BASIC INTELLIGENCE FACTBOOK

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BASIC INTELLIGENCE FACTBOOK
JANUARY 1973
DIA review(s) completed.
Supersedes the July 1972 issuance of this Factbook,
copies of which should be destroyed.
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ABBREVIATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AAPSO Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization
ADB Asian Development Bank
ANZUS ANZUS Council; treaty signed by Australia, New Zealand,
and the United States
ASA Association of Southeast Asia
ASPAC Asian and Pacific Council
BENELUX Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Economic Union
BLEU Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union
CACM Central American Common Market
CARIFTA Caribbean Free Trade Association
CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CENTO Central Treaty Organization
Colombo Plan
Council of Europe
DAC Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
EAMA African States associated with the EEC
EC European Communities (EEC, ECSC, EURATOM)
ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
ECSC European Coal and Steel Community
EEC European Economic Community (Common Market)
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EIB European Investment Bank
ELDO European Launcher Development Organization
EMA European Monetary Agreement
ENTENTE Political-Economic Association of Ivory Coast, Dahomey,
Niger, Upper Volta, and Togo
ESRO European Space Research Organization
EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community
IADB Inter-American Defense Board
ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
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ABBREVIATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IFCTU International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
IHB International Hydrographic Bureau
IRC International Red Cross
La Francophonie Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
LAFTA Latin American free Trade Association
LICROSS League of Red Cross Societies
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS Organization of American States
OAU Organization of African Unity
OCAM Afro-Malagasy Common Organization
ODECA Organization of Central American States
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
SEATO South-East Asia Treaty Organization
UAM Union Africaine et Malgache
UEAC Union of Central African States
UDEAC Economic and Customs Union of Central Africa
WEU Western European Union
WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
WPC World Peace Council
UNITED NATIONS (U.N.): STRUCTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES
Principal Organs:
SC Security Council
GA General Assembly
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
TC Trusteeship Council
ICJ International Court of Justice
Secretariat
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UNITED NATIONS (U.N.): STRUCTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES (cont'd)
Operating Bodies:
UNCTAD U.N. Conference for Trade and Development
TDB Trade and Development Board
UNICEF U.N. Children's Fund
Regional Economic Commissions:
ECA Economic Commission for Africa
ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America
Intergovernmental Agencies Related to the U .N. :
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(World Bank)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IDA International Development Association (IBRD Affiliate)
IFC International Finance Corporation (IBRD Affiliate)
ILO International Labor Organization
IMCO Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
IMF (FUND) International Monetary Fund
ITU International Telecommunication Union
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organi zati on
UPU Universal Postal Union
UNCTAD U.N. Conference on Trade and Development
WHO World Health Organization
WMO World Meteorological Organization
Autonomous Organization Under the U.N.:
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
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UNITED NATIONS (U.N.): STRUCTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES (cont'd)
Committees:
Seabeds Committee United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the
Sea-Bed and Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National
Jurisdiction
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NOTE:
Political, sociological, and economic data, including monetary conversion
rates, generally reflect information through mid-October 1972, except for population
estimates, which have been projected to 1 January 1973. Military manpower estimates are
as of 1 January 1973 except for average number of males reaching military age, which
are projected averages for the 5-year period 1972-76. Military and communications data
are as of 1 October 1972 unless otherwise indicated.
Most of the land utilization estimates are rough approximations, and most of
the statistical data are rounded (thousands and millions). Figures for "arable" may
reflect only the area actually under crops rather than the potential cultivable.
Fishing limits are included only when they differ from the territorial limits.
For some countries GDP, rather than GNP, is shown. The difference between
the two is in the addition or subtraction of the value of return on foreign investment.
GDP equals GNP plus income earned in the country but sent abroad, minus income earned
abroad but sent into the country. GDP thus tends to exceed GNP in debtor countries,
ip and the reverse is true in creditor countries.
Major ports are the largest maritime ports of the country, relative to other
ports of the same country, on the basis of estimated port capacity, alongside berthing
accommodations, and commercial or naval importance. Minor ports are the remaining
ports of a country which have, relative to the major ports, significantly lower
estimated port capactiy, fewer alongside berthing accommodations, are of less
commercial or naval importance. Major transport aircraft are those weighing over 20,000
pounds. Military budgets are in U.S. dollar equivalents. The dollar sign refers to
U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated. The abbreviation FY stands for U.S. fiscal year;
all years are calendar years unless otherwise indicated.
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LAND:
250,000 sq. mi.; 22% arable (including 6.5% cultivated),
5% pasture, 71% desert, waste or urban, 2% forested
Land boundaries: 3,425 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 18,088,000, average annual growth rate
2.3% (FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 50% Pushtuns, 25% Tajiks, 9% Uzbeks,
9% Hazaras, minor ethnic groups include Chahar,
Turkmen, Kizelbashes, and others
Religion: 87% Sunni Muslim, 12% Shia Muslim, 1% other
Language: 50% Pushtu, 35% Afghan Persian (Dari), 11%
Turkic languages (primarily Uzbeki and Turkmeni), 10% 30 minor
(primarily Baluchi and Pashai); much bilingualism
Literacy: under 10%
Labor force: about 4.3 million (official est.); 75%-80% agriculture and animal
husbandry, 20%-25% commerce, small industry, services; massive shortage of
skilled labor
Organized labor: none
US. S. R.
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA
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GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Afghanistan
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Kabul
Political subdivisions: 28 provinces with centrally appointed governors
Legal system: based on Islamic law; constitution adopted 1964; although provided
for in the law on judicial organization, there has as yet been no judicial
review of legislative acts; legal education at University of Kabul; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: bicameral legislature with cabinet responsible to lower house
(People's Council); although elected Parliament is exerting increasing
influence, it has not as yet passed much significant legislation or established
effective control over the centralized administration and has no real voice
in military matters; progressive forces led by King liberalizing the regime;
independent judiciary established in 1967, has not yet had a major institutional
impact; it is too early to assess its future role
Government leaders: King Mohammad Zahir Shah; Prime Minister Abdul Zahir
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: first free nationwide direct elections by secret ballot and universal
suffrage (under 1964 Constitution) held for Parliament August and September
1965; second elections held August and September 1969; lower house of Parliament
(216 deputies) and one-third (28 Senators) of upper house (Council of Elders)
elected for 4-year terms; 28 Senators appointed by King; remaining 28
Senators to be elected by Provincial Councils when formed
Political parties and leaders: no political parties permitted yet, but elabling
legislation has been passed by Parliament and awaits the King's signature;
several groups have begun to meet informally, extremists of left and right
best organized
Communists: there are 2 pro-Moscow Communist groups, with about 350-500 active
members; several other groups, further to left, with several hundred members
and sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: progressive forces led by King Zahir and
cabinet dominate current situation with nascent leftist and rightist groups
forming for action when parties are permitted
Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, FAO, FUND, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMCO,
ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $1.0 billion (FY71), well below $100 per capita; real growth rate probably
near zero in 1970-71
Agriculture: agriculture and animal husbandry account for over 50% of GNP and
occupy nearly 80% of the labor force; main crops -- wheat and other grains,
cotton, fruits, nuts; largely self-sufficient; food shortages -- wheat,
sugar, tea
Major industries: cottage industries, food processing, textiles, cement, coal
mining
Electric power: 275,000 kw. capacity (1972); 470 million kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 26 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $83.7 million (f.o.b., 1970-71); fruits and nuts, karakul, natural gas,
carpets and rugs, wool, cotton
Imports: $117.4 million (c.i.f., 1970-71); wheat, textiles, sugar, tea, petroleum,
transportation equipment
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., and India; imports --
about 40% from U.S.S.R.
Monetary conversion rate: 45 Afghanis per US$1 (official); 81.79 Afghanis per
US$1 (August 1972)
Fiscal year: 21 March - 20 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 6 mi. (single track) 5'0"-gage, government-owned spur of Soviet line
Highways: 10,740 mi.; 420 mi. concrete, 980 mi. bituminous surfaced, 2,100 mi.
gravel, 3,630 mi. improved earth, and 3,610 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: total navigability 760 mi.; steamers use Amu Darya
Ports: only minor river ports
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 72 total, 42 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 10 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: limited telephone, telegraph, and radiobroadcast services,
barely sufficient to meet civil and military requirements; 13,967 telephones;
est. 400,000 radio receivers; no TV receivers; 1 AM, no FM, no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 4.7 million; 2.5 million fit for military
service; about 165,000 reach military age (22) annually
Supply: dependent on foreign sources, almost exclusively the U.S.S.R.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1972, $36.8 million; 20.3%
of total budget
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ALBANIA
LAND:
11,100 sq. mi.; 19% arable, 24% other agricultural, 43%
forested, 14% other
Land boundaries: 445 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 225 mi. (including Sazan Island)
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,288,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 96% Albanian, remaining 4% are Greeks,
Vlachs, Gypsies, and Bulgarians
Religion: 70% Muslim, 20% Albanian Orthodox, 10%
prohibited; Albania claims to be the world's
Language: Albanian, Greek
Literacy: about 70%; no reliable current statistics
greatly improved
Labor force: 911,000 (1969); 60.5% agriculture,
nonagricultural
Roman Catholic (observances
first atheist state)
available, but probably
17.9% industry, 21.6% other
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: People's Republic of Albania
Type: Communist state
Capital: Tirane
Political subdivisons: 27 rethet (districts), including capital, 200 localities,
2,600 villages
Legal system: based on Soviet law; constitution adopted 1950; judicial review
of legislative acts only in the Presidium of the People's Assembly, which
is not a true court; legal education at State University of Tirane; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: People's Assembly, Council of Ministers, judiciary
Government leaders: Chairman of Council of Ministers, Mehmet Shehu; President,
Presidium of the People's Assembly, Haxhi Lleshi
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18
Elections: national elections theoretically held every 4 years; last elections
September 1970
Political parties and leaders: Albanian Workers Party only; First Secretary,
Enver Hoxha
Voting strength (1970 election); 99.9% Communist
Communists: 75,637 party members (1970)
Member of: CEMA, IAEA, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO; has not participated
in CEMA since rift with U.S.S.R. in 1961; officially withdrew from Warsaw
Pact 13 September 1968
ECONOMY:
GNP: $0.84 billion in 1970 (at 1970 prices), $390 per capita
Agriculture: food deficit area; main crops -- corn, wheat, tobacco, sugar beets,
cotton; food shortages -- wheat; caloric intake, 2,100 calories per day per
capita (1961/62)
Major industries: agricultural processing, textiles and clothing, lumber, and
extractive industries
Shortages: spare parts, machinery and equipment, wheat
Exports: $80 million (1969 est.); 1964 trade -- 55% minerals, metals, fuels;
17% agricultural materials (except foods); 23% foodstuffs (including
cigarettes); 5% consumer goods
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Imports: $143 million (1969 est.); 1964 trade -- 50% machinery, equipment, and
spare parts; 16% minerals, metals, fuels, construction materials; 7%
fertilizers, other chemicals, rubber; 4% agricultural materials (except
foodstuffs); 16% foodstuffs; 7% consumer goods
Monetary conversion rate: 5 leks=US$1 (commercial); 12.5 leks=US$1 (noncommercial)
Fiscal year: same as calendar year; economic data reported for calendar years
except for caloric intake, which is reported for consumption year
1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 127 mi. standard gage, single track; government owned (1972)
Highways: 3,100 mi.; 300 mi. paved, 1,200 mi. crushed stone and/or gravel, 1,600
mi. improved or unimproved earth (1972)
Inland waterways: 27 mi. plus Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid,
and Lake Prespa (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- 3.0 million short tons, 123.3 million short ton/mi. (1971);
highways -- 42.9 million short tons, 616.5 million short ton/mi. (1970)
Ports: 2 major (Durres, Vlore), 2 minor (1972) (C)
Merchant marine: 11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 53,000 GRT, 72,700
DWT, includes 8 cargo, 3 bulk
Pipelines: crude oil, 110 mi.
Civil air: no major transport aircraft (1972)
Airfields: 11 total; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways 8,000-
11,999 ft., 5 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 542,000; 448,000 fit for military service; 25,000
reach military age (19) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 588,000,000 leks;
about 8.7% of total budget
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ALGERIA
LAND:
950,000 sq. mi.; 3% cultivated, 16% pasture and meadows,
1% forested, 80% desert, waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 3,890 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 735 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 15,455,000, average annual growth rate 3.1%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 99% Arab-Berbers, less than 1% Europeans
Religion: 99% Muslim, 1% Christian and Hebrew
Language: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Literacy: 25% (5% Arabic, 9% French, 11% both)
Labor force: 2.8 million; 47% agriculture, 8% industry, 24% other (military,
police, civil service, transportation workers, teachers, merchants,
construction workers); 40% of urban labor unemployed
Organized labor: 17% of labor force claimed; General Union of Algerian
Workers (UGTA) is the only labor organization and is subordinate to the
National Liberation Front
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Type: republic
Capital: Algiers
Political subdivisions: 15 Wilayas (departments or provinces)
Legal system: based on French and Islamic law, with socialist principles;
constitution adopted by referendum 1963 but suspended since June 1965;
judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed
of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; Supreme
Court divided into 4 chambers; legal education at Universities of Algiers,
Oran and Constantine; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive dominant, unicameral legislature has not met since June
1965 coup d'etat but was never formally suspended, judiciary
Government leader: Houari Boumediene, President of Council of the Revolution
and President of the Council of Ministers, overthrew elected President
Ahmed Ben Bella 19 June 1965
Suffrage: universal over age 19
Elections: presidential 15 September 1963; departmental assemblies 25 May 1969;
local councils 14 February 1971
Political parties and leaders: National Liberation Front (FLN), Ahmed Kaid
Voting strength (1963 election): 100% ELM
Communists: 400 (est.); Communist Party illegal (banned 1962)
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, OAU,
OPEC, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $5.0 billion (est. 1971), $350 per capita; real average annual increase
since 1968, 8%
Agriculture: main crops -- wheat, barley, wine, citrus fruits
Major industries: petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining, petrochemical
and steel plants under construction
Electric power: 1,230,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.9 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 125 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $996 million (f.o.b., 1970); crude petroleum 66%, other items -- wine,
citrus fruit, iron ore, vegetables; 54% of exports to France (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Imports: $1,241 million (c.i.f., 1970); major items capital goods, foodstuffs,
textiles; 42% from France (1970)
Monetary conversion rate: 4.547 dinars=USS1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,414 mi.; 1,660 mi. standard gage, 663 mi. 3'5 9/16" gage, 91 mi.
meter gage; 188 mi. electrified; 120 mi. double track
Highways: 40,600 mi., of which 17,000 mi. are concrete ors bituminous and the
remainder gravel or crushed stone
Ports: 9 major, 8 minor
Merchant marine: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 124,000 GRT, 150,900 DWT;
includes 5 cargo, 1 tanker, 3 bulk, 4 specialized carriers
Pipelines: crude oil, 2,250 mi.; refined products, 180 mi.; natural gas, 1,420 mi.
Civil air: 22 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 249 total, 196 usable; 56 with permanent-surface runways; 19 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 113 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: adequate domestic and international facilities in the north,
primarily radio communications in the desert; 182,000 telephones; 1,150,000
radio receivers; 250,000 TV receivers; 16 AM and 13 TV stations; 3 submarine
cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,645,000; 2,090,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (19) annually 135,000
Supply: dependent on foreign sources; in the past on France and to a small
extent on a number of non-Communist countries and China; materiel (including
modern heavy weapons; surface-to-air, air-to-air, and naval missiles; aircraft,
and naval ships) from the U.S.S.R. now predominant
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $108,200,000;
approximately 5.5% of national budget
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180 sq. mi.
Land boundaries: 65 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 26,000, average annual growth rate 9.8%
(FY62-69)
Ethnic divisions: Catalan stock; 30% Andorrans, 61%
Spanish, 6% French, 3% other
Religion: virtually all Roman Catholic
Language: Catalan, many also speak some French and
Castilian
Labor force: unorganized; largely shepherds and farmers
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: The Valleys of Andorra
Capital: Andorra
Political subdivisions: 6 districts -- Andorra la Vella, Sant Julia de Loria,
Encamp, Canillo, La Massana, and Ordino
Type: unique coprincipality under formal sovereignty of President of France and
Spanish Bishop of Seo de Urgel, who are represented by veguers
Legal system: based on French and Spanish civil codes; Plan of Reform adopted
1866 serves as constitution; no judicial review of legislative acts; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: legislature (General Council) of 24 members with one-half elected
every 2 years for 4-year term; executive -- syndic and a deputy sub-syndic
chosen by General Council for 3-year terms; judiciary chosen by coprinces
who appoint 2 civil judges, a judge of appeals, and 2 Batles (court
prosecutors)
Suffrage: males of 21 or over who are third generation Andorrans vote for
General Council members; same right granted to women in April 1970
Elections: half of General Council chosen every 2 years, last election December
1971
Political parties and leaders: no political parties but only partisans for
particular independent candidates for the General Council, on the basis of
competence, personality and orientation toward Spain or France
Communists: none known
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: sheep raising; small quantities of tobacco, nye, wheat, barley,
oats, and some vegetables (only 25% of land can be used for agriculture)
Major industries: tourism ($1 million annually), one cigarette factory (annual
output $1 million), handicrafts, smuggling (tobacco to France; manufactured
items, including automobiles and cameras, to Spain)
Shortages: food
Electric power: 25,000 kw. capacity (1971); 95 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
380 kw.-hr. per capita; power is mainly exported to Spain and France
Major trade partners: Spain, France
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: about 60 mi.
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: none
Telecommunications: international circuits to Spain and France; 2 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV
station; about 1,700 telephones; 8,000 radio receivers, 2,800 TV receivers
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DEFENSE FORCES:
Andorra has no defense forces; Spain and France are responsible for protection
as needed
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LAND:
481,000 sq. mi.; 1% cultivated, 44% forested, 22% meadows
and pastures, 33% other (including fallow)
Land boundaries: 3,150 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi. (navy)
(fishing 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 1,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,861,000, average annual growth rate 1.6%
(December 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 93.6% African, 5% Europeans, 1.4% mulatto (1960)
Religion: about 84% animist, 12% Roman Catholic, 4% Protestant
Language: Portuguese (official), many native dialects
Literacy: 10%-15%
Labor force: 2.6 million economically active (1964); 531,000 wage workers
Organized labor: approx. 65,000 (1967)
(1967)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Angola
Type: overseas state of Portugal
Capital: Luanda
Political subdivisions: 16 administrative districts including the coastal
exclave of Cabinda
Legal system: Portuguese civil codes and customary law; legal education
obtained in Portugal
Branches: Governor General appointed by Ministry of Overseas in Lisbon is
executive officer responsible for internal administration; he also has
prescribed legislative functions which he shares with Legislative Council
of elected and nominated members; all action in state may be vetoed by
Minister of Overseas; independent judiciary
Government leader: Governor General Fernado Santos e Castro
Suffrage: all adults able to read and write Portuguese and in full possession
of political and civil rights
Political parties and leaders: only legal group is Portuguese National Popular
Action (ANP), formerly the National Union (UN), headed by Gustavo Neto
Miranda
Other political or pressure groups: principal opposition groups which are
carrying out insurgency are Revolutionary Government of Angola in exile
(GRAE), led by Holden Roberto; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
(MPLA), led by Agostinho Neto; and National Union for the Total Independence
of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas Savimbi
Communists: none known
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1.2 billion (1970 est.), about $220 per capita
Agriculture: cash crops -- coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, sugar, manioc, and
tobacco; food crops -- cassava, corn, vegetables, plantains, bananas, and
other local foodstuffs; largely self-sufficient in food
Fishing: catch 368,000 metric tons, $8.4 million (1970); exports $19 million;
imports $4.1 million (1970)
Major industries: mining (oil, iron, diamonds), fish processing, brewing, tobacco,
sugar processing, cement, food processing plants, building construction
Electric power: 433,000 kw. capacity (1971); 694 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 125 kw.-hr. per capita
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Exports: $441 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee (50%), oil, diamonds, sisal, fish
and fish products, iron ore, oil, timber, and corn
Imports: $447 million (c.i.f., 1971); capital equipment (machinery and electrical
equipment), wines, bulk iron and ironwork, steel and metals, vehicles and
spare parts, textiles and clothing, medicines
Major trade partners: main partner Portugal, followed by West Germany, U.S.,
U.K., Japan
Aid: Portugal only donor
Monetary conversion rate: 27.25 escudos=US$1 (approximate realigned rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,918 mi.; 1,724 mi. 3'6" gage, 194 mi. 111 5/8" gage
Highways: 45,000 mi.; 3,260 mi. bituminous-surface treatment, 1,000 mi. crushed
stone or gravel, 25,000 mi. earth
Inland waterways: 2,000 mi. navigable
Ports: 3 major
Pipelines: crude oil, 111 mi.
Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 455 total, 395 usable; 19 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 5 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 56 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: simple network of low-capacity open-wire and radio-relay
facilities; 25,300 telephones; 100,000 radio receivers; 21 AM, 7 FM, and no
TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,453,000, fit for military service, 725,000;
average number reaching military age (20) annually about 60,000
Defense is responsibility of Portugal
Supply: dependent on Portugal
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972 $82.7 million; about
18.2% of total budget
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LAND:
108 sq. mi.; 54% arable, 5% pasture, 14% forested,
9% unused but potentially productive, 18% wasteland
and built on
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 95 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 75,000, average annual growth rate 2.6%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: almost entirely African Negro
Religion: Church of England (predominant), other Protestant
Roman Catholic
Language: English
Literacy: about 80%
Organized labor: 18,000
sects and some
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Antigua
Type: dependent territory with full internal autonomy as a British "Associated
State"
Capital: St. Johns
Political subdivisions: 6 parishes, 2 dependencies (Barbuda, Redonda)
Legal system: based on English law; British Caribbean Court of Appeal has
exclusive original jurisdiction and an appellate jurisdiction, consists of
Chief Justice and 5 justices
Branches: legislative, 21-member popularly elected House of Representatives;
executive, prime minister and cabinet
Government leaders: Prime Minister George Herbert Walter; Governor Wilfred
Ebenezer Jacobs
Suffrage: universal suffrage age 21 and over
Elections: every 5 years; last general election 11 February 1971; last by-election
August 1968
Political parties and leaders: Antigua Labor Party (ALP), Vere C. Bird;
Progressive Labor Movement (PLM), George Herbert Walter; Antigua People's
Party (APP), J. Rowan Henry
Voting strength: 1971 election -- House of Representative seats -- ALP 4, PLM 13
Communists: none known
Member of: CARIFTA
ECONOMY:
GDP: $27.2 million (at factor cost, 1967 est.), $470 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- sugar, cotton
Major industries: sugar processing, tourism
Shortages: electric power
Electric power: 22,440 kw. capacity (1971); 45 million kw.-hr. produced (1971
est.), 540 kw.-hr. (est.) per capita
Exports: $2.9 million (f.o.b., 1967); sugar, molasses, cotton
Imports: $22.2 million (c.i.f., 1967); food, clothing, oil, wood
Major trade partners: U.K. 30%, U.S. 25%, Commonwealth Caribbean countries
18% (1966)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1 (6 October 1971)
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Railroads: 49 mi. narrow gage (2'6"), employed almost exclusively for handling cane
Highways: 235 mi.; 150 mi. main, 85 mi. secondary
Ports: 1 major, 1 minor
Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 3 total, 1 usable; 1 with asphalt runway 9,000 ft.; 1 seaplane
station
Telecommunications: automatic telephone system; 2,800 telephones; tropospheric
scatter links with Tortola and St. Lucia; 20,000 radio receivers, 8,500 TV
sets; 2 AM and 1 TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables
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LAND:
1,070,000 sq. mi.; 57% agricultural (11% crops, improved
pasture and fallow, 46% natural grazing land), 25%
forested, 18% mountain, urban, or waste
Land boundaries: 5,850 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 3,100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 24,193,000, average annual growth rate 1.6%
(September 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: approximately 85% white, 15% mestizo, Indian, or other
nonwhite groups
Religion: 90% nominally Roman Catholic (less than 20% practicing), 2%
Protestant, 2% Jewish, 6% other
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 85% (90% in Buenos Aires)
Labor force: 9.5 million; 19% agriculture, 25% manufacturing, 20% services,
11% commerce, 6% transport and communications, 19% other
Organized labor: 25% of labor force (est.)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Argentine Republic
Type: republic; military regime in control since coup in June 1966
Capital: Buenos Aires
Political subdivisions: 22 provinces, 1 district (Federal Capital), and 1
territory
Legal system: based on Spanish and French civil codes; constitution adopted
1853 partially superseded in 1966 by the Statute of the Revolution which
takes precedence over the constitution when the two are in conflict;
judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at University of
Buenos Aires and other public and private universities; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: presidency; national judiciary; legislature dismissed after June
1966 coup
Government leader: Gen. Alejandro Lanusse; Lanusse will probably remain in
presidency until transfer of power to elected government on 25 May
Suffrage: universal and compulsory age 18 and over
Elections: general elections scheduled for 11 March 1973; runoff presidential
election will be 8 April if necessary
Political parties: Justicialistas, the official Peronist party; Radical Civic
Union, moderate leftist and nationalist, Ricardo Balbin; Movement of
Integration and Development (MID), small left of center party, former
President Frondizi; New Force, conservative business party, organized by
Alvaro Alsogaray for the 1973 elections; Intransigent Party, formerly the
Intransigent Radicals (UCRI), small nationalist party, Oscar Alende; Union
Popular, neo-Peronist or Peronism without Peron, generally more moderate
than orthodox Peronism, Rodolfo Tecera del Franco; Popular Conservative
Party, not conservative but a member of Peron's Civic Front, Vicente Solano
Lima; smaller parties include the Revolutionary Christian Party and the
Popular Christian party (both are factions of the Christian Democratic
Party), the Progressive Democrats, the Socialist Party, and the Democratic
Socialist Party; several provincial parties not organized on a national basis
Voting strength: the old political groupings probably continue to command the
loyalty of the populace according to the following figures (est.) -- Peronists
(of all types), 35%; Radicals (former People's Radical Civic Union, UCRP),
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25%; Conservatives (former National Federation of Centrist Parties), 5%; minor
parties, 10%; nonaligned, 25%
Communists: some 60,000 members in various party organizations, including a small
nucleus of activists
Other political or pressure groups: Argentine armed forces, Peronist-dominated
labor movement, The Hour of the People (loose grouping of moderate politicians
with various party affiliations), National Meeting of the Argentines (loose
grouping of Communist and leftist politicians), General Economic Confederation
(Peronist-leaning association of small businessmen) Argentine Industrial Union
(manufacturers' association), Argentine Rural Society (large landowners'
association), business organizations, students, and the Catholic Church
Member of: FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, LAFTA,
OAS, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $32.4 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $1,370 per capita;
68% private consumption, 12% public consumption, 18% gross domestic investment,
2% net foreign balance (1968); real growth rate 1971, 3.8%
Agriculture: main products -- cereals, oilseeds, livestock products; Argentina
is a major world exporter of temperate zone foodstuffs
Fishing: catch 214,800 metric tons, $20.2 million; exports $1,158,000, imports
$3,659,000 (1970)
Major industries: food processing (especially meatpacking), motor vehicles,
consumer durables, textiles, chemicals, printing, and metallurgy
Crude steel: 1.91 million metric tons produced (1971); 80 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 6,650,000 kw. capacity (1971); 22.8 billion kw.-hr.
produced (1971), 940 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,740.4 million (f.o.b., 1971) -- meat, wheat, corn, wool, hides, oil-
seeds
Imports: $1,887.6 million (c.i.f., 1971) -- machinery, fuel and lubricating oils,
iron and steel, intermediate industrial products
Major trade partners: exports -- EC 37%, LAFTA 25%, U.S. 11%, U.K. 8%;
imports -- EC 24%, LAFTA 24%, U.S. 23%, U.K. 7%
Aid: economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71), $803.0 million in loans; $18.0
million in grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $1,109.8
million; from other Western countries (1960-66), $315.5 million; from
Communist countries (1954-71) $56 million (drawn, $41.0 million);
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY46-71), $152.2 million
Monetary conversion rate: commercial -- 5.00 pesos = US$1; financial -- floating
(9.95 pesos = US$1 July 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 25,000 mi.; 2,000 mi. standard gage (4'8 1/2"), 13,750 mi. broad
gage (5'6") 8,750 mi. meter gage (3'3 3/8"), 500 mi. 2'5 1/2" gage;
about 1,035 mi. double and multiple track; 76 mi. electrified
Highways: 125.000 mi., of which 21,000 mi. paved, 17,000 mi. gravel, 41,000
mi. improved earth, and 46,000 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 6,800 navigable mi.
Ports: 7 major, 21 minor
Merchant marine: 177 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240,500 GRT,
1,677,100 DWT; includes 6 passenger, 94 cargo, 59 tanker, AO bulk;
8 specialized carriers; includes 2 naval tankers and 3 naval combination
cargo-transport ships sometimes used commercially
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,960 mi.; refined products, 1,370 mi.; natural
gas, 4,060 mi.
Civil air: 58 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 2,525 total, 1,874 usable; 71 with permanent-surface runways;
1 with runway over 12,000 ft., 20 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 254 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 10 seaplane stations
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Telecommunications: foremost in telecom facilities in South America; improving
telephone network has 1.85 million sets, radio relay widely used, 2
communications satellite ground stations; estimated 6.5 million radio receivers
and 3.5 million TV sets; 120 AM, 6 FM, and 49 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 6,179,000; 4,575,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (20) annually about 210,000
Supply: produces some weapons, ammunition, and motor transport; past
dependence upon U.S., Canada, and Western Europe being shifted almost
exclusively to Europe
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972,
$580,000,000 about 15% of total central government budget
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32,400 sq. mi.; 20% cultivated, 27% meadows and pastures,
14% waste or urban, 38% forested, 1% inland water
Land boundaries: 1,605 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 7,475,000, average annual growth rate 0.2%
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: 98.1% German, .7% Croatian, .3% Slovene,
.9% other
Religion: 85% Roman Catholic, 7% Protestant, 8% none or
other
Language: German
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: 3,248,000 (of which 828,200 are self-employed); 18% agriculture
and forestry, 49% industry and crafts, 18% trade and communications, 7%
professions, 6% public service, 2% other; 2.4% registered unemployed; an
estimated 200,000 Austrians are employed in other European countries;
foreign labor about 75,000 (1970)
Organized labor: about 2/3 of wage and salary workers (1971)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Austria
Type: federal republic
Capital: Vienna
Political subdivisions: 9 states (Laender) including the capital
Legal system: civil law system with Roman law origin; constitution adopted 1920,
repromulgated in 1945; judicial review of legislative acts by a Constitutional
Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; legal education
at Universities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Linz; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: bicameral Parliament, directly elected President whose functions are
largely representational, independent federal judiciary
Government leaders: Chancellor Bruno Kreisky; President Franz Jonas
Suffrage: universal over age 19; compulsory for presidential elections
Elections: presidential, every 6 years (next 1977); parliamentary, every 4
years (next 1975)
Political parties and leaders: Socialist Party of Austria (SP0e), Bruno Kreisky,
Chairman; Austrian People's Party (0eVP), Karl Schleinzer, Chairman; Liberal
Party (FP0e), Friedrich Peter, Chairman; Communist Party, Franz Muhri,
Chairman
Voting strength (1971 election): 50.2% SP0e, 43.0% OeVP, 5.4% FP0e, 0.4% dissident
Socialist, 1.4% Communist
Communists: membership 26,000; activists 7,000-8,000; 60,705 votes in 1971 election
Member of: Council of Europe, ECE, EFTA, IAEA, ICAO, OECD, Seabeds Committee, U.N.,
UNESCO, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $17.8 billion (1971), $2,400 per capita; 56.1% consumption, 29.3% investment,
14.4% government, 0.2% net foreign balance (1970); 1971 growth rate 5.2% 1964
constant prices
Agriculture: livestock, cereals, potatoes, sugar beets; 84% self-sufficient;
caloric intake 2,920 calories per day per capita (1967-68)
Fishing: catch 4,000 metric tons, $3,846,000 (1968); exports $847,000 (1970),
imports $28,711,000 (1970)
Major industries: foods, iron and steel, machinery, textiles, chemicals,
electrical, paper and pulp
Crude steel: 4.1 million metric tons produced (1970), 550 kilograms per capita
(1970)
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ECONOMY ( cont d) :
Electric power: 8,177,000 kw. capacity (1971); 28,755 million kw.-hr produced
(1971), 3,847 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3.39 billion (f.o.b., 1971); iron and steel products, machinery and
equipment, lumber, textiles and clothing, paper products, chemicals
Imports: $4.48 billion (c.i.f., 1971); machinery and equipment, chemicals,
textiles, coal, petroleum, foodstuffs
Major trade partners: (1971) West Germany 33%, Italy 8%, Switzerland 9%,
U.K. 7%, U.S. 4%; EC 48%; EFTA 22%; Communist countries 10%
Aid:
economic -- received - U.S. $1,188.2 million through FY71; IBRD $104.9
million, none since FY62;
military -- U.S., $144.6 million (FY52-71); net official economic aid to
less developed areas and multilateral agencies -- $189 million (FY60-70),
$24.2 million in FY70
Monetary conversion rate: 23.30 shillings=US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 4,073 mi.; 3,673 mi. government owned; 3,373 mi standard gage of which
1,408 mi. electrified and 833 mi. double tracked; 300 mi. narrow gage (2'6")
of which 57 mi. electrified; 400 mi. privately owned; 229 mi. standard gage
of which 109 mi. electrified; 171 narrow gage (2'6" and 313 3/8") of which
55 nri. electrified
Highways: 20,356 mi. total; 6,056 mi. Federal (5,656 mi. bituminous, concrete,
stone block, 400 mi. crushed stone, gravel, improved earth); 14,290 mi.
Provincial (4,340 mi. bituminous, concrete, stone block, 9,950 mi. crushed
stone, gravel, improved earth); additionally about 38,000 mi. of comunal
roads, mostly of gravel, crushed stone, and improved earth
Inland waterways: 267 mi.; carries 5% freight, 6% passengers
Ports: 3 major
Merchant marine: 16 ships (1000 GRT or over) totaling 75,700 GRT, 110,500 DWT;
includes 14 cargo, 1 bulk, 1 specialized carrier
Pipelines: crude oil, 430 mi.; natural gas, 775 mi.
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 64 total, 12 usable; 53 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with run-
ways 8,000-11,999 ft., 9 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: highly developed and efficient; excellent national and
international services; extensive TV and radiobroadcast systems with 100 AM,
68 FM, and 195 TV stations; 1.59 million telephones; 2.48 million radio
receivers; 1.65 million television receivers
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,679,000;
average number reaching military age (1
Supply: produces some small arms and ammuni
current sources of other items are the
and the Communist countries
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31
3.9% of the federal budget and 1.2% of
1,350,000 fit for military service;
9) annually about 52,000
tion, trucks, and tank destroyers;
U.S., Western Europe, Sweden,
December 1972, $198.4 million; about
GNP
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LAND:
4,400 sq. mi.; 1% cultivated, 29% forested, 70% built
on, wasteland, and other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 2,200 mi. (New Providence Is. 47 mi.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 195,000, average annual growth rate 4%
(November 63-April 70)
Ethnic divisions: 80% Negro, 10% white, 10% mixed
Religion: mainly Church of England; some Protestant,
Roman Catholic
Language: English
Labor force: 60,000 (1963); 25% organized
Greek Orthodox, and
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands
Type: British dependent territory with full internal autonomy under U.K. rule
Capital: Nassau (New Providence Island)
Legal system: based on English law
Branches: Governor (appointed by Queen); bicameral legislature (appointed
Senate, elected House); Executive (Prime Minister and cabinet); judiciary
Government leaders: Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling; Governor Sir John
Warburton Paul
Elections: House of Assembly (9 September 1972)
Political parties and leaders: Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), predominantly
Negro, Lynden O. Pindling; Free National Movement (FNM) formed by a merger
of United Bahamian Party (UBP) and Free Progressive Liberal Party (Free PLP),
Cecil Wallace Whitfield
Voting strength (1972 election): PLP 30 seats, FNM 8 seats
Communists: none known
ECONOMY:
GNP: not available
Agriculture: main crops -- fruits, vegetables
Major industries: tourism, cement, oil refining, lumber, salt production
Electric power: 177,200 kw. capacity (1971); 537.0 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 3,055 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $246 million (f.o.b., 1971); fuel oil, cement, rum, pulpwood, fruits,
and vegetables
Imports: $515.6 million (c.i.f., 1971); foodstuffs, manufactured goods, crude oil
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 68%, U.K. 7%, Canada 6%; imports -- U.S.
54%, U.K. 14%, Italy 7%, Canada 4%, other 21% (1970)
Aid: economic -- authorizations from U.S. (FY56-70) -- $21.7 million in loans,
$0.3 million in grants
Monetary conversion rate: 0.97 Behamian dollars (BS)=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 555 mi.; 380 mi. paved, 100 mi. gravel, 20 mi. improved earth; 55 mi.
unimproved earth
Ports: 5 major, 9 minor
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont d) :
Airfields: 58 total, 52 usable; 21 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 23 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 4 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: telecom facilities highly developed, including 45,000
telephones in totally automatic system; tropospheric scatter link with
Florida; 90,000 radio receivers and 25,000 TV sets, 1 AM and 2 FM stations;
2 special coaxial submarine cables
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BAHRAIN
LAND:
230 sq. mi. plus group of smaller islands; 5% cultivated,
negligible forested area, remainder desert, waste,
or urban
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 228,000, average annual growth rate 2.9%
(February 65-April 71)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Arab, 7% Iranian, Pakistani, and
Indian, 3% other
Religion: Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: about 30% (1965)
Labor force: 53,274 (1965)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Bahrain
Type: traditional monarchy; independence declared in 1?71
Capital: Al Manamah
Legal system: based on Islamic law and English common law
Government leader: Amir 'Isa ibn Salman Al-Khalifah
Political parties and pressure groups: political parties prohibited; no significant
pressure groups although numerous small clandestine groups are active
Communists: few known
Member of: Arab League, U.N.
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: produces dates, alfalfa, vegetables; dairy and poultry farming;
fishing; not self-sufficient in food
Major industries: petroleum refining, boatbuilding, shrimp fishing, and
sailmaking on a small scale; major development projects include aluminum
smelter, flourmill, and ISA town
Electric power: 108,000 kw. capacity (1970); 270 million kw.-hr. produced (1970),
1,250 kw.-hr. per capita
Imports: $241 million (1972)
Major trade partners: U.K., Japan, U.S., EC
Aid: economic -- multilateral Western $360,000 (annual average 1967-69)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Bahrain dinar=US$2.27 (as of March 1972)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: 120 mi. bituminous surfaced; undetermined mileage of natural surface
tracks
Ports: 1 major
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) of 1,600 GRT, 2,600 DWT
Pipelines: crude oil, 35 mi.; refined products, 10 mi.; natural gas, 20 mi.
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft (all registered in the U.K.)
