In a report to First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Georgi Kumbiliev, reviews Cuba’s need for weapons and credit. Kumbiliev relays a weapons request for Latin American revolutionary movements and an extension of financial assistance to Cuba. Kumbiliev advises Zhivkov to respond to the Cuban government’s requests and consider providing surplus Bulgarian weapons free of charge and extending a 5-year-term loan to Cuba starting 1 Jan 1963.
August 13, 1963
Central Committee Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo Secret Resolution Regarding Arms Supply to Cuba
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TO: Gen. Ivan Mihailov, Member of Politburo
Comrade Ivan Budinov, Minister of Foreign Trade
Gen. Dobri Djurov, Minister of Defense
RESOLUTION “B” No 9
OF POLITBURO OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY FROM 13 AUGUST 1963
QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA: regarding the negotiations for signing a protocol with the Republic of Cuba for the export of special equipment in 1964.[1]
DECISIONS:
Gives one’s consent to form a governmental delegation to negotiate with Cuba’s governmental delegation and sign a protocol for the supply of special property in 1964 in Cuba.
Gives one’s consent to grant the Republic of Cuba a credit amounting to 6 million clearing dollars, including 2 million from production and 4 million from the cash at hand of the Ministry of Defense, for a ten-year period, which is to be redeemed at regular annual installments at a 2% interest as of 1965.
[1] ”Special equipment” was a term used in the official documentation for ”arms delivery”.
The Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party authorizes the creation of a Bulgarian delegation to negotiate a protocol on delivering “special equipment” (military arms/weapons) to Cuba in 1964. The Central Committee’s resolution includes a suggested amount of aid.
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Central State Archive of Bulgaria (TsDA), Sofia, Fond 1-B, Opis 64, a.e. 314; translated by Assistant Professor Kalina Bratanova, edited by Jordan Baev. Obtained by the Bulgarian Cold War Research Group.
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