RECENT BLOC ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: December 20, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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RECENT BLOC ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID
29 December 1960
Past year was biggest ever in bloc foreign aid
program with total
new obligations of over $1.5 billion (bringing total since
January 1954 to about $5.5 billion).
A. Old customers--UAR, Iraq, India, and Indonesia--continued to
receive assurances of additional assistance, but spate of new
aid offers and agreements in recent weeks (past two months)
underscore Bloc's growing drive in Latin America and Africa.
II Latin America
A. Cuba. During Cuban economic boss Guevara's recent tour of bloc:
1. Moscow promised to buy up to 2.7 million tons sugar
($238,000,000) if US does not purchase. (2.7 is difference
between firm non->Sbviet bloc contracts and old level of US
procurement.)
2. Communist China extended $60,000,000 credit, its largest
credit to a non-bloc country.
3. Czechoslovakia agreed to a $20,000,000 loan.
4. An East German $12,000,000 offer is being negotiated.
5. Meanwhile, large-scale arms deliveries to Cuba from the
USSR resumed on 20 December after a two-month lapse.
a. As of today, we calculate deliveries of arms at about
20,000 tons, with another 10,000 or 11,000 tons now
en: route. Deliveries have included tanks and non-
combat aircraft, but not t kgj.,#a, MIGs r bombers.
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C. Bolivia. Soviet delegation now in La Paz has raised previous
USSR offers, and bait to Bolivians now includes $50,000,000 for
tin smelter and $100,000,000 for other projects.
D. Chile. Moscow in early December made a new approach in frequent
IV. Afric
bloc bids to Chile with a "large" offer to exchange oil for
Chilean copper; Santiago reportedly is seriously considering
offer.
A. Morocco. Rabat in mid-November accepted Soviet offer to provide
jet fighters and bombers. Moroccan inspection team recently
returned from USSR; delivery of aircraft expected possibly as
early as January.
B. Algeria. Two shiploads of bloc arms were delivered recently
to Morocco, apparently for transshipment to FLN.
. Tunis in November accepted a $10,000,000 Polish
credit-its first economic aid agreement with the bloc.
D. Guinea. Conakry announced last month that the bloc is pro-
v;ding more than $100,000,000 in economic aid, more than half
from the USSR, in early December, the third shipload of Soviet
arms in recent months was delivered.
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R. Ghana. Accra in mid-December officially accepted $40,000,000
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F. Central African Republic. Soviet delegation earlier this month
offered economic aid for number of projects, including cotton
farming.
G. Sudan. Moscow in November again offered economic aid, report-
edly a $50,000,000 credit. Previous offer had been rejected,
but this offer seems to bb getting consideration. President
Abboud has accepted an invitation to visit Moscow, where offer
may be further discussed.
H. UAR. Field Marshal Amer recently returned from Moscow where he
negotiated for new Soviet military aid. Specific results of
Amer's mission
re not yet avail
but he apparently got
I. Mali and Togo have also received indications of Soviet will-
ingness to extend aid.
A. Cambodi
Sihanouk, on return from tour of bloc 1
month, announced he had received aid commitments from Moscow,
Peiping, and Prague. These include Soviet offer to build
technological institute, Chinese offer to build a small steel
mill, and Czech offer to build a sugar refinery.
B. Indonesia. A high-level mission, including army chief Nasution
d air chief Suyardarma, left this week for Moscow to negotiate
greements.
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