.
Before leaving Nicaragua, Raul Castro tells newsmen that Cuba will aid the
country's construction, housing, health, and education sectors.
Minister of Education Jose Ramon Fernandez bids farewell to a group of 71 young
Nicaraguans who graduated as mid-level technicians in several areas of
specialization.
July 16 Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Armando Hart, and Arnaldo Milian
attend the reception at the Nicaraguan Embassy on the occasion of the third
anniversary of the revolution's triumph. Fidel Castro sends a letter to the
Nicaraguan Junta on the 3rd anniversary of its revolution on 19 July promising to
continue backing its government in the face of US aggression.
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July 17 Coordinator of the Nicaraguan Junta Ortega stops over in Havana, in an interview
for Radio Reloj, he charges that his country has been the object of a covert
invasion by 2,000 former Somozist.
July 19
July 31
August 1
August 23
September 1
September 6
September 9
September 19
September 24
September 27
October 1
October 3
Politburo alternate member Roberto Viega heads a delegation to Nicaragua to
participate in the festivities honoring the third anniversary of the revolution.
The Honduran newspaper Heraldo reports that four hundred deserters from
Nicaragua's Army captured 27 Cuban advisors and executed them for torturing
political prisoners.
Nicaragua's National Planning Minister, Commander Ruiz, says that the $80-
million cooperation agreement signed with Cuba on 31 July will aid recovery from
flood damages that occurred in May.
Fidel Castro meets, at the La Rosita Farm of the Union of Young Communists,
with the second group of medical students who will be leaving for Nicaragua.
Havana press announces that close to 12,000 children from Nicaragua, PDRY,
and 10 African countries will study on the Isle of Youth, 2,000 more than last
year.
Minister of Agriculture Arnaldo Milian attends the 18th Food and Agriculture
Organization meeting in Managua. He accuses the US of using food as a weapon
to pressure developing countries.
A Nicaraguan National Patriotic Front (FPN) delegation arrives in Cuba to learn
about agricultural cooperatives, labor laws, the Committees for Defense of the
Revolution, and trade union work.
Nicaragua's Voice of Sandino reports that three members of the FSLN are
visiting Fidel Castro in Cuba.
A Cultural Cooperation Agreement for 1982-85 between the Sandinist Association
of Culture Workers and the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists is
signed in Havana.
A delegation of Nicaraguan Youths from the 19th July Young Movement is
visiting Santa Clara; they have toured places of historical and cultural interest for
the past 2 weeks in Havana.
Osmani Cienfuegos and his delegation visit Nicaragua to discuss the Central
American and Caribbean situation with members of the Junta and FSLN
National Directorate. Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses bilateral relations
and matters under consideration by the UN with the foreign ministers of
Nicaragua, Spain, Peru, and Argentina at the UN.
Managua press reports that a delegation of Nicaraguan construction workers
composed of Alejandro Solorzano, Jose Torres, and Oscar Danilo Hidalgo, visited
Cuba.
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October 5
October 13
October 15
November 8
November 15
November 20
November 27
November 29
CSSR Federal Assembly leader Alois Indra expresses solidarity and friendship
with the Cuban people in a press conference before departing Cuba for Nicaragua
and Mexico.
Managua radio reports that a Cuban ship arrived in Corinto with cement, mixers,
and other equipment to repair the Chinandega-area bridges damaged by tropical
storm Aleta.
During a meeting of French newsmen, the ambassadors of Cuba, Grenada, and
Nicaragua denounce the dangers that exist in Central America and the Caribbean
due to the aggressive US policy.
A Sandinist National Assembly delegation headed by Rodolfo Lobo, FSLN
Secretary of Regional Information is touring Villa Clara as part of an extensive
work program.
Politburo alternate member Antonio Perez Herrero ends his 2-week stay in
Nicaragua where he conducted a tour of various departments, met with Cuban
builders, physicians, and teachers.
The Cuban elementary school teachers serving in Nicaragua begin returning home
for vacation; with more than 200 arriving daily, all will be in Cuba by 28
November. Nicaraguan official Carlos Nunez tells the Cuban press that President
Reagan's visit to Central America is a provocation against his country. During his
visit to Cuba, Commander of the Nicaraguan Revolution Carlos Nunez Tellez
visited offices of the party's Revolutionary Information and Propaganda Depart-
ment. He departs for Nicaragua.
Politburo alternate member Antonio Perez Herrero welcomes Carlos Nunez
Tellez, President of the Nicaraguan State Council upon is arrival in Cuba.
Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Inter-American Affairs Nestor Sanchez
tells a US Naval Academy audience that Castro "is actively engaged in converting
Nicaragua into another Cuba." Washington press announces that according to
recent US intelligence estimates, Cuba has sent an additional 2,000 military and
civilian advisers into Nicaragua since early this year.
December 2 A delegation of the People's Government National Assembly, headed by National
Assembly President Flavio Bravo, departs for Managua at the invitation of
Nicaragua's Council of State.
December 7 President of the National Assembly Falvio Bravo is received in Managua by
members of the Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction to discuss
foreign attacks on the Nicaraguan revolution.
December 13 Fidel Castro sends a condolence message to FSLN National Directorate on the
death of 75 Nicaraguan children who died in a helicopter crash on December 9
and accuses the US of aggression.
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December 28
India's Vice Minister K. S. Bajpai arrives in Havana and discusses the Nonaligned
Meeting in Managua in January and the Seventh Nonaligned Summit in March in
India with Isidoro Malmierca.
Osmani Cienfuegos and Ricardo Cabrizas attend a ceremony in Havana inaugu-
rating the "Caribbean Service," a maritime line that will connect ports between
Cuba and Nicargua.
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March 2
Central Committee official Manuel Torres and Nigeria's Commissioner for
Cultural and Natural Resources Yayo Oheuni sign an economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation agreement in Havana.
April 9 Jose Aranaburo Garcia, Secretary of the National Assembly of the People's
Government heads a delegation to Lagos to participate in the 130th meeting of the
Inter-parliamentarian Council.
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January 29
February 18
March 4
March 6
March 16-19
March 23
March 26
March 26-29
April 6
April 9
April 11
April 15-16
Fidel Castro meets with Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, who delivers a
message from Saddam Hussein, efforts to find a political solution to the Iran-Iraq
conflict are discussed.
Isidoro Malmierca meets in Havana with Salim Salih Muhammad, Yemen's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss bilateral relations, the international
situation, and the nonaligned.
Foreign Minister Malmierca greets North Korean Vice Premier Ho Tam upon his
arrival in Havana to discuss bilateral relations and the nonaligned movement.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with North Korea's Vice Premier Ho Tam to
discuss the current international situation, the nonaligned, and bilateral relations.
Isidoro Malmierca departs for Geneva to participate in a nonaligned countries'
ministerial committee that is seeking a solution to the Iran-Iraq conflict.
The second meeting of nonaligned countries health experts meet in Havana.
Minister of Public Health Sergio del Valle attends the opening session; a work plan
to be presented in May is approved.
Jamaican opposition leader Michael Manley discusses the nonaligned movement
and the Central American peace plan with Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez in Havana. Fidel Castro sends a message regarding the situation and
pressures in Central America to Yugoslavia's President Sergej Kraigher.
Fidel Castro sends a message to Libya's Chief of State Qadhafi stressing that the
nonaligned movement will stand by Nicaragua in the face of US aggression.
Iraqi's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ismat al Kittani discusses the forthcoming
nonaligned summit and the Iran-Iraq conflict with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and
Isidoro Malmierca in Havana.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, addressing a Nonaligned Coordinating Bureau
meeting in Kuwait, stresses solidarity with Palestine and urges the nonaligned
countries to put an end to Israeli aggressions.
At a special meeting of the Nonaligned Country Movement Coordination Bureau
in Kuwait, Foreign Minister Malmierca charges that Israel is preparing for new
attacks against Palestine.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, his Indian and Zambian counterparts, and a PLO
representative are received in Tehran by President Khamenei.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Sabah, he departs for Damascus on 16 April.
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May 10
May 20
May 24
May 25
May 31
June 4
June 5
June 7
June 8
June 11
June 13
June 14
Fidel Castro sends a message to Nonaligned leaders appealing to them to take
whatever steps appropriate to stop British-US aggression against Argentina.
Fidel Castro sends a message to PLO leader Yasir Arafat calling for pressure on
British authorities to prevent military threats against Argentina and to search for
political solutions.
Foreign Minister Malmierca welcomes Guyana's Foreign Minister Rashleigh
Jackson. They discuss relations between the two countries and the forthcoming
Nonaligned Ministerial Meeting.
Argentine President Galtieri sends a message to Fidel Castro expressing his
gratitude to the Nonaligned Movement for its support of Argentina in the
Falklands dispute.
Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez preside at the opening session of the
Nonaligned foreign ministers meeting in Havana. Foreign Minister Malmierca
denounces the "arrogant US stance" regarding the arms race during his speech at
the opening of the Nonaligned Meeting; US Interests Chief Smith walks out.
The final communique of the Nonaligned foreign ministers' meeting in Havana
covers political and economic issues that will serve as a basis for the 1982 summit
in Baghdad.
Cuba and Suriname sign an economic, scientific, and technical cooperation
protocol; a cooperation program for bilateral relations; and an agreement to
exchange information on Nonaligned matters.
PLO President Yasir Arafat asks Fidel Castro, as President of the Nonaligned
Movement, for the solidarity of the movement in the face of the Israeli forces' in-
vasion of Lebanon. Fidel Castro answers Yasir Arafat's message by pledging total
support and military solidarity in response to the Israeli aggression.
Havana Radio reports that Fidel Castro told representatives to the meeting of
Nonaligned countries in Havana that "the criminal aggression of Israel against
Lebanon" must be halted. Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of state and
government of the Nonaligned Movement requesting solidarity as a result of
Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
Syrian President Hafiz Al-Asad sends a message to Fidel Castro thanking him for
Cuba's support for the forces fighting in Lebanon against the Israeli invasion.
Fidel Castro sends a new appeal to nonaligned members demanding the withdraw-
al of the aggressors from the territory they have occupied in Lebanon.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez exchanges views on the current international situation
and the recently concluded nonaligned meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister
A. R. Shamsul Doha in New York.
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June 19
July 3
July 6
July 9
Foreign Minister Malmierca departs Syria after informing President Hafiz al-
Asad of the steps being taken by Fidel Castro to exert pressure on Israel to
withdraw from Lebanon.
Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of state and government of the
Nonaligned Movement's member countries asking help to stop the Israeli attack
against Lebanon.
Fidel Castro receives a message from Yasir Arafat requesting an urgent meeting
of the ministers of the Nonaligned Movement be held as soon as possible in
Cyprus.
Havana press reports that the Nonaligned Movement Coordinating Bureau has
decided to convoke a special foreign ministers conference, on Lebanon, in Nicosia
from 15-17 July.
July 12 Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Cypriot
Chief of State Kiprianou and they discuss the objectives of Israel's invasion of
Lebanon. Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses preparations for the Nonaligned
Movement's Ministerial Conference slated to open in Nicosia on 15 July with his
Cypriot counterpart Rolandhis.
July 16 Foreign Minister Malmierca addresses the Nonaligned Conference meeting in
Cyprus condemning Israeli aggression against Lebanon, supported by the US, and
demands evacuation of all invasion forces.
July 28
August 4
August 5
August 8
August 10
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in France and reports on the recently held
ministerial meeting of the Nonaligned Movement on the Palestinian issue.
During a meeting in Belgrade, Yugoslavia's Federal Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Lazar Mojsov and Isidoro Malmierca discuss topical international problems and
the nonaligned countries activities.
Nikolay Tikhonov, member of the Politbureau of the CPSU Central Committee
receives Isidoro Malmierca and other members of the Foreign Ministers' Commit-
tee to discuss Israeli aggression.
Vice Minister of External Affairs Pelegrin Torras discusses Cuba's proposal for
special nonaligned meeting on 21 August with India's External Affairs Minister
Narasimha Rao in New Delhi.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses bilateral relations and the Nonaligned Move-
ment with Iraqi Youth Minister Ahmad Hussein. Iraqi Youth Minister Ahmad
Hussein delivers a message from President Hussein on Iraq's preparations to host
the seventh nonaligned summit.
