BREZHNEV TO CUBA...FINALLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100010085-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: January 19, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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BREZHNEV TO CUBA ... FINALLY
ADDING THAT SOVIE 11 5 MILLION TONS OF PETROLEUM ANNUALLY. HE OFFERED NO
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DATE: 19 JAN 74
THE USSR HAS REQUESTED OVERIFLIGHT CLEARANCE FROM THE
US FOR GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV'S IMVISIT TO CUBA. BREZHNEV
,.WILL ARRIVE IN CUBA ON 28 JANUARY AND DEPART ON 3 FEBRUARY.
,THE SOVIET CHIEF OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S LATIN ?AMERICAN
!DIVISION TOLD THE US CHARGE IN MOSCOW ON JANUARY 18 THAT
SOVIET-CUBAN ECONOMIC TIES WILL "UNDOUBTEDLY" BE ON THE
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THE NUMEROUS DELAYS IN THE START OF THIS VISIT INDICATE
EZHNEV IS LESS THAN AINXIOUS TO MAKE THE TRIP IN THE
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SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST--HAVE PRE(KCUPIED HIM.
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