“14.10.71 An amendment to the Sugar Act (85 Stat. 381) cut the Cuban quota down to 23.74% of the total quota.” [Pro Embargo] “Richard M. Nixon (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
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3/18/1970
“18/03/1970. Ricardo Alarcon, Cuban representative to the United Nations denied U.S. claims before the Commission on Human Rights.” “Richard M. Nixon (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
11/7/1969
“07.11.69 The Office for Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department announced that it had reasons to believe that materials with nickel content and items made in Czechoslovakia could be wholly or partly made with or derived from nickel of Cuban origin. It was communicated that as from November 7, 1969, imports of materials and […]
10/2/1969
“02.10. 69. The Office for Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department issued a Note stating that it had reasons to believe that the nickel sulphate produced in the USSR could be wholly or partly made with or derived from nickel of Cuban origin. It was communicated that as from October 3, 1969, nickel sulphate […]
2/4/1969
“04.02.69 The Office for Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department issued a Note stating that it had reasons to believe that the nickel granulates produced in the USSR could be made, wholly or partly, with nickel of Cuban origin. It was communicated that as from February 5, 1969, nickel granulates imports made directly or […]
1/20/1969
“Richard Nixon (January 20, 1969—August 9, 1974). Republican. President Nixon was the only president to resign from office. His presidency involved improvement of relations with the People’s Republic of China, the ending of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and the achievement of détente with the Soviet Union. Nixon’s second term was riddled with controversy […]
6/6/1968
“06.06.68. The Office for Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department issued a Note stating that it had reasons to believe that materials with nickel content and items produced in Italy could be wholly or partly made with nickel of Cuban origin. It was communicated that imports of materials and items with nickel content, made […]
3/13/1968
“13.03.68. The prohibitions of credit transactions to Export-Import Bank with communist countries was enacted as a permanent legislation by the Export-Import Bank Amendments Law of 1968…” [Pro Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
2/15/1967
“February 1967. A White House Official Walt W. Rostow met with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson to clarify that ‘they are interested in public and congressional opposition to such negotiations’ [regarding a contract signed between British firm and Cuba] and these would render more difficult Washington’s support to British policy in Rhodesia. The British went […]
1/4/1967
“…on January 4 [1967], a British firm, Simon-Carves signed a multimillionaire contract with Cuba for a fertilizers complex with a loan signed by the British Export Credit Guarantee Department, which noted that [Fidel] Castro had been ‘meticulous’ in paying payments on prior commercial negotiations, including the loans for Leyland buses…” [Con Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). […]