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Airfields: 5 total, 3 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway over
12,000 ft; 1 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: excel lent international radiocommuni cations ; limited
domestic services; 11,600 telephones; 57,000 radio receivers; 10,000 TV sets;
1 AM radiobroadcast station; satellite earth station; tropospheric scatter
Bahrain-Qatar
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 60,000; fit for military service 33,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1971; $3,490,000, 6.9% of total
budget
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LAND:
55,000 sq. mi.; 79% arable (including cultivated and
fallow), 5% waste or urban, 16% forested
Land boundaries: 1,575 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 360 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 63,590,000*, average annual growth rate 1.9%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: predominantly
million "Biharis" and fewer
Religion: about 83% Muslim, 16%
Language: Bengali
Literacy: about 20%
Labor force: about 24 million;
over 80% of labor force is in agriculture
Bengali; fewer than 1
than 1 million tribals
Hindu; less than 1% Buddhist
and other
majority are unemployed or underemployed;
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Type: independent republic since December 1971
Capital: Dacca
Political subdivisions: 19 districts, 413 thanas (counties), 4,053 unions (village
groupings)
Legal system: based on English common law
Government leader: Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: new national legislature to be elected in February or March 1973
Political parties and leaders: Awami League, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President;
National Awami Party (Left), Maulana Bhashani, President; National Awami
Party (Right), Muzaffar Ahmed, President; Communist Party of Bangladesh,
Moni Singh, Chairman, and Abdus Salam, General Secretary; East Bengal
Communist Party, Abdul Matin, leader; Communist Party of Bangladesh (Leninist),
Amal Sen, General Secretary; East Bengal Communist Party (Marxist/Leninist),
Mohammad Toaha, leader; Bangla Communist Party, Devan Sidkar, leader; other
small radical leftist groups
Communists: no information available on membership or degree of popular support
Other political or pressure groups: student groups, bands of former guerrillas
Member of: Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, Commonwealth, IBRD, IDA,
IMF, ILO, IPU, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $5.8 billion (FY70), less than $100 per capita; real growth (FY70) 5.8%
Agriculture: largely subsistence farming, heavily dependent on monsoon rainfall;
main crops are jute and rice; shortages -- rice, wheat, and cotton
Fishing: catch 273 thousand tons, $115 million (estimate, 1969)
Major industries: jute manufactures, food processing and cotton textiles
Electric power: 680,000 kw. capacity (1972); 1.2 billion kw.-hr. produced (1972),
19 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $359 million (f.o.b., FY71); raw and manufactured jute, tea, paper and
paperboard, hides and skins
Imports: $505 million (c.i.f. FY71); chemicals, machinery and other manufactured
products, transport equipment, foodgrains, fuels, oils and fats
*Does not take account of refugees who entered India from Bangladesh during 1971, most
of whom presumably have returned.
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Major trade partners: West Pakistan (until December 1971), U.S., U.K., Japan,
India (since December 1971)
Aid: Bangladesh received roughly one-third of the estimated $8 billion in total
economic aid received by Pakistan between 1950 and 1971; the U.S. was by
far the largest contributor
Monetary conversion rate: 7.5 takas=US$1 (effective September 1972)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,732 mi.; 1,158 mi. meter gage, 554 mi. broad gage, 20 mi. narrow
gage; 87 mi. double track; government owned
Highways: 28,350 mi.; 2,450 mi. paved; 1,750 mi. gravel, 24,150 mi. earth
Inland waterways: 4,600 mi.; river steamers navigate main waterways
Ports: 1 major; 50 minor
Merchant marine: 5 cargo ships (1000 GRT or over) totaling 14,100 GRT, 17,800 DWT
Airfields: 61 total, 19 usable; 18 with permanent surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 8 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 15,340,000; 8,240,000 fit for military service
Ships: unknown
Supply: military supplies consist of those captured from West Pakistani forces
and materiel provided by India
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1973, $52,980,130; about 5.4% of
the central government budget
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LAND:
166 sq. mi.; 60% cropped, 10% permanent meadows, 30% built
on, waste, other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 60 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 236,000 (official estimate for 1 July 1971)
Ethnic divisions: 80% African, 15% mixed, 5% European
Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Moravian
Language: English
Literacy: over 90%
Labor force: 60,000 wage and salary earners
Organized labor: 19,300 (32%)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Barbados
Type: independent state since November 1966, recognizing Elizabeth II as chief
of state
Capital: Bridgetown
Political subdivisions: 11 parishes
Legal system: English common law; constitution came into effect upon
independence in 1966; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: legislature consisting of a 21-member appointed Senate and a
24-member elected House of Assembly; cabinet headed by Prime Minister
Government leader: Prime Minister Errol Barrow
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: House of Assembly members have terms no longer than 5 years;
last general election held 9 September 1971
Political parties and leaders: Democratic Labor Party (DLP), Errol Barrow;
Barbados Labor Party (BLP), H. Bernard St. John, J. M. G. "Tom" Adams
Voting strength (1971 election): Democratic Labor Party (DLP), 57.5%; Barbados
Labor Party, 42.5%; Independent, negligible; House of Assembly seats -- DLP
18, BLP 6
Communists: none
Other political or pressure groups: People's Progressive Movement (PPM), a
small black-nationalist group led by Calvin Alleyne
Member of: CARIFTA, Commonwealth, ICAO, IMF, OAS, Seabeds Committee (observer),
U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: $160.7 million (1971), $620 per capita; real growth rate 1970, 0.0% (est.)
Agriculture: main products -- sugar, subsistence foods
Major industries: tourism, sugar milling, manufacturing, edible oils and fats
Electric power: 48,000 kw. capacity (1971); 150 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 580 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $39.6 million (f.o.b., 1971); sugar, molasses, rum
Imports: $134.7 million (c.i.f., 1971); foodstuffs, lumber, machinery, manufactured
goods
Major trade partners: exports -- U.K. 32%, U.S. 13%, CARIFTA 27%, other 22%;
imports -- U.K. 30%, U.S. 18%, Canada 10%, CARIFTA 12%, other 27%
Aid: economic -- U.S. (FY67-70), $0.7 million in grants; from international
organizations (FY63-70), $0.8 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 950 mi.; 800 mi. paved, 100 mi. gravel, 50 mi. improved earth
Ports: 1 major, 3 minor
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 1 with permanent-surface runway 8,000-11,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: islandwide automatic telephone system with 33,000
telephones; key international traffic transit center for Caribbean area;
tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad; VHF links to St. Vincent and St. Lucia;
96,000 radio and 22,000 TV sets, 2 AM, 1 FM, and 1 TV stations; 1 telegraph
submarine cable; communications satellite earth station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 48,000; 35,000 fit for military service; average
number reaching military age, (18) annually, 3,000; no conscription
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BELGIUM
LAND:
11,800 sq. mi.; 28% cultivated, 24% meadow and pasture,
28% waste, urban, or other; 20% forested
Land boundaries: 856 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 40 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 9,710,000, average annual growth rate 0.3%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 55% Flemings, 33% Walloons, 12% mixed or other
Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, 3% none or other
Language: French, Flemish (Dutch); divided along ethnic lines
Literacy: 97%
Labor force: 3.9 million; approximately 95% is found in the following sectors:
32% manufacturing, 24% services, 16% commerce, banking, and insurance, 8%
construction, 7% transportation and communication, 5% agriculture, forestry,
and fishing, 1.5% mining, .8% public utilities and sanitary services; 3%
unemployed
Organized labor: 48% of labor force (1969)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Belgium
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Brussels
Political subdivisions: 9 provinces
Legal system: civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory;
constitution adopted 1831, since amended; judicial review of legislative
acts; legal education at 4 law schools; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations
Branches: executive branch consists of King and cabinet; cabinet responsible to
bicameral parliament; independent judiciary; coalition governments are usual
Government leader: Head of State, King Baudouin; Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections. held 7 November 1971 (held at least once every 4 years)
Political parties and leaders: Social Christian, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb and
Wilfred Marteus, co-presidents; Socialist, Edmund LeBurton and Joris Van
Eynde, co-presidents; Liberty and Progress, Senator P. Descamps, party
president; Francophone Democratic Front-Walloon Rally (Walloon nationalist),
Jean Duvieusart, party president; Volksunie (Flemish Nationalist), Wim
Jorrisen, party president; Communist, Marc Drumeaux, president of political
bureau
Voting strength (1971 election): 67 seats Social Christian, 61 seats Socialist,
34 seats Liberty and Progress, 21 seats Volksunie, 21 seats Francophone
Democratic Front-Walloon Rally, 5 seats Communist
Communists: 12,000 members; pro-Peking splinter groups, 400
Member of: Benelux, BLEU (Belgium-Luxembourg Economoc Union), Council of Europe,
ECE, ECOSOC, EC, EMA, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, IMF, NATO, OECD, Seabeds Committee,
U.N., UNESCO, WEU, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $31.5 billion (1971), $3,230 per capita (1971), 60% consumption,
24% investment, 14% government, 2% net foreign balance; 1971 growth rate
3.7%, 1970 constant prices
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Agriculture: livestock production predominates; main crops -- grains, beets,
potatoes; 80% self-sufficient in food; food shortages -- edible and coarse
grains, fats and oils; caloric intake, 3,150 calories per day per capita
(1968-69)
Fishing: catch 53,400 metric tons, $18,637,000 (1970); exports $18,118,000
(including Luxembourg, 1970), imports $85,139,000 (including Luxembourg, 1970)
Major industries: engineering and metal products, processed food and beverages,
chemicals, basic metals, textiles, and petroleum
Shortages: iron ore, nonferrous minerals, petroleum, cotton, wool, wood
Crude steel: capacity 16.6 million metric tons (1971); 12.4 million metric tons
produced (1971); 1,270 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 7,511,000 capacity (1971); 31,596 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
3,239 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $13,475 million (f.o.b., 1971) motor vehicles, refined copper, iron and
steel products, finished or semifinished precious stones, textile products
Imports: $13,986 million (c.i.f., 1971) crude materials, food, fuels, automotive
parts, nonelectrical machinery and appliances, clothing
Major trade partners: (Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, 1971) West Germany
25%, Netherlands 18%, France 19%, U.S. 7%, U.K. 5%, Italy 4%; EC 66%, EFTA
10%, Communist countries 2%
Aid:
economic -- received - U.S., $767.4 million authorized (FY46-71); $15.8 million
in FY70:
military -- received - $1,253.6 million authorized (FY46-71); net official
economic aid to less developed areas and multilateral agencies -- $1,003.6
million (FY60-70), $119.6 million in 1970
Monetary conversion rate: 44.8159 francs=US$1 (official central)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,818 mi.; 2,643 mi. standard gage and government owned, 1,615 mi.
double track, 698 mi. electrified; 175 mi. privately awned, electrified
narrow gage (313 3/8")
Highways: 57,700 mi.; 26,550 mi. bituminous, stone block, or concrete; 31,150
mi. crushed stone, gravel, earth
Inland waterways: 1,270 mi., of which 950 are in regular use by commercial
transport
Ports: 5 major, 1 minor
Merchant marine: 76 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,084,400 GRT, 1,632,300
DWT; includes 1 passenger, 46 cargo, 14 tanker, 13 bulk, 2 specialized
carrier
Pipelines: refined products, 460 mi.; crude, 90 mi.; natural gas, 145 mi.
Civil air: 58 major transport aircraft, including 5 based in Libya
Airfields: 52 total, 38 usable; 21 with permanent-surface runways; 13 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 5 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international telephone and
telegraph facilities; 2,163,000 telephones; 3.83 million radio receivers;
2.26 million TV receivers; 7 AN, 11 FM, and 21 TV stations; 5 coaxial
submarine cables; communications satellite station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,235,000; 1,775,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (19) annually 74,000
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $720.0 million;
about 7.3% of proposed central government budget
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BERMUDA
LAND:
21 sq. mi.; 8% arable, 60% forested, 21% built on,
wasteland, and other, 11% leased for air and
naval bases
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 64 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 55,000, average annual growth rate 2.1%
(October 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: approximately 63% African, 37% white
Religion: 47.5% Church of England, 10.2% Catholic, 38.2% other
other
Language: English
Literacy: virtually 100%
Labor force: 19,498 employed (1960)
Protestant, 4.2%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of Bermuda
Type: British crown colony
Capital: Hamilton
Political subdivisions: 9 parishes
Legal system: English law
Branches: elected House of Assembly; appointed Legislative Council; Executive
Council (cabinet)
Government leaders: Governor Lord Martonmere; Government Leader (equivalent to
Prime Minister) Sir Edward Richards
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: at least once every 5 years; last general election, May 1968
Political parties and leaders: United Bermuda Party (UBP), Sir Henry Tucker;
Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Lois Browne-Evans (PLP parliamentary
leader); Bermuda Democratic Labor Party (BDP), Arnold A. Francis,
Charles W. Mayne
Voting strength (1968 elections): UBP 56.5%, PLP 34.4%, BDP 6.7%, Independents
2.4%; House of Assembly seats -- UBP 30, PLP 10
Communists: negligible
Other political or pressure groups: Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU)
ECONOMY:
GNP: not available
Agriculture: main products -- bananas, vegetables, Easter lilies, dairy products,
citrus fruits
Major industries: tourism, ship repair, small boat building
Electric power: 66,340 kw. capacity (1970); 226 million kw.-hr. produced (1970),
4,245 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $70.0 million (f.o.b., 1969); mostly reexports of drugs and bunker fuel
Imports: $85.5 million (f.o.b., 1969); fuel, foodstuffs, machinery
Major trade partners: U.S. 46%, U.K. 22%, Canada 9% (1968)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Bermuda dollar=USS1
Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 130 mi., all paved
Ports: 4 major
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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Airfields: 1 with concrete runway 9,660 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: modern telecom system suited to island needs, includes fully
automatic telephone system with 32,000 instruments; 38,000 radio and
18,000 TV receivers, 2 AM, 1 FM, and 2 TV stations; 3 submarine coaxial cables
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BHUTAN
LAND:
18,000 sq. mi.; 15% agricultural, 15% desert, waste,
urban, 70% forested
Land boundaries: about 540 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 884,000, average annual growth rate 2.3%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 60% Bhotias, 25% ethnic Nepalese,
15% indigenous or migrant tribes
Religion: 75% Lamaistic Buddhism, 25% Buddhist-influenced
Hinduism
Language: Bhotias speak various Tibetan dialects, most
widely spoken dialect is Druk-ke, the official language;
various Nepalese dialects
Literacy: insignificant
Labor force: 300,000; 99% agriculture, 1% industry; massive lack of skilled
labor
Nepalese speak
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Bhutan
Type: monarchy; special treaty relationship with India
Capital: Thimphu
Political subdivisions: 4 regions (east, central, west, south), further
divided into 15-18 subdivisions
Legal system: based on Indian law and English common law; in 1964 the
King assumed full power -- no constitution existed beforehand; a supreme
court hears appeals from district administrators; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: appointed minister and indirectly elected assembly consisting of
village elders, monastic representatives, and all district and senior
government admini strators
Government leader: King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Suffrage: each family has one vote
Elections: popular elections on village level held every 3 years
Political parties: all parties illegal
Communists: no overt Communist presence
Other political or pressure groups: Buddhist clergy
Member of: Colombo Plan, UPU, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: under $100 per capita
Agriculture: rice, barley, wheat, potatoes, fruit
Major industries: handicrafts (particularly textiles)
Electric power: 400 kw. capacity
Exports: about $1 million annually; rice, dolomite, and handicrafts
Imports: about $1.4 million annually
Major trading partner: India
Aid: economic -- India (FY61-71) $180 million
Monetary conversion rate: 7.5 Indian rupees=US$1 (official rate); now floating
with U.K. pound
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: 810 mi.; 260 mi. surfaced, 320 mi. improved, 230 mi. unimproved
earth
Freight carried: not available, very light traffic
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Airfields: 1 asphalt runway 4,500 ft.
Telecommunications: facilities almost nonexistent; data not available on
telephones; 6,000 radio sets; no TV sets; data not available on AM; no
FM; and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 230,000; 120,000 fit for military service;
about 8,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: dependent on India
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424,000 sq. mi.; 2% cultivated and fallow, 11% pasture
and meadow, 45% urban, desert, waste, or other,
40% forest, 2% inland water
Land boundaries: 3,780 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,952,000, average annual growth rate 2.5%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 50%-75% Indian, 20%-35% mestizo,
5%-15% white
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish Aymara, Quechua
Literacy: 35%-40%
Labor force: 1.9 million (1967); 69.1% agriculture,
and utilities, 8% manufacturing, 10% other
Organized labor: 40%-50% of labor force
3.3% mining,
9.6% services
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Bolivia
Type: republic; de facto military-civilian coalition government by the Popular
Nationalist Front
Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (judicial capital)
Political subdivisions: 9 departments with limited autonomy
Legal system: based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; constitution adopted 1967;
constitution in force except where contrary to dispositions dictated by
governments since 1969; legal education at University of San
Andres and several others; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive; congress of two chambers (Senate and Chamber of Deputies),
congress disbanded after 26 September 1969 ouster of President Siles;
judiciary
Government leaders: President Hugo Banzer Suarez
Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18 if married, 21 if single
Elections: none scheduled
Political parties and leaders: The Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR) led
by Victor Paz Estenssoro and the Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB) led by Mario
Gutierrez form the governing coalition with the armed forces; other political
parties, although numerous, are relatively inactive and exert little influence;
leftist groups include the Nationalist Leftist Revolutionary Party (PRIN) Juan
Lechin Oquendo (in exile), Christian Democratic Party (PDC) Benjamin Miguel,
Revolutionary Christian Democratic Party (PDCR) Alfonso Camacho, Socialist
Party (PS) Marcelo Quiroga and Alberto Baily (in exile), and Leftist
Revolutionary Movement (MIR) Pablo Ramos Sanchez (in exile); more moderate
parties include the Authentic Revolutionary Party (PRA) Walter Guevara Arze,
Popular Christian Movement (MPC) Hugo Bozo, Leftist Revolutionary Party (PIR)
Ricardo Anaya, and Social Democratic Party (PSD) Hugo Sandoval
Voting strength (1966 elections): Frente de la Revolucion Boliviana (a coalition
composed of the MPC, PIR, PRA, PSD, and two interest groups, the campesinos
and Chaco War Veterans) 61%, FSB 12%, MNR 10%, other 17%
Communists: three parties; PCB/Soviet led by Jorge Kolle Cueto, about 1,500
members; PCB/Chinese led by Oscar Zamora, 500 members (est.); POR (Trotskyist),
about 200 members divided between faction led by Hugo Gonzalez Moscoso and
Guillermo Lora Escobar
Member of: IAEA, IADB, ICAO, International Tin Council, LAFTA and Andean
Sub-Regional Group (created in May 1969 within LAFTA), OAS, U.N.
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GNP: $1.4 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $290 per capita;
78% private consumption, 11% public consumption, 13% gross domestic
investment, -2% net foreign balance (1970); real growth rate 1971, 3.8%
Agriculture: main crops -- potatoes, corn, rice, sugarcane, yucca, bananas;
imports significant quantities of foodstuffs including lard, vegetable oils,
and wheat; caloric intake, 1,800 calories per day per capita (1971)
Major industries: mining, smelting, petroleum refining, food processing, textiles,
and clothing
Electric power: 268,000 kw. capacity (1970); 792 million kw.-hr. produced
(1970), 166 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $175.4 million (f.o.b., 1971 esti; tin, petroleum, lead, zinc, silver,
tungsten, antimony, bismuth, gold, coffee, and sugar
Imports: $187.7 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); foodstuffs, chemicals, capital goods,
pharmaceuticals
Major trade partners: exports -- U.K. 46%, U.S. 39%, West Germany 5%, Argentina 2%;
imports -- U.S. 41%, West Germany 12%, Japan 11%, Argentina 6% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71) $230.5 million in loans, $304.4
million in grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $180.7
million; from other Western countries (1960-70), $43.7 million; Connunist
countries (1954-71), $55.5 million; military -- assistance from U.S. (FY58-70),
$25.3 million
Monetary conversion rate: 11.88 pesos=US$1 (selling rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,310 mi., single track; 2,290 mi., meter gage, 20 mi., 2'6" gage;
all government owned except 60 mi. of meter-gage track; 5.6 mi. of meter-
gage track electrified
Highways: 15,900 mi.; 600 mi. paved, 7,200 mi. gravel, 1,600 mi. improved
earth, 6,500 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: officially estimated to be 6,250 mi. of commercially
navigable waterways
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,040 mi.; refined products and crude 930 mi.; natural gas
350 mi.