August 15 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Azizi delivers a message from President
Khamenei to.Fidel Castro on the nonaligned and they discuss bilateral relations.
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August 26-29
August 28
August 29
August 31
September 18
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 25
September 27
October 5
October 20
October 31
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Baghdad and discusses the Nonaligned
Movement with Hamid Alwan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message to Iraq's President Hussein from
Fidel Castro; Hussein replies that Iraq's basic concern is to safeguard the
Nonaligned Movement's unity.
In his predeparture statement from Iraq, Malmierca said that he had discussed the
means for strengthening bilateral relations and efforts to bolster the Nonaligned
Movement with Iraqi officials.
Cuba informs the Nonaligned Movement Coordinating Bureau at the United
Nations that a consensus exists to hold the Seventh Nonaligned Summit in New
Delhi, India.
Fidel Castro sends a message to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi informing her that
member nations have agreed to hold their seventh summit in New Delhi.
PLO leader Yasir Arafat sends a message to Fidel Castro requesting him to
inform all nonaligned countries about the Israeli invasion of Beirut.
Fidel Castro sends a letter to nonaligned members saying that 2/3 of the heads of
state and government agree to have New Delhi as the venue for the seventh
summit of Nonaligned countries.
Fidel Castro receives Indian Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Natwar Nawal Singh
to discuss the nonaligned movement's decision to hold the seventh summit in New
Delhi. During a meeting with Levi Farah, Taha Yasin Ramadan reaffirms that
Iraq's membership in the Nonaligned Movement is solid.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca discuss international issues,
bilateral relations, and the nonaligned movement with Algerian official Slimane
Hoffman.
Fidel Castro and Jesus Montane discuss several international issues and the
Nonaligned Movement with Slimane Hoffman. Hoffman delivers a message from
Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid to Fidel.
Foreign Minister Malmierca opens the Nonaligned Meeting at the UN. Indian
Foreign Minister Narasimha Roa proposes that the upcoming Summit be hosted
by India and be held from 7-11 March 1983.
Havana press reports Venezuelan Minister Gonzalo Garcia Bustillos statement of
deep appreciation for Cuba's support for Venezuela's effort to become a full
member of the Nonaligned Movement.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses the possibility of a negotiated solution to the
Iran-Iraq conflict and the nonaligned movement with Iraq's Deputy Prime
Minister Tariq `Aziz before departing Iraq.
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November 9
November 9-11
November 11
November 15
November 28
December 4
December 10
December 13
December 14
Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria invites Carlos Rafael Rodriguez to
attend the inauguration of a symposium on nonalignment and the new internation-
al economic order.
Cuba hosts the ninth meeting of the Nonaligned Countries Cooperation-Com- mit-
tee for Radiobroadcasting Organizations. Jose Ramon Fernandez &livers the
opening speech.
The Nonaligned Broadcasters meeting in Havana ends. The meeting approved a
resolution denouncing imperialism for using radio waves as a tool of aggression
and destabilization.
Fidel Castro discusses the next summit conference of the Nonaligned Countries
Movement during a meeting in Moscow with Indira Ghandi. National Bank
President Raul Leon Torras discusses closer economic and political cooperation
within the Nonaligned Movement with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Jabir al-Ahmad as-
Sabah in Kuwait.
Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of the Nonaligned Movement informing
them that authorities in Mozambique have reported that South African troops are
massing along the southern border.
Juan Almeida meets with President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania to discuss the
current international situation and preparations for the Seventh Nonaligned
Summit.
New Cuban Ambassador to Bangladesh Jose Perez Novoa presents his credentials
to President Lt. Gen. Husain Mohammad Ershad; they discuss�expanding
relations and the Nonaligned Movement.
'Juan Almeida delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Cape Verdian President
Aristides Pereira, with whom he discusses the international situation and the
forthcoming Nonaligned Summit meeting.
During a special address to the UN General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Raul
�Roa Kouri blames the US for obstructing a Namibian settlement.
December 23 A Cuban Foreign Ministry delegation arrives in New Delhi to discuss preparations
for the Seventh Nonaligned Summit to be held in March 1983.
December 24 India's Vice Minister K. S. Bajpai arrives in Havana and discusses the Nonaligned
Meeting in Managua in January and the Seventh Nonaligned Summit in March in
India with Isidoro Malmierca.
December 28
Indian foreign ministry official K. S. Bajpai ends his visit toCuba after an
extensive work schedule and meetings with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Jesus
'Montane.
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NORWAY
April 15 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jose A. Fernandez de Cossio exchanges
opinions on economic and industrial cooperation with a delegation of Norwegian
parliamentarians visiting Cuba.
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PALESTINE LIBERATION
January 19
First Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jose R. Viera delivers a message from Fi-
del Castro to PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat. The message deals with the
international situation; no details are released.
February 15 Fidel Castro receives a message of support from PLO chairman Yasir Arafat
regarding Israel's preparations for war in south Lebanon.
February 16
February 26
March 23-29
April 6
April 9
April 11
May 20
June 3
June 7
June 17
As President of the Nonaligned Movement, Fidel Castro issues a statement
warning of the imminent possibility of a widescale Israeli aggression against the
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Malmierca sends messages to his Indian and Zambian counter-
parts, and the PLO Political Department, seeking a nonaligned meeting on the
Iran-Iraq conflict. �
Nayef Hawatmeh, secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, visits Cuba and discusses international issues with Fidel Castro and
PCC Secretariat members.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, addressing a Nonaligned Coordinating Bureau
meeting in Kuwait, stresses solidarity with Palestine and urges the nonaligned
countries to put an end to Israeli aggressions.
At a special meeting of the Nonaligned Country Movement Coordination Bureau
in Kuwait, Foreign Minister Malmierca charges that Israel is preparing for new
attacks against Palestine.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, his Indian and Zambian counterparts, and a PLO
representative are received in Tehran by President Khamenei.
Fidel Castro sends a message to PLO leader Yasir Arafat calling for pressure on
British authorities to prevent military threats against Argentina and to search for
political solutions.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and the PLO's Political Department chief Faruq al-
Qaddumi sign an agreement that upgrades Palestinian diplomatic representation
in Cuba to the ambassadorial level.
PLO President Yasir Arafat asks Fidel Castro, as President of the Nonaligned
Movement, for the solidarity of the movement in the face of the Israeli forces' in-
vasion of Lebanon. Fidel Castro answers Yasir Arafat's message by pledging total
support and military solidarity in response to the Israeli aggression.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Syria to assert the Cuban people's support
for the joint Palestinian-Lebanese forces in the face of the Israeli invasion of
Lebanon.
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June 23
July 6
August 24
August 28
August 31
September 20
November 16
November 23-29
Foreign Minister Isidoro Malmierca talks with a joint delegation of the National
Patriotic Forces of Lebanon consisting of Walid Junblatt, George Hawi, Muhsin
Ibrahim, and Samir Sabbag. Yasir Arafat forwards a "very important" personal
message to Fidel Castro. Foreign Minister Malmierca delivers a message from
Fidel Castro to PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat. They discuss a wide range of
questions concerning the Israeli and Lebanon War.
Fidel Castro receives a message from Yasir Arafat requesting an urgent meeting
of the ministers of the Nonaligned Movement be held as soon as possible in
Cyprus.
Fidel Castro sends a telegram to PLO leader Yasir Arafat offering to house 500
Palestinian orphans in a Havana boarding school that he has renamed the "Beirut
Battle School."
PLO charge d'affaires in Cuba Imad Hadah asserts at a press conference in
Havana that it would be a great honor for the Palestinians to send 500 orphaned
children from Beirut to Cuba.
PLO leader Arafat sends greetings to Fidel Castro, before departing Beirut for
Greece, expressing his appreciation for all of his assistance and support. Flavio
Bravo condemns Israel's aggression against Lebanon and reiterates Cuba's
solidarity with the Palestinian people during meetings with Syrian officials Al-
Farum, Al-Ahmas, and Al-Kasm.
PLO leader Yasir Arafat sends a message to Fidel Castro requesting him to
inform all nonaligned countries about the Israeli invasion of Beirut.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Ramiro Valdes, and Jesus Montane meet
in Moscow with Yasir Arafat.
A PLO solidarity ceremony is held at the FAR Universal Hall in Havana and Isi-
doro Malmierca addresses the group on opening day.
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PANAMA
May 4
June 1
June 5
Panamanian President Aristides Royo receives Ramon Castro, heading a delega-
tion of Cuban technicians to Panama to exchange experiences with Panamanians
in the livestock-agricultural sector.
In a TV interview in Panama, Jorge Blanco, president-elect of the Dominican
Republic, says he does not foresee political relations with Cuba.
Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet in Havana with Panamanian
President Royo and Foreign Minister Jorge Illueca to discuss international topics,
particularly the Malvinas situation.
July 27 Panamanian President Royo, on a 24-hour official visit to Venezuela, says that
Cuba should attend the next meeting of Latin American foreign ministers while
the US should remain out of it.
August 12
September 21-25
September 28
October 6
October 7
Havana reports that 30 Colombian citizens and an Ecuadoran, convicted of drug
trafficking and of violating Cuban waters or airspace, have been pardoned and
deported via Panama.
Osmani Cienfuegos, Manuel Pineiro, and Jose Naranjo visit Panama to discuss
bilateral relations and the Central American situation with President Ricardo de
la Espriella.
Panama radio reports that the twelve members of the Chinchonero Popular
Liberation Movement, who arrived in Panama on 25 September from Honduras,
left for Cuba. The Honduran Chinchoneros group that recently held a large
number of Honduran personalities hostage for over a week in San Pedro Sula
arrives in Havana from Panama.
Panamanian Colonels Roberto Diaz Herrera and Marcos Justines, Minister of the
Presidency Gabrial Castro, and Adviser Romulo Escobar arrive in Havana to
discuss Central America.
The visiting Panamanian delegation delivers a message from President de la
Espriella to Fidel Castro continuing talks initiated in Panama on Central America
and relations with Cuba.
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PERU
June 14
June 17
October 1
October 13
November 25
December 1
December 7
December 9
Peruvian Deputy Commerce Minister Maria de Jesus Hume Hurtado arrives in
Havana heading a delegation to discuss developing trade between the two
countries.
Acting Cuban Foreign Minister Alarcon discusses bilateral relations and the
situation in Latin America with Peru's Deputy Minister of Commerce.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses bilateral relations and matters under
consideration by the UN with the foreign ministers of Nicaragua, Spain, Peru, and
Argentina at the UN.
On a stopover in Peru, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that as long as the Reagan
Administration governs the US, there is no hope of normalizing relations between
the US and Cuba.
Cuban official Jose Fernandez Cossio meets with Jorge Yousa Bautrat, Secretary
of Foreign Ministry of Peru, during a stopover in Lima to discuss matters of
mutual interest and cooperation.
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Amado-Blanco arrives in Lima and is greeted by
his Peruvian counterpart Maria Jesus Hume, who discloses that Cuba is going to
provide technical assistance to Peru.
During the first Havana 82 International Book Fair, Cuba and Peru signed their
first purchase sales contract in the field of publications; Peru will spend $50,000
annually on Cuban publications.
Fidel Castro meets in Havana with Peru's Cabinet Secretary Andre Garcia
Belaunde to discuss bilateral relations and the international and Latin American
situations. Peruvian officials Andre Garcia Belaunde and Ernesto Gamarra meet
with Osmani Cienfuegos and Ricardo Alarcon. Fidel Castro, during a meeting
with Peruvian officials Garcia Belaunde and Ernesto Gamarra, says there is
absolutely no connection between Cuba and the "Shining Path," a Peruvian
terrorist group. Peruvian officials Victor Andres Garcia Belaunde and Ernesto
Gamarra discuss the international situation and bilateral relations with Fidel
Castro, Osmani Cienfuegos, and Ricardo Alarcon.
