SOVIET ACTIVITIES IN SELECTED MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN COUNTRIES

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Top Secret
nteragency
Soviet Activities in Selected
Middle East/African Countries
Top Secret
CI 76-10171C
November 1976
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SOVIET ACTIVITIES IN SELECTED
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN COUNTRIES
January 1, 1976 - October 1, 1976
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Libya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Iran ............................. 8
Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
South Yemen (PDRY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Yemen Arab Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Map of the Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Since the publication of the last quarterly report the evaluation of additional
information has led to changes in the estimates of Soviet deliveries in certain
years.
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Soviet Activities in Selected
Middle East/African Countries
July 1, 1976 - October 1, 1976
A Soviet proposal on October 1 for resumption of the Geneva conference on
the Middle East capped a month of Soviet diplomatic activity. This was the first
Soviet proposal addressed to the Palestine Liberation Organization as well as the
initial participants in the December 1973 talks in Geneva. The Soviets also
supported Palestinian attendance "on an equal footing from the very outset," a
far more supportive role for the PLO than was outlined in the previous Soviet
initiative on Geneva in April 1976.
The new proposal called for a two-stage conference, the first stage dealing
with organizational and procedural problems and the second with substantive
issues. In its suggested conference agenda, Moscow reiterated its standard formu-
las for a settlement.
? Withdrawal of Israeli troops from all Arab territories occupied in 1967.
? Satisfaction of Palestinian rights, including establishment of their own
state.
? Assurance of the independent existence and security of all Middle East
states with appropriate international guarantees.
The fourth and final agenda item, which had not been included in previous Soviet
proposals on the Geneva conference, was to end the state of war between Israel
and the Arab states.
The Soviet initiative followed a flurry of diplomatic activity that began in
mid-September. The Soviets consulted with PLO leaders Qaddumi (September
15-18 in Moscow) and Arafat (September 18-22 in Beirut). Geneva conference
representative Vinogradov visited Damascus from September 18-20, presumably
to get Syrian support for a return to Geneva. Moscow also met with diplomatic
delegations from other Arab states, including Egypt, Iraq, and Kuwait.
The timing of all these maneuvers suggests that the Soviets wanted to take
advantage of a critical phase in the Lebanese crisis to create the impression that
the USSR is a major actor in any negotiating activity in the Middle East. Moscow
announced a more evenhanded policy vis-a-vis the Syrians and Palestinians in
Lebanon in an authoritative Pravda article on September 8, which modified earlier
demands for the withdrawal of Syrian forces and for the first time criticized
"leftist elements" within the Palestinian movement. Moscow presumably has no
illusions, however, that it can exercise a decisive voice either in Lebanon or in the
general Arab-Israeli situation.
Soviet efforts to restrain the Syrians in Lebanon,
have not included a suspension of either military or economic aid. Soviet arms
carriers continued to arrive at Syrian ports during August and September
The Soviets appeared to realize in late August that the "worsening situation"
on the Egyptian-Libyan border could also complicate Soviet objectives in the
Middle East. In an Observer article on August 30, the Soviets warned of the
danger of a "new military conflict" in the Middle East and upbraided the
Egyptian leaders for threatening Libya. The article also suggested that the Soviets
were looking for ways to deter Sadat from attacking Libya.
In all other respects, however, the Soviets continued to play a wait-and-see
game with the Egyptians, hoping that mounting pressures created by Egyptian
economic problems, the Soviet military embargo, and the diplomatic stalemate in
the Middle East will either topple Sadat or persuade him to become more
tractable. Thus far Sadat has displayed no inclination to make any political
concessions to Moscow that would lead to a significant improvement in bilateral
relations.
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A. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
A
250
D
268
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
Medium tanks (110), artillery pieces (20), submarines
635
530
(2), jet fighters (153), helicopters (6), SAM bns. (5).
Medium tanks (498), personnel carriers (259), artillery
87
pieces (192), jet fighters (65), helicopters (10), SAM
bns. (30), SSM bns. (6).
Personnel carriers (100), artillery (6), helicopters
1975
----
150
(5), SAM bns. (10).
Jet fighters (49), helicopters (1).
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
----
_---
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972
220
1972
5,500
1973
100
1973
520
1974
----
1974
200
1975
----
1975
215
1976, 1st Half
----
1976, 1st Half
175
B. FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
Major Repair
Shore
Ports
Use
Facilities
Facilities
Alexandria
Denied access since April 1976
Denied
Denied
Mersa Matruh
Denied access since May 1975
NA
NA
Port Said
Denied access since May 1975
NA
NA
(but had not been used since
Yom Kippur War)
Territorial Anchorages
Ras al Kanais
Denied access since May 1975
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
April 28 Annual Soviet-Egyptian trade protocol signed.
