SOVIET NAVAL DETACHMENT ENDS VISIT TO CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP06T01849R000200110038-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: May 7, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/17: CIA-RDP06TO1849R000200110038-1
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SOVIET NAVAL DETACHMENT ENDS VISIT TO CUBA
PA080019 PANAMA CITY RCRN IN SPANISH 2248 GMT 7 MAY 84
(TEXT) HAVANA, 7 MAY (EFE) -- THE SOVIET NAVY FLEET THAT HAD BEEN
ANCHORED OFF THE CUBAN COASTS SINCE 26 MARCH ON AN +OFFICIAL,
FRIENDLY+ VISIT HAS ENDED ITS STAY AT THE ISLAND.
THE FLEET, MADE UP OF THE ANTISUBMARINE CRUISER LENINGRAD, THE
ANTISUBMARINE UDRLOY, A DIESEL SUBMARINE AND A TANKER, TRAINED THE
CUBAN NAVY FOR 2 AND 1/2 MONTHS.
VICE ADMIRAL FYODOR STAROZHILOV, CHIEF OF THE SOVIET NAVAL
DETACHMENT, SAID THAT +RN EXCHANGE OF WORKING EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS
AREAS WAS CARRIED OUT+ DURING HIS STAY IN HAVANA.
STRROZHILOV SAID THAT COOPERATION +INCLUDED TECHNICAL AND
MARITIME TRAINING OF PERSONNEL, COMBAT TRAINING AND PARTY
ACTIVITIES, WITH JOINT ACTIVITIES TO COMPLETE TASKS SIMILAR TO THOSE
USUALLY CARRIED OUT BY THOSE SHIPS TO ENSURE PEACE AND THE DEFENSE
OF SOCIALIST GAINS.+
ADMIRAL PEDRO PERERR RUIZ, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE CUBAN NAVY, SAID
THRT +THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT JOINTLY WITH THE SOVIET NAVAL
DETACHMENT WERE NOT DESIGNED AS A RESPONSE TO THE ROCERN VENTURE-80
MANEUVERS BEING CARRIED OUT BY U.S. UNITS IN THE CARIBBEAN.+
THE SOVIET FLEETQS VISIT TO CUBA +WRS COORDINATED PRIOR TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE OF THE DATE OF THOSE MANEUVERS, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE
SAME TIME BY COINCIDENCE,+ PERERA SAID.
THE CUBAN ADMIRAL SAID THAT +IF THERE HAD TO BE A RESPONSE OF
THIS KIND TO EVERY U.S. MANEUVER IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN, A SOVIET DETACHMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN CUBA
PERMANENTLY.+
PERERR RUIZ EMPHASIZED THAT +IT IS A MATTER OF TAKING ADVANTAGE-
OF THE VISIT TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE SUPPORTIVE AID
THRT THE USSR, IN THIS CASE THE SOVIET NAVY, HAS ALWAYS GIVEN US TO
REINFORCE OUR COMBAT CAPACITY AND READINESS.+
THE CHIEF OF THE SOVIET DETACHMENT SAID THAT +THE DATE OF THIS
VISIT WAS ARRANGED IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY OF THIS YERR.+
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/17: CIA-RDP06TO1849R000200110038-1