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Pentagon draft outlines Western Hemisphere military cooperation plan
A Defense Department draft memo for the 1983 budget details U S goals in the Americas including active military cooperation with Mexico Argentina Chile and Brazil It seeks broader military contacts in air defense Caribbean security and South Atlantic sea lanes while aiming to counter Soviet Cuban backed destabilization and maintain access to bases transit rights and strategic resources. The document frames the Soviet threat as grave and global and notes ongoing liaising with Canada for mutual defense operations.
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