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ID193158
Title ProperEnd of the Soviet Union Revisited
Other Title InformationEvidence from Ministerial de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (MINREX)
LanguageENG
AuthorBain, Mervyn J
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article uses a qualitative historical analysis to scrutinise previously underutilised documents housed in the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (MINREX) archive in Havana to examine Cuban-Soviet relations during 1991, the final tumultuous year of close Havana-Moscow relations. Specific focus will be given to the MINREX reaction to the August 1991 coup in Moscow and its aftermath. This article will offer several new findings. Principally that throughout 1991 MINREX officials firstly attempted to affect the bilateral relationship by both lobbying Soviet officials while in Cuba, and they proposed utilising glasnost for their own purposes. This proposal was despite a conceptual aversion to the Soviet process. Secondly, MINREX officials endeavoured to lobby Russian officials, including trying to facilitate a meeting with Andrei Kozyrev the Russian Foreign Minister. These endeavours were notwithstanding the adverse reporting of Boris Yeltsin, the Russian President, and his actions during 1991 in both the MINREX documents and Cuban state media.
`In' analytical NoteDiplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 34, No.2; Jun 2023: p.343-364
Journal SourceDiplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 34 No 2
Key WordsEnd of the Soviet Union ;  Ministerial de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (MINREX)


 
 
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