BACKSTOPPER FOR BRIEFINGS COMMUNIST AID TO NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82R00025R000800030006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 13, 1967
• Content Type: BRIEF

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13 February 1967
MILITARY: (in
million $ )
Soviet Union
Comm. China
East Europe
ECONOMIC:
Soviet Union
Comm. China
East Europe
1953-64 1965 1966 Total
70 225 175 470
70 35 55 160
negl. negl. negl. negl. 630
1955-64 1965 1966 Total
366 85 150 600
4S7 50 75 582
130 15 50 195 1, 377
Cumulative Total, Mil. ?, Econ: 2,0G
I. North Vietnam over the past 15 years has received
at least two billion dollars worth of military
and economic aid from Communist countries.
A. We know of $470 million in military equipment
from the Soviet Union, and an additional $160
million from Communist China. Military aid
from Eastern Europe has been negligible.
B. The Soviet Union has provided rt $600 million
in economic aid, and the Chinese have almost matched
this, with $580 million. The East Europeans have
added another $195 million in economic aid.
C. We estimate that total military aid in 1966
amounted to $175 million from the Soviet Union,
and $55 million from China.
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II. North Vietnam produces virtually none of its
military hardware. It is equipped with Soviet
weapons, or Chinese copies of Soviet. weapons.
A. The Soviets have the principal responsi-
bility for supplying the more sophisticated
weapons--the surface-to-air missile system
and most of North Vietnam's aircraft and
helicopters.
1. The Chinese supplied the first regiment
of jet fighters sent to Hanoi when the
bombardment of the North began. These
were the older MIC-15s or 17s. Since
then jet fighters have come from the
Soviet Union, including super-sonic
HIG-21s.
2. The Soviets have supplied about 65 older
MIGs, and at least 34 MIG-21s--possibly
more which are still in shipping crates.
3. The Soviets have supplied the bulk of
6 500
the anti-aircraft guns in North 554
Vietnam.
B. Chinese military aid consists primarily of
small arms and ammunition---along with some
military manpower for logistics, construc-
tion, and engineering, and two to four
anti-aircraft artillery divisions.
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1. Japan led with about 50,000 tons, more
than one-third fertilizer. The rest
was mainly metal products for con-
struction, and miscellaneous manufac-
tured goods.
2. Cambodian foodstuffs and French metal
products, fertilizer, and spare parts
for vehicles accounted for most of the
remaining shipments of Free World
origin.
C. All of the 420,000 tons that came in by rail
probably originated in Communist countries.
1. Soviet transshipments across China--
about 60,000 tons last year--probably
consisted almost entirely of military
equipment.
2. Chinese rail shipments of about 360,000 tons
included large quantities of coal, as well as
other economic aid and military shipments.
3. For the past two years the Soviets have been
flying in air cargo at a rate of about one
transport aircraft every two weeks. These
probably carry critical spare parts and
other high-priority small items.
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