SOVIET MILITARY DELIVERIES TO CUBA IN 1974

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Military Deliveries
To Cuba in 1974
1. The USSR maintained a moderate level of arms
deliveries to Cuba in 1974. Seven Soviet ships delivered
some 11,000 metric tons of military equipment, somewhat
below last year's shipments, but comparable with the
annual range of 10,000 to 12,500 tons noted since 1968.
The level of deliveries and the types of equipment supplied
suggest that the Soviets continue to be committed only to
a minimum replacement program.
2. No new weapons systems are known to have been
introduced in 1974, but the variety of quipment supplied
was greater than in past years. Aircraft deliveries included
additional MIG-21J fighters and possibly a newer version
of the MIG-21 trainer. Other shipments included T-34
tanks, an Osa-class guided missile patrol boat, and the
first identified delivery of SS-N-2 missiles in more than
three years.
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:1. Sovi.el: military :.;hi.ptnc~nt:., to Cuba in 1974 began
in January with tuie arrival of the Dmi tr_ i Cui ya and ended
on 22 November with one of the USSR mo:;L frequent arm:,
carriers, the Leninski Kom.;omo.l. Five other Soviet slips
transported arms to Cuba clur.iu q the year (see the Appendix)
4. The 11,000 tons delivered was 1,600 tons below
1973 but is comparable with the general level of deliveries 25X1
in each of the past: five years (scc the table) . Six of
the seven ships carried exclusively military cargoes.1
As in the past, seaborne shipments o -
mt i -ary equipment: to tuba originated solely in the USSR.
No major arms deliveries are known to have arrived in
Cuba by air since the 1962 missile crisis, although a
small amount of specialty spare parts is probably carried
on Aeroflot's scheduled services between Moscow and Havana.
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Soviet Seaborne Military Deliveries
To Cuba
Number
of Ships
Thousand
Metric Tons
19621
125
250.02
1963
10
38.7
1964
7
17.5
1965
5
10.8
1966
1 0
21 . 4
1967
20
41.1
1968
3
6 .2
196)
7
11 .5
1970
8
11 . 3
19;1
9
12.1
19'2
7
10 .0
1972
5
12.6
1974
7
11 .0
1. Mid-July to mice-October.
2. Estimated.
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Composition of Shipments
8. Continuing past patterns of Soviet military
deliveries, the bulk of military deliveries in 1974
consisted of small arms, ammunition, communications equip-
ment, and assorted military trucks and jeeps. In addition
to these items, Cuba received a wide variety of other
items such as aircraft, patrol boats, SS-N-2 missiles,
SA-2 missile systems equipment, and T-34 tanks.
9. Fourteen aircraft were delivered to Cuba in 25X1
1974, of which nine were additional MIG-21J fighters and
five are thou ht to be a newer version of the MIG-21
trainer.
These deliveries,
T5ring Cuba's current inventory o s
to 87, inc u ing 23 of the J models.
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11. One Osa-class guided missile patrol boat was
delivered to Cuba in January 1974, bringing the Cuban
Navy's inventory of patrol craft using the SS-N-2 missile
to 18 Komars and 5 Osas. It is suspected that an unspecified
number of Komars -- perhaps as many as four -- have been
cannibalized. All these patrol craft are stationed at
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the Cabana,, naval facility some 40 miles west of Havana.
Finally, a small Zhuk-class patrol. craft arrived in
mid-1974 ? the second
in Cuba's inven ory .
14. Although additional fighter aircraft and Osa
deliveries may occur later in the year, we expect no
appreciable change in the overall level of military
shipments in 1975. There is no evidence of a shift in
Soviet policy which, since 1968, has emphasized replacement
of expended munitions, destroyed or obsolescent aircraft,
and worn out equipment in the Cuban armed forces.
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