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PHILIPPINES
September 7
September 9
Foreign Minister Malmierca and his delegation arrive in the Philippines and meet
with his counterpart Carlos Romulo to discuss bilateral cooperation in several
areas. Foreign Minister Malmierca tells newsmen in Manila that Cuba had
encountered a "non-cooperative attitude" from the US in the past when it
attempted to normalize diplomatic relations.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Philippine President Marcos and signs a
technical-scientific cooperation agreement for bilateral relations with Ecology
Minister Imelda Marcos.
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POLAND
January 29
March 1
March 6
Central Planning Board President Humberto Perez and his Polish counterpart
Zbigniew Madej sign a trade protocol for 1981-85 that increases trade by
approximately 75 percent.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Rakowski arrives in Havana to chair the 9th session
of the Polish Cuban Commission for Economic and Scientific Technological
Cooperation.
The ninth session of the Polish-Cuban Commission on Economic and Scientific-
Technical Cooperation ends. Two protocols are signed on cooperation in sugar and
paper production.
March 7 Fidel Castro meets with Polish Deputy Prime Minister Rakowski in Havana.
April 28 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of Stanislaw Jarsabek as the new
Polish Ambassador to Cuba.
July 5
September 11-13
October 18
November 18
December 20
Central Committee member Rene Rodriguez Cruz discusses matters of mutual
interest with Polish Ambassador to Cuba Stanislaw Jarzabek.
Foreign Vice Minister Jorge Bolanos Suarez and his Polish counterpart Josef
Wiejacz discuss the current international situation and bilateral relations during a
meeting in Poland.
President of the Federation of Cuban Women Vilma Espin meets with families of
Polish Army soldiers in Warsaw; she will also attend the annual meeting of
Socialist Community Presidents of Women.
Vice Minister of Justice Dr. Hector Garcini Guerra and his Polish counterpart
Maria Regent Lechowicz sign an agreement on juridical assistance in Havana.
Fidel Castro discusses bilateral relations and the international situation with
Polish Council of Ministers Deputy Chairman Mieczyslaw Rakowski in Havana.
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PORTUGAL
March 29
March 31
October 8
October 19
October 21
November 8
First Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Amado Blanco welcomes Portuguese
Secretary of State for Internal Trade Antonio Escaja Goncalves upon his arrival in
Havana.
Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias discusses expanding relations
in transportation services and ship repair with Portuguese Secretary of State for
Internal Trade Goncalves.
President Reagan is quoted by the Lisbon weekly 0 Journal as saying the US was
adamant that Cuban troops must leave Angola, but was ready to show great
flexibility about details of the withdrawal.
A statement by UNITA in Lisbon says that some 12,000 MPLA troops and 5,000
Cubans are making a three-pronged attack against UNITA forces in the Cuando-
Cubango and Moxico Provinces.
Member of the Polish Politburo Jozef Czyrek receives Vilma Espin and they
discuss Poland's present sociopolitical situation and the international situation.
Carlos Rafael Fernandez, returning from Moscow after completing studies in the
Soviet Union, flees from an Aeroflot jetliner during a stopover landing in Lisbon
and asks for political asylum.
December 10 Juan Almeida makes a stopover in Portugal enroute to Praia on a visit to Cape
Verde Islands.
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August 6
August 20
September 22
September 24
December 23
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PUERTO RICO
Cuba submits to the UN Decolonization Committee the draft of a resolution
reaffirming the inalienable rights of the people of Puerto Rico to self-determina-
tion and independence.
Seventy-two Puerto Rican sports fans arrive in Cuba, defying a United States
Government ban on attendance at the 14th Central American and Caribbean
Games.
Foreign Minister Malmierca requests UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar to
register the question of Puerto Rican independence as a separate issue during the
UN meeting.
Cuba's UN Ambassador Raul Roa Kouri explains to Latin American members
why Havana has requested the inclusion of Puerto Rico on the agenda.
The UN General Assembly defeats a Cuban attempt to include the question of
Puerto Rico on its agenda as a colonial issue.
Fidel Castro reiterates Cuba's solidarity with Puerto Rico's independence and its
willingness to contribute to the advance of that cause at the UN, during a meeting
in Havana.
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ROMANIA
January 4
February 24
June 20
October 3-7
October 7
A new freighter, the "Cienfuegos," which was built in Romania's Braila Ship-
yards, docks at Santiago de Cuba. The ship will be used to transport cargo in the
Caribbean.
A delegation from the Cuban State Committee for Statistics, headed by First Vice
President Francisco Almagro, visits Bucharest to exchange information on eco-
nomic plans.
The Santiago de Cuba and the Holguin, ships with a dead weight of 4,500 tons,
have been registered under the Cuban flag in the Romanian Port of Braila.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas visits Romania and meets with Prime
Minister Dascalescu and Vice Prime Minister Patan, and attends the opening of
Cuba's pavillion at the Fair.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas discusses the 1982 trade protocol with
his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Constantin and visits several industrial installa-
tions in Bucharest.
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SAO TOME
October 21
Culture Minister Hart receives Joaquim Rafael Branco, Minister of Education
and Culture of Sao Tome and Principe to discuss matters of cultural interest;
Branco visits the Isle of Youth.
October 22 Minister of Education Jose Fernandez and his counterpart from Sao Tome and
Principe Joaquim Rafael Branco sign a cultural agreement in Havana.
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SENEGAL
December 18 Juan Almeida arrives in Dakar and meets with Senegalese Prime Minister Habib
Thiam.
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SEYCHELLES
January 6 Cuba and Seychelles exchange views on the possibilities of cooperation in
agriculture, construction, health, and education during talks in Havana.
June 8 Central Committee member Omar Iser Mojena attends the 5th anniversary
celebration of the Seychelles Liberation and discusses the revolutionary processes
with Seychelles official Guy Sinon.
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SOUTH AFRICA
January 5
January 7
January 28
February 2
February 6
March 9
March 29
June 19
August 19
September 12
September 13
September 17
October 12
The Pretoria press announced that South African security forces have killed one
Cuban and captured another on the border between South-West Africa and
Angola during a skirmish.
South African authorities reveal the names of Cuban soldier Francisco Paulo
Hernandez, as taken prisoner and Sergeant Raimundo Davila as killed in southern
Angola on 5 January.
Jorge Risquet exchanges views on the international situation, especially Southern
Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean with President Nyerere of Tanzania.
Jorge Risquet arrives in Lusaka, where he meets with President Kaunda and
Ruben Camanga to discuss tensions in Central America and Southern Africa.
President of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos meets with Jorge Risquet, Isidoro
Malmierca, and Abelardo Colome Ibarra to exchange views on the struggle
against South Africa.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new Cuban ambassador to Zambia,
Heriberto Feraudy, President Kaunda says that Cuban troops have prevented
South Africa from overrunning Angola.
Jorge Risquet greets Sam Nujoma, president of the South West African People's
Organization (SWAPO), upon his arrival in Havana.
Angola's official news agency ANGOP rejects any link between negotiations for
the independence of Namibia and the presence of Cuban troops in Angola.
South African Defense Minister Magnus Malan says that Cuban troops will have
to leave Angola before a settlement in Namibia can become a reality.
Angolan President dos Santos, speaking at a rally in Huambo, says that Cuban
troop contingents in Angola will be reduced when South African aggression
against Angola stops.
Speaking at a public meeting in Pretoria, South African Prime Minister Botha
says that the presence of Cuban troops in Angola precludes any settlement of the
South-West Africa/Namibia problem.
During a meeting in Japan with Harou Okada, Foreign Minister Malmierca
denounces South Africa's aggressions against the Namibian and Angolan peoples.
In a speech to the special UN committee against apartheid, Lazaro Mora Secades,
Cuban delegate, demands the release of Nelson Mandela and other political
prisoners held in South African jails.
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October 27 Cuban Ambassador at the UN Raul Roa Kouri, charges that South Africa and the
US are trying to introduce foreign elements into negotiations to hamper Namibia's
independence.
November 15 During a press conference, Jonas Savimbi, leader of the UNITA guerrilla
movement, warns that the war against the Luanda government will continue if
Cuban troops remain in Angola.
November 17 Fidel Castro and Sam Nujoma, Chairman of the South West African People's
Organization�SWAPO discuss problems related with South Africa and in
particular the situation in Namibia in Moscow.
November 28 Fidel Castro sends a message to the heads of the Nonaligned Movement informing
them that authorities in Mozambique have reported that South African troops are
massing along the southern border.
December 13 Juan Almeida and Cape Verde's Prime Minister Pedro Pires sign a declaration
condemning South African aggression against Angola and Pretoria and destabiliz-
ing maneuvers, particularly in Mozambique.
December 14 The New York Times reports that Assistant Secretary Crocker and Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Ilyichev are in Moscow discussing Namibia and the Cuban
presence in Angola.
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SOUTH YEMEN (PDRY)
February 18
February 22
February 25-27
September 1
Isidoro Malmierca meets in Havana with Salim Salih Muhammad, Yemen's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss bilateral relations, the international
situation, and the nonaligned. Fidel Castro presents the Jose Marti Order to
PDRY President Ali Nasir Muhammad, who expresses support for the Cuban
Revolution�with blood if necessary. Fidel Castro and PDRY President Ali Nasir
discuss the international political situation, especially the Middle East, Latin
America, and the Caribbean.
Fidel Castro and Ali Nasir preside at the signing of Cuba-PDRY protocols on
trade, friendship, and cooperation between the socialist parties.
PDRY President Ali Nasir, returning to Cuba after his two-day visit to
Nicaragua, meets with Fidel and Raul Castro before leaving for Algeria.
Havana press announces that close to 12,000 children from Nicaragua, PDRY,
and 10 African countries will study on the Isle of Youth, 2,000 more than last
year.
October 20 Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas discusses economic and social interests
with Admad `Ubayd al-Fadli, PDRY trade minister in Havana.
November 18
Brigadier Ten Ali Antar, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme People's Council of
the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen discusses bilateral relations with
Cuban Ambassador Ulises Estrada.
December 14 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of Husayn al-Hurubi accrediting
him as Ambassador of Yemen.
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SPAIN
January 15
January 18
January 27
March 10
Minister of Foreign Trade Ricardo Cabrizas and Spain's Secretary of State for
Trade Agustin Hidaldo de Quintana sign a 1982 trade protocol. Isidoro Malmierca
meets with the delegation.
In an interview with Radio Reloj, Spain's Secretary of State for Trade denounces
US policy toward Cuba and stresses the continuation of relations with Cuba
despite international tensions.
Armando Hart holds a meeting in Havana with Spanish Foreign Ministry official
Armando Gonzalez de Mesas to discuss the signing of the first bilateral cultural
and educational agreement.
King Juan Carlos of Spain bestows the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the
Catholic upon Cuban Ambassador to Spain Carlos Alfaro.
March 14 Cuba's Council of State designates Oscar Garcia Fernandez as Cuba's Ambassa-
dor to Spain.
March 17
Culture Minister Armando Hart and Spanish Ambassador to Cuba Enrique
Larroque sign, in Havana, the first cultural and educational cooperation agree-
ment between the two countries.
April 7 In an interview published by Madrid's El Pais, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuba does not supply arms to El Salvador and that economic conditions in Cuba
have worsened.
April 24 Cuba and Spain sign a cooperation program in Madrid for 1982-84 in culture and
education.
June 6
In Madrid, on his way to represent Fidel Castro at a CEMA conference in
Budapest, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that Cuba stands ready to help in the
Malvinas when Argentina requests it.
August 8 The Madrid newspaper El Pais reports that Luis Negrete, Cuban Vice Minister of
Industry, requested political asylum in Spain.
October 1
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses bilateral relations and matters under
consideration by the UN with the foreign ministers of Nicaragua, Spain, Peru, and
Argentina at the UN.
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SRI LANKA
April 28 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of the new Sri Lanka Ambassa-
dor Rodney Vanberger.
June 24
June 25
Montague Jayewicicreme, Minister of Public Administration and Plantation
Industries of Sri Lanka arrives in Havana at the invitation of Foreign Minister
Malmierca. Agriculture Minister Arnaldo Milian Castro and Vice President of the
State Committee for Economic Cooperation Manuel Torres Munoz discuss
bilateral cooperation with Sri Lankan official Jayewickreme.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses matters pertaining to the development of Cuba
and Sri Lanka and the international economic situation with Sri Lankan official
Jayewicicreme.
