Part 1 Latin America in the Soviet Third World strategy: the political dimension, David E.Albright; Soviet economic strategy in Latin America, Elizabeth K.Valkenier; an unclear menace - US perceptions of Soviet strategy in Latin America, Richard L.Millett. Part 2 Soviet perspectives on Latin America: the Latin American Communist movement - realities and relations with the Soviet Union, Edme Dominguez; the nature and uses of the Soviet-Cuban connection, Jorge I.Dominguez; Soviet economic relations with Cuba, Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Fernando Gil; Soviet trade relations with Latin America, Robert K.Evanson; Eastern Europe and Latin America, Michael Radu. Part 3 Soviet policy toward Latin America: the Soviet Union and Latin America, Peter Clement and W.Raymond Duncan; the USSR and Mexico, Brian Latell; pragmatism and rapprochement - Soviet relations with Argentina and Brazil, Aldo C.Vacs; the USSR and the Andean countries, Ruben Berrios.