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April 30, 1979
Notes on a Meeting in the Great People's Palace in Peking on 30 April 1979 at 9 A.M
Huang Hua says that "the Vietnamese were the Cubans of Asia but rather more dangerous." In addition to commenting on the situation in Indochina, Huang weighs in on Soviet and Cuban policies toward the Third World, events in the Middle East, and China's involvement in the United Nations.
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October 17, 1979
Cuban Ministry of Armed Forces, Meetings with Agostinho Neto on Reduction of Cuban Troops, 'Cronología de las conversaciones sobre la reducción de tropas cubanas en la R.P.A. por el presidente Agostinho Neto...'
The Cuban Ministry of Armed Forces lists and summarizes conversations with Angola’s President Neto and Neto’s defense minister about withdrawing some Cuban troops from Angola.
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March 15, 1980
Report of Conversation between Pedro García Peláez and José Eduardo dos Santos, 'Versión entrevista sostenida con presidente R.P.A. el sabado 15 de marzo de 1980'
Report by General Pedro García Peláez, head of the Cuban Military Mission in Angola, about his conversation with Angola’s president José Eduardo dos Santos.
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May 20, 1981
Report of Conversations with Dmitri Ustinov and Nikolai Ogarkov, 'Contenido de las Reuniones Sostenidas con el Ministro de Defensa de la URSS y el Jefe del Estado Mayor General'
Marshal Dmitri Ustinov was the Soviet minister of defense; Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov was the chief of the Soviet General Staff.
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February 04, 1982
Cuba-Angola Declaration
A defense of Cuban military intervention in Angola, citing the advance of South African troops in Angolan territory as justifiable cause. Accuses the United States and South Africa of inciting bands of Namibian militia to upset the Cuban presence in Angola. Argues that the presence of Cuban troops in Angola is an agreement between two sovereign governments.
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August 18, 1983
Memorandum of Conversation between Jorge Risquet, Abelardo Colomé and José Eduardo dos Santos, 'Reunión con la dirección angolana ...'
Jorge Risquet was Castro’s point man for Angola; General Abelardo Colomé had been the head of the Cuban Military Mission in Angola in 1975-77; José Eduardo dos Santos was the president of Angola.
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February 08, 1984
Memorandum of Conversation between Abelardo Colomé, Ulises Rosales and Konstantin Kurochkin
Cuban general Abelardo Colomé followed Angolan affairs closely; General Ulises Rosales was Cuba’s first deputy defense minister; General Konstantin Kurochkin was the head of the Soviet Military Mission in Angola.
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March 21, 1984
Letter from C.A. Crocker to R.F. Botha
Chester Crocker writes to R. F. "Pik" Botha about the importance of not responding to the recent Cuban/Angolan communique. Crocker warns against giving the Cubans an excuse to keep their troops stationed in Namibia, and points out that it is likely a distraction for concessions the Cubans and Angolans are about to make to South Africa and the United States.