A file containing documents relating to Soviet influence in the Caribbean and Latin America. The principal subject covered in the file is the situation in Grenada. Aspects of this subject discussed include the establishment of a Grenadian embassy in Moscow and a Soviet embassy on Grenada; a visit to the Soviet Union by the Grenadian prime minister, Maurice Bishop; Soviet economic aid to Grenada; a trade agreement between the two countries; a new airport on Grenada, built with Cuban assistance; and the strategic and political value of Grenada to the Soviet Union. Other subjects discussed in the file include a visit to Moscow by the Nicaraguan leader, Daniel Ortega; Soviet economic assistance to Nicaragua; claims in the Soviet media of a wave of revolutions sweeping the Caribbean and Latin America; and the rejection of a large Soviet offer of economic aid by the president of Guyana.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from Pravda © CPRF.; Every effort was made to contact the rights holder for content from Mirror (Guyana). We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this items to contact us.; The rights holder for content from Radio Free Grenada could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. Content from Pravda © CPRF. Every effort was made to contact the rights holder for content from Mirror (Guyana). We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this items to contact us. The rights holder for content from Radio Free Grenada could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.
- Countries
- Cuba Grenada Guyana Nicaragua
- Department Reference
- EN 21/8
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media Speeches and Public Statements
- File Reference
- FCO 28/4713
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.004713
- Note
- Documents or parts of documents in this file were retained under Section 27(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Pravda, 10.05.1982, Joint Soviet-Nicaraguan Communiqué Pravda, 31.05.1982, Will the Conflict be Quenched? TASS, 05.05.1982, Official Friendly Visit TASS, 27.07.1982, Delegation of Grenada in the Soviet Union BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 03.08.1982, SU/7094/A1/5-6 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 06.05.1982, SU/7019/A1/1-11.
- Pages
- 146
- Persons Discussed
- Daniel Ortega Leonid Brezhnev Maurice Bishop
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- Economics and Trade International Relations