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December 8
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Juan Almeida makes a technical stop in Khartoum and discusses the international
situation and the seventh Nonaligned Movement summit conference with Foreign
Relations Minister Mustafa Maydani.
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SURINAME
June 5
September 28
October 19
December 9
Cuba and Suriname sign an economic, scientific, and technical cooperation
protocol; a cooperation program for bilateral relations; and an agreement to
exchange information on Nonaligned matters.
Education Minister Jose Ramon Fernandez meets with a delegation from Surina-
me's Ministry of Education and Science which is visiting Havana.
The first Cuban ambassador to Suriname, Osvlado Oscar Cardenas Junquera,
presents his credentials to Acting President Ramdat-Misier.
Surinamese Minister of Transport, Trade, and Industry Imro Fong Poen arrives in
Havana and discusses trade with Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas and his deputy,
Amado-Blanco.
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SWEDEN
September 30
December 2
Culture Minister Armando Hart receives a Swedish cultural delegation headed by
Ike Veterson who has been in Cuba since 21 September.
Hector Rodriguez Llompart discusses bilateral relations and matters of mutual
cooperation with Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in Stockholm. Fidel Castro
sends a message to Palme.
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SWITZERLAND
January 1
March 6
November 18
December 24
Foreign Minister Malmierca and Armin Kamer, Swiss Ambassador to Cuba, sign
a protocol extending the trade agreement for 1982.
Isidoro Malmierca departs for Geneva to participate in a nonaligned countries'
ministerial committee that is seeking a solution to the Iran-Iraq conflict.
Lionel Soto, member of the Central Committee Secretariat receives Armand
Magnin, Secretary General of the Swiss Labor Party to discuss topics of
international interest.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and Swiss Ambassador to Cuba Armin Kamer sign a
protocol extending the trade agreement until 31 December 1983; the original
agreement was signed on 30 March 1954.
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SYRIA
April 15-16
April 20
June 11
June 17
June 19
August 28
August 31
September 2
September 3
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh
Sabah Al-Ahmad AlJabir As-Sabah, he departs for Damascus on 16 April.
Muhammad Zuhayr Mashariqah, Assistant Secretary General of the Arab
Socialist Ba'th Party discusses bilateral relations and the current situation in the
Arab area with Rene Rodriguez.
Syrian President Hafiz Al-Asad sends a message to Fidel Castro thanking him for
Cuba's support for the forces fighting in Lebanon against the Israeli invasion.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Syria to assert the Cuban people's support
for the joint Palestinian-Lebanese forces in the face of the Israeli invasion of
Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Malmierca departs Syria after informing President Hafiz al-
Asad of the steps being taken by Fidel Castro to exert pressure on Israel to
withdraw from Lebanon.
Flavio Bravo arrives in Damascus and discusses bilateral parliamentary relations,
the Middle East, and international situation and cooperation between the Syrian
and Cuban legislatures.
Flavio Bravo condemns Israel's aggression against Lebanon and reiterates Cuba's
solidarity with the Palestinian people during meetings with Syrian officials Al-
Farum, Al-Ahmas, and Al-Kasm.
Flavio Bravo conveys greetings from Fidel Castro to Syria's President Hafiz al-
Asad and expresses solidarity between the Cuban people and Syrian, Lebanese,
and Palestinian peoples. President of the Cuban National Assembly Flavio Bravo
discusses the current international situation and bilateral relations with Syria's
Deputy Prime Minister Abd al-Halim Khaddam.
Flavio Bravo condemns US imperialism and Zionism during a news conference
before his departure from Syria; Syrian and Cuban parliamentarians sign joint
communique.
October 7 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials of Muhammad Nadim al-Jazzar
accrediting him as Ambassador from the Syrian Arab Republic.
November 15 Fidel Castro meets with his Syrian counterpart Hafiz Al-asad in Moscow to
discuss the international situation, mainly issues concerning the Middle East.
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TANZANIA
January 27
January 28
February 27
June 5
Jorge Risquet arrives in Dar es Salaam and is received at the airport by Rashid
Kawawa, President of the Party Affairs Committee and Cuban Ambassador Oscar
Fernandez Padilla.
Jorge Risquet exchanges views on the international situation, especially Southern
Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean with President Nyerere of Tanzania.
Cuba and Tanzania sign a cultural agreement for 1982-84 that provides for the ex-
change of educational delegations.
Cuba and Tanzania sign an air traffic agreement in Dar es Salaam under which
the Cuban national airline will operate flights to Tanzania through the Caribbean
and Atlantic Ocean across Africa.
December 2-4 Juan Almeida, visiting Tanzania, discusses cooperation with his counterpart and
President of Zanzibar Ndugu Aboud Jumbe.
December 4 Juan Almeida meets with President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania to discuss the
current international situation and preparations for the Seventh Nonaligned
Summit. Juan Almeida delivers a message to President Nyerere of Tanzania and
meets with Prime Minister Ndugu Cleopa Msuya.
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TOGO
April 26 The Council of State appoints Niel Ruiz Guerra as Cuba's ambassador to Togo
with residence in Accra, Ghana.
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March 4 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Alarcon visits Trinidad and Tobago to discuss
bilateral economic cooperation.
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TURKEY
July 14 Approximately 500 Cuban workers and technicians, leaving because of the war
conditions in Iraq, cross into Turkey on their return home via Bulgaria.
November 17 Cuba's Council of State appoints Ramon Pez Ferro to fill the post of Cuban
Ambassador to Turkey.
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UGANDA
August 3
The outgoing charge d'affaires of Cuba to Uganda, Mr. Rueben Franco Gonzalez,
calls on President Apollo Milton Obote to bid him farewell on the completion of
his assignment to Uganda.
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March 2
March 5
May 1
May 10
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June 7
June 24
August 20
October 13
October 15
UK
A new British-built merchant ship, the "Bartolome Maso" has joined the
Mambisa shipping enterprise fleet. This ship will increase the fleet's shipping
capacity to 830,000 tons dead weight.
A British parliamentary delegation, headed by Sir Anthony Kershaw, visits Cuba
to collect information on El Salvador, which they will report back to the British
Government.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet with the British
parliamentary delegation headed by Sir Anthony Kershaw.
Fidel Castro, meeting with Sir Anthony Kershaw and his delegation, tells them
that any role Britain could play in the search for peace in Central America would
be "highly welcomed." Vice President of the State Committee for Economic
Cooperation Jose Fernandez de Cossio meets with Sir Anthony Kershaw to discuss
the potential for expanding trade between Cuba and the UK.
The Cuban Government states it will support Argentina in the Falklands dispute
with "every means which might become necessary."
Fidel Castro sends a message to Nonaligned leaders appealing to them to take
whatever steps appropriate to stop British-US aggression against Argentina.
Cuba's Ambassador to the UN Raul Roa Kouri condemns British aggression and
calls for Latin American solidarity for Argentina at the UN session.
Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, Osvaldo Dorticos, and Blas Roca preside at the
opening session of the National Union of Cuban Lawyers in Havana. UK
aggression and US complicity with UK are condemned.
Antonio Sanchez and Luis Fernandez are convicted in London as Cuban spies.
They were arrested in December 1981; the Cuban Embassy in London denies the
two men were spying for Cuba.
In a speech before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, Cuban
Ambassador Raul Roa urges Great Britain to restore the Malvinas Islands to
Argentina.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas begins a private working visit in London with the
executive director of the International Sugar Organization William Miller.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas concludes a working visit to Great Britain during
which he discussed dealing with the sugar market's situation with William K.
Miller.
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Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas and his British counterpart Peter Reese confirm,
in London, their desire to continue developing trade, which reached 156 million pe-
sos in the first 8 months.
November 19 Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas participates in meetings of the Council
of the International Sugar Organization in London.
November 22 Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas establishes, in London, a committee for Angola-
Cuban trade that will function as a complement to the joint inter-governmental
commission.
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URUGUAY
November 18 A Cuban delegation headed by Vice Foreign Minister Jose Fernandez Cossio
arrives in Uruguay to attend an OLADE meeting.
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US
January 18
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January 19
January 20
January 22
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
In an interview with Radio Reloj, Spain's Secretary of State for Trade denounces
US policy toward Cuba and stresses the continuation of relations with Cuba
despite international tensions.
US Congressmen Robert Garcia, Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Benjamin Gilman depart
for Cuba in hopes of opening a dialogue with Fidel Castro securing the release of
some 22 American prisoners.
President Reagan names F. Clifton White to head the President's Commission on
Broadcasting to Cuba.
US Congressmen Gilman, Fish, and Garcia have "fruitful and cordial" talks with
Fidel Castro concerning the release of 22 Americans who are in Cuban jails.
Four Americans arrive in Florida after being released from prison in Cuba. They
were held on charges of drug trafficking and illegal entry into Cuban waters.
In his speech to the CEMA meeting, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez criticizes Washing-
ton for allegedly reviving the Cold War and says Cuba is prepared to defend its
sovereignty by all means. White House spokesman Larry Speaks announces that
the US has evidence that the Soviet Union has shipped more MIG-23 fighter
aircraft to Cuba.
The Department of State reports that Jaime Guillot Lara, a Colombian citizen,
funneled arms and money to a Colombian leftist group in return for Cuban aid in
smuggling marijuana shipments to the US. In a CBS news interview, President
Reagan says the US discussed Soviet arms shipments to Cuba with Soviet leaders
and rules "nothing out, nothing in" as a countermeasure, including a blockade. In
a CBS news interview President Reagan confirms that Secretary of State Haig
held a secret meeting in the Fall in Mexico with a high-ranking Cuban official. In
his State of the Union speech, President Reagan accuses Cuba and Libya of
exporting subversion to the Caribbean and other parts of the world.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says the threatening policy of the Reagan administration
forced Cuba to build up its People's Militia and "equip it with modern weapons in
a short period of time." The Foreign Ministry issues a communique denying as
"lies and true infamy" the US State Department's accusation of Cuban involve-
ment with drug and arms trafficking. The Foreign Ministry announces that Cuba
will be forced to stop cooperating with the US in the struggle against drug
trafficking if the US Government continues to accuse Cuba of hostile acts.
Granma confirms the meeting between Secretary of State Haig and Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez on 23 November in Mexico City. Mexico's Minister of Foreign
Relations Castaneda initiated the meeting.
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February 2
February 8
February 10
February 20
February 23
February 24
March 4
March 10
March 11
March 15
March 16
An Air Florida Boeing 737 with 78 passengers and crew, on a flight from Miami to
Key West, is hijacked to Cuba; the hijackers are taken into custody and the
aircraft returns to Miami.
Jorge Risquet addresses a group of journalists at the end of his visit to Angola say-
ing that the Cuban people are prepared to confront any kind of aggression.
Fidel Castro, in a speech at the 10th WFTU Congress, emphasizes that Cuba
faces new threats from the US and that the arms received from the USSR do not
violate the 1962 US-Soviet agreement. Trade Union official Roberto Veiga speaks
at the 10th WFTU Congress saying that threats and aggressions by US
imperialists have increased and that Cuba is prepared to defend itself.
The Atlanta News reports that Fidel Castro recently was taped in a promotional
spot for Cable News Network (CNN).
Havana accuses the US of being involved in a terrorist bombing that killed three
people at the Sandino International Airport in Managua on 20 February.
In a speech to the OAS, President Reagan accuses the USSR and Cuba of
conspiring to bring a new form of "brutal and totalitarian" colonialism to Latin
America. In a message to Mexican President Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro alleges
the US is the source of all problems affecting Latin America and says Cuba will
fight US aggression. In a message to Lopez Portillo, Fidel Castro claims that he is
ready to collaborate to bring peace to the Caribbean if the US ends its threats and
subversive activities.
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders testifies that electronic jamming
might be used to retaliate against any Cuban interference with US commercial
broadcasting.
An editorial in Granma denounces the violation of Cuban air space by US Air
Force aircraft alleging that SR-71s have made 18 spy flights over Cuba since
President Reagan took office.
A Havana press commentary denounces the proposed US radio station, Radio
Marti, renaming it Radio "Mentiros" (lies) and calls Assistant Secretary of State
Enders a liar as well.