Late June New contract for Soviet aid to Inshas nuclear research center signed.
July 17 Protocols signed on tourist exchanges for "forthcoming'years"
between USSR and UAR.
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
None.
D. COMMENTS
Soviet-Egyptian relations continued to worsen. Public accusations were frequent and vitriolic, and
neither Cairo nor Moscow seemed willing to make the first move to improve relations. Soviet support for
Tripoli in the current Libyan-Egyptian feuding added to the problems.
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Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
A
D
1972
316
188
1973
705
739
1974
523
536
1975
330
198
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
185
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
Light tanks (30), medium tanks (104), heavy tanks (22),
personnel carriers (100), artillery pieces (20), guided
missile boats (2), jet fighters (37), helicopters (12),
SAM bns. (4).
Medium tanks (652), heavy tanks (70), personnel carriers
(145), artillery pieces (84), FROG-7 launchers (32),
minesweepers (2), guided missile boats (5), jet fighters
(258), helicopters (27), SAM bns. (34), SSM bns. (3).
Light tanks (20), medium tanks (573), heavy tanks (57),
personnel carriers (428), artillery pieces (215),
FROG-7 launchers (16), guided missile boats (2), jet
fighters (168), helicopter (1).
Medium tanks (184), personnel carriers (25), artillery
pieces'(473), destroyer escort (1), jet fighters (38),
helicopters (9), SAM bns. (3).
Jet fighters/bombers (60), SAM bns. (3), destroyer
escort (1), self-propelled artillery (60),
personnel carriers (20), helicopters (35).
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972
530
1972
1,140
1973
700
1973
1,780
1974
530
1974
2,150
1975
300
1975
3,050
1976, 1st Half
375
1976, 1st Half
3,100
Major Repair Shore
Facilities Facilities
Replenishment of diesel subma- NA NA
rines, small warships and intel-
ligence collectors (has re-
ceived Soviet support ships
previously stationed in
Alexandria)
Replenishment of diesel subma- NA NA
rines, minesweepers and intel-
ligence collectors. Last reported
visit was a naval associated
tanker in April 1976.
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C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
January 24, 1976 5-year trade agreement.
June 2, 1976 Soviet-Syrian protocol for oil industry assistance signed.
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
February 23-
March 8
March 25-29
Assistant Secretary General of Baath Party in Moscow for 25th Congress.
Vinogradov in Syria to talk about Middle East situation and Lebanon.
May 3
Soviet economic aid specialist Skachkov in Damascus.
May 24
June 1-4
July 5-8
September 18-20
D. COMMENTS
Soviet foreign economic relations specialist Mordvinov in Damascus.
Soviet Premier Kosygin in Damascus.
Foreign Minister Khaddam in Moscow.
Geneva conference representative Vinogradov visits Damascus.
Syria's military role in Lebanon continued to create strains in Soviet-Syrian relations. The Kosygin trip
to Damascus in June and Khaddam's visit to Moscow in July were acrimonious. Brezhnev's notes to
President Asad in July and September, asking for an end to the Syrian intervention against the
Palestinians, were publicly criticized by the Syrian leader. There was nevertheless no sign of suspension
of Soviet military and economic aid to Damascus.
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A. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
1972
A
40
D
88
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
Medium tanks (113), guided missile boats (3), jet
1973
149
352
fighters (9), helicopters (15), SAM bns. (4).
Medium tanks (339), light tanks (4), personnel carriers
1974
648
337
(81), artillery pieces (9), guided missile boats (1),
jet bombers (14), jet fighters (54), helicopters (18),
SAM bns. (2).
Medium tanks (79), light tanks (70), personnel carriers
1975
27
260
(207), artillery pieces (298), guided missile boats (4),
jet fighters (58), helicopters (32), SAM bns. (2).
Medium tanks (90), personnel carriers (69), artillery
1976, 3rd Quarter
20
210
pieces (6), guided missile boats (2), minesweepers (3),
jet fighters (24), helicopters (8), SAM bns. (3), SSM
bns. (1).
Jet fighter/bombers (45), guided missile patrol boat
(1), medium tanks and personnel carriers (150),
self-propelled AA artillery (16), helicopters (14).
