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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0619-026, Castro, Landkarte Kubas überreicht.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[East Berlin]], 19 June 1972: [[Fidel Castro]] (left) handed over, after the signing of the communiqué, a Cuban map to [[Erich Honecker]] (centre). The map shows an island that bears the name "Ernst Thälmann", with the southern area named "[[East Germany|GDR]] Beach" ({{lang|es|Playa RDA}}, {{lang|de|DDR-Strand}}).]]
Until 1972, the island was known as {{lang|es|Cayo Blanco del Sur}} ({{lang-en|Southern White Key}}). During a state visit in June 1972 by [[Erich Honecker]], [[Fidel Castro]] renamed the island in honour of German [[Communism|communist]] politician and activist [[Ernst Thälmann]]. According to a newspaper article in {{Lang|de|[[Neues Deutschland]]}} dated 20 June 1972,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |newspaper=[[Neues Deutschland]] |date=20 June 1972 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,2978,00.pdf
In March 1975, the East German government sent singer [[Frank Schöbel]] to Cuba to make music videos. Some footage of the island was also shot, which was later included in a documentary emphasizing the island as a symbol of GDR–Cuban friendship.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite web |website=[[Der Spiegel (website)|Spiegel Online]] |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,117432,00.html |title=Schenkte Castro den Deutschen eine Karibikinsel? |trans-title=Did Castro give a Caribbean island to the Germans? |language=de |date=14 February 2001 |access-date=31 January 2014 |first=Matthias |last=Gebauer}}</ref>
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