Radio Havana reports that Mexican Foreign Secretary Castaneda and US
Secretary of State Haig agreed to meet in principle after 28 March to discuss Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean.
US Navy Secretary Lehman says that any US naval blockade aimed at stopping
arms shipments from Cuba to Nicaragua could easily lead to a global war if Soviet
ships become involved. Leonid Brezhnev implies that the USSR might install
nuclear missiles in Cuba if NATO deploys new nuclear missiles in Europe.
Representative William Hughes of New Jersey sends a letter to Fidel Castro
asking for the release of ailing poet Armando Valladares who has been a political
prisoner in Cuba for 21 years.
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March 17
March 18
March 20
Trade Union leader Roberto Veiga, denounces US intervention in Central
America during his speech at the 17th Congress of Soviet Trade Unions in
Moscow.
Defense Secretary Weinberger, on the "Today" TV program, says the Reagan
administration would not tolerate the stationing of any Soviet nuclear missiles in
Cuba, as hinted by Brezhnev on 16 March. Havana press reports that the US mili-
tary exercise "Ocean Venture 82," scheduled to begin in April, will include an am-
phibious landing at Guantanamo Naval Base. Prensa Latina says the US
Government, for the first time, has noted the possibility of a negotiated solution in
Central America.
Nicaraguan leader Ortega sends a letter to Fidel Castro requesting an emergency
meeting of the UN Security Council to explain "imperialist threats" to Nicara-
guan independence and sovereignty. The Department of State issues a press report
charging that Fidel Castro, last December, ordered a boost in arms shipments to
guerrilla forces in El Salvador to disrupt the 28 March elections. Fidel Castro,
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Isidoro Malmierca meet in Havana with Mexican
Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda who informs them of the outcome of his talks
with Secretary of State Haig.
March 21-22 An article in Le Monde reports that US Ambassador at Large Walters made a trip
to Cuba and met for four hours with Fidel Castro.
March 24
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approves a bill authorizing government
sponsorship of Radio Marti, which will broadcast news and US opinions to Cuba.
An unidentified US Government officials confirms Le Monde's article that
Secretary of State Haig recently sent US Ambassador at Large Walters to
Havana, where he met with Fidel Castro.
March 26 Fidel Castro sends a message to Libya's Chief of State Qadhafi stressing that the
nonaligned movement will stand by Nicaragua in the face of US aggression.
March 27
Cuba's Ambassador to the UN Raul Roa asks the UN to urge the US not to use
force against Central America and the Caribbean and he emphasizes that Cuba is
not sending arms to the Salvadorans.
April 1 The Nicaraguan youth who had embarrassed the US by reversing his story that he
was sent to fight with leftist guerrillas in El Salvador, attends a Young
Communists' Convention in Havana.
April 5 A Delta Airlines Boeing 727 with 103 people aboard is hijacked in Miami and flies
to Cuba, where the hijackers surrender to Cuban authorities and the aircraft and
passengers return to the US.
April 7 The Chicago Sun-Times and the New York Times report that a senior Cuban
official has stated that Cuba is prepared to negotiate with the US on international
differences, including El Salvador.
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April 9 The Treasury Department announces that American Airways Charter, a Miami-
based firm specializing in tourist flights to Cuba, is controlled by Cuba and has
been barred from continued operations. Jesus Montane meets with Lao President
Souphananouvong to discuss the international political situation, in particular US
threats against Cuba, Nicaragua, Grenada, and El Salvador.
April 13 Granma issues a statement signed by Fidel Castro and George Marchais urging an
end to the arms race and withdrawal of the US from Guantanamo Naval Base.
Cuban Olympic Committee President Manuel Gonzalez Guerra accuses the
United States of boycotting various international sports events held in Cuba.
April 15 Cuban Ambassador to Grenada Julian Torres Rizo accuses the US of using the
construction of Grenada's international airport as an excuse to sell arms to other
countries.
April 19 The US Treasury Department announces that effective 15 May US tourist and
business travel to Cuba will be eliminated; only special travel requests, journalists
and academics, will be allowed.
April 20 State Department officials are reported as saying that the latest US economic
actions against Cuba should not close the door to additional high-level diplomatic
contacts between the two countries.
April 21 Assistant Secretary of Defense Francis West indicates that the US is negotiating
with Honduras for the use of air bases to counter the buildup of Cuba's Air Force
with Soviet aircraft.
April 22 A US Administration report to Congress states that airfields under construction in
Grenada and Nicaragua could enable Cuban MIG fighter planes to penetrate
throughout Central America.
April 23 Secretary of State Haig is quoted as saying that Fidel Castro is "anguishing" over
the idea of shifting Cuba's orientation away from Moscow and back to the West.
April 24 Fidel Castro, in an interview with the monthly newsletter TransAfrica Forum, says
he sees "possibilities" for an improvement in relations with the US and is "ready to
work in that direction." Havana Domestic Service charges that the US Govern-
ment is continuing its anti-Cuban campaign and is now using the pretext of an al-
leged Cuban threat to justify the sale of F-16s to Venezuela.
April 26 At the opening of the Revolutionary Theory Conference in Havana, Jesus
Montane says that Havana is seeking to improve relations with the US but not at
the expense of revolutionary movements.
April 28 Havana Domestic Service reports that the US naval maneuver, Ocean Venture 82,
is beginning in the Caribbean Basin and will last until 16 May.
April 29 At a meeting of sugar exporting countries in Managua, Cuban Foreign Trade
Minister Cabrizas urges unity against divisive US policies.
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April 30 Speaking at a luncheon for newspaper editors, President Reagan says that Fidel
Castro must prove by deeds, not merely words, that he wants to improve relations
with the US.
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May 3
May 4
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May 15
May 16
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May 31
June 7
June 8
A convicted cocaine trafficker wins probation for identifying high-ranking Cuban
Government officials involved in drug and arms smuggling, according to the
Miami Herald.
Havana radio reports that US views of Cuba are not realistic and that the Cuban
people will never renounce socialism, the exercise of internationalism, or their
friendship with the USSR.
Havana radio reports that the landing of US Marines at Guantanamo Bay Naval
Base, a part of the "Ocean Venture 82" maneuvers, sparked a protest by
thousands of Cuban workers in Guantanamo Province. Secretary of State Haig
says the US is prepared to resume relations with Cuba if Havana moderates its
"offensive" policy of intervention in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Leonid Brezhnev lauds the "constructive initiative" of Cuba and Nicaragua
toward better ties with the US and criticizes US imperialism toward Cuba in a
speech in Moscow.
Fidel Castro sends a message to Nonaligned leaders appealing to them to take
whatever steps appropriate to stop British-US aggression against Argentina.
A US ban on tourist and business travel to Cuba begins amid speculation by
Cuban and Western officials that it will not achieve its goal of reducing Cuba's
hard currency earnings.
Fidel Castro, in a speech at the National Association of Small Farmers meeting in
Havana, rejects the suggestion by President Reagan that Cuba break its ties with
the USSR.
Erich Mueckenberger stresses GDR solidarity with Cuba at a rally at the Juan
Marinello printing combine in Guantanamo and condemns the recent US maneu-
vers in the Caribbean.
Foreign Minister Malmierca denounces the "arrogant US stance" regarding the
arms race during his speech at the opening of the Nonaligned Meeting; US
Interests Chief Smith walks out.
Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, Osvaldo Dorticos, and Blas Roca preside at the
opening session of the National Union of Cuban Lawyers in Havana. UK
aggression and US complicity with UK are condemned.
During his speech at the 36th CEMA meeting in Budapest, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez denounces the US for suppressing Cuban trade and waging economic
battles against the Socialist community. National Institute of Tourism President
Padron says that despite obstacles imposed by the US, Cuba would regain its place
as one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean.
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June 16
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June 20
June 28
June 29
July 4
Prensa Latina reports that the US Government's decision to reactivate its naval
base in Key West, Florida, shows Washington's aggressive policy toward Central
America and the Caribbean.
During a speech at the UN, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez condemns the US for its sup-
port of the British invasion of the Malvinas and Israel's aggression.
Havana press reports that the US Navy is building four 250-foot antennas in the
Florida Keys to be used by Radio Marti. In an interview with Prensa Latina,
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that President Reagan's UN speech should be
considered a sign of the failure of US policy projections.
A House Republican Conference Committee member says the Soviet Union has
violated a 1962 agreement between President Kennedy and Soviet leader Khru-
shchev regarding Soviet weapons in Cuba. Reuters New York reports that Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez has stated the Reagan Administration is incapable of improving
diplomatic relations with Cuba.
The July issue of Readers Digest magazine says that Cuba has been involved in
smuggling millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs into Southern Florida and that
Raul Castro is involved. The Readers Digest article also says that the pipeline used
to smuggle drugs has been used to move "hundreds of tons" of weapons to Cuban-
backed forces in El Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala.
During Soviet-Cuban intergovernmental meetings in Moscow, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez says that imperialist aggression has adversely affected Cuba's foreign
economic relations.
The US mission to the UN informs the Cuban UN mission of the decision to expel
Jose Rodriguez and Mario Monzon Barata for violating the Trading With the
Enemy Act.
July 13 Culture Minister Armando Hart tells a group of US university professors
attending the fourth meeting of the Association of Caribbean Studies that Cuba
wants a dialogue with the US.
July 14 Granma publishes a communique signed by Fidel Castro and Col. Sassou-Nguesso
blaming the US for the worsening of international tensions and the danger to
peace and security of the world.
July 16 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Alarcon tells a meeting of US-based
Association of Caribbean Studies that the US must accept the social changes in
the Caribbean and Central America. Fidel Castro sends a letter to the Nicaraguan
Junta on the 3rd anniversary of its revolution on 19 July promising to continue
backing its government in the face of US aggression. Foreign Minister Malmierca
addresses the Nonaligned Conference meeting in Cyprus condemning Israeli
aggression against Lebanon, supported by the US, and demands evacuation of all
invasion forces.
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July 23 An Air Florida commuter flight is hijacked from Miami to Havana by two males
who are taken into custody by Cuban police; the airplane returns to Key West.
Acting Foreign Minister Viera says that the US expulsion of two of Cuba's UN
diplomats, Mario Monzon Barata and Jose Rodriguez, was meant to prevent
Havana's UN mission from functioning.
July 26 ANGOP news agency reports that Angola rejects the US proposal for simulta-
neous withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola as a condition for the settlement of
the Namibian problem.
July 27 Panamanian President Royo, on a 24-hour official visit to Venezuela, says that
Cuba should attend the next meeting of Latin American foreign ministers while
the US should remain out of it.
July 28 Minister of Education Jose Fernandez says that a report in The Wall Street
Journal that 2,000 Angolan students in Cuba had been expelled is "an infamous
lie."
August 1
August 10
August 11
August 17
August 18
August 23
August 24
August 25
According to the Miami Herald, a Grand Jury is investigating dealings between
the Cuban Government and southern Florida drug dealers.
The House of Representatives approves plans for Radio Marti, a US station that
will broadcast to Cuba giving Cubans an alternative to their government's views.
The US Senate approves a declaration�the Symms Amendment�supported by
Reagan Administration officials, which asserts that the US will use arms if
necessary to stop Cuban aggression.
Foreign Minister Malmierca attacks the US for supporting Israel, during the
opening session of the special UN General Assembly meeting on Palestine.
Fidel Castro warns that Cuba will start its own broadcasts to the US if the Reagan
Administration broadcasts to Cuba over the proposed Radio Marti.
President of the National Assembly Falvio Bravo arrives in the GDR and meets
with GDR People's Chamber President Sindermann; they condemn the US
administration's imperialist exploitations. The Department of State reports that
the Cuban military has grown from a largely home defense force in less than a de-
cade to the best equipped power in Latin America.
Flavio Bravo denounces the Symms Amendment during a meeting with GDR
Prime Minister Willi Stoph. On 25 August he begins a two day tour through the
Karl Marx Stadt industrial province.
The minister president of the Cuban State Committee for Economic Cooperation,
heading the Cuban delegation to the eighth SELA council meeting in Caracas,
condemns US foreign policy.