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972
145
1972
500
1973
350
1973
785
1974
700
1974
1,035
1975
250
1975
1,035
1976, 1st Half
300
1976, 1st Half
1,200
B. FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
Major Repair Shore
Ports Use Facilities Facilities
Occasional replenishment of NA NA
auxiliaries and small warships
Infrequent replenishment of Soviet repair NA
auxiliaries and small warships ship occasionally
berthed in port,
has moved to
Berbera, Somalia
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
January 7 Soviet-Iraqi trade protocol for 1976.
August 13 Soviet-Iraqi agreement on oil well equipment.
August 17 Iraq endorses protocol on Soviet-Iraqi fishing commission.
September 14 Iraq ratifies economic-technical cooperation agreement with USSR.
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Visits (January 1,
February
May 16-18
May 22
May 26
May 29-June
June 20-23
June 22
June 21-27
June 21
August 2
August 11-14
September 15
1976-October 1, 1976)
Head of Baath party foreign relations bureau at 25th CPSU Congress.
Iraqi Army delegation in Moscow.
Soviet foreign economic relations specialist Mordvinov in Baghdad.
Iraqi Minister of Information Aziz with Kosygin in Moscow.
Soviet Premier Kosygin in Baghdad with Skachkov.
CPSU delegation in Baghdad with Socialist Arab Baath Party members.
Iraqi Minister of Information Aziz with Gromyko in Moscow.
Soviet-Iraqi Mixed Committee for Merchant Marine Navigation meets in Baghdad.
Iraqi military delegation in Moscow.
September 8-18
September 18
September 22-29
September 23
D. COMMENTS
Presidential envoy Tariq Aziz visits Moscow with message for Brezhnev
from President Bakr.
Iraqi economic delegation in Moscow.
Economic delegation, headed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture, holds
talks in Moscow.
Baath party delegation visits USSR.
Soviet and Iraqi interior ministers hold talks in Moscow.
Baath party delegation visits USSR.
Interior Minister Izzat talks with Defense Minister Ustinov in Moscow.
Iraq apparently reached an agreement in principle for more Soviet weaponry during Kosygin's trip to
Baghdad in May; details of the agreement presumably will be worked out when Saddam Hussein visits the
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Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
A
30
D
6
Equipment Deliveries (Major Items)
Personnel carriers (40).
4
8
Personnel carriers (24).
730
84
Medium tanks (200), personnel carriers (35),
216
SAM bns. (7).
Medium tanks (67), personnel carriers (133), artillery
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
244
pieces (31 ), jet fighters (20), bombers (6), SAM
bns. (3).
Medium tanks (242), personnel carriers (45),
jet fighters (37), field guns (72), SAM bns. (1),
guided missile boat (1), ADA guns (15), SCUD SSM
Lchrs (9-12).
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
1972 ----
1973 ----
1974 300
1975 600
1976, 1st Half 665
B. FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
None apparently
open to Soviets
No port calls since 1970.
Major Repair Shore
Facilities Facilities
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements Signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
None
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
January Libyan air force chief in USSR.
June 20 Soviet Atomic Power Delegation in Libya.
June 26-29 Roving Soviet Ambassador Vinogradov in Tripoli, with Qadhafi.
July 9 Soviet delegation in Tripoli to discuss nuclear electric power
stations.
August 16 Qadhafi visits Moscow en route to nonaligned meeting in Sri Lanka.
August 30- Vice President of Presidium Artur Vader heads Soviet delegation
September 6 in Libya for national day celebrations.
September 2 Soviet trade union delegation in Tripoli.
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972 20
1973 10
1974 145
1975 345
1976, 1st Half 550
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Moscow broke its silence on the deterioration in Libyan-Egyptian relations on August 30, when a
Pravda "Observer" article weighed in on Qadhafi's side and upbraided Egyptian leaders for threatening a
"new military conflict" in the Middle East. The Soviets sent a delegation to Tripoli for Libya's national
day observance for only the second time in seven years. The delegation was headed by a minor official,
however, and Soviet press statements since the Observer article have not been markedly supportive.
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Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
1972
A
72
D
50
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
Personnel carriers (180), artillery pieces (50).
1973
----
100
Personnel carriers (180), artillery pieces (238).
1974
250
100
Personnel carriers (71), artillery pieces (100).
1975
----
17
Artillery pieces (12).
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
10
Self-propelled artillery pieces (6).
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972
25
1972
30
1973
15
1973
60
1974
35
1974
75
1975
35
1975
70
1976, 1st Half
35
1976, 1st Half
85
Port visit July 1976.
