A GLOBAL SURVEY OF COMMUNIST PRESENCE

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1989
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A Global Survey of
Communist Presence
A Reference Aid
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A Global Survey of
Communist Presence
A Reference Aid
This Reference Aid was prepared by the
Communist Penetration Branch, Office of Global
Issues. Comments and queries are welcome and
may be directed to the Chief, Foreign Subversion and
Instabilit Center, OGI,
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Preface
Information available
as of 30 November 1988
was used in this report.
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A Global Survey of
Communist Presence
This Reference Aid provides basic information on diplomatic relations,
official presence, cultural relations, and airline service around the world for
13 Communist countries: the USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania, China, North
Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba. In addition, it provides information on Soviet
use of port facilities, on Soviet front organizations, and on Communist
parties recognized by the USSR.
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Contents
Preface
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Diplomatic Relations
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Official Presence
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Friendship Societies and Cultural Centers 35
Cultural and Media Agreements 47
Transportation
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Communist Parties
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A Global Survey of
Communist Presence
Diplomatic Relations
The USSR has diplomatic relations with 133 coun-
tries; more than any other Communist country except
China and Yugoslavia, which have ties to 134. The
Soviet Union has ambassadors in 121 countries, while
China has ambassadors in 126 and Yugoslavia has
ambassadors in 88.
Regional differences exist in Communist diplomatic
representation:
? In Latin America and the Caribbean, Yugoslavia
has ties to 23 countries, followed by China and
Romania with 20 countries.
? In East Asia the USSR has relations with 21
countries, more than any other Communist country.
? The USSR and China both have relations with 16
countries in the Middle East, which is more than the
other Communist countries.
? In Sub-Saharan Africa, the USSR and China have
ties to the most states with 43 countries each.
Table 1 shows the status of diplomatic relations of the
Communist countries. The data in this table comes
primarily from diplomatic lists and from press and
Embassy reporting. A caveat is necessary, however,
where we show no diplomatic relations: it is possible
that relations either were never established, were
suspended, or have been inactive (with no ambassa-
dors accredited) for so long that relations do not exist
for any practical purposes.
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Table 1
Communist Countries: Diplomatic Relations
Worldwide, November 1988
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133 115 124 127 121 116 124 94 134 114 94 99 134
Caribbean/Latin America
Total
16 15 19 16 19 17 20 15 20 14 11 11 23
Antigua and Barbuda
VNR
Argentina V V V V V V V NR
Bahamas, The VNR
Barbados
VNR VNR
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Belize
L/NR
Bolivia V VNR VNR 1/NR VNR L/NR VNR 1/NR VVCH L/NR I/CH
Brazil
V V V V V 1/NR
Chile
L/CH
Colombia
VNR
VNR 1/NR
Costa Rica VNR ICH VNR VNR INR I/CH VNR VNR VNR
Cuba
V
Dominica
Dominican Republic VNR
NR VNR
Ecuador
VNR
El Salvador
Grenada
VNR VNR
Guatemala
NR
Guyana V VNR VNR VCH VNR VNR VNR VNR V V V VNR
Haiti VNR
Honduras VNR VNR VNR VNR
1/NR
Jamaica V VNR VNR VNR VNR VNR VNR V V VNR 1/NR
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Mexico ? I ? VNR
Nicaragua VNR
Panama VNR VNR NR VNR VNR VNR VNR VNR
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Paraguay
Peru
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
VNR VNR
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
VNR NR NR NR VNR
Trinidad and Tobago'
VNR VNR VNR VNR VNR VNR VNR
Uruguay
VCH V NR
Venezuela
V V V V V VNR VNR
East Asia/Pacific
Total 21 14 16 19 15 16 15 13 17 13 10 14 17
Australia V 1.."'NR V NR NR VAN V
Brunei
Burma
VNR
NR VNR VNR VNR VNR V VNR
Cambodia
V NR V NR NR
China
V V V V V V V
Fiji
NR VNR NR
Indonesia
V V V V V NR V
Japan
V V V V V V V NR V V V
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Laos
fr NR LNR V CH vo? NR
Malaysia NR NR 1 fr NR V V NR V NR NR
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Mongolia V ? V ? V ? LNR V V V
Nauru
NR VNR
New Zealand VNR VNR INR VNR VCH
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North Korea
Papua New Guinea V NR VNR VNR INR
V.NR NR
Philippines V NR V NR V V NR V NR V V NR V V V v CH
Singapore V VNR VNR INR NR V NR VNR VNR VNR
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
NR VNR VNR V VCH VNR V VNR VNR V V
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Vanuatu NR NR
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Vietnam V V V V V V vNR V NR
Western Samoa INR
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Eastern Europe
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7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7
Albania V V c V V CH VCH
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