Ports: none (Bolivian cargo moved through Arica and Antofagasta, Chile, and
Matarani, Peru)
Civil air: 32 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 506 total, 425 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 3 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 81 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: poorest telecom facilities on continent; 40,100 telephones; est.
750,000 radio and 12,000 TV receivers; 1 TV, 80 AM, and 16 FM stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49 1,163,000; 735,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (19) annually about 58,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $22.8 million;
about 16.3% of central government budget
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220,000 sq. mi.; about 6% arable, less than 1% under
cultivation, mostly desert
Land boundaries: 2,345 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 699,000, average annual growth rate 3.1%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 94% Tswana, 5% Bushmen, 1% European
Religion: 85% animist, 15% Christian
Language: Africans speak Tswana vernacular
Literacy: about 22% in English; about 32% in Tswana;
less than 1% secondary school graduates
Labor force: most are engaged in sheep raising and subsistence agriculture
(statistics unavailable); about 28,000 in internal cash economy, another
39,000 spend at least 6 to 9 months per year as wage earners in South
Africa (1971)
Organized labor: negligible
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Botswana
Type: republic since independence in September 1966
Capital: Gaberone
Political subdivisions: 12 administrative districts
Legal system: based on English common law and local customary law; constitution
came into effect 1966; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation;
legal education at University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (located
in Lesotho); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive -- President appoints and is the chief minister in the
cabinet which is responsible to Legislative Assembly; legislative --
Legislative Assembly with 31 popularly elected members and 4 members elected
by the 31 representatives, House of Chiefs with deliberative powers only;
judicial -- African courts administer customary law, High Court and
subordinate courts have criminal jurisdiction over all residents, Court of
Appeal has appellate jurisdiction
Government leader: President Seretse Khama
Suffrage: universal, age 21 and over
Elections: general elections held 18 October 1969
Political parties and leaders: Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Seretse Khama;
Bechuanaland People's Party (BPP), P.G. Matante; Botswana Independence
Party (BIP), Motsamai Mpho; Botswana National Front (BNF), Kenneth Koma
and Bathoen Gaseitsiwe
Voting strength: (October 1969 election) 68% BDP (24 seats); 13.5% BPP (3 seats);
12% BNF (3 seats); 6% BIP (1 seat)
Communists: no known Communist organization; Koma of BNF has long history of
Communist contacts
Member of: Commonwealth, FAO, OAU, U.N., WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $59 million (1968), about $100 per capita; GDP est. after Shashi development
approx. $85 million (1973) (C)
Agriculture: principal crops are corn and sorghum; livestock raised and exported
Major industries: livestock processing, mining of asbestos, manganese, diamonds
Electric power: 8,000 kw. capacity (1971); 0.3 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
.5 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $18.3 million (f.o.b., 1969); cattle, animal products, minerals
Imports: $43.2 million (f.o.b., 1969); foodstuffs, vehicles, textiles
Major trade partner: South Africa
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 1 SA Rand=US$1.25 (Botswana uses the South African
Rand which is linked to the floating U.K. pound; the Rand exchange rate
fluctuated in the range of $1.24-51.26 during July-September 1972) (official);
0.80 SA Rand=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 400 mi. 3'6" gage, single track; owned and operated by the Rhodesia
Railroads
Highways: 5,016 mi.; 16 mi. paved, 471 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized
soil; 4,529 mi. improved or unimproved earth
Inland waterways: native craft only; of local importance
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 83 total, 72 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 17 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: the system is a minimal combination of a single main wire
line and a few radiocommunication stations; Gaberone is the center; 4,000
telephones; 20,000 radio receivers; 1 AM, 1 FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 164,000; 85,000 fit for military service; 8,000
reach military age (18) annually
Police only
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BRAZIL
3,290,000 sq. mi.; 4% cultivated, 14% pastures, 14%
waste, urban, or other, 13% fallow, idle, or
woodlot, 55% forested
Land boundaries: 8,125 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 4,655 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 96,622,000, average annual growth rate 2.9%
(September 1960-70)
Ethnic divisions: 61.8% white, 26.6% brown, 11% Negro, 0.6% yellow
census color classifications, 1950)
Religion: 93% Roman Catholic (nominal)
Language: Portuguese
Literacy: about 61% over age 14
Labor force: 33 million in 1970 (est.); 44.2% agriculture, livestock, forestry,
and fishing, 17.8% industry, 15.3% services, transportation, and communication,
8.9% commerce, 4.8% social activities, 3.9% public administration, 5.1% other
Organized labor: about 50% of labor force; only about 1.5 million pay dues
(Brazilian
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Type: federal republic; military-backed presidential regime since April 1964
Capital: Brasilia
Political subdivisions: 22 states, 4 territories, federal district (Brasilia)
Legal system: based on Latin codes; dual system of courts, state and federal;
constitution adopted 1967 and extensively amended in 1969; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: strong executive with very broad powers; bicameral legislature
(powers of the two bodies have been sharply reduced); 11-man Supreme Court
Government leader: President Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Suffrage: compulsory over age 18, except illiterates and those stripped of their
political rights; approximately 30 million registered voters in October 1970
Elections: President Medici's successor will be chosen on 15 January 1974 and
will take office in March
Political parties and leaders: National Renewal Alliance (ARENA), pro-government;
Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), opposition
Communists: less than 13,000; 100,000 sympathizers (est.)
Member of: FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, LAFTA,
OAS, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $49.5 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $520 per capita;
18.8% gross investment, 83.3% consumption, -2.1% foreign balance (est. 1971);
real growth rate 1971, 11.3%
Agriculture: main products -- coffee, rice, beef, corn, milk, sugarcane, beans;
nearly self-sufficient; caloric intake, 2,900 calories per day per capita
(1962)
Fishing: catch 493,000 metric tons (1969); exports $18.7 million, imports $34.7
million (1970)
Major industries: textiles and other consumer goods, cement, lumber, steel,
motor vehicles, other metalworking industries
Crude steel: 6.5 million metric tons capacity (1971 est.); 6 million metric
tons produced (1971); 60 kilograms per capita (1971)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 12.8 million kw. capacity (1971); 52 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 500 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2,900 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, manufactures, iron ore, cotton,
sugar, wood, cocoa
Imports: $3,250 million (f.o.b., 1971); machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
petroleum, wheat
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 23%, West Germany 10%, Italy 7%, Argentina
7%, Netherlands 6%, Japan 5%, U.K. 5%; imports -- U.S. 31%, West Germany 13%,
Argentina 6%, U.K. 5%, Italy 3% (1970)
Aid: economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71) -- loans $3,168.5 million,
grants $623.9 million; from international organizations (FY46-72) $1,651.2
million; from other Western countries (1960-66) -- $343.6 million; from
Communist countries (1954-71) $330.6 million; drawings $124.4 million
Monetary conversion rate: 6.0 cruzeiros=US$1 (September 1972, changes frequently)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 19,935 mi.; 17,586 mi. 33 3/8" gage, 2,085 mi. 5'3" gage, 121 mi.
4'8 1/2" gage, 143 mi. narrow gages; 1,621 mi. electrified
Highways: 591,000 mi.; 31,000 mi. paved, 560,000 mi. gravel or earth
Inland waterways: 31,000 mi. navigable
Ports: 6 major, 25 minor
Pipelines: crude oil, 770 mi.; refined products, 290 mi.; natural gas, 24 mi.
Merchant marine: 219 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,661,400 GRT, 2,438,500
DWT; includes 2 passenger, 143 cargo, 46 tanker, 19 bulk, 7 specialized
carrier; includes 3 naval tankers sometimes used commercially
Civil air: 102 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 2,856 total, 2,474 usable; 117 with permanent-surface runways; 8 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 319 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 18 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: extensive telecom facility expansion programs; radio relay
widely used; communications satellite ground station; 2.3 million telephones;
est. 11 million radio and 7 million TV receivers; 900 AM, 150 FM, and 156
TV stations; 5 telegraph submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 22,757,000; 14,850,000 fit for military service;
1,145,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $1,115 million; 18.7%
of federal budget
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BRITISH HONDURAS
LAND:
8,870 sq. mi.; 38% agricultural (5% cultivated), 46%
exploitable forest, 16% urban, waste, water,
offshore islands or other
Land boundaries: 320 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 240 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 129,000, average annual growth rate 2.9%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 51% Negro, 22% mestizo, 19% Amerindian, 8% other
Religion: 50% Roman Catholic; Anglican, Seventh-day Adventist, Methodist,
Baptist, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mennonite
Language: English, Spanish, Maya, and Carib
Literacy: 70%-80%
Labor force: 34,000; 39% agriculture, 14% manufacturing, 8% commerce,
12% construction, 20% transportation, and 7% services; shortage of skilled
labor and all types of technical personnel; over 15% are unemployed
Organized labor: 8% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of British Honduras
Type: British crown colony; obtained full internal self-government in January
1964
Capital: Belize City; seat of government in Belmopan
Legal system: English law; constitution came into force in 1964, although
country remains a British colony
Branches: 18-member elected National Assembly and 8-member Senate (either house
may choose its speaker or president, respectively, from outside its
elected membership); cabinet; judiciary
Government leader: Premier George Price
Suffrage: universal adult (probably 21)
Elections: within 5 years of last general election held 5 December 1969
Political parties and leaders: People's United Party (PUP), George Price;
National Independence Party (NIP), Philip Goldson; People's Development
Movement (PDM), Dean Lindo; United Black Association for Development (UBAD),
Evan Hyde
Voting strength (1969 election): 57.6% PUP, 39.8% NIP, 2.6% void ballots
Communists: none identified
Other political or pressure groups: Christian Workers' Union (CWU) which is
connected with PUP
ECONOMY:
GNP: $65.6 million (est. 1970), $540 per capita; 78% private consumption, 17%
public consumption, 36% domestic investment, -31% net foreign balance
(1968); real growth rate 1970 7% (est.)
Agriculture: main products -- citrus fruits, sugar, corn, rice, beans, livestock
products; net importer of food; caloric intake, 2,500 calories per day
per capita
Major industries: timber and forest products, food processing, furniture, rum,
soap
Electric power: 6,350 kw. capacity (1970 est.); 19 million kw.-hr. produced
(1970), 160 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $19 million (f.o.b., 1970 est.); sugar, lumber, citrus fruits, fish
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Imports: $35 million (c.i.f., 1970 est.); vehicles, petroleum, food, textiles,
machinery
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 30%, U.K. 24%, Mexico 22%, Canada 13%;
imports -- U.S. 34%, U.K. 25%, Jamaica 7% (1970)
Aid: economic -- U.S. (FY46-71), $5.5 million, grants; from international
organizations (1946-71), $1.4 million
Monetary conversion rate: SBH1.54=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 1,350 mi.; 150 mi. paved, 600 mi. improved (gravel, earth), 600 mi.
unimproved
Inland waterways: 514 mi. river network used by shallow-draft craft
Ports: I major, 4 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 50 total, 30 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: 3,100 telephones in automatic and manual network; over 60,000
radio receivers; 2 AM stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 29,000; 17,000 fit for military service; 1,500
reach military age (18) annually
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BRUNEI
LAND:
2,230 sq. mi.; 3% cultivated; 3% industry, waste, or
urban; 94% forested
Land boundaries: 237 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 145,000, average annual growth rate 4.5%
(August 60-71)
Ethnic divisions: 52% Malays, 28% Chinese, 15% indigenous
tribes, 5% other
Religion: 60% Muslim (Islam official religion); 8% Christian;
and animist)
Language: Malay and English official, Chinese
Literacy: 45%
Labor force: 32,155; 30.5% agriculture, 32.8% industry, manufacturing, and
construction, 33.8% trade, transport, services, 2.9% other
Organized labor: 8.4% of labor force
32%
other
Buddhist
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Brunei
Type: British protectorate; constitutional sultanate
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
Political subdivisions: 4 administrative districts
Legal system: based on Islamic law; constitution promulgated by the Sultan in
1959
Branches: chief of state is Sultan (advised by appointed Privy Council) who
appoints Executive Council and Legislative Council
Government leader: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Suffrage: universal age 21 and over; 3-tiered system of indirect elections;
popular vote cast for lowest level (district councilors)
Elections: last elections -- March 1965; further elections postponed indefinitely
Political parties and leaders: antigovernment People's Independence Front
(Baker), Pengiran Dato Ali, chairman
Communists: information not available
ECONOMY:
GNP: $132 million (1968 est.), $1,180 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- rubber, rice, pepper, must import most food
Major industry: crude petroleum
Electric power: 85,000 kw. capacity (1972); 145 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
1,028 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $92 million (f.o.b. 1970); 95% crude petroleum, natural gas, rubber
Imports: $84 million (c.i.f. 1970); 37% machinery and transport equipment,
29% manufactured goods, 15% food
Major trade partners: exports of crude petroleum go to Sarawak for refining
and reexport; 30% imports from U.K., Singapore 16%, Japan 13%
Monetary conversion rate: 2.82 Brunei dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 6 mi. narrow gage (2')
Highways: 750 mi.; 334 mi. paved (bituminous treated), 250 mi. gravel or stone,
266 mi. unimproved
Inland waterways: 130 mi.; navigable by shallow-draft craft
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd)
Ports: 2 minor (Bandar Seri Begawan, formerly Brunei, and Kuala Belait)
Pipelines: crude oil , 84 mi.; refined products, 35 mi.; natural gas, 35 mi.;
crude oil and natural gas, 150 mi. under construction
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 5 total, 4 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway
over 12,000 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: service throughout country is adequate for present needs;
international service good to adjacent Sabah and Sarawak; radiobroadcast
coverage good; 3,819 telephones; 13,000 radio sets; Radio Brunei
broadcasts from 3 stations and uses 4 mediumwave and 1 shortwave
transmitter
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 38,000; 20,000 fit for military service; about
1,000 reach military age (18) annually
Ships: 4 coastal patrol, 4 river/roadstead patrol craft
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1970, $9.8 million for the
military and $7.1 million for the police; about 15% of the total budget
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BULGARIA
LAND:
42,800 sq. mi.; 41% arable, 11% other agricultural,
33% forested, 15% other
Land boundaries: 1,170 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 220 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 8,624,000, average annual growth rate 0.7%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 85.3% Bulgarians, 8.5% Turks, 2.6%
Gypsies, 2.5% Macedonians, 0.3% Armenians, 0.2% Russians, 0.6% other
Religion: regime promotes atheism; religious background of population is 85%
Bulgarian Orthodox, 13% Muslim, 0.8% Jewish, 0.7% Roman Catholic, 0.5%
Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian and other
Language: Bulgarian; secondary languages closely
Literacy: 95% (est.)
Labor force: 4.4 million (July 1970); 38% agriculture, 33% industry, 29% other
correspond to ethnic breakdown
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: People's Republic of Bulgaria
Type: Communist state
Capital: Sofiya
Political subdivisions: 28 okrugs (districts), including capital city of Sofia
Legal system: based on civil law system, with Soviet law influence; new
constitution adopted in 1971; judicial review of legislative acts in the
State Council; legal education at University of Sofiya; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: legislative (National Assembly), Council of Ministers, judiciary
Government leaders: Todor Zhivkov, Chairman, State Council (chief of state);
Stanko Todorov, Chairman, Council of Ministers (premier)
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18
Elections: theoretically held every 4 years for National Assembly; last elections
held on 27 June 1971; 99.8% of the electorate voted
Political parties and leaders: Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov, First
Secretary; Bulgarian National Agrarian Union, a puppet party, Georgi Traykov,
secretary
Communists: 699,000 full members (April 1971)
Mass organizations and front groups: Fatherland Front, Dimitrov Communist Youth
League, Central Council of Trade Unions, National Committee for Defense of
Peace, Union of Fighters Against Fascism and Capitalism, Committee of
Bulgarian Women, All-National Committee for Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship
Member of: CEMA, GATT, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, ITU, Seabeds Committee, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, Warsaw Pact, International Organization of Journalists,
International Medical Association, International Radio and Television
Organization
ECONOMY:
GNP: $12.7 billion, 1971 (at 1970 prices), $1,480 per capita; 1971 growth rate
7.3% (current)
Agriculture: mainly self-sufficient; main crops--grain, vegetables; no food
shortages; caloric intake, 3,000 calories per day per capita (1969/70)
Fishing: catch 97,000 metric tons (1971)
Major industries: agricultural processing, machinery, textiles and clothing,
mining, ore processing, timber
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Shortages: some raw materials, metal products
Crude steel: 2 million metric tons produced (1971), 230 kg. per capita
Exports: $2,180 million (f.o.b., 1971); in 1970, 29% machinery, equipment, and
transportation equipment; 13% fuels,minerals, raw materials, metals, and
other industrial material; 8% agricultural raw materials; 35% foodstuffs
and animals; 15% industrial consumer goods
Imports: $2,169 million (f.o.b., 1971); in 1970, 41% machinery, equipment, and
transportation equipment; 38% fuels, minerals, raw materials, metals, other
materials; 10% agricultural raw materials; 6% foodstuffs and animals; 5%
industrial consumer goods
Major trade partners: $4,349 million in 1971; 21% with non-Comuni st countries;
79% with Communist countries
Monetary conversion rate: (commercial) 1.08 leva, (noncommercial) 1.85 leva=USS1
Fiscal year: calendar year; economic data reported for calendar years except for
caloric intake, which is reported for consumption year 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,650 mi.; about 2,470 mi. standard gage, 180 mi. narrow gage; 148 mi.
double track; 528 mi. electrified; government maned (1971)
Highways: 20,700 mi.; 7,900 mi. paved, 8,100 mi. crushed stone and gravel,
4,700 mi. earth (1971)
Inland waterways: 300 mi. (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- 77.2 million short tons, 10.1 billion short ton/mi.
(1970); highway -- 546.8 million short tons, 5.8 billion short ton/mi. (1971);
waterway -- 3.5 million short tons, 1.2 billion short ton/mi. (1970)
Ports: 2 major (Varna, Burgas), 10 minor (1972)
Merchant marine: 104 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 678,800 GRT, 994,250
DWT; includes 5 passenger, 55 cargo, 17 tanker, 29 bulk
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,246,000; 1,875,000 fit for military service;
about 69,000 reach military age (19) annually
Supply: dependent primarily on U.S.S.R.; domestic production of small arms,
ammunition, antitank grenades, grenade launchers, trucks, and small
quantities of defensive chemical warfare materiel
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1971, 366,000,000 leva;
about 6.4% of total budget
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BURMA
LAND:
262,000 sq. mi.; 28% arable, of which 12% is cultivated,
62% forest, 10% urban and other area
Land boundaries: 3,630 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,900 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 29,156,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: 72% Burman, 7% Karen, 6% Shan, 2% Kachin,
2% Chin, 2% Chinese, 3% Indian, 6% other
Religion: 85% Buddhist, 15% animist and other
Language: Burmese; minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Literacy: 60% (official claim)
Labor force: 10 million; 67% agriculture, 13% industry, 20% services, commerce,
and transportation
Organized labor: no figure available; old labor organizations have been
disbanded, and government is forming one central labor organization
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Union of Burma
Type: military dictatorship since suspension of constitution in 1962
Capital: Rangoon
Political subdivisions: Burma proper, 4 other constituent states and 1 special
division for the ethnic minorities; subdivided into divisions, districts,
muncipalities, townships, and villages
Legal system: based on English common law and incorporates Buddhist, Hindu,
and Islamic relgious law; constitution of 1947 superseded by acts of the
new Revolutionary Government, which seized power in 1962; legal education
at Universities of Rangoon and Mandalay; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: Revolutionary Council rules through a Council of Ministers
Government leader: Chairman of Revolutionary Council and Prime Minister, Gen.