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
May 28
Major Repair Shore
Facilities Facilities
Protocol of the Eighth Session of the Permanent Transportation
Subcommittee of the Iran-Soviet Permanent Committee on Economic
Cooperation signed in Moscow.
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
July 2-11 Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi visits USSR.
July 13-15 Prime Minister Hoveyda visits Moscow.
September 13-16 Finance Minister Ansari visits Moscow.
D. COMMENTS
Political relations have cooled in the past several months, and the two sides have increased their
propaganda attacks against each other. The defection of a Soviet air force officer to Iran in September
added to the problems. The important material benefits of the relationship, however, have led to a
reasonable degree of harmony in state-to-state dealings.
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Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
A
D
1972
----
6
1973
----
18
1974
80
43
1975
35
50
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
15
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
Personnel carriers (18), artillery pieces (39), motor
torpedo boats (4), bombers (4), helicopters (3).
Medium tanks (40), personnel carriers (106), artillery
pieces (134), helicopters (2).
Light tanks (20), personnel carriers (12), artillery
pieces (33), jet fighters (21), helicopters (4), SAM
bns. (4).
Personnel carriers (18), artillery pieces (39), guided
missile boats (2), jet fighters (12), helicopters (2).
Artillery pieces (10).
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972
----
1972
400
1973
----
1973
700
1974
150
1974
1,000
1975
500
1975
1,000 to
1,500
1976, 1st Half
500
1976, 1st Half
1,000 to
1,500
B. FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
Major Repair Shore
Ports Use Facilities Facilities
Chisimaio
Air Operations
Airfield at
Hargeisa
Maintenance and replenishment Large floating Housing com-
of warships and submarines; dry dock pound, missile
crew rest handling and
storage, naval
communications
relay station,
airfield under
construction,
PO L storage
available, but
apparently not
used by Soviet
ships.
Sporadic port calls NA NA
AN-12s, I L-38s, fuel and parking
for aircraft, berthing and
messing for crews.
Airfields at Dafet and Chisimaio could accommodate TU-95 Bear Ds, but have not been so used.
Airfield at Berbera, when completed by end of year, could accommodate any size aircraft.
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Agreements Signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
None confirmed, but indications are that Soviets agreed to provide additional military hardware to
Mogadiscio during July 1975 visit to Moscow of Somali defense chief Samantar and during President
Siad's visit earlier this year.
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
February 21- Somali President Siad and his armed forces chiefs in Moscow for
March 26 25th Soviet Party Congress.
August 2-7 Vice President and Defense Minister Samantar in Moscow.
The Soviets presumably used Samantar's visit to allay Somali misgivings about Moscow's contacts with
Ethiopia, particularly the red carpet treatment given to a high-level Ethiopian government delegation in
July. The USSR will clearly go to considerable lengths to protect its investment in Somalia, but would
like to keep this special relationship with Mogadiscio from complicating ties with other states in the
Horn.
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A. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
1974 ----
1975 500
1976, 3rd Quarter NA
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
D Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
31 Medium tanks (40).
7 ----
15 Medium tanks (35), jet fighters (5).
17 Medium tanks (30), personnel carriers (57).
116 Medium tanks (70), jet fighters (71),
MI-8 helicopters (16), mechanized landing ship(1).
1972 ----
1973 ----
1974 ----
1975 50
1976, 1st Half 110 (60 may be
civilians)
B. FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
Ports
Algiers and Annaba
Oran
Use
Major Repair Shore
Facilities Facilities
Occasional visits for replenishment NA
Occasional visits for replenishment
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
January 27
July 29
Visits (January
Late February-
March
May 22-31
July 22
July 26
July 28
August 6
D. COMMENTS
Economic aid accord.
Komsomol and Algerian National Youth Union sign protocol to increase ties.
1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
Minister of higher education Ben Yahia meets Ponomarev during 25th
CPSU Congress.
Col. M. Yahyaoui, member of the Council of the Revolution, in
Moscow with military delegation.
Agricultural Minister Tayebi in Moscow.
Defense Ministers Abdelhamid and Ustinov hold talks in Moscow.
National Youth Union delegation in Moscow.
Abdelhamid talks with First Deputy Minister Kulikov in Moscow.
Soviet delivery of the SA-6 surface-to-air missile system underscored the rising scale of military aid to
.Algeria-over $100 million worth this year. The Algerians have also received their first Soviet aircraft
since 1974, and their first amphibious craft.
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972 ----
1973 ----
1974 ----
1975 650
1976, 1st Half 650
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A. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
1972
A
----
D
---_
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
1973
2
2
Artillery pieces (10).