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September 10
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September 17
September 21
October 1
The State Department says that Cuban broadcasts to the US, which jammed five
AM radio stations from Florida to Iowa, are evidence of Cuba's disregard for
international agreements and laws.
The anti-Castro Omega 7 terrorist group, in the name of Cuban exile Orlando
Bosch, claims responsibility for the bomb blast in a building in Miami on 2
September. Flavio Bravo condemns US imperialism and Zionism during a news
conference before his departure from Syria; Syrian and Cuban parliamentarians
sign joint communique. In an article in Foreign Policy magazine, former chief of
the US Interests Section in Havana, Wayne Smith, accuses the US of ignoring
Cuban desires for a political settlement in Central America.
La Prensa Grafica in San Salvador reports that Cuba's interference with US radio
stations is being heard in El Salvador on various medium-wave frequencies from
very high powered transmitters.
Minister of Agriculture Arnaldo Milian attends the 18th Food and Agriculture
Organization meeting in Managua. He accuses the US of using food as a weapon
to pressure developing countries.
Foreign Minister Malmierca tells newsmen in Manila that Cuba had encountered
a "non-cooperative attitude" from the US in the past when it attempted to
normalize diplomatic relations.
Culture Minister Hart attends the "Dialogue of the Americas" meeting in Mexico.
In an interview with Escelsior, he says that dialogue between the United States
and the continent is necessary.
Cuba's delegate to the 69th IPU conference in Rome Jorge Lezcano Perez
denounces US aggression and demands the adoption of urgent measures to avoid a
nuclear war.
Foreign Minister Malmierca denounces Washington's aggressive policy as an
obstacle to normalizing Cuba-US relations during a meeting in Japan with Harou
Okada, Chamber of Representatives leader.
Fidel Castro sends a letter to UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar calling for
an emergency UN session on Palestine, and denouncing US-Zionist actions
against Lebanon. Cuban exile leader Huber Matos tells a press conference in
Miami that he plans a 10-station network based in Latin American countries to
beam programs to Cuba.
In a news conference in Mexico City, Union of Democratic Journalists President
Antonio Caram said the US is violating the norms of international law with the in-
stallation of Radio Marti.
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October 12
October 13
October 15
October 18
October 25
October 27
November 5
November 14
November 18
November 20
During a speech at the UN, Foreign Minister Malmierca charges the Reagan
Administration with plotting a military intervention that would bring a Vietnam-
style conflict to Central America. President Reagan is quoted by the Lisbon
weekly 0 Journal as saying the US was adamant that Cuban troops must leave
Angola, but was ready to show great flexibility about details of the withdrawal.
In a speech before the 7th International Union Congress of Public Workers in
Prague, Cuban Trade Union Leader Juan Atrel Echevarria accuses the US of
aggression in the Caribbean.
Granma warns that Washington is preparing direct military intervention in
Central America and that "sinister consequences" may result. On a stopover in
Peru, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that as long as the Reagan Administration
governs the US, there is no hope of normalizing relations between the US and
Cuba.
During a meeting of French newsmen, the ambassadors of Cuba, Grenada, and
Nicaragua denounce the dangers that exist in Central America and the Caribbean
due to the aggressive US policy. In a speech before the UN Commission on Social,
Cultural, and Humanitarian Affairs, Cuban delegate Diana Carmenate demands
an end to the US economic blockade and the return of Guantanamo Bay.
GDR National Defense Minister Heinz Hoffmann addresses a friendship ceremo-
ny in Havana denouncing US aggression and stressing the deep bonds of friendship
betweeen the GDR and Cuba.
In a press conference in Havana, Lucio Lara rejects the US position that
Namibia's independence is contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops in
Angola.
Cuban Ambassador at the UN Raul Roa Kouri, charges that South Africa and the
US are trying to introduce foreign elements into negotiations to hamper Namibia's
independence.
Rene Rodriguez Cruz, Fernando Rovelo Renedo, Aldo Santamaria Cuadrado, and
Gonzalo Bassols Suarez are indicted by the Grand Jury in Miami for smuggling
drugs.
Nivaldo Herrera, President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television says
the US radio station aimed against Cuba is a "declared cultural and political
aggression."
Cuba's delegate to the UN Commission for Economic Affairs Ramon Prado says
the Cuban economy has suffered a loss of $9 billion due to the US blockade.
Nicaraguan official Carlos Nunez tells the Cuban press that President Reagan's
visit to Central America is a provocation against his country.
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November 26
November 29
Cuba's ambassador to the UN Raul Roa Kouri accuses the US of meddling in Af-
ghanistan, during a meeting at the UN.
Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for InterAmerican Affairs Nestor Sanchez
tells a US Naval Academy audience that Castro "is actively engaged in converting
Nicaragua into another Cuba." Washington press announces that according to
recent US intelligence estimates, Cuba has sent an additional 2,000 military and
civilian advisers into Nicaragua since early this year.
December 1 Eduardo Gomez Cabale, an official involved with disaster relief in Cuba's Public
Health Ministry, asks for political asylum in the US.
December 3 During a meeting in Colombia, President Betancur urges President Reagan to halt
the diplomatic boycott of Cuba. Reagan says, "only if Cuba ceases being a satellite
of the Soviet Union."
December 4 Cuban delegate before the UN Policy and Security Committee Nestor Garcia
Iturbe accuses the US of attempting aggression in Central America and the
Caribbean.
December 7 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells the Mexican weekly PROCESO that the US has no
valid alternatives for solving Latin America's problems.
December 9
Pentagon official Nestor Sanchez, at a meeting in Los Angeles, says that the
increased influence of Soviet-backed Cuba in the Caribbean poses a significant
threat to US and NATO security. Cuban poet Armando Valladares, on his first
visit to the US after being released from prison in Cuba, appeals to Congress to ap-
prove funds for Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba. Cuba's Ambassador at the UN
Raul Roa Kouri, during a speech at a working session of the Third Committee on
Human Rights, accuses the US of encouraging violence.
December 11 Fidel Castro, addressing a rally celebrating the 26th anniversary of the Granma
landing, sharply criticizes the aggressive policy of the United States.
December 13
December 14
Fidel Castro sends a condolence message to FSLN National Directorate on the
death of 75 Nicaraguan children who died in a helicopter crash on December 9
and accuses the US of aggression.
Assistant Secretary of State Enders says US attempts to normalize ties with Cuba
have failed and that US policy has been to shore up threatened friends and tighten
economic measures. The New York Times reports that Assistant Secretary
Crocker and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Ilyichev are in Moscow discussing
Namibia and the Cuban presence in Angola. During a special address to the UN
General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Raul Roa Kouri blames the US for
obstructing a Namibian settlement.
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December 15 Cuban poet Valladares testifies at two House Subcommittee meetings on US-
Cuban relations saying the US should "denounce what Cuba is doing on human
rights" and establish Radio Marti.
December 18 Cuba and Guinea-Bissau issue a joint communique emphasizing Cuba's aid to
Angola and rejecting US attempts to link Namibia's independence to the
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.
December 20 In an interview with the Washington Times, Navy Secretary John Lehman says
the USSR has started a massive naval buildup in Cuba that would bottle up US
forces in the event of conflict.
December 27 Juan Almeida attends a reception in Mozambique hosted by Marcelino dos
Santos. Dos Santos condemns US aggression in the world and hails the friendship
and cooperation with Cuba.
December 31 Raul Castro is interviewed by the Bulgarian newspaper Narodna Armiya; he
outlines the history of the FAR and asserts that its current tasks are part of Cuba's
struggle against US imperialism.
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January 9-12
January 19
January 25
January 26
January 27
Jan 29 Feb 1
February 6
February 9
February 10
February 24
March 2
A Soviet GOSPLAN delegation headed by First Deputy Chairman Yakov
Petrovich Ryabov visits Cuba and discusses the development of electronic
computer system with Humberto Perez Gonzalez.
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane meets with CPSU Central Committee
official Nikolay Vladimirovich who is visiting Cuba as part of the exchange
program between the PCC and CPSU.
Vice Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Baybakov arrives in Havana
heading a Soviet delegation to participate in the 27th meeting of the CEMA
Commission for Cooperation in Planning.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attends the opening of the 27th meeting of the CEMA
Commission for Cooperation, with Osmani Cienfuegos and Nikolay Baybakov
presiding. White House spokesman Larry Speaks announces that the US has
evidence that the Soviet Union has shipped more MIG-23 fighter aircraft to Cuba.
In a CBS news interview, President Reagan says the US discussed Soviet arms
shipments to Cuba with Soviet leaders and rules "nothing out, nothing in" as a
countermeasure, including a blockade.
Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade N. D. Komarov arrives in Havana and meets
with Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas and Vice President of the Council
of Ministers Guillermo Garcia Frias.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses the Soviet-Cuba trade agreement with Soviet
Foreign Trade Minister Nikolay Komarov. Soviet Trade Minister Komarov and
Ricardo Cabrizas sign a trade protocol for 1981-85 that increases both Soviet
deliveries to Cuba and Cuban exports to the USSR. Nikolay Baybakov, chairman
of the State Planning Commission (GOSPLAN), and Foreign Trade Minister
Nikolay Komarov leave Cuba.
The Liberation Front of Eritrea claims that it had downed a plane carrying 70 So-
viet and Cuban experts and 60 Ethiopian officers. According to the statement, all
aboard were killed.
Fidel Castro, in a speech at the 10th WFTU Congress, emphasizes that Cuba
faces new threats from the US and that the arms received from the USSR do not
violate the 1962 US-Soviet agreement.
In a speech to the OAS, President Reagan accuses the USSR and Cuba of
conspiring to bring a new form of "brutal and totalitarian" colonialism to Latin
America.
Orlando Fundora, alternate Central Committee member meets in Havana with
Vitaliy Nikitich Ignatenko, CPSU Central Committee official to discuss matters
of mutual interest.
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March 14
March 16
March 17
March 18
March 21-24
March 23
March 26
April 21
Moscow press reports that Cuba's first atomic power station, being built with
Soviet assistnce, involves 20 Soviet specialists already with more than 100
engineers to arrive later this year.
US Navy Secretary Lehman says that any US naval blockade aimed at stopping
arms shipments from Cuba to Nicaragua could easily lead to a global war if Soviet
ships become involved. Leonid Brezhnev implies that the USSR might install
nuclear missiles in Cuba if NATO deploys new nuclear missiles in Europe.
Trade Union leader Roberto Veiga, denounces US intervention in Central
America during his speech at the 17th Congress of Soviet Trade Unions in
Moscow.
Defense Secretary Weinberger, on the "Today" TV program, says the Reagan
administration would not tolerate the stationing of any Soviet nuclear missiles in
Cuba, as hinted by Brezhnev on 16 March.
Pravda reports that Politburo member Jose Machado Ventura and his delegation
discussed strengthening inter-party ties with CPSU members Kapitonov and
Petrovichev during their visit to Moscow.
Cuba and the USSR sign an educational agreement that provides for the exchange
of highly qualified specialists and bibliographical information of mutual interest.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas and his Soviet counterpart Nicolay Patolichev
discuss the Soviet-Cuban trade protocol for 1982 in Havana.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Francis West indicates that the US is negotiating
with Honduras for the use of air bases to counter the buildup of Cuba's Air Force
with Soviet aircraft.
April 23 Secretary of State Haig is quoted as saying that Fidel Castro is "anguishing" over
the idea of shifting Cuba's orientation away from Moscow and back to the West.
April 30 Prensa Latina reports that the USSR has raised Soviet aid to Cuba by 1.8 percent
for 1981-85; allowing for improvements of sugar mills and rail transport, and
building a nuclear power plant.
May 3
,May 4
Havana radio reports that US views of Cuba are not realistic and that the Cuban
people will never renounce socialism, the exercise of internationalism, or their
friendship with the USSR.
Fidel Castro meets with Nicaraguan leaders Daniel Ortega and Henry Ruiz
during their stopover at Jose Marti International Airport on their way to the
Soviet Union. Leonid Brezhnev lauds the "constructive initiative" of Cuba and
Nicaragua toward better ties with the US and criticizes US imperialism toward
Cuba in a speech in Moscow.