Ne Win
Suffrage: universal over age 18 under suspended constitution
Elections: none held under present regime
Political parties and leaders: government-sponsored Burmese Socialist Program
Party only legal party
Communists: 5,000
Member of: Colombo Plan, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF,
ITU, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $2.2 billion (FY71), approx. $80 per capita; real growth rate 6% (FY70)
Agriculture: main crops -- paddy, sugarcane, peanuts; almost 100% self-sufficient;
most rice grown in deltaic land
Fishing: catch 432,400 metric tons, $87.5 million (1970)
Major industries: agricultural processing; textiles and footwear, wood and
wood products; petroleum refining
Electric power: 313,400 kw. capacity (1972); 660 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
23 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $118 million (f.o.b., 1971); rice, teak
Imports: $150 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.) machinery and transportation equipment,
textiles, other manufactured goods
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Major trade partners: exports -- India, Western Europe U.K., Japan; imports --
Japan, Western Europe, India, U.K.
Monetary conversion rate: 5.35 kyat=USS1
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
COMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,022 mi.; 1,952 mi. meter gage, 70 mi. narrow-gage industrial lines;
204 mi. double track; government owned
Highways: 15,540 mi.; 4,210 mi. paved, 4,770 mi. gravel, 5,810 improved earth,
750 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 8,000 mi.; 2,000 mi. navigable by large commercial vessels
Ports: 4 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 9 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 55,500 GRT, 73,600
owl
Airfields: 119 total, 83 usable; 24 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 39 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: provide minimum requirements for local intercity service;
international service is fair; radiobroadcast coverage is limited to the
more populous areas; 24,654 telephones; 500,000 radio sets; I AM, 1 FM,
and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 6,954,000; 3,560,000 fit for military service;
about 290,000 males and 270,000 females reach military age (18) annually;
both are liable for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 September 1971; $112.3 million, 35%
of total budget
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11,000 sq. mi.; about 37% arable (about 66% cultivated),
23% pasture, 10% scrub and forest, 30% other
Land boundaries: 605 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,724,000, average annual growth rate 2 0%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: Africans -- 86% Hutu (Bantu), 13% Tutsi
(Hamitic), 1% Twa (Pigmy); non-Africans include (late
1968) 3,000 Europeans, 1,000 Asians
Religion: over 60% Christian (50% Catholic, 10% Protestant);
rest mostly animist plus small number of Muslims
Language: Kirundi and French official
Literacy: about 55% in Kirundi, 10% in Swahili, or 6% in French
Labor force: 1,865,471 (1970 est.)
Organized labor: sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB), membership
about 30,000, affiliated with government party
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Burundi
Type: republic; military government since November 1966; no constitution
Capital: Bujumbura
Political subdivisions: 8 provinces, subdivided into 18 arrondissements and 78
communes
Legal system: based on German and French civil codes and customary law; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: presidential cabinet with Council of Ministers; no legislature
Government leader: President Michel Micombero
Elections: last legislative election May 1965
Political parties and leaders: National Party of Unity and Progress (UPRONA),
a predominantly Tutsi party, was declared sole legitimate party in 1966
Voting strength (1965 elections): UPRONA won 21 of 33 Assembly seats; Hutu-
dominated People's Party won 10
Communists: no Communist party; resumed diplomatic relations with The People's
Republic of China in October 1971 following a six-year suspension; U.S.S.R.
and North Korea have diplomatic missions in Burundi
Member of: EAMA, ECA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMO, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: about $204.7 million (1971 est.), $60 per capita; estimated real GDP
growth 1%
Agriculture: major cash crops -- coffee, cotton; main food crops -- manioc,
yams, corn, sorghums, bananas, haricot beans; not self-sufficient
Industries: light consumer goods such as beverages, shoes, soap
Electric power: 13,100 kw. capacity (1971); 26 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
7 kw.-hr, per capita
Exports: $20.7 million (f.o.b., 1970); coffee, cotton, hides, skins
Imports: $25.6 million (c.i.f., 1970); textiles, foodstuffs, transport equipment,
petroleum products
Major trade partners: U.S., Belgium, Congo; much trade unrecorded
Aid: $17.7 million (1970) includes Belgium $7.4 million, U.N. $3.1 million, EDF
$2.9 million; France $2.0 million (1970); U.S. $7.9 million FY62-71
Monetary conversion rate: 87.5 Burundi francs=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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CAT:
Railroads: none
Highways: 3,700 mi.; 45 mi. bituminous, 3,655 mi crushed stone, gravel, laterite,
and improved or unimproved earth
Inland waterways: Lake Tanganyika navigable for lake steamers and barges
Ports: 1 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 32 total, 22 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft.
Telecommunications: telegraph is principal service, limited telephones; 5,400
telephones, 65,000 radio receivers; 2 AM, 1 FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 873,000; 420,000 fit for military service; 42,000
reach military age (16) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending December 1971, $1,100,000; about 4.5% of
ordinary budget
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CAMBODIA
LAND:
70,000 sq. mi.; 16% cultivated, 74% forested, 10% built-on
area, wasteland, and other
Land boundaries: 1,515 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: about 275 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 7,231,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY69)
Ethnic divisions: 89% Khmer (Cambodian), 3% Vietnamese,
5% Chinese, 3% other minorities
Religion: 95% Theravada Buddhism, 5% various other
Language: Cambodian
Literacy: 55% (est.)
Labor force: 2.56 million; 80.9% agriculture, 5.5% sales, 4.7% manufacturing,
transport, communications, 3.9% professional, administrative, clerical,
3.5% defense; 1.5% unemployed
Organized labor: .5% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Khmer Republic
Type: new constitution provides for strong presidential system
Capital: Phnom Penh
Political subdivisions: 21 provinces with centrally appointed governors,
3 independent municipalities
Legal system: based on French civil law system; constitution adopted 1947 and
amended 1960; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: 126-man national assembly and 40-man senate, popularly elected
Government leader: President Lon Nol
Suffrage: universal over age 18, with major exception of Buddhist clergy
Elections: president elected for 5 year term in June 1962; senate for 6 year term
and assembly for 4 year term in September 1972
Political parties and leaders: Social Republican Party, Hang Thun Hak; Republican
Party, Sink Matak; Democratic Party, Chau Sau
Communists: party strength unknown; Communist troops estimated between
20,000-400,000
Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IMF, U.N., WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $634 million (1969), $90 per capita (constant 1966 prices, converted at
55.5 riels=US$1); 1960-69 average growth rate 3.6% (constant 1966 prices)
Agriculture: Mainly subsistence except for rubber plantations; main crops --
rice, rubber, corn; largely self-sufficient prior to the war; food shortages
-- rice, dairy products, sugar, flour
Major industries: rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, textiles
Shortages: fossil fuels
Electric power: 104,000 kw. capacity (1972); 180 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
25 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $12.7 million (f.o.b., 1971); rice, corn, kapok
Imports: $75.2 million (f.o.b., 1971); machinery and equiprent, chemical products,
metals and metal products, petroleum products, foods, transport equipment
Major trade partners: (1971) exports -- Senegal, Singapore, Hong Kong; 8% with
Communist countries; imports -- Singapore, Australia, France; 3% with
Communist countries
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31 March 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 409 mi. meter gage; government owned
Highways: 8,200 mi.; 1,300 mi. bituminous, 3,900 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or
improved earth; and 3,000 mi. unimproved earth
Inland wateraays: 1,220 mi. during high water, 1,010 mi. during low water;
90% of total navigability on Mekong system and Tonle Sap
Freight carried: (1970) rail -- 50 million ton-miles; waterway -- approximately
300,000 short tons annually; figures unavailable for highways
Ports: 2 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,400 GRT, 2,600 DWT
Airfields: 100 total, 47 usable, 8 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 16 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecormiunicatiom,: service to general public considered poor; barely adequate
for government requirements; international service fair to adjoining countries
and a few other nations; radiobroadcasts and television coverage limited by
small number of stations and receivers; 8,139 telephones; 105,000 radio
receivers; 30,000 (est.) TV receivers; 1 AM, 2 AM relay, no FM, and 1 TV
station; no submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,624,000; 900,003 fit for military service;
83,000 reach military age (18) annually
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LAND:
183,400 sq. mi.; 4% cultivated, 18% grazing, 13% fallow,
50% forest, 15% other
Land boundaries: 2,830 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed) 18 n. mi.
Coastline: 250 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 6,094,000, average annual growth rate 1.7%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: about 200 tribes of widely differing
background; 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Equatorial Bantu, 8% North West
Bantu, 10% Fulani, 7% Eastern Nigritic, 11% Kirdi, 13% other African, less
than 1% non-African
Religion: about one-half animist, one-third Christian; rest Muslim
Language: English and French official, 24 major African language groups
Literacy: South 40%, North 10%
Labor force: most of population engaged in subsistence agriculture and herding;
200,000 wage earners (maximum) including 22,000 government employees, 63,000
paid agricultural workers, 49,000 in manufacturing
Organized labor: under 45% of wage labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: United Republic of Cameroon
Type: unitary republic; one-party presidential regime
Capital: Yaounde
Political subdivisions: 7 provinces divided into 39 departments
Legal system: based on French civil law system, with common law influence;
constitution adopted 1961; judicial review in Supreme Court, when a question
of constitutionality is referred to it by the President of the Republic; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive, legislative, and judicial
Government leader: President Ahmadou Ahidjo
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: presidential elections held 28 March 1970; parliamentary elections
last held 7 June 1970
Political parties and leaders: single party, Cameroonian National Union (UNC,
President Ahmadou Ahidjo
Voting strength: (1970 elections - 98% in presidential; 94% in parliamentary
Communists: no Communist Party or significant number of sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: Cameroon People's Union (UPC), an illegal
terrorist group now reduced to scattered acts of banditry with its factional
leaders in exile
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU,
La Francophonie, Lake Chad Basin Commission, Niger River Commission, OAU,
OCAM, Seabeds Committee, UDEAC, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1,196 million (1971 est.), per capita about $190; real growth rate about 7%
per annum
Agriculture: commercial and food crops -- cocoa, coffee, timber, cotton, rubber,
bananas, peanuts, palm oil and palm kernels; root starches, livestock, millet,
sorghum, and rice
Fishing: catch about 70,800 metric tons (1970), value not availab7e; exports $1.1
million (1970), imports $2.1 million (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont'd).
Major industries: small aluminum plant; food processing and light consumer goods
industries, sawmills
Electric power: 262,400 kw. capacity (1971); 1.2 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 206 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $224 million (f.o.b., 1971) cocoa and coffee about 55%; other exports
include timber, aluminum, cotton, natural rubber, bananas, peanuts, tobacco,
and tea
Imports: $271 million (c.i.f., 1971) consumer goods, machinery, transport equipment,
alumina for refining, petroleum products, food and beverages; about 2% from
Communi St countries
Major trade partners: about 70% of total trade with France and other EC countries;
less than 10% of total trade with U.S.
Monetary conversion rate: 255.785 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs=US$1
(official)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 623 mi.; 533 mi. meter gage, 90 mi. 1'11 5/8" gage
Highways: approximately 14,000 mi.; including 900 mi. bituminous , 13,100 mi.
gravel and earth
Inland waterways: 1,300 mi.
Ports: 1 major, 3 minor
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 59 total, 56 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 19 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: good telephone service between Douala and Yaounde, fair in
southern part; fair to good telegraph service; 5,800 telephones; 214,000
radio receivers; 4 AM, no FM, and no TV stations; limited wired broadcast;
1 submarine cable
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,379,000; 720,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually about 62,000
Supply: mostly from France and U.S.
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242,000 sq. mi.; 10%-15% cultivated, 5% dense forests,
80%-85% grazing, fallow, vacant arable land, urban,
waste
Land boundaries: 3,095 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,692,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY68-71)
Ethnic divisions: approximately 80 ethnic groups, the
majority of which have related ethnic and linguistic
characteristics; Banda (32%) and Baya-Mandjia (29%) are
largest single groups; 6,500 Europeans, of whom 6,000
are French and majority of the rest Portuguese
Religion: 40% Protestant, 28% Catholic, 27% animist, 5% Muslim; animistic
beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
Language: French official; Sangho, the lingua franca and unofficial national
language
Literacy: estimated at 5%-10%
Labor force: about half the population economically active, 80% of whom are in
agriculture; approximately 50,000 salaried workers
Organized labor: 1% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Central African Republic
Type: republic; constitution abrogated following military coup in January 1966
Capital: Bangui
Political subdivisions: 14 prefectures, 47 subprefectures
Legal system: based on French, Islamic, and tribal law; in 1966 the Chief of
State assumed all power and abrogated the existing constitution; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Gen. Bokassa heads government and rules by decree; assisted by
cabinet called Council of Ministers; judiciary, including Supreme Court,
court of appeals, criminal court, and numerous lower courts
Government leader: President Jean-Bede? Bokassa
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: none have been held under Bokassa regime
Political parties and leaders: Black African Social Evolution Movement (MESAN),
ruling party under former regime, still in existence but plays little role,
led by President Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Communists: no Communist Party or significant number of sympathizers
Member of: ADB, Conference of East and Central African States, EAMA, ECA, FAO,
GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, La Francophonie, OAU, OCAM, UDEAC, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WHO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $213 million (est. 1971), about $140 per capita
Agriculture: commercial -- cotton, coffee, peanuts, sesame, wood; main food
crops -- manioc, corn, peanuts, rice, potatoes, beef; requires wheat, flour,
rice, beef, and sugar imports
Major industries: sawmills, cotton textile mills, brewery, diamond mining and
splitting
Electric power: 16,850 kw. capacity (1971); 47 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
29 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $33 million (f.o.b., 1970); diamonds (43%), coffee, cotton, lumber
Imports: $41 million (c.i.f., 1970); textiles, petroleum products, machinery
and electrical equipment, motor vehicles and equipment, chemicals and
pharmaceuticals
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ECONOMY (cont d).
Major trade partner: France; preferential tariff applied to EC countries and
franc zone; U.S.
Monetary conversion rate: 255.785 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs=USS1
(official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 13,250 mi.; 115 mi. bituminous, 2,265 mi. gravel and/or crushed stone,
3,420 mi. improved earth, 7,450 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 4,400 mi.; traditional trade carried on by means of dugouts
on the extensive system of rivers and streams; only the Oubangui River
between Bangui and Brazzaville and short sections of the Sangha and the
Lobaye Rivers are navigable throughout year; during high-water period
(July - December) Oubangui navigable upstream from Bangui as far as Ouango
Ports: Bangui, Ouango (river ports)
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 65 total, 49 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 16 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: facilities are meager and provide only barely sufficient
services; principal network is 39 low-capacity, low-powered radiocommunica-
tion stations; no cables or radio relay links are used; single center of
Bangui has only international radio connections; 3,500 telephones; 50,000
radio receivers; 1 AM, 1 FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 439,000; 210,000 fit for military service
Supply: completely dependent on France
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $5,111,500; about
9.5% of total budget
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496,000 sq. mi.; 17% arable, 35% pastureland, 2% forest
and scrub, 46% other uses and waste
Land boundaries: 3,720 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,828,000, average annual growth rate 2.0%
(FY67-71)
Ethnic divisions: over 240 tribes representing 12 major
ethnic groups -- Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Fulani,
Kotoko, Hausa, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, and
Wadai) in the north and center and non-Muslims (Sara,
Mayo-Kebbi, and Chari) in the south; some 150,000
nonindigenous, 5,000 of them French
Religion: about half Muslim, 5% Christian, remainder animist
Language: French official; Chadian Arabic is lingua franca in north, Sara and
Sangho in south
Literacy: estimated 5%-10%
Labor force: only 55% of population in economically active group, of which 90%
are engaged in unpaid subsistence farming, herding, and fishing; 60,000
wage earners in industry and civil service
Organized labor: about 20% of wage labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Chad
Type: republic; one-party presidential regime since 1962
Capital: Fort-Lamy
Political subdivisions: 14 prefectures
Legal system: based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law;
constitution adopted 1962; judicial review of legislative acts in theory a
power of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President, who has sweeping powers, elected by universal adult suffrage
to 7-year term; separate popularly elected unicameral National Assembly
with 5-year term; independent judiciary
Government leader: President Francois Tombalbaye
Elections: presidential elections held June 1969, parliamentary elections last
held December 1969
Political parties and leaders: Chadian Progressive Party (PPT), only legal
party, led by Francois Tombalbaye
Voting strength: (1969 elections) 93% in presidential, 97% in parliamentary
Communists: no front organizations or underground party; probably a few
Communists and some sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: lightly armed Muslim rebel bands have been
opposing the government since October 1965 in east-central and since August
1969 in northern Chad
Member of: ADB, Conference of East and Central African States, EAMA, ECA, FAO,
GATT, ICAO, IBRD, IDA, ILO, IMF, ITU, La Francophonie, Lake Chad Basin
Commission, Niger River Commission, OAU, OCAM, UEAC, U.N., UNESCO, UPU,
WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: about $241 million (1967), about $70 per capita; estimated real annual growth
rate 2.5%
Agriculture: commercial -- cotton, gum arabic, livestock, fish; food crops --
peanuts, millet, sorghum, rice, dates, manioc, wheat; imports food
Fishing: catch 120,000 metric tons (1970) $13 million; exports $300,000 (1969)
Major industries: agricultural and livestock processing plants (cotton textile
mill, slaughterhouses, brewery), natron
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Electric power: 16,660 kw. capacity (1971); 54 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
14 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $28.0 million (f.o.b., 1971); cotton 67.5%
Imports: $62.0 million (c.i.f., 1970); cement, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery,
textiles, and motor vehicles; $1.3 million from Coffnunist countries (1967)
Major trade partners: France (about 40% in 1969) and UDEAC countries; preferential
tariffs to EC and franc zone countries
Aid: major source France, $469 million, 1961-69; EDF $393 million (1965-70);
U.S. (FY62-71) $9.6 million; U.S.S.R. $2.2 million (1968); military aid
(1954-68) -- $5.4 million, from France $4.1 million, remainder from West
Germany and Israel, more than $10 million annually (est.) in French military
aid (1969-71)
Monetary conversion rate: 255.785 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs=US$1
(official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 19,200 mi.; 160 mi. bituminous, 3,300 mi, gravel and laterite, and
15,740 mi. unimproved
Inland waterways: approximately 1,300 mi. of year-round navigability, increased
to 3,000 mi. during high-water period
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 75 total, 60 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: fair system of radiocomunication stations only for intercity
links; principal center Fort-Lamy, secondary center Fort-Archambault; 5,000
telephones; 60,000 radio receivers; 1 AM, 1 FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 927,000; 480,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (20) annually about 35,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1971, $13,960,000; about
28.9% of total budget
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LAND:
286,000 sq. mi; 2% cultivated, 7% other arable, 15%
permanent pasture, grazing, 29% forest, 47% barren
mountains, deserts, and cities
Land boundaries: 3,930 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
(fishing, 200 n. mi.)
