Word: airlifts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...views of U.S. policies toward his country; in Havana. A supporter of Fulgencio Batista until they had a falling-out, Roa was named by Castro after he ousted the dictator. Despite Roa's anti-Yanqui stance, he negotiated an agreement with the U.S. in 1965 that allowed an airlift of Cuban emigrants and another in 1973 providing for Cuban punishment of airplane hijackers...
There was no question in my mind that we would have to reject the Soviet proposal. And we would have to do so in a manner that shocked the Soviets into abandoning the move they were threatening?and apparently planning. The CIA reported that the Soviet airlift to the Middle East had stopped early on the 24th, though ours was continuing; the ominous
...Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, we awoke to the ominous news that some 20 Soviet transport aircraft were on the way to Syria via Hungary and Yugoslavia. An airlift of such magnitude must have been organized for several days...
...pressure on the charter companies, but felt no urgency because it estimated that Israel still had stocks for two weeks. The Department of Transportation wanted to stay out of a war zone. The two departments pushed the ball back and forth. After 48 hours, as a result, an American airlift was organized. Subsequently, it was alleged that the airlift was deliberately delayed to pressure Israel to accept a ceasefire. This was not the case. Bureaucratic foot dragging and logistical problems were the only causes of the delay...
...Thursday, Oct. 11, the Soviet airlift included flights not only to Syria but also to Egypt and even Iraq. Later in the day we learned that three Soviet airborne divisions had been put on alert (still later, the figure grew to seven divisions). That morning Israel was carrying the air war deep into Syria, and by the end of the day, forward Israeli units were only 20 miles from Damascus...