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May 5
May 6
May 16
May 19
May 28
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17-29
June 20
June 28
June 29
Fidel Castro attends a reception in which Ramiro Valdes, Commander of the
Revolution, is awarded the Red Banner, one of the highest military orders awarded
by the Soviet Union.
TASS reports that the Soviet Union will provide Cuba with its first nuclear power
station; it will have two power blocks and a total output of 880 megawatts;
construction will begin soon.
Fidel Castro, in a speech at the National Association of Small Farmers meeting in
Havana, rejects the suggestion by President Reagan that Cuba break its ties with
the USSR.
Union of Young Communists First Secretary Carlos Lage says Cuba will fight to
the last bullet and the last breath against imperialists aggression, during his speech
to the 19th Komsomol in Moscow.
Cuba and the USSR sign a cooperation protocol in television and radio broadcast-
ing for 1982-83.
The Soviet Red Cross announces in Moscow that it plans to provide medicines and
other medical supplies to Cuba to aid areas recently affected by floods.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses Soviet-Cuban relations and international issues
with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko at the UN.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez holds a press conference at the UN highlighting
Brezhnev's message to the UN, that the USSR will refrain from being the first to
use nuclear arms.
A drive of solidarity with the Uruguayan People's Struggle against Fascism takes
place throughout Cuba. Political and Mass Organizations as well as Uruguayans
residing in Cuba participate.
A House Republican Conference Committee member says the Soviet Union has
violated a 1962 agreement between President Kennedy and Soviet leader Khru-
shchev regarding Soviet weapons in Cuba.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attends the 12th session of the Intergovernmental
Committee for Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation meeting in
Moscow.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez exchanges views on Soviet-Cuban economic relations
with Nikolay Tikhonov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and a member of
the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. The World's first woman
cosmonaut, Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, arrives in Cuba and is welcomed by
Vilma Espin. The construction and installations of an experimental plant of the
iron and steel works complex, built with Soviet cooperation, in Cajimaya, is
completed.
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July 1
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Soviet Deputy Chairman Konstantin Katushev
preside at the signing of the cooperation protocol ending the 12th session of Soviet-
Cuban intergovernmental meetings in Moscow. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses
bilateral relations with Ivan Arkhipov, first deputy chairman of the USSR Council
of Ministers, in Moscow.
July 1-7 A delegation of political workers from the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
visit the Soviet Army and Navy Main Political Directorate in the USSR to discuss
ideological work among the servicemen.
July 7
Cuban specialists approve the design of a nuclear power station to be built in Cuba
with Soviet assistance; it will have an 850kw capacity and the first unit is to be
commissioned in five years.
July 13 The 9th meeting of the Cuba-USSR Permanent Subcommittee for Scientific-
Technical Cooperation begins in Havana.
July 24 A delegation of the Soviet-Cuban Friendship Association headed by the secretary
of the Commuhist Party of Kazakhstan, Dinmukhamed Kunayev, arrives to attend
the 26 July festivities.
July 27 Defense Department spokesman Henry Catto announces that the Soviet Union is
supplying Cuba with advanced "B" models of the MIG-23. Jonas Savimbi, leader
of UNITA, says that about 8,500 Cuban troops, with Soviet advisers and
equipment, are leading a major offensive against his Angolan opposition
movement.
July 31
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
September 6
Moscow announces that Konstantin Katushev will be the new Soviet Ambassador
to Cuba.
Fidel Castro awards, for the first time in Cuba, the Order of Solidarity medal to
Vitaliy Vorotnikov, USSR Ambassador to Cuba.
Grenada's Prime Minister Bishop discusses international policy and fraternal
relations with Fidel Castro during a stopover in Cuba en route home after visiting
the Soviet Union.
Nikolay Tikhonov, member of the Politbureau of the CPSU Central Committee
receives Isidoro Malmierca and other members of the Foreign Ministers' Commit-
tee to discuss Israeli aggression.
Foreign Minister Malmierca discusses the international situation and bilateral
issues with Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister Georgiy Korniyenko.
Cuban Ambassador to the USSR Rene Anillo Capote discusses bilateral coopera-
tion with Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Guriy Marchuk in
the Soviet Union.
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September 7
September 13
September 17
September 18
September 20
September 24
October 7
October 8
October 22
October 25
Minister of Public Health Sergio del Valle and his Soviet counterpart Sergey
Burenkov sign, in Moscow, a Scientific-Technical, Public Health and Medical
Sciences cooperation protocol for 1982-85. USSR Minister of Foreign Trade N. S.
Patolichev discusses trade and economic ties in Moscow with Cuban National
Bank President Raul Leon and Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas.
The 29th CEMA Waterworks Conference is held in Havana. Bilateral scientific-
technical cooperation agreements are ratified or signed with the GDR, Bulgaria,
Hungary, the USSR, and Czechoslovakia.
Central Committee member Jose Machado Ventura greets a CPSU Central
Committee delegation headed by Nikolay Novikov, who will visit places of
political, economic, and historical interest.
Minister of Transportation Guillermo Garcia Frias attends the signing ceremony
in Havana of the Railway Cooperation Protocol between Bulgaria, the USSR,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Joel Domenech attends a CEMA
Executive Council meeting in Moscow.
During the opening session of the 16th Cuban-Soviet Joint Commission Meeting in
Havana, it was reported that the Soviet Union will aid Cuba in the development of
the fish canning industry. A ceremony is held in Moscow in which Cuban officers
receive Soviet awards for strengthening military cooperation. Div. Gen. Abelardo
Colome Ibarra speaks on behalf of the award recipients.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko at the UN
to discuss current international affairs listed for debate on the General Assembly
agenda.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Alarcon receive the credentials of Soviet
Union Ambassador Konstantin Fedorovich Katushev.
PCC member Flavio Bravo and Jorge Lezcano greet Mikhail Porfir'yevich
Geordadze, alternate member of the CPSU Central Committee upon his arrival in
Havana.
Justice Minister Osvaldo Dorticos meets with Mikhail Profir-yevich Georgadze,
USSR Supreme Soviet Secretary to discuss party relations and he visits agricul-
tural and social centers.
October 26 Mikhail Porfir'yevich Georgadze, alternate member of the CPSU Central Com-
mittee tours the 25 September Basic Secondary School, on the Isle of Youth.
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October 29
October 30
November 1
November 2
Ramon Castro greets Mikhail Georgadze and his delegation at the Valle de
Picadura breeding farm and briefs them on the objectives of that dairy district.
Mikhail Georgadze and Jorge Lezcano Perez, Central Committee member discuss
party operations during meetings in Havana. USSR Ambassador to Cuba
Konstantin Katushev accompanies Mikhail Georgadze and his delegation on a
tour of the Vietnam Victory peasant community in Ceiba Mocha.
Antonio Nunez Jimenez and Angel Grana Gonzalez from the Institute of
Geography of the Cuban Academy of Sciences depart Moscow to accompany
Soviets on an Antarctic expedition. In a news conference in Havana, Soviet
Ambassador to Cuba Katushev says that Soviet-Cuban economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation have increased 1.8 percent in the present 5-year period.
Central Committee member Jorge Lezcano Perez bids farewell to Mikhail
Georgadze and his delegation.
Ramon Castro welcomes a delegation, headed by Moscow's CPSU Regional
Committee Secretary Klochov Igor Eugenievich, invited for the 65th anniversary
celebrations of the October Revolution.
The Cuban freighter "Ruben Martinez Villena," built in the Soviet Union as part
of the 1981-85 plan for the Cuban Merchant Marine, is launched in the Soviet
Union.
Jesus Montane presides over the main ceremony of the Cuban-Soviet Friendship
Association marking the 65th Anniversary of the October Revolution and the 60th
Anniversary of the Soviet State. The Cuban-Soviet Friendship Association for
Havana Province is established in Guines. Central Committee member Luis
Alvarez and Soviet ambassador to Cuba Katushev attend the ceremony. Zoilo
Marinello, President of the Cuban-Soviet Friendship Association stresses the close
friendship uniting the USSR and Cuba during the 65th Anniversary of the
October Revolution ceremony.
November 3 Alternate Central Committee member Colonel Arnaldo Tamayo departs for the
Soviet Union to attend ceremonies for the 65th anniversary of the Great October
Socialist Revolution.
November 6 Fidel Castro sends a message of greetings to the Soviet people on the occasion of
the 65th anniversary of the Great October Revolution and the 60th anniversary of
the formation of the USSR.
November 8 Carlos Rafael Fernandez, returning from Moscow after completing studies in the
Soviet Union, flees from an Aeroflot jetliner during a stopover landing in Lisbon
and asks for political asylum. Raul Castro says that the Soviet Union is the most
important force in the world to ensure the struggle for peace and international se-
curity. Fidel and Raul Castro, and Lao President Souphanouvong attend a
reception hosted by USSR Ambassador Katushev commemorating the 65th
anniversary of the Great October Revolution.
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November 9 Tamara Golubtsova, Deputy Culture Minister of the Soviet Union is visiting Cuba
and in a news conference she stresses the deep relations that exist between the two
countries.
November 10 A Cuban flag is hoisted in the Antartic marking the 65th Anniversary of the
October Revolution. Nunez Jimenez and Angel Grana Gonzales are members of
the Soviet scientific expedition.
November 12-15 Cuba's Council of State decrees a four-day official mourning period on the
occasion of the death of Leonid Brezhnev.
November 13
Fidel Castro sends a congratulatory message to Yuriy Andropov, the new General
Secretary of the CPSU, stressing Cuba's firm support, solidarity, trust, and
friendship.
November 14 Fidel Castro, Ramiro Valdes, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jesus Montane arrive
in Moscow to attend the funeral of Leonid Brezhnev on 15 November.
November 15 Fidel Castro discusses the next summit conference of the Nonaligned Countries
Movement during a meeting in Moscow with Indira Ghandi. Fidel Castro meets
with his Syrian counterpart Hafiz Al-asad in Moscow to discuss the international
situation, mainly issues concerning the Middle East. During a meeting in Moscow
with Fidel Castro to discuss bilateral relations, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou
reiterates his government's intention to build an embassy in Havana. Fidel Castro
meets, in Moscow, with Libyan Staff Major `Abd as-Salam Ahmad Jallud. Major
Abd as-Salam Admad Jallud.
November 16
November 19
December 1
Fidel Castro and CPSU General Secretary Yuriy Andropov discuss bilateral
cooperation and the world situation during a meeting in Moscow. Fidel Castro,
Soviet Defense Minister Dmitriy Ustinov, and Chief of the General Staff N. V.
Ogarkov discuss issues of mutual interest during a meeting in Moscow. Yuriy
Andropov, during a meeting with Fidel Castro in Moscow, expresses gratitude for
the Cuban Communists' and the entire Cuban people's profound condolences on
the death of Brezhnev. Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Ramiro Valdes,
and Jesus Montane meet in Moscow with Yasir Arafat. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez
and Ivan Arkhipov, First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Council
of Ministers, discuss topics of mutual interest and bilateral relations in the USSR.
TASS announces that the antisubmarine ship Admiral Isakov, the escort ship
Rezvyj, a submarine, and the tanker Genrikh Gasanov will visit the ports of
Havana and Cienfuegos 2-10 December. The Cuban media reports that an oil
refinery, based on Soviet technology, is being constructed north of Cienfuegos and
will have a capacity to refine 3 million metric tons of crude per year.
Soviet Vice Admiral Vladimir Kruglyakov commands a detachment of Soviet
warships�an antisubmarine cruiser, a patrol boat, a submarine, and a tanker�
arriving in Havana. During a meeting with Chief of the Navy Aldo Santamaria,
Soviet Vice Admiral Kruglayakov, commander of the Naval contingent visiting
Cuba, reiterates his country's willingness to help Cuba.
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December 2
December 3
December 8
December 9
Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov sends greetings to Fidel and Raul Castro on
Armed Forces Day. TASS reports that USSR Minister of Foreign Trade N. S. Pa-
tolichev has discussed further development of trade with Foreign Trade Minister
Ricardo Cabrizas in Moscow.