Coastline: 4,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 9,721,000, average annual growth rate 2%
(November 60-April 70)
Ethnic divisions: 85%-90% mestizo, 3% Indian, 7% European, Asiatic,
Religion: 89% Roman Catholic, 11% Protestant
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 84%
Labor force: 3.1 million (1969); 26% agricultural, 25% industry
27% services, 14% commerce, 4% mining, 4% other (1969)
Organized labor: 25% of labor force (1969)
and other
and construction,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Chile
Type: republic
Capital: Santiago
Political subdivisions: 25 provinces
Legal system: based on Code 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes
influenced by French and Austrian law; constitution adopted 1925, amended
since then; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; legal
education at University of Chile, Catholic University, and several others;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jursidiction
Branches: president; bicameral legislature; independent judiciary
Government leader: President Salvador Allende
Suffrage: universal (except enlisted military and police) and compulsory at
age 18
Elections: next presidential election (1976); next Chamber of Deputies election
(1973); 25 senators (1973)
Political parties and leaders: Communist Party, Luis Corvalan; Socialist Party,
Salvador Allende and Carlos Altamirano; Popular Socialist Union, Raul Ampuero;
Christian Democratic Party, Eduardo Frei and Renan Fuentealba; Radical Party,
Anselimo Sule; National Party, Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Voting strength (1970 presidential election): 36.6% Marxist-led coalition, 35.3%
conservative independent, 28.1% Christian Democrat; (1969 Congressional
election) 12.9% Radical, 29.7% Christian Democrat, 12.2% Socialist, 15.7%
Communist, 20.0% National, 9.5% other
Communists: 140,000; sympathizers, 140,000
Other political or pressure groups: organized labor; business organizations;
landowners' associations (SNA Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura);
extremist MIR (Movement of Revolutionary Left) and Patria y Libertad
Member of: ECOSOC, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDB, IHB, IMF, LAFTA and Andean Sub-
Regional Group (created in May 1969 within LAFTA), OAS, Seabeds Committee,
U.N.
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $10.6 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $1,170 per capita;
75% private consumption, 15% goverment consumption, 10% gross investment
(1971 est.); real growth rate 1971 (est.), GNP 8.0%
Agriculture: main crops -- wheat, other cereals, potatoes; about 65% self-
sufficient; 2,650 calories per du per capita (1971 est.)
Fishing: catch 1.04 million metric tons; exports $25.4 million, imports $0.2
million (1970)
Major industries: copper, nitrates, foodstuffs, fish processing, textiles and
apparel, iron and steel, pulp and paper
Crude steel: 0.7 million metric tons capacity (1967); 0.6 million metric tons
produced (1969), 60 kg. per capita
Electric power: 2.6 million kw. capacity (1971); 8.98 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 850 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,040 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); copper, iron ore, fishmeal, nitrates,
and iodine
Imports: $1,124 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); foodstuffs, machinery and equipment,
chord cal s
Major trade partners: exports -- EC 42%, U.K. 12%, U.S. 14%, Japan 12%, LAFTA
10%; imports -- U.S. 37%, EC 21%, U.K. 6%, Japan 3%, LAFTA 21% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71) -- $1,502.7 million ($1,289.6
million loans, $213.1 million grants); from international organizations
(FY46-70) -- $566.3 million (of which IBRO $232.7 million, IDB $253.9
million); from other Western countries (1960-66) -- $170.6 million; from
Communist countries (1967-71) -- $193.3 million;
military (FY53-71) -- from U.S., $25.1 million in loans, $124.4 million in
grants
Monetary conversion rate: multiple exchange rate system; range from 15.80 to
30.0 escudos=US$1 trade rate; 28.03 escudos=US$1 nontrade (broker) rate;
varying taxes double effective rate for some purposes; black market rate is
upwards of 200 escudos=US$1 (October 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 5,511 mi.; 2,086 mi. 5'6" gage, 154 mi. 48 1/2" gage, 2,644 mi.
313 3/8" gage, 69 mi. 2'6" gage, 22 mi. 1'11 5/8" gage, 536 mi. specific gage
not given; 199 mi. double track; 711 mi. electrified
Highways: 45,300 mi.; 4,900 mi. paved, 19,900 mi. gravel, 20,500 mi. improved
and unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 451 mi.
Pipelines: crude oil, 470 mi.; refined products, 490 mi.; natural gas, 200 mi.
Ports: 10 major, 20 minor
Civil air: 48 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 450 total, 342 usable; 43 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with run-
ways 8,000-11,999 ft., 55 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 7 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: extensive radio relay network; telephone network modern,
405,000 instruments; communications satellite ground station; est. 2.5 million
radio and 600,000 TV receivers; 145 All, 30 FM, and 29 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,392,000; 1,795,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (19) annually about 90,000
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LAND:
3.7 million so. mi.; 11% cultivated, sown area extended by
multicropping, 78% desert, waste, or urban (32% of
this area consists largely of denuded wasteland,
plains, rolling hills, and basins from which about 3%
could be reclaimed), 8% forested; 2%-3% inland water
Land boundaries: 15,000 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 9,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 884,300,000, average annual growth rate 2.3% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 94% Han Chinese; 6% Chuang, Uighur, Hui, Vi, Tibetan,
Manchu, Mongol, Pu-I, Korean, and numerous lesser nationalities
Religion: most people, even before 1949, have been pragmatic and eclectic,
not seriously religious; most important elements of religion are Confucian-
ism, Taoism, Buddhism, ancestor worship; about 2%-3% Muslim, 1% Christian
Language: Chinese (Mandarin mainly; also Cantonese, Wu, Fukienese, Amoy, Hsiang,
Kan, Hakka dialects), and minority languages (see ethnic divisions above)
Literacy: at least 25%
Labor force: 335 million (mid-1966); 85% agriculture, 15% other; shortage of
skilled labor (managerial, technical, mechanics, etc.); surplus of unskilled
labor
Miao,
GOVERNMENT: ?
Legal name: People's Republic of China
Type: Communist state; since beginning of Cultural Revolution, real authority
has become increasingly diffused as result of persistent rivalries within
the top leadership
Capital: Peking
Political subdivisions: 21 provinces, 3 centrally governed municipalities, and
5 autonomous regions
Legal system: before 1966, a complex amalgam of custom and statute, largely
criminal; little ostensible development of uniform code of administrative
and civil law; highest judicial organ is Supreme People's Court although
legal activity centered in parallel network of Public Security organs; laws
and legal procedure clearly subordinated to priorities of party policy; whole
system largely suspended during Cultural Revolution and only gradually being
revived
Branches: prior to 1966 control was exercised by Chinese Communist Party, through
State Council, which supervised more than 50 ministries, commissions, bureaus,
etc., all technically under the standing committee of the National People's
Congress; this system broke down under "Cultural Revolution" pressures and
is currently in process of being reconsolidated and streamlined
Government leader: Premier of State Council, Chou En-lai; Chairman, People's
Republic of China (chief of state, a ceremonial post currently vacant; party
elder Tung Pi-wu is "acting" chairman); both subordinate to central committee
of CCP, under Chairman Mao Tse-tung
Suffrage: universal over age 18, though this is academic
Elections: no meaningful elections
Political parties and leaders: Chinese Communist Party (CCP), headed by Mao
Tse-tung; Mao is Chairman of political bureau, usually real locus of power
in China, and also Chairman of Central Committee; a new central committee
was formed at the 9th Party Congress held in April 1969 but the National
People's Congress, the body which would confirm the new state constitution, has
not yet been held; all 29 provincial level party committees were reestablished
by late August 1971 and most sub-provincial levels now have party committees
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GOVERNMENT (cont
Voting strength: 100% Communist for practical purposes; no political nonconformity
permitted
Connunists: about 20 million party members in 1965
Other political or pressure groups: pre-Cultural Revolution mass organizations
have not yet resumed their former roles of a united front facade; army (PLA)
is dominant force in countryside, with soldiers performing a wide range of
civil political-administrative duties
Member of: U.N., Red Cross, other international bodies
ECONOMY:
GNP: about $130 billion (1971), $150 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, wheat, miscellaneous grains, cotton; caloric
intake, 2,000 calories per day per capita (1971); agriculture mainly
subsistence; grain imports 4-5 million tons annually (1961-70) and 3.2 million
tons in 1971
Major industries: iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles
Shortages: complex machinery and equipment, highly skilled scientists and
technicians
Crude steel: 21 million tons produced (1971), 20 kilograms per capita (1971)
Exports: $2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1971), agricultural products, minerals and metals,
manufactured goods
Imports: $2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1971), grain, chemical fertilizer, industrial
raw materials, machinery and equipment
Major trade partners: Japan, Hong Kong, West Germany, U.K., Singapore, Malaysia,
Canada (1971)
Monetary conversion rate: 2.27 yuan=US$1 (arbitrarily established)
-Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: about 25,000 mi., of which 370 mi. 3'3 3/8" gage, 30 mi. 316" gage,
24,600 mi. 4'8 1/2" gage; mostly single track, less than 1% electrified;
government owned
Highways: 325,000 mi.; 1,000 mi. paved, 74,000 mi. gravel and crushed stone,
80,000 mi. improved earth, and 170,000 mi. unimproved earth, including tracks
Inland waterways: 105,000 mi.; 25,000 mi. navigable by modern motorized craft
Ports: 9 major, 157 minor
Airfields: 303 total; 213 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways over
12,000 ft., 63 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 200 with runways 4,000-7,999
ft.; 1 seaplane station
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LAND:
14,000 sq. mi. (Taiwan and Pescadores); 24% cultivated,
6% pasture, 55% forested, 15% other (urban, industrial,
denuded, water area)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi. (fishing
12 n. mi. in practice)
Coastline: 615 mi. Taiwan, 285 mi. offshore islands
PEOPLE:
Population: 15,321,000 (excluding the population of
Quemoy and Matsu Islands and foreigners), average
annual growth rate 2.2% (January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: 84% Taiwanese, 14% mainland Chinese, 2% aborigines
Religion: 93% mixture of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism; 4.5% Christian;
2.5% other
Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, English
Literacy: about 90%
Labor force: 4.8 million; 34% agriculture, forestry, fishing, 24% manufacturing,
14% services, 14% commerce, 5% transportation and communications,
6% construction, 2% mining (1968)
Organized labor: about 10% of 1968 labor force (government controlled)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of China
Type: republic; one-party presidential regime
Capital: Taipei
Political subdivisions: 16 counties, 4 cities, 1 special municipality (Taipei)
Legal system: based on civil law system; constitution adopted 1947, amended 1960
to permit Chiang Kai-shek to be reelected, and amended 1972 to permit president
to restructure certain government organs; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations
Branches: 5 independent branches (executive, legislative, judicial, plus traditional
Chinese functions of examination and control), dominated by executive branch;
President and Vice President elected by National Assembly
Government leaders: President Chiang Kai-shek; Vice President, Premier Yen
Chia-kan; Premier Chiang Ching-kuo
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: national level -- legislative yuan every 3 years but no general election
held since 1948 election on mainland (partial election for Taiwan province
representatives December 1969 and December 1972); local level -- provincial
assembly, county and municipal executives every 4 years; county and municipal
assemblies every 4 years
Political parties and leaders: Kuomintang, or National Party, led by Director
General Chiang Kai-shek, has no real opposition; 2 insignificant parties
are Democratic Socialist Party, Young China Party
Voting strength (1968 provincial assembly election): 61 seats Kuomintang,
10 seats independents
Member of: expelled from U.N. General Assembly and Security Council on 25 October
1971 and withdrew on same date from other charter-designated subsidiary organs;
attempting to retain membership in international financial institutions
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $6.2 billion (1971), $420 per capita; real growth, 11%
Agriculture: most arable land intensely farmed -- 60% cultivated land under
irrigation; main crops -- rice, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, bananas,
pineapples, citrus fruits; 90% self-sufficient; food shortages -- wheat
Fishing: catch 613,000 tons, $179 million (1970)
Major industries: textiles, clothing, chemicals, plywood, electronics, sugar
milling, food processing, cement
Electric power: 3,587,000 kw. capacity (1972); 17.3 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972); 1,138 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2,136 million (f.o.b., 1971); textiles 18%, clothing and footwear 15%,
T.V. and radios 8%, other machinery and equipment 10%, metals and manufactures
14%, canned foods 7%, lumber and plywood 6%, sugar 4%, seafood 4%
Imports: $1,950 million (c.i.f., 1971) machinery and equipment 33%, basic metals
10%, grains and soybeans 8%
Major trade partners: exports -- 37% U.S., 15% Japan; imports -- 38% Japan,
30% U.S.
Aid:
economic -- U.S. (FY53-71) $1.4 billion committed; IBRD (1964-71) $313
million committed; Japan (1965-70) $137 million committed; ADB (1968-71)
$100 million committed;
military -- U.S. (FY49-71) $3.0 billion committed
Monetary conversion rate: NT$40 (New Taiwan)=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,823 mi., all narrow gage; 130 mi. double track; 623 mi. government
owned, 2,200 mi. industrial
Highways: 10,300 mi. plus 300 mi. on Penghu and offshore islands; 3,300 mi. paved,
5,000 mi. gravel and crushed stone, 2,000 mi. earth
Ports: 7 major, 9 minor
Airfields: 61 total, 37 usable; 23 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
over 12,000 ft., 10 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 13 with runways 4,000-7,999
ft.; 2 seaplane stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,826,000; 2,895,000 fit for military service;
average number currently reaching military age (19) annually 180,000
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 30 June 1973, $700 million;
about 45% of central government budget
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COLOMBIA
440,000 sq. mi.; settled area 28% consisting of cropland
and fallow 5%, pastures 14%, woodland, swamps, and
water 6%, urban and other 3%; unsettled area 72% --
mostly forest and savannah
Land boundaries: 3,750 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,500 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 23,647,000, average annual growth rate 3.2%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 58% mestizo, 20% caucasian, 14% mulatto, 4% Negro, 3% mixed
Negro-Indian, 1% Indian
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 47% of population over 15 years old
Labor force: 5.6 million (1966); 47% agriculture, 13% manufacturing, 18% services,
9% commerce, 13% other (1964)
Organized labor: 13% of labor force (1968)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Colombia
Type: republic; executive branch dominates government structure
Capital: Bogota
Political subdivisions: 22 departamentos, 4 intendencias, 4 comisarias, 1 federal
district
Legal system: based on Spanish law; religious courts regulate marriage and
divorce; constitution decreed in 1886, amendments codified in 1946; judicial
review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: President, bicameral legislature, judiciary
Government leader: President Misael Pastrana
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: every fourth year; last presidential and congressional elections
April 1970; municipal and departmental elections, April 1972
Political parties and leaders: Liberal Party, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, Alfonso
Lopez Michelsen; Liberal Party, Julio Cesar Turbay; Conservative Party,
Unionista Wing, Mariano Ospina Perez, Misael Pastrana; Conservative Party,
Alzatista Wing, Alvaro Gomez Hurtado; Conservative Party, Dissident Wing,
J. Emilio Valderrama, Herman Jaramillo Ocawpo; National Popular Alliance
(ANAPO), General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Maria Eugenia Rojas de Moreno;
Liberals probably command majority of votes over conservatives, but
constitution under the National Front Coalition calls for 50-50 representation
of Liberals and Conservatives in the National Congress until 1974; in local
legislative bodies, parity terminated with the 1970 election; Conservative
Party united with progovernment and Ospina wing in August 1969 to choose
National Front presidential candidate; opposition wing (Lauro-Alzatista)
led by Gomez
Voting strength: 1970 presidential election -- Misael Pastrana 1.61 million
votes, General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla 1.54 million votes, Belisario Betancur
Cuartas .46 million votes, Evardisto Sourdis .3 million votes; 1972 municipal
council and departmental assembly elections -- three major parties; combined
Liberal Party, 1,383,708; Combined Conservative Party, 917,699; ANAPO, 559,821;
abstention by approximately 70% of eligible voters
Communists: 4,800-5,200; sympathizers, 35,000
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GOVERNMENT (cont d):
Other political or pressure groups: Communist Party (PCC), Gilberto Vieira
White; MRL del Pueblo, Communist front for electoral purposes; PCC/ML, Chinese
Line Communist Party, led by Pedro Lupo Leon Arboleda Roldan
Member of: FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMF, ITU, LAFTA and
Andean Sub-Regional Group (created in May 1969 within LAFTA), OAS, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $10.4 billion (purchasing power parity est., 1970), $480 per capita; 72%
private consumption, 7% public consumption, 21% gross investment (1969);
real growth rate 1971, 5.5% (est.)
Agriculture: main crops -- coffee, rice, corn, sugarcane, plantains, bananas,
cotton, potatoes, yucca; caloric intake, 2,220 calories per day per capita
(1965)
Fishing: catch 70,600 metric tons 1969; exports $2.9 million (1969), imports $1.0
million (1969), $0.56 million (1970)
Major industries: textiles, food processing, clothing and footwear, beverages,
chemicals, and metal products
Crude steel: 0.4 million metric tons capacity (1965); 0.26 million metric tons
production (1969), 10 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 2.4 million kw. capacity (1971); 9.208 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 450 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $727 million (f.o.b., 1970); coffee, petroleum, bananas, tobacco,
cotton, sugar, textiles, cattle and hides, wood and wood products
Imports: $755 million (c.i.f., 1970); industrial metals and raw materials, chemicals
and pharmaceuticals, transportation equipment, machinery, fuels, fertilizers,
paper and paper products, foodstuffs and beverages, rubber and rubber products
Major trade partners: U.S. 44%, West Germany 11%, other EC 9%, EFTA 9% Latin
America 6%, Communist countries 4% (1968)
Monetary conversion rate: 22.2 pesos=US$1 (August 1972, changes frequently),
selling rate
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,160 mi., all 3'0" gage, single track, 22 mi. electrified
Highways: 28,600 mi.; 3,700 mi. paved, 19,900 mi. crushed stone or gravel,
3,100 mi. improved earth, 1,900 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 8,900 mi., navigable by river boats
Pipelines: crude oil, 2,000 mi.; refined products, 830 mi.; natural gas, 370 mi.;
natural gas liquids 80 mi.
Ports: 5 major, 5 minor
Merchant marine: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,100 GRT, 267,600 DWT;
32 cargo, 3 bulk, 3 tanker (includes 3 naval tankers sometimes used
commercially)
Civil air: 111 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 879 total, 701 usable; 34 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft.; 6 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 80 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 11 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: rapidly improving nationwide telecom system; communications
satellite ground station; over 1 million telephones; est. 6 million radio
and 810,000 TV receivers; 280 AM, 130 FM, and 16 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,539,000; 3,290,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually about 244,000
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $95.0 million;
about 10.2% of central government budget
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COMORO ISLANDS
LAND:
838 sq. mi.; 4 main islands; forests 16%, pasture 6.8%,
cultivable area 48.3%, non-cultivable area 28.9%
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 211 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 288,000, average annual growth rate 2.7%
(September 66-70)
Ethnic divisions: mixture of Arab, Malay, Negroid
Religion: predominantly Islamic
Language: French, Arabic, Swahili
Literacy: presumably low
Labor Force: mainly agricultural
Organized labor: information not available
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Territory of the Comoro Islands
Type: overseas department of France
Capital: Moroni
Political subdivisions: 4 prefectures, 4 district councils
Legal system: French and Muslim law
Branches: High Commissioner appointed by French government; assisted by elected
Chamber of Deputies of 31 members, and an 8-man Council of Ministers,
President elected by Chanber of Deputies
Government leader: Prince Said Mohamed Jaffar, President of Chamber of Deputies
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: at discretion of Council of Ministers, on advice of President; must
be held before expiration of 5-year electoral mandate
Political parties and leaders: Comoran Democratic Union, Mohammed Dahlani;
Democratic Assembly of Comoros People, Said Mohamed Jaffar; Comoros Socialist
Party
Voting strength: not available
Communists: information not available
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: food crops -- rice, manioc, potatoes, fruits, vegetables; export
crops -- essential oils for perfumes (mainly ylang-ylang), vanilla, copra,
sisal
Exports: $3.8 million (1967) perfume oils, vanilla, copra, sisal
Imports: $7.5 million (1967) foodstuffs, cement, fuels, chemicals, textiles
Major trade partners: France, Malagasy Republic, Italy, Kenya, Tanzania and U.S.
