SOVIET REPORTED KEEPING NEW MIGS OUT OF EGYPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000300060001-8
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 18, 1968
• Content Type: NSPR

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Soviet Reported Keeping
New MIGs Out of Egypt
LONDON (UPI) - The Soviet[ to have a top speed of up to 1,800
Union, which is reliably reported
to have provided Egypt with
more than 400 jet fighters and
bombers since the 1967 Mideast
War, is holding up delivery of
the latest type MIG23s apparent-
ly for fear they might fall into
Israeli hands, diplomatic reports
said yesterday.
Moscow was reported recently
to have agreed to supply 200 of
the all-weather MIG23 superson-
ic jet fighters - the most ad-
vanced Soviet fighter plane -
which is reported to be faster
than the American-built F4
Phantoms.
miles an hour, as compared to
the Phantom's 1,400, were to
have been part of a new major
arms supply program for Cairo
which also included missiles and
other advanced weapons.
Reports from Morocco last
month said Moscow already had
started shipping the MIG23s to
Egypt, but diplomatic reports
reaching London said the Krem-
lin apparently has put off deliv-
ery indefinitely.
As far as is known, the Rus.
sians have kept back the MIG2;
even from her closest allies it
The MIG23, of jah igi reported 1 East Europe.
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