Confidential
January 12
March 15
March 19
Mar 31 Apr 4
April 9
April 14
May 26
June 14
June 16
July 14
September 6
September 13
September 18
Confidential
Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
BULGARIA
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.
Bulgaria’s Minister of Transportation Vasil Tsanov and his Cuban counterpart
Guillermo Garcia sign an intergovernmental shipping agreement in Havana.
Bulgaria’s Foreign Trade Minister Khristo Khristov visits Cuba. A 1982 trade
protocol and an intergovernmental agreement on technical servicing of machines
and training of personnel is signed.
Francisco Travieso, head of the Cuban delegation to the ninth congress of
Bulgarian trade unions, warns that no aggressions or blockades will frighten Cuba.
Andrey Lukanov, Deputy Chairman of Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers and Oscar
Fernandez Mell, President of the People’s Government Provincial Assembly
discuss bilateral cooperation.
Cuba and Bulgaria sign a cooperation agreement for 1982-85 in Havana that
provides for cooperation concerning international and regional issues.
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.
Politburo alternate member Antonio Perez Herrero addresses the Georgi Dimitrov
and the Contemporary World International Conference in Sofia.
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.
24
Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264