Electric power: est. 1,000 kw. capacity (1971); est. 2 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971); 7 kw.-hr. per capita
Aid: French aid in 1971 was about $2.7 million, or about 50% of the island's
entire budget
Monetary conversion rate: 255.85 Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$1
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 600 mi.; approximately 100 mi. bituminous, 450 mi. crushed stone or
gravel, remainder tracks
Ports: 1 minor (Moroni on Grande Comore)
Civil air: 2 major transports
Airfields: 4 total, 4 usable; 4 with permanent surface runways; 4 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane alighting area
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont 'd):
Telecommunications: one central telephone exchange; number of telephones not
available; 4 radiotelephone and radiotelegraph stations link the islands
and the Malagasy Republic; direct radio telegraph link to Paris; 35,000
radio receivers; 1 AM, 1 FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Defense is the responsibility of France
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CONGO
LAND:
135,000 sq. mi.; 63% dense forest or woodland, 33%
cultivable or grazing (2% cultivated est.), 4% urban
or waste
Land boundaries: 2,805 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
(fishing 3-15n. mi.)
Coastline: 105 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 982,000, average annual growth rate 2%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: about 15 ethnic groups divided into some 75 tribes, almost
Bantu; most important ethnic groups are Kongo (48%) in south, Teke (17%)
center, M'Bochi (12%) and Sangha (20%) in north; about 8,500 Europeans,
mostly French
Religion: about half animist, half nominally Christian, less than 1% Muslim
Language: French official, many African languages with Lingala and Kikongo
most widely used
Literacy: about 20%
Labor force: about 40% of population economically active, most engaged in
subsistence agriculture; 79,100 wage earners; 40,000-60,000 unemployed
Organized labor: 16% of total labor force (1965 est.)
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GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: People's Republic of the Congo
Type: republic; military regime established September 1968
Capital: Brazzaville
Political subdivisions: 9 regions divided into districts
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution
adopted 1963 and 1969
Branches: President, Council of State; National Assembly dissolved August 1968;
judiciary presumably still functions according to provisions of 1963
constitution; all policy made by Congolese Workers Party Central Committee
and Politburo
Government leader: President, Maj. Marien Ngouabi
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: last legislative elections December 1963; none scheduled
Political parties and leaders: Congolese Workers Party (PCT) is only legal party;
President, Maj. Marien Ngouabi
Voting strength: no elections held since PCT formed
Communists: unknown number of Communists and sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: Union of Congolese Socialist Youth (UJSC),
Congolese Trade Union Congress (CSC), Revolutionary Union of Congolese
Union (URFC), General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students (UGEEC)
Member of: ADB, Conference of East and Central African States, EAMA, ECA, IBRD, FAO,
ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, La Francophonie, OAU, UDEAC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: about $228 million (1967 est.), about $260 per capita, real growth rate
about 4% per year
Agriculture: cash crops -- sugarcane, wood, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, peanuts,
tobacco; food crops -- root crops, rice, corn, bananas, manioc, fish
Fishing: catch 12,200 metric tons (1970); imports $3.3 million (1969)
Major industries: sawmills, brewery, cigarettes, sugar mill, soap
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 43,600 kw. capacity (1971); 71 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
73 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $60 million (f.o.b., 1968); lumber, sugar, tobacco, veneer, and plywood;
diamonds smuggled from Zaire
Imports: $86 million (c.i.f., 1968); machinery, transport equipment, manufactured
consumer goods, iron and steel, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Major trade partners: France and other EC countries on preferential basis
Monetary conversion rate: 255.785 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs=US$1
(official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 490 mi., 3'6" gage, single track
Inland waterways: 4,030 mi. navigable
Ports: 1 major
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 69 total, 44 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 16 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: all services only fair; barely adequate for government and
public; principal network is comprised of 30 low-capacity, low-powered radio
communication stations; few wire lines connect key centers of Brazzaville,
Pointe-Noire, and Dolisie with maximum of 21 channels; 10,000 telephones;
65,000 radio receivers; 1,900 TV receivers; 3 AM, no FM, and 1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 240,000; 115,000 fit for military service;
about 10,000 reach military age (20) annually
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COSTA RICA
LAND:
19,700 sq. mi.; 30% agricultural land (8% cultivated, 22%
meadows and pasture), 60% forested, 10% waste, urban,
and other (1964)
Land boundaries: 415 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi. (fishing
200 n. mi.)
Coastline: 800 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,862,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 98% white (including mestizo), 2% Negro
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: approximately 80%
Labor force: 530,000 (1970); 46.3% agriculture; 13.2% manufacturing; 11% commerce;
8% construction, transportation, and communications; 21.5% other; shortage
of skilled labor (1968)
Organized labor: about 6% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Costa Rica
Type: unitary republic
Capital: San Jose
Political subdivisions: 7 provinces
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; constitution adopted 1949;
judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; legal education
at University of Costa Rica; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President, unicameral legislature, Supreme Court elected by
legislature
Government leader: President Jose Figueres
Suffrage: universal and compulsory age 18 and over
Elections: every 4 years; next, February 1974
Political parties and leaders: National Liberation Party (PLN), Daniel Oduber;
National Unification (UN), Francisco Calderone; National Republican Party (PRN),
Longino Soto Pacheco; Popular Union Party (PUP), Mario Echandi; National
Independent Party (DNI), Jorge Gonzalez Marten; National Union Party (PUN),
Otilio Ulate; Democratic Renovation Party (PRD), Rodrigo Carazo; Costa Rican
Socialist Party (PMSC), Arnoldo Mora Rodriguez; Christian Democratic Party
(PDC), Jorge Monge Zamora; National Front (FN), Virgilio Calvo; Socialist
Action Party (PASO), Marcial Aguiluz; Popular Vanguard Party (PVP, Communist,
illegal), Manuel Mora
Voting strength (1970 election): National Unification (coalition of PUN, PR, and
PURA), 41.1%; PLN, 55%; PFN, 1.7%; PDC, 0.9%; PASO, 1.3%
Communists: 3,200 members, 10,000 sympathizers
Member of: CACM, [ADB, IAEA, ICAO, OAS, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $982 million (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $550 per capita;
14% government consumption, 67% private consumption, 23% domestic investment,
6% inventory, -10% net foreign balance (1970); real growth rate 1971, 5.5%
(est.)
Agriculture: main products -- bananas, coffee, sugarcane, rice, corn, cocoa,
livestock products; caloric intake, 2,610 calories per day per capita (1966)
Fishing: catch 8,100 metric tons, $2.2 million (1970); exports, $1.8 million
(1970), imports $0.5 million (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major industries: food processing, textiles and clothing, construction
materials, fertilizer
Electric power: 220,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1,014 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 540 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $231.1 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, bananas, sugar, beef, fertilizers,
cacao
Imports: $347.9 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); manufactured products, machinery,
transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Major trade partners: exports -- 41% U.S., 20% CACM, 8% West Germany, 5%
Netherlands; imports -- 35% U.S., 22% CACM, 8% West Germany, 9% Japan (1970)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71), $121.4 million loans, $95.2
million grants; from international organizations (FY46-71), $147.8 million;
from other Western countries (1960-68), $1.8 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY60-71) $1.9 million
Monetary conversion rate: 6.62 colones=US$1 (official buying rate); 6.65
colones=US$1 (official selling rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 407 mi.; 395 mi. 316" gage, 12 iii. 3'0" gage, all single track, 72 mi.
electrified
Highways: 11,700 mi.; 850 mi. paved, 3,200 mi. gravel, 7,650 mi. earth
Inland waterways: about 455 mi. perennially navigable
Pipelines: refined products, 80 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 4 minor
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,600 GRT, 3,700 DWT
Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 206 total, 129 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 8 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: domestic telephone service greatly improved; 68,000 telephones;
connection to international Central American microwave net; 330,000 radio and
120,000 television receivers in use; 44 AM, 8 FM, and 11 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 406,000; 275,000 fit for military service; average
number reaching military age (18) annually about 23,000
Supply: dependent on imports from U.S.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1971, $3.3 million for
Ministry of Public Security, including the Civil Guard; about 2.3% of total
central government budget
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CUBA
LAND:
44,200 sq. mi.; 35% cultivated, 30% meadow and pasture,
20% waste, urban, or other, 15% forested (1968)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 2,320 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 8,850,000, average annual growth rate 1.7%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 51% mulatto, 37% white, 11% Negro,
1% Chinese
Religion: at least 85% nominally Roman Catholic before Castro assumed power
Language: Spanish
Literacy: about 96%
Labor force: 2.6 million; 34% agriculture, 17% industry, 6% construction, 6%
transportation, 29% services, 8% unemployed and underemployed
Organized labor: 70% of total force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Cuba
Type: Communist state
Capital: Havana
Political subdivisions: 6 provinces
Legal system: based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of
Communist legal theory; Fundamental Law of 1959 replaced constitution
of 1940; legal education at Universities of Havana, Oriente, and Las Villas;
does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive; no legislature; controlled judiciary
Government leader: Premier Fidel Castro Ruz
Political parties and leaders: Cuban Communist Party (PCC), First Secretary
Fidel Castro Ruz, Second Secretary Raul Castro Ruz
Communists: approx. 120,000 party members
Member of: CEMA, ECLA, FAO, GATT, IADB (nonparticipant), IAEA, ICAO, IHB, ILO,
IMCO, International Rice Commission, International Sugar Council, International
Wheat Agreement, ITU, OAS (nonparticipant), Permanent Court of Arbitration,
Postal Union of the Americas and Spain, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $4.8 billion (est. 1971 at 1971 prices), $560 per capita; 60% private
consumption, 20% public consumption, 20% gross investment; real growth
rate 1971, -5%
Agriculture: main crops -- sugar, tobacco, coffee, rice, potatoes, tubers,
citrus fruits
Fishing: catch 125,900 metric tons (1971); exports $21.7 million (1971), imports
$11.9 million (1971)
Major industries: sugar milling, petroleum refining, food and tobacco processing,
textiles, chemicals, paper and wood products, metals
Shortages: spare parts for transportation and industrial machinery, consumer goods
Crude steel: 0.35 million metric tons capacity (planned 1969); 165,000 metric
tons produced (1970); 20 kg. per capita
Electric power: 1.35 million kw. capacity (1971); 5.1 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 600 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $815 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); sugar, nickel, tobacco
Imports: $1,255 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); capital goods, industrial raw
materials, food, petroleum
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S.S.R. 35%, China 8%, other Communist
countries 21%, Japan 10%, Spain 3%; imports -- U.S.S.R. 53%,
China 5%, other Communist countries 12%, U.K. 5%, Japan 5% (1971 est.)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 peso=US$1.09 (nominal)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 9,150 mi. government owned; 3,150 mi. common carrier lines (8 mi.
double track and 95 mi. electrified) and about 6,000 mi. plantation-
industrial lines; common carrier lines comprise 3,100 mi. 48 1/2" standard
gage, and about 50 mi. 3'0" and 2'6" narrow gage; plantation-industrial
lines comprise about 4,000 mi. standard gage and 2,000 mi. narrow gage
Highways: 11,600 mi.; 4,000 mi. (est.) paved, 2,500 mi. (est.) gravel or
otherwise improved hard surfaces, 5,100 mi. (est.) improved or unimproved
earth surface
Inland waterways: 50 mi.
Pipelines: natural gas, 50 mi.
Ports: 8 major, 44 minor; Guantanamo under U.S. control
Merchant marine: 46 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 304,600 GRT, 414,100
DWT; includes 37 cargo, 6 tanker, 3 specialized carrier; Cuba beneficially
owns 3 additional ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 28,700 GRT, 40,400 DWT,
which are registered under a Hong Kong company and fly the U.K. flag
Airfields: 376 total, 202 usable; 38 with permanent-surface runways; 10 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 30 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 11 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: modern facilities adequately serve military and most civil
needs; excellent international facilities, planned satellite ground station;
300,000 telephones; 1.5 million radio and 600,000 TV receivers, 94 AM, 25 RI,
and 21 TV stations; 6 submarine cables, including 1 coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,099,000; 1,215,000 fit for military service;
about 85,000 males and 78,000 females reach military age (17) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1966, $213 million; about
7.8% of total budget
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CYPRUS
LAND:
3,570 sq. mi.; 47% arable and land under permanent crops,
18% forested, 10% meadows and pasture, 25% waste,
urban areas, and other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 400 mi. (approx.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 647,000, average annual growth rate 1.1%
(FY72)
Ethnic divisions: 78% Greek; 18% Turkish; 4% British,
Armenian, and other
Religion: 78% Greek Orthodox, 18% Muslim, 4% Armenian Orthodox and other
Language: Greek, Turkish, English
Literacy: about 82% of population 7 years or older
Labor force: 267,000 (1970 est.), 38% agriculture, 23% industry, 9% commerce,
2% mining, 28% other; 3,130 registered unemployed (December 1968)
Organized labor: 24% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Cyprus
Type: republic since March 1961; separate de facto Greek Cypriot, and Turkish
Cypriot governments have evolved since outbreak of communal strife in 1963
Capital: Nicosia
Political subdivisions: 6 administrative districts
Legal system: based on common law, with civil law modifications; constitution
came into force upon independence in 1960, but has often been in abeyance
since then; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: currently a rump government consisting basically of Greek Cypriot parts
of bodies provided for by constitution; headed by President of the Republic
and comprised of Council of Ministers, House of Representatives, and
Supreme Court
Government leaders: President, Archbishop Makarios III (Greek); Vice President,
Dr. Fazil Kucuk (Turk)
Elections: held every 5 years; 1965 elections suspended; 1968 elections only for
President and Vice President; 1970 parliamentary elections demonstrate
notable increase in strength of Communist Party (AKEL)
Political parties and leaders: Reform Party of the Working People (AKEL)
(Communist Party), Ezekias Papaioannou; Unified Party (UP), Glafkos Clerides;
Progressive Movement (PM) (pro-Makarios), Andreas Azinas; Democratic
National Party (DEK), Takis Evdokas; United Democratic Union of the Center
(EDEK), Vassos Lyssarides; Turkish National Union Party (TNUP), Rauf Denktash
Voting strength: (1968 presidential and vice presidential elections) Greek
Cypriot President Makarios 90%; Turkish Cypriot Vice President Fazil Kucuk
unopposed; (1970 parliamentary elections) 39% of Greek Cypriot vote for
Reform Party of the Working People, 21% of the Greek Cypriot vote for the
Progressive Movement, 9% of the Greek Cypriot vote for the Democratic National
Party as well as 9% for the United Democratic Union of the Center, 4% of the
Greek Cypriot vote for independents, 76% of the Greek Cypriot electorate
voted; 80% of the Turkish Cypriot community voted and overwhelmingly elected
15 of Rauf Denktash's supporters to the Turk Cypriot House contingent in a
separate election
Communists: 12,000; sympathizers estimated to number 60,000
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GOVERNMENT (cont 'd):
Other political or pressure groups: United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON)
(Communist-controlled); Pan Cyprian Confederation of Labor (PEO)
(Communist-controlled); Cyprus Confederation of Labor (SEK) (pro-U.S.);
Cyprus Turkish Federation of Trade Unions (KTBIF)
Member of: Commonwealth, Council of Europe, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC,
ILO, IMF, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $540 million (1970), $850 per capita; 1970 growth 3%, 1958 constant prices
Agriculture: main crops -- vine products, citrus, potatoes, other vegetables;
food shortages -- grain, dairy products, meat, fish; caloric intake, 2,590
calories per day per capita (1961)
Major industries: mining (cupreous and iron pyrites, asbestos), manufactures
principally for local consumption -- food, beverages, footwear
Shortages: water, petroleum
Electric power: 179,000 kw. capacity (1971); 618.2 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
958 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $114 million (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- copper, pyrites, citrus,
raisins, and other agricultural products
Imports: $260 million (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- manufactured goods,
machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, foods
Major trade partners: (1970) U.K. 32%, West Germany 11%, Italy 9%, EC 28.1%,
Communist countries 7.7%
Aid: economic -- U.S., $22.2 million authorized (1961-70), none authorized in
1970; IBRD, $34.2 million (1963-70); U.N. Technical Assistance, $1.5 million
(1953-70); U.N. Special Fund, $8 million (1953-70)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Cyprus pound.US$2.61 (as of March 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 5,000 mi.; 2,100 mi. bituminous surface treated; 2,900 mi. gravel,
crushed stone, and earth
Ports: 3 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 410 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,289,100 GRT, 3,282,200
DWT; includes 9 passenger, 328 cargo, 23 tanker, 47 bulk, 3 specialized
carriers; all but a few are owned and operated by Greek national
Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 20 total, 13 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft.; 3 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: modest but expanding telecommunication system; 44,000
telephones; 174,000 radio receivers; 62,500 TV receivers; 2 TV, 12 AM, and
4 FM stations; tropospheric scatter circuit to Greece
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 156,000; 110,000 fit for military service,
about 7,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1971, $7.5 million about
9.7% of central government budget
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
LAND:
49,400 sq. mi.; 42% arable, 14% other agricultural, 35%
forested, 9% other
Land boundaries: 2,205 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 14,523,000, average annual growth rate 0.6%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 64.5% Czechs, 29.6% Slovaks, 3.9% Magyars,
1% Germans, 1% Ukrainians, Jews, Poles
Religion: 77% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, 2% Orthodox,
1% other
Language: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Literacy: almost complete
Labor force: 7.1 million; 18% agriculture, 37% industry, 11% services,
construction, communications and others
34%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Type: Communist state
Capital: Prague
Political subdivisions: 2 separate autonomous republics (Czech Socialist
Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic); 7 regions (kraj) in Czech lands,
three regions in Slovakia; national capitals of Prague and Bratislava have
regional status
Legal system: civil law system based on German codes, modified by Communist
legal theory; revised constitution adopted 1960 under revision; no judicial
review of legislative acts; legal education at Universita Komenskeho School
of Law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive --- President, cabinet (appointed by President); legislative
-- Federal Assembly (elected directly), Czech and Slovak National Councils
(also elected directly) legislate on limited area of Czech and Slovak affairs;
judiciary -- Supreme Court (elected by Federal Assembly); entire governmental
structure dominated by Communist Party
Government leaders: President Ludvik Svoboda, Premier Lubomir Strougal
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: governmental bodies every 5 years; President every 5 years (last
election, November 1971)
Dominant political party and leader: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC),
Gustav Husak, General Secretary; Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) has status
of "provincial KSC organization"
Voting strength (1971 election): 99.81% Communist-sponsored single slate
Communists: 1.2 million party members
Other political groups: puppet parties -- Czechoslovak Socialist Party,
Czechoslovak People's Party, Slovak Freedom Party, Slovak Revival Party
Member of: CEMA, GATT, IAEA, ICAO, Seabeds Committee, U.N., Warsaw Pact
ECONOMY:
GNP: $34.0 billion in 1971 (at 1970 prices), $2,340 per capita; 1971 real growth
rate 4.1%
Agriculture: diversified agriculture; main crops -- wheat, rye, potatoes, sugar
beets; net food importer -- meat, wheat, vegetable oils, fresh fruits and
vegetables; caloric intake, 3,100 calories per day per capita (1967)
Major industries: machinery, food processing, metallurgy, textiles, chemicals
Shortages: ores, crude oil, grain
Crude steel: 12 million metric tons produced (1971), 830 kg. per capita
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Exports: $4,174 million (f.o.b., 1971); 50% machinery, equipment; 29% fuels,
raw materials; 4% foods, food products, and live animals; 17% consumer goods,
excluding foods (1970)
Imports: $3,810 million (f.o.b., 1971); 33 machinery, equipment; 44% fuels, raw
materials; 15% foods, food products, and live animals; 8% consumer goods,
excluding foods (1970)
Major trade partners: $7,984 million (1971); 69% Communist countries, 31% other
Monetary conversion rate: commercial 6.63 crowns=US$1, noncommercial 13.05
crowns=U5$1, tourist rate 15.0 crowns=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 8,269 mi.; 8,089 mi. standard gage, 70 mi. broad gage, 110 mi. narrow
gage; 1,745 mi. double track; 1,560 mi. electrified; government owned (1970)
Highways: 45,500 mi.; 600 mi. concrete; 20,700 mi. bituminous; 2,400 mi.
cobblestone, brick sett, stone block; 21,800 mi. crushed stone, gravel,
improved earth (1971)
Inland waterways: 517 mi. (1972)
Pipelines: crude oil, 900 mi.; refined products, 535 mi.; natural gas, 2,200 mi.