1974
25
1
Artillery pieces (24).
1975
34
11
Artillery pieces (66).
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
____
----
Military Personnel Soviet and East European
in Soviet Union for Training Military Technicians in Country
1972 ---- 1972
1973 ---- 1973 10
1974 ---- 1974
1975 20 1975 10
1976, 1st Half 20 1976, 1st Half 10
Major Repair Shore
Ports Use Facilities Facilities
Tangier Periodic visits, provisioning NA NA
Casablanca Periodic visits, provisioning NA NA
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements Signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
None
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
February 20 Prime Minister Osman meets Kosygin in Moscow regarding Spanish
Sahara conflict.
Soviet foreign economic relations specialist Mordvinov in Rabat to attend
meeting of the Permanent Moroccan-Soviet Commission on Economic,
Scientific, and Technical Cooperation.
September 15 Youth Delegation visits Moscow.
September 15-18 Delegation from Socialist Union of Popular Forces visits Moscow.
September 17 Soviet Moslem Delegation arrives in Rabat.
D. COMMENTS
Soviet military deliveries to Algeria continued to aggravate relations between the USSR and Morocco.
Moscow persisted in seeking fishing accords and offering assistance for a phosphate project, but Rabat
remained noncommittal. Neither side trusts the other, but correct relations will continue.
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SOUTH YEMEN (PDRY)
Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
A
20
D
11
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
Personnel carriers (49), artillery pieces (30), sub-
70
30
chasers (2), bombers (4), helicopters (6).
Medium tanks (22), personnel carriers (37), artillery
26
pieces (53), motor torpedo boats (2), jet fighters
(10), helicopters (8).
Medium tanks (35), artillery pieces (4), jet fighters
(12).
20
34
Medium tankers (18), motor torpedo boats (1), bombers
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
18
(6), jet fighters (10).
Jet fighters (13)
Military Personnel Soviet a
in Soviet Union for Training Military Tec
nd East Eu
hnicians in
ropean
Country
1972
302 1972
225
1973
145 1973
280
1974
195 1974
260
1975
250 1975
260
1976, 1st Half
NA 1976, 1st Ha
lf
300
B. PORT FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
Air Operations
Major Repair Shore
Facilities Facilities
Reprovisioning and occasional NA NA
bunkering of ships.
Regularly scheduled military aircraft
courier flights, probably carrying mail.
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
May 24
Soviet-PDRY Protocol on Party Cooperation signed in Aden.
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
February-March Abd al-Fattah Ismail, number two man and Secretary General of the
National Front, in Moscow for 25th Congress.
July 30-August 10 Party leader Ismail visits the USSR.
July 30-August 2 Red Crescent delegation visits the USSR.
September 15 Youth delegation leaves Moscow.
D. COMMENTS
Ships of the Soviet Indian Ocean contingent continue to receive much of their logistic support and
on-station maintenance in the area of the PDRY. Aden's port was visited by Soviet auxiliaries, and
nearby anchorages provided services for Soviet warships. The PDRY, however, was still resisting Soviet
overtures for increased military use of its naval and air facilities.
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YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC (SANA)
A. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Soviet Aid Agreements (A) and Deliveries (D)
(Million US $)
A
D
Equipment Delivered (Major Items)
1972
----
Negl.
Motor torpedo boat (1).
1973
6
----
1974
----
5
Medium tanks (20), artillery pieces (12), jet
fighters (3).
1975
30
3
Bombers (1).
1976, 3rd Quarter
----
10
Artillery pieces (43), medium tanks (57)
personnel carriers (60), patrol boat (1)
Military Personnel
in Soviet Union for Training
Soviet and East European
Military Technicians in Country
1972
200
1972
100
1973
200
1973
300
1974
125
1974
120
1975
75
1975
120
1976, 1st Half
NA
1976, 1st Half
115
B. PORT FACILITIES USED BY SOVIETS
Ports Use
Hodeida Occasional port visits
C. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Agreements signed (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
None
Visits (January 1, 1976-October 1, 1976)
August 31 Vice Governor of Sana in Tadzhik Republic.
D. COMMENTS
Major Repair Shore
Facilities Facilities
The Soviet military delivery to Sana in June was the first major shipment of arms under an accord
signed last November. The USSR is presumably willing to take other measures to keep its foot in the
door, but Yemeni officials take the line that they are unwilling to accept additional deliveries of major
Soviet military equipment that require new training programs and more Soviet advisers.
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