CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

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Grenada Bishop
Born on 29 May.
1945-51 Family in Aruba. Father employed by oil company there.
1952-53 Eric Gairy at his height as union organizer.
1959 Cuban Revolution.
1960 Constitution grants semi-independent status with Completes elementary school at Wesley Hall and at St. Georges.
government through an administrator, an Execu-
tive Council, and Legislative Council.
1961-62 Gairy serves as Chief Minister.
1963 Graduates from Presentation College; goes to London University to
study.
1969 President of West Indian Association, London; marries Angela
Redhead.
1970 Receives law degree from London University and starts private law
practice in St. Georges.
1971 Founds New Jewel Movement (NJM).
1973 Constitutional Conference in London recommends 18 November, "Bloody Sunday," Bishop brutalized by police.
independence for Grenada.
1974 7 February, Grenada receives full independence 21 January, father fatally shot by police during antigovernment
from Great Britain. Gairy elected Prime Minister. demonstration. Bishop blames Gairy.
1975 Gairy increases efforts to curb NJM activities;
forces movement newspaper underground.
1976 Allegations of election fraud against Gairy for Founds People's Alliance Party; elected to Parliament.
restricting seats won by People's Alliance to six.
1977
1979
Named opposition leader in Parliament.
Late February, government forces conduct exten- 13 March, Bishop and colleagues oust Gairy's government in nearly
sive search for arms in homes of NJM leaders. bloodless coup.
Early March, word leaks that Gairy has ordered
arrest and execution of NJM leadership; forces
them into hiding. December, Cuban work force
begins construction of Point Salines International
Airport.
1982 Cuba gives Grenada new 75-kilowatt medium-
wave radio transmitter.
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Figure 2
Political Status of Caribbean Countries
United Kingdom dependency
United Kingdom crown colony
British associated state
? Autonomous part of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
French Overseas Department
M Independent
Boundary representation is
not necessarily authoritative.
Netherlands
Aruba Antilles
(Neth.)
British Virg~n Is.
(U.K ,Anguilla (U.K.)
. F` it0;P~ Grgin is.
(u.s.I *Antigua and Barbuda
-Guadeloupe (Fr.)
Dominica,
Martinique,
(Fr.)
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Secret
Combat Radii of Cuban MIG-21, MIG-23, AN-26, and MI-8 Aircraft
UnltedIStates
North Pacific Ocean
Peru
North Atlantic Ocean
MIG-23
radius
375 nm
AN-26
radius
580 nm
Boundary representation is
not necessarily autlroritative
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MIG-23
radius
1375 nm
MIG-2 r
radius
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Cuban-Associated Military Construction in Grenada
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