THIRD WORLD ARMS INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001602930018-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: December 7, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP85M00364R001602930018-5
93- 5915
7 December 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Third World Arms Industry
I think the attached is a very valuable analysis. It was done by
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economic and political, as well as security, implications of an emerging
Third World arms industry, as well as its interplay with the West European
and US arms industry. If we could fuse this with our information and
analysis, I think we would have quite a valuable product. What do you think?
..~ nc Dui iicu
out a piece after the Falklands on Third World production of precision-
guided and other advanced weapons. This suggests a much broader 1 k
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William J. Casey
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