During a meeting in Colombia, President Betancur urges President Reagan to halt
the diplomatic boycott of Cuba. Reagan says, "only if Cuba ceases being a satellite
of the Soviet Union." Raul Castro , deputy minister of the GDR Armed Forces,
and Soviet Vice Admiral Kruglayakov attend a reception in Havana celebrating
the creation of the FAR.
The Soviet Union's International Book Distribution Enterprise signs a trade
cooperation agreement with the Ediciones Cubanas Publishing Enterprise amount-
ing to some 7.5 million rubles.
Pentagon official Nestor Sanchez, at a meeting in Los Angeles, says that the
increased influence of Soviet-backed Cuba in the Caribbean poses a significant
threat to US and NATO security. Joaquin Benavides, Minister President of
Cuba's State Committee for Labor and Social Security meets in Moscow with
Soviet State official Lomonosov to discuss bilateral cooperation. Cuba and the
USSR sign a work protocol during the 57th meeting of the CEMA permanent
commission for agriculture that will expand assistance by Soviet specialists in
various agricultural tasks.
December 10 The Soviet naval detachment headed by Vice Admiral Kruglyakov, arrives in
Cienfuegos.
December 13
December 14
December 18
December 20
December 21
The new Cuban 14,900-ton merchant ship "Ruben Martinez Villena," built in
Ukrainia, USSR, arrives at the port of Havana.
The New York Times reports that Assistant Secretary Crocker and Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Ilyichev are in Moscow discussing Namibia and the Cuban
presence in Angola.
Raul Castro and his delegation depart Cuba for Moscow to attend the festivities
marking the 60th Anniversary of the foundation of the USSR.
Raul Castro awards the Antonio Maceo order to the K. Ye. Voroshilov Military
Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces during a ceremony in
Moscow. In an interview with the Washington Times, Navy Secretary John
Lehman says the USSR has started a massive naval buildup in Cuba that would
bottle up US forces in the event of conflict.
Raul Castro speaks at the 60th anniversary of the USSR ceremony in Moscow
stressing that links between the two countries are becoming more fruitful and
firmer with time.
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December 23
December 25
Georgiy G. Yefimenko, Minister of Higher and Secondary Education of the
Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic arrives in Cuba and is welcomed by his
counterpart Fernando Vecino Alegret.
Raul Castro presents the Antonio Maceo Order to the Lenin Military Political
Academy of the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro sends a congratulatory note to Yuriy
Andropov on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR.
Raul Castro decorates a large number of Soviet military specialists with the
Internationalist Combatant Medal, First Class, during a ceremony in the USSR.
December 27 Fidel Castro attends the ceremony held in Havana by the National Assembly
commemorating the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR.
December 29 Raul Castro, Yuriy Andropov, Defense Minister Ustinov and CPSU Secretary
Rusakov discuss bilateral cooperation and current international problems during a
meeting in Moscow.
December 30
Havana press announces that trade between the Soviet Union and Cuba in 1982
amounted to approximately 5.5 billion rubles, a 10-percent increase over the
previous year. Raul Castro discusses international affairs and the southern African
situation during a meeting in Moscow with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and
Defense Minister Ustinov. Division General Senen Casas addresses the ceremony
of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) marking the 60th anniversary of the
founding of the USSR. Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Katushev attends.
December 31 Fidel Castro attends a reception hosted by Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Katushev
marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union.
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VATICAN
April 26 Manuel Estevez Perez is appointed Cuban Ambassador to the Vatican.
June 21 Manuel Estevez Perez, the new Cuban Ambassador to the Vatican presents his
credentials to Pope John Paul II.
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VENEZUELA
April 24 Havana Domestic Service charges that the US Government is continuing its anti-
Cuban campaign and is now using the pretext of an alleged Cuban threat to justify
the sale of F-16s to Venezuela.
June 21
July 1
Venezuelan Minister of State for Intelligence Development Dr. Luis Alberto
Machado arrives in Cuba, where he has a "cordial, wide-ranging, and important"
meeting with Fidel Castro on 23 June.
Havana press reports that the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, members of the
Movement for Socialism, and the People's Electoral Movement of Venezuela all
favor normalizing relations with Cuba.
July 27 Panamanian President Royo, on a 24-hour official visit to Venezuela, says that
Cuba should attend the next meeting of Latin American foreign ministers while
the US should remain out of it.
July 29 The trainer of a Cuban athletic team, scheduled to compete in the Pan-American
Junior Athletic Championships on 31 July 1 August in Venezuela, asks for
political asylum in Venezuela.
July 30 Venezuelan Vice Minister of Interior Miguel Angel Hernandez tells the press that
Venezuela has granted asylum to Cuban athletic coach Pedro Pablo Garcia.
August 8
August 9
Luis Posada Carriles and Hernan Ricardo, accused of sabotaging a Cuban aircraft
in 1976, escape from prison in Venezuela and seek asylum at the Chilean Embassy
in Caracas.
The Venezuelan-Cuban Friendship Institute in Caracas charges that prison
authorities helped in the escape of two members of the group involved in the
sabotage of a Cuban airliner in October 1976.
August 11 The Chilean Government rejects the asylum request made by two anti-Castro
activists who escaped from a Venezuelan prison.
August 25
October 20
The minister president of the Cuban State Committee for Economic Cooperation,
heading the Cuban delegation to the eighth SELA council meeting in Caracas,
condemns US foreign policy.
Havana press reports Venezuelan Minister Gonzalo Garcia Bustillos statement of
deep appreciation for Cuba's support for Venezuela's effort to become a full
member of the Nonaligned Movement.
November 28 A Cuban seeking asylum ducks a hail of bullets from Cuban security guards to get
into the Venezuelan Embassy in Havana.
November 29
A Cuban seeking asylum at the Venezuelan Embassy in Havana on 28 November
voluntarily leaves the Venezuelan Embassy after an agreement was reached
between Venezuelan and Cuban officials.
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VIETNAM
January 12
March 25
March 28
March 31
A protocol on goods exchange between Vietnam and Cuba in 1982 is signed in Ha-
vana by Vietnamese Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Dinh Van Tram and his
counterpart, Fuente Menendez.
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane and his delegation arrive in Hanoi to
attend the Fifth Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane addresses the Fifth Congress of the
Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi stating that "Cuba is striving for peace
and does not want war at all."
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane Oropesa discusses international issues
and the nonaligned movement with Nguyen Co Thach, a member of the
Vietnamese Central Committee.
April 1 Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane discusses international problems in
Latin America and the Caribbean with Vietnam's Chairman of the Council of
Ministers Pham Van Dong.
June 1
July 29
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 16
October 18
Vice Minister of Communications Manuel Garcia Fernandez visits Hanoi and
signs an agreement on cooperation in postal service between Vietnam and Cuba.
Vietnam's Council of State awards the Order of the Gold Star to Fidel Castro for
his contributions in consolidating and developing fraternal friendship, militant
solidarity, and cooperation.
Fidel Castro welcomes Vietnamese Communist Party Political Bureau member
and Chairman of the Council of State Truong Chinh at Jose Marti International
Airport.
Secretariat member Lionel Soto discusses the world economy with the delegation
of the economic department of the Communist Party of Vietnam headed by Le
Quang.
Fidel Castro decorates Vietnamese leader Truong Chinh with the Jose Marti
Order and hosts a reception in his honor.
Vietnam's leader Thuong Chinh and his delegation, accompanied by Juan
Almeida, visit Santiago de Cuba and Holguin Provinces.
Fidel Castro and Vietnamese leader Troung Chinh sign a friendship and
cooperation pact at the end of bilateral talks dealing with Cuba-Vietnam
cooperation. Vietnamese Communist Party member Chu Huy Man dedicates a
new housing community in the town of Ceiba Mocha, Matanzas Province where
50 prefabricated French modular units were constructed.
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October 19 Vietnamese leader Troung Chinh awards Fidel Castro with the Gold Star medal,
Vietnam's highest decoration, in a ceremony held in Havana.
November 30
December 2
December 7
Communications Minister Pedro Guelmes Gonzales and his delegation meet in
Vietnam with Chairman of the Council of Ministers Pham Van Dong; they also at-
tend meetings of the Joint Commission.
A delegation of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with Vietnam, headed by
Rene Rodriguez Cruz, arrives in Hanoi to exchange views and to further promote
solidarity.
ICAP President Rene Rodriguez discusses Vietnam's national economic and social
situation with Vietnamese Communist Party member Hoang Tung in Hanoi.
December 14 Cuba and Vietnam sign a cooperation agreement in Hanoi for 1983-84 providing
for the exchange of publications, information, and international arbitration.
December 14-16
December 24
A delegation of the Cuban Ministry of Communications, led by Minister Pedro
Guelmes Gonzalez, visits Hanoi to discuss postal cooperation with General
Director of Telecommunications Phao Nien.
Vice Minister for Foreign Trade Jose de la Fuente and his Vietnamese counterpart
Nguyen Chann sign a protocol on goods exchange and payment for 1983 during a
meeting in Hanoi.
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WESTERN SAHARA
June 14
June 21
Jorge Risquet delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Polisario leader Mohamed
Abdelaziz and they discuss means to expand bilateral Cuban-Saharan cooperation.
Jorge Risquet concludes his visit to the Saharan Democratic Arab Republic.
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YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
May 7
July 2
Granma announces that Cuba and the Arab Republic of Yemen agree to establish
diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level.
Cuba and Yemen sign a cooperation protocol in Havana covering fishing,
construction, public health, foreign trade, agriculture, education, tourism, labor,
and social security.
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YUGOSLAVIA
January 30
March 23
June 25
June 30
August 4
September 23
October 23
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Cabrizas discuss economic and trade
relations with Slobodan Gligorijevic, Yugoslavia's Federal Executive Council of
the SFRY member.
Fidel Castro sends a message regarding the situation and pressures in Central
America to Yugoslavia's President Sergej Kraigher.
Osvaldo Dorticos arrives in Belgrade accompanied by a delegation that will attend
the 12th Congress of Yugoslavia's League of Communists.
Osvaldo Dorticos departs Yugoslavia after discussing the internatinal situation
with Yugoslav officials Dusan Dragosavac, Milos Minic, and Huran Milic.
During a meeting in Belgrade, Yugoslavia's Federal Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Lazar Mojsov and Isidoro Malmierca discuss topical international problems and
the nonaligned countries activities.
Yugoslav newspapers publish reports on a meeting between Fidel Castro and
Yugoslav Ambassador Jazic in which Fidel emphasizes the existing possiblities for
cooperative relations. Politburo member Guillermo Garcia Frias meets with
Yugoslav Ambassador Zivojin Jazic and Bulgarian Ambassador Boyko Dimitrov
who are ending their diplomatic tours in Cuba.
Vice President of the Council of State Juan Almeida receives the credentials of K.
M. Shafiullah as ambassador from Bangladesh and Ronald Strelec, ambassador
from Yugoslavia.
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ZAMBIA
February 2
February 8
February 26
March 9
April 11
December 21-25
December 25
Jorge Risquet arrives in Lusaka, where he meets with President Kaunda and
Ruben Camanga to discuss tensions in Central America and Southern Africa.
Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
Foreign Minister Malmierca sends messages to his Indian and Zambian counter-
parts, and the PLO Political Department, seeking a nonaligned meeting on the
Iran-Iraq conflict.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new Cuban ambassador to Zambia,
Heriberto Feraudy, President Kaunda says that Cuban troops have prevented
South Africa from overrunning Angola.
Foreign Minister Malmierca, his Indian and Zambian counterparts, and a PLO
representative are received in Tehran by President Khamenei.
Juan Almeida delivers a message from Fidel Castro to Zambian President
Kenneth Kaunda during a meeting in Lusaka.
Juan Almeida speaks at a special session of the National Council of Zambia's
United National Independence Party. Juan Almeida and Zambian party Secretary
General Humphrey Mulemba reaffirm their common political will to intensify and
consolidate bilateral relations by signing a joint communique in Zambia.
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ZIMBABWE
Jan 31 Feb 1 Jorge Risquet and his delegation visit Zimbabwe to discuss bilateral relations with
President Mugabe.
February 8 Jorge Risquet and his delegation arrive in Havana following their tour to
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Congo.
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