CIA HISTORICAL RD'Sv PROGRAM , ELEASE IN
Reccmended Changes In Paragraph* VIII and IX) of thoBriefing Book
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VIII. The IE8R, despite dceieatic reaourco allocation difficulties, has continued to dispense and moke nev ccesaitoenta ofon cole and militaryto its Conainlit allies aa well aa to the Free World less developed countries.
Bovist deliveries of eooaontia aid thisto3 millionup0n froacountriesCuba and Horth Vietnamaocoust forof these deliverieson) vith tbe Freereceiving0 Billion.
economic aid commitments3 amount tobillion, up0 millioneilraoord total8 billion Aid commltnsnta toWorld, vhlch accounted for someercent of tha totaland onlyaresnt of the totalavewidsly froa year to year. We do not believe thatfluctuations evidence any fundamental policy change inaid.
Soviet military aid deliveries8 amount$8O0 million, dovo0 million Deliveries
to Horth Vietnam wore about tha same aa0 million -end-account for almost ell of Soviet military aid shipments to the
Ccranunlat countries (Igo Into more detail concerning
Ccaxsunlst aid to Forth Vietnameal specifically with the
war in Vietnam). Military aid dellverlee to Cuba declined to a
negligible level The TBSR's are* deliveries to ita Pree
World aid clients have declined somewhat ln recent years and In
oouctllliea. Two-thirds of this year's deliveries
to tba Pree World are to the Arab countries. ill discuss tha
Arab arms re supply situation later on).
(CHART, SOVIET FOBEIOT AID ACTIYXTT IH THB PREE VGBLD)
TX. At tolaould Ilka to discuss in mors detail some of
tha aspects of Soviet eecraomio and military aid ln recent years.
A. Record ee^ondo aid extensions3 billion^were
attributed to very large creditsew countries. More than
illion of the total went to support India's five year plan.
Blxeable credits also vent to Iran, Syria, and Brasil.
8. xtensions of economic aid Dropped sharply, to
illion, and recovered to onlyO million ln
This Is only about half of the average annual amount extended
in theears. The reduced level of new aid undertakings
70 does notundamental change in Soviet
policy but apparently reflects tha lack of suitable cpportunltiea
for new aid extensions and the large backlog of unexpended credits.
At the and7 there was5 billion of Soviet aid still
to be delivered under aid extended in previous years.
Soviati In recanthnre beenittheiraid.
They are being Bore selective with toe kinds of projects undertaken, so as toreater degree of suscosa.
T*ras of the credit*onlng nor*nd aftsn are harderff toearsd of to*nd onrat*ates*erc*nt. Ooosslonally down payments ar* re*pilr*d, sad repaymentsmast ba cad* partly In bard currency.
of Soviet allltary aid have- fluctuatedyear to year,ecord of almostillion Inannual srerag* over tb* past decade, hoverer, has been about
r..
5 nllllon of military aid extended7 refleeted tbe heavy Soviet resupply operations ln tbe UAH, Iraq and Syria relieving the Arab-Israeli war ln Am*. Hov eld extended toountrlea accounted for almostercent of the total,ln the year, an arms agreaasnt was signed with Iron, tbe first one Iran had signedcntainlst country. Agr*eswnt* also were eceaslsded with angaria end Team, and military good* were airlifted to these countries.
KUltery aid agreements have been concluded with atountries Tb* total value of these0 ailllons roughly three-fifth* of the total coanltted
K. Soviet deliveries of allltary equipment declinedupply to-Arab countries assumedmore normal rate.
Vith tne near completion of resupply, Soviet deliveries to the Arab states have fallen off end now approximate tho pre-war rate.
Soviet deliveries to other major once customers thla year Include significantly larger amounts to India (principallyighter bombers) and email shipments to both Algeria and Afghanistan.
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