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September 12, 1984	Memorandum of Conversation between Pedro Maria Tonha, Konstantin Kurochkin and Polo Cintra Frías, 'Versión de la conversación sostenida en el Ministerio de Defensa de la RPA el 12 de septiembre de 1984' Pedro Maria Tonha "Pedalé" was the defense minister of Angola; General Konstantin Kurochkin was the head of the Soviet Military Mission in Angola; General Polo Cintra Frías was the head of the Cuban Military Mission in Angola
October 28, 1988	Memorandum of Conversation between Jorge Risquet and Alexander Yakovlev Jorge Risquet was Castro’s point man for Angola; Alexander Yakovlev was a member of the Soviet Politburo and the Central Committee secretary in charge of foreign relations.
June 7, 1988	Cuban Nota Verbale to Alexei Zaitsev, 'Nota verbal al asesor principal del MINFAR' General Alexei Zaitsev was the head of the Soviet Military Advisory Group in Cuba
March 3, 1988	Fidel Castro to Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
February 25, 1988	Mikhail Gorbachev to Fidel Castro Mikhail Gorbachev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
December 5, 1987	Mikhail Gorbachev to Fidel Castro Mikhail Gorbachev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
December 1, 1987	Fidel Castro to Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
September 8, 1986	Memorandum of Conversation between Fidel Castro and Konstantin Kurochkin General Konstantin Kurochkin was first deputy head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Soviet General Staff and a former head of the Soviet Military Mission in Angola.
July 19, 1986	Memorandum of Conversation between Arnaldo Ochoa, Polo Cintra Frías and Konstantin Kurochkin General Arnaldo Ochoa was Cuba’s deputy minister of defense in charge of military missions abroad; General Polo Cintra Frías was the head of the Cuban Military Mission in Angola; General Konstantin Kurochkin was first deputy head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Soviet General Staff and a former head of the Soviet Military Mission in Angola.
July 17, 1986	Memorandum of Conversation between Polo Cintra Frías and Konstantin Kurochkin General Polo Cintra Frías was the head of the Cuban Military Mission in Angola; General Konstantin Kurochkin was first deputy head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Soviet General Staff and a former head of the Soviet Military Mission in Angola.