Freight carried: rail -- 275.1 million short tons, 40.2 billion short ton/mi.
(1970); highway -- 845.2 million short tons, 7.3 billion short ton/mi. (1971);
waterway -- 4.9 million short tons, 1.7 billion short ton/mi. (1970)
Ports: no maritime ports; outlets are Gdynia, Gdansk, Stettin in Poland; Rijeka,
Yugoslavia; Hamburg, West Germany; Rostock, East Germany; principal river
ports are Prague, Melnik, Usti nad Labem, Decin, Komarno, Bratislava (1972)
Merchant marine: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,300 GRT, 171,000 DWT;
includes 8 cargo, 5 bulk
Airfields: 134 total; 33 with permanent-surface runways; 19 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 49 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,654,000; 2,815,000 fit for military service;
about 124,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: produces aircraft, copies of Soviet air-to-air and antitank missiles,
armored vehicles, river patrol boats and gunboats, some light artillery,
substantial quantities of infantry weapons, ammunition, explosives, tactical
signal equipment, trucks, and small amounts of chemical warfare agents;
chemical and biological warfare defensive materiel; dependent on the U.S.S.R.
for more complex electronic equipment; amphibious armored reconnaissance
cars obtained from Hungary
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 15.9 billion crowns,
about 8.4% of total budget
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DAHOMEY
LAND:
44,700 sq. mi.; southern third of country is most fertile;
arable land 80% (actually cultivated 11%), forests and
game preserves 19%, non-arable 1%
Land boundaries: 1,220 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 75 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,915,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(FY65-68)
Ethnic divisions: 99% Africans (42 ethnic groups, most
Yoruba, Bariba), 5,500 Europeans
Religion: 12% Muslim, 8% Christian, 80% animist
Language: French official; Fon and Yoruba most common
at least 6 major tribal languages in north
Literacy: about 20%
Labor force: 85% of labor force engaged in agriculture;
artisans, and industry
Organized labor: approximately 75% of
and several minor unions
important
being
Fon, Adja,
vernaculars in south,
15% civil service,
wage earners, divided among two major
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Dahomey
Type: republic; under military rule since October 1972
Capital: Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto)
Political subdivisions: 6 departments, 30 arrondissements
Legal system: based on French civil law and customary law; judicial review by
4-chambered Supreme Court; legal education generally obtained in France; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: military government with some civilian participation, took over on 26
October 1972, replacing 3-man Presidential Council formed in 1970; independent
judiciary
Government leaders: Major Mathieu Kerekou, President and head of national defense
Suffrage: universal for adults whenever elections or referendums are held
Elections: current government has held no elections and none are scheduled
Political parties: none
Communists: no Communist party; possibly some sympathizers
Member of: ADB, ECA, EAMA, Entente, FAO, ICAO, ILO, ITU, La Francophonie, Niger
River Commission, OAU, OCAM, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $230 million (1971 est.) $80 per capita; real growth rate, 6.5% per annum
(1967-71)
Agriculture: major cash crop is oil palms; peanuts, cotton, coffee, sheanuts,
tobacco also produced commercially; main food crops -- corn, cassava, yams,
sorghum and millet; livestock, fish
Fishing: catch 33,000 tons (1971); exports none, imports 4,000 metric tons
Major industries: palm oil and palm kernel oil processing
Electric power: 9,330 kw. capacity (1971); 50 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
18 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: about $42 million (f.o.b., 1971); palm products (34%); other
agricultural products
Imports: about $76 million (f.o.b., 1971); clothing and other consumer goods,
cement, lumber, fuels, foodstuffs, machinery, and transport equipment
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ECONOMY (cont 'dj :
Major trade partners: France, EC, franc zone; preferential tariffs to EC and
franc zone countries
Aid:
economic (1970) -- France, $8 million; EC, $4.2 million; U.N., $2 million;
West Germany, $1 million; Taiwan, $1 million; U.S., (FY60-70) $12.8 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc=0.02 French
francs; 255.785 CFA francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 360 mi., all meter gage (3'3 3/8")
Highways: 4,300 mi.; 470 mi. paved, 1,670 mi. otherwise improved earth, 2,160
mi. unimproved
Inland waterways: 400 mi. navigable
Ports: 1 major, 1 minor
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,000 GRT, 13,000 DWT
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 11 total, 10 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 4 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: telephone service concentrated in south; telegraph limited,
but more extensive than telephone; 6,500 telephones; 54,000 radio receivers;
2 AM, no FM, and no TV stations; 3 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 687,000; 330,000 fit for military service; about
29,000 males and 28,000 females reach military age (18) annually; both sexes
liable for military service
Supply: dependent on France
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DENMARK
LAND:
16,600 sq. mi. (exclusive of Greenland and Faeroe Islands);
64% arable, 8% meadows and pastures, 11% forested, 17%
other
Land boundaries: 42 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi. (fishing
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 2,100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,984,000, average annual growth rate 0.4%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population
Religion: 96% Evangelical Lutheran, 3% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 1%
other
Language: Danish; small German-speaking minority .
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 2.4 million; 14.5% agriculture, forestry, fishing, 29.4% mining and
manufacturing, 8.1% construction, 15.0% commerce, 6.6% transportation and
communications, 23.6% services, 0.2% other; 4.0% (monthly average) unemployed
Organized labor: 65% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Denmark
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Copenhagen
Political subdivisions: 14 counties, 277 communes, 88 towns
Legal system: civil law system; constitution adopted 1953; judicial review of
legislative acts; legal education at Universities of Copenhagen and Arhus;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown and parliament
(Folketing); executive power vested in Crown but exercised by cabinet
responsible to parliament; Supreme Court, 2 superior courts, 106 lower courts
Government leaders: Queen Margrethe II; Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen
Suffrage: universal, but not compulsory, over age 21
Elections: held every 4 years (next in 1975)
Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic, Anker Jorgensen; Moderate
Liberal, Poul Hartling; Conservative, Erik Haunstrup Clemmensen; Radical
Liberal, Ascier Baunsbak-Jensen; Socialist Peoples, Sigurd Omann; Communist,
Knud Jespersen; Left Socialist, a triumvirate consisting of Ernst Dahl, Leif
Sondergaard Andersen, and Niels Finn Christiansen
Voting strength (1971 election): 37.4% Social Democratic, 15.7% Moderate Liberal,
16.7% Conservative, 14.3% Radical Liberal, 9.1% Socialist Peoples, 1.4%
Communist, 5.3% other
Communists: 5,000; a number of sympathizers, as indicated by 39,344 Communist
votes cast in 1971 elections
Member of: Council of Europe, EC, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB,
ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NATO, Nordic Council, OECD, Seabeds Committee (observer),
U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $18.4 billion (1971), $3,700 per capita; 61% private consumption, 21%
investment, 20% government, -1.6% net foreign balance; 1971 growth 3.6%,
constant prices
Agriculture: highly intensive, specializes in dairying and animal husbandry;
main crops -- cereals, root crops; food shortages -- oilseeds, grain,
feedstuffs; caloric intake, 3,180 calories per day per capita (1968-69)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Fishing: catch 1,379,235 metric tons (1971), $128 million; exports $144.3 million,
imports $33.7 million
Major industries: food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing,
chemical products, electronics, transport equipment, metal products, brick
and mortar, -furniture and other wood products
Shortages: most industrial raw materials and fuels
Crude steel: 470,000 metric tons produced (1971), 90 kg. per capita
Electric power: 4,780,000 kw. capacity (1971); 17.186 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 3,453 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3,833 million (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- meat, dairy products,
industrial machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products,
transport equipment, fish, furs, and furniture
Imports: $4,865 million (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- industrial machinery,
transport equipment, petroleum, textile fibers and yarns, iron and steel
products, chemicals, grain and feedstuffs, wood and paper
Major trade partners: U.K. 16%, West Germany 16%, Sweden 16%, U.S. 8%, Norway 6%;
EC 28%; EFTA 46%; Communist countries 4%
Aid:
economic -- (received) U.S., $301.8 million authorized 1946-72, none since
1958; IBRD $85.0 million through June 1970, none since 1964; net official
economic aid given to less developed areas and multilateral agencies,
$250.5 million (1960-70), $58.3 million (1969), $63.2 million (1970) $80
million (1971 provisional)
Monetary conversion rate: 6.98 Kroner.US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,843 mi. Danish State Railways (DSB) 1,460 mi. standard gage (4'8 1/2"),
52 mi. electrified and 451 mi. double tracked; remaining 389 mi. of standard
gage lines are privately owned and operated
Highways: 38,275 mi.; 31,205 mi. concrete, bitumen, or stone block; 5,640 mi.
gravel and crushed stone; 1,430 mi. improved earth
Inland waterways: 259 mi.
Pipelines: refined products, 202 mi.
Ports: 16 major, 42 minor
Merchant marine: 297 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,324,900 GRT, 5,393,100
DWT; includes 12 passenger, 190 cargo, 39 tanker, 22 bulk, 34 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 90 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 126 total, 104 usable; 16 with permanent-surface runways; 8 with run-
ways 8,000-11,999 ft., 5 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: excellent telephone, telegraph, and broadcast services;
1,803,000 telephones; 1,640,000 radiobroadcast receivers; 1,427,000 TV
receivers; 5 AM, 13 FM, and 30 TV stations; 13 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,184,000; 1,040,000 fit for military service;
38,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1973, $457 million; about 7%
of central government budget
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DOMINICA
LAND:
305 sq. mi.; 24% arable, 2% pasture, 67% forests, 7%
other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 92 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 73,000, average annual growth rate 1.6%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: mostly of African Negro descent
Religion: Roman Catholic, Church of England, Methodist
Language: English; French patois
Literacy: about 80%
Labor force: est. at 23,000 in 1960; about 50% in agriculture
Organized labor: 25% of the labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Dominica
Type: dependent territory with full internal autonomy as a British "Associated
State"
Capital: Roseau
Political subdivisions: 10 parishes
Legal system: based on English common law; three local magistrate courts and
the British Caribbean Court of Appeals
Branches: legislature, 11 member popularly elected House of Assembly; executive,
cabinet headed by Prime Minister
Government leaders: Premier Edward O. LeBlanc; U.K. Governor Louis Cools-Lartigue
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage over age 18
Elections: every 5 years; most recent October 1970
Political parties and leaders: Dominica Labor Party (DLP), Edward O. LeBlanc;
Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), Miss M. Eugenia Charles
Voting strength: House of Assembly seats -- DFP 2 seats, DLP 8 seats, indepen-
dent 1 seat
Communists: negligible
Member of: CARIFTA
ECONOMY:
GDP: $15.8 million (1968 est.), $230 per capita; economy is virtually stagnant
in real terms
Agricultural products: bananas, citrus, coconuts, cocoa
Major industries: agricultural processing, tourism
Electric power: 5,420 kw. capacity (1971); 15 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971 est.), 220 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $6.2 million (f.o.b., 1970); bananas, lime juice and oil, cocoa and
reexports
Imports: $15.9 million (c.i.f., 1970); foodstuffs, manufactured articles
Major trade partners: U.K. 53%, Commonwealth Caribbean countries 15%, Canada
10%, U.S. 7% (1963)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 460 mi.; 175 mi. paved, 190 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized
earth surface, 95 mi. unimproved
Ports: 2 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Airfields: 1 with asphalt runway 4,830 ft.
Telecommunications: 2,000 in fully automatic telephone network; VHF interisland
link to St. Lucia; 15,000 radio receivers; less than 100 TV receivers; 1
AM station
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
LAND:
18,800 sq. mi.; 14% cultivated, 4% fallow, 17% meadows
and pastures, 45% forested, 20% built-on or waste
Land boundaries: 224 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi. (fishing
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 800 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,377,000, average annual growth rate 3.0%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 73% mulatto, 16% white, 11% Negro
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 35% to 40% of adult population
Labor force: 1.3 million; 73% agriculture,
Organized labor: 12% of labor force
8% industry, 19% services and other
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Dominican Republic
Type: republic
Capital: Santo Domingo
Political subdivisions: 26 provinces and the National District
Legal system: based on French civil codes; 1966 constitution
Branches: President popularly elected for a 4-year term; bicameral legislature
consisting of Senate (27 seats) and Chamber of Deputies (74 seats) elected
for 4-year terms; members of Supreme Court elected by Senate
Government leader: President Joaquin Balaguer
Suffrage: universal and compulsory, over age 18 or married, except members of the
armed forces and police, who cannot vote
Elections: national, May 1974
Political parties and leaders: Reformist Party (PR), Joaquin Balaguer; Dominican
Revolutionary Party (PRD), Juan Bosch Gavino; Democratic Quisqueyan
Party (PQD), Elias Wessin y Wessin; Revolutionary Social Christian Party
(PRSC), Alfonso Moreno Martinez; Movement for National Conciliation (MNC),
Jaime Manuel Fernandez Gonzalez; Anti-reelection Movement of Democratic
Integration (MIDA) Francisco Augusto Lora; National Civic Union (UCN), Pedro
Guillermo Urraca; Fourteenth of June Revolutionary Movement (MR-1J4), split
into several factions, illegal; Dominican Communist Party (PCD), central
committee, illegal; Dominican Popular Movement (MPD), Rafael Taveras Rosario,
illegal; Communist Party of the Dominican Republic (PCRD), Luis Montas
Gonzalez, illegal; Popular Socialist Party (PSP), illegal
Voting strength (1970 election): 57% PR, (abstained) PRD, 5% PRSC, 14% PQD, 3%
MCN, 21% MIDA
Communists: an estimated 1,500 to 1,800 members in six different factions;
effectiveness limited by ideological differences and organizational
inadequacies
Member of: GATT, IADB, IAEA, ICAO, IHB, OAS, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1.5 billion (1971), $360 per capita; real growth rate 1970, 6.1%
Agriculture: main crops -- sugarcane, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, rice, corn; self-
sufficient in rice; caloric intake, 2,200 calories per day per capita (1966)
Major industries: sugar processing, bauxite mining, peanut processing, textiles,
cement
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 256,500 kw. capacity (1971); 1,052 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 250 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $213.5 million (f.o.b., 1970); sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, bauxite
Imports: $306 million (c.i.f., 1970); foodstuffs, petroleum, industrial raw
materials, capital equipment
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 78%, EC 6% (1970); imports -- U.S. 56%,
Europe 25% (1968)
Aid:
economic -- from U.S. (FY46-71), $208.1 million in grants, $262.9 million
in loans; from international organizations (FY46-71), $100.7 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY53-70), $28.3 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 peso=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,000 route mi. of which 65 mi, government-owned common carrier
(3'6" gage) and 935 mi. privately owned plantation network (approximately 4
different gages ranging from 1110 1/2" to 48 1/2", with 2'6" predominating)
Highways: 6,200 mi.; 3,200 mi. paved, 900 mi. gravel, 1,400 mi. improved earth,
700 mi. unimproved earth
Pipelines: product lines (1.5 mi. and 43 mi.) under construction, to be completed
in 1971
Ports: 5 major, 17 minor
Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,000 GRT, 7,700 DWT
Civil air: 16 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 62 total, 42 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 7 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: relatively efficient domestic system based on islandwide
radio relay network; 53,000 telephones; 400,400 radio and 120,000 TV receivers,
101 AM, 27 FM, and 8 TV stations; 3 submarine cables, 1 of which is coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,008,000; 640,000 fit for military service;
reach military age (18) annually
Supply: dependent upon U.S. and Western Europe
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $33.3 million; about
11.0% of central government budget
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106,000 sq. mi. (including Galapagos Islands); 11%
cultivated, 8% meadows and pastures, 55% forested,
26% waste, urban, or other
Land boundaries: 1,200 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 750 mi. (includes Galapagos Is.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 6,617,000 (excluding nomadic Indian tribes),
average annual rate of growth 3.3% (FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 41% mestizo, 39% Indian, 10% white, 5% Negro,
other
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic (majority nonpracticing)
Language: Spanish, Quechua
Literacy: 57%
Labor force: 2 million, of which 55% agriculture, 16% manufacturing, 4%
construction, 7% trade, 9% services, 9% other; shortage of skilled labor
Organized labor: 12% of labor force
5% Oriental
and
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Ecuador
Type: republic
Capital: Quito
Political subdivisions: 19 provinces and 1 territory (Galapagos Islands)
Legal system: based on civil law system; modified 1945 constitution re-institutec,
in February 1972, legal education at 4 state and 2 private universities; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President and government council assumed power February 1972; government
decisions announced by decree over the president's signature; judiciary system
supervised by Supreme Court but currently undergoing reorganization
Government leader: President, General Guillermo Rodriguez Lara
Elections: none scheduled
Political parties and leaders: National Velasquista Front, personalistie, Jose
Maria Velasco Ibarra; Radical Liberal Party, Ignacio Hidalgo Villavicencio;
Social Christian Party, generally conservative, Camilo Ponce; Conservative
Party, Gab o Pico Mantilla; Concentration of Popular Forces, populist, Assad
Bucaram; National Revolutionary Party, leftist, Carlos Julio Arosemena
Voting strength: in June 1968 national elections, Velasquistas, a center-left
coalition, and a rightist coalition each got approximately one-third
Communists: 500 members plus 2,500 sympathizers; Marxist-Leninist Communist Party,
250; pro-Castro Revolutionary Socialist Party, 450
Member of: ECOSOC, IADB, IAEA, ICAO, LAFTA and Andean Sub-Regional Group
(formed in May 1969 within LAFTA), OAS, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $3 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $480 per capita;
72% private consumption, 14% public consumption, 14% gross investment (1970
est.); real growth rate 1971 est., 8%
Agriculture: main crops -- sugarcane, beans, coffee, cotton, corn, bananas,
potatoes, cocoa, rice; nearly self-sufficient; caloric intake, 2,100 calories
per day per capita (1964)
Fishing: catch 91,500 tons (1970), $12.1 million (1970); exports $10.2 million
(1970), imports negligible
Major industries: food processing, textiles, cement, leather and rubber products,
drugs, fishing, petroleum, fertilizer
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ECONOMY (cont dj
Electric power: 294,000 kw. capacity (1971); 937 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 160 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $235 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); bananas, coffee, cocoa, sugar, fish
products
Imports: $275 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); agricultural and industrial machinery,
wheat, petroleum products, chemical products, transportation and communication
eauipment
Major trade partners: U.S. 37%, EC 22%, Japan 14% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71), $208.7 million loans, $102.0
million grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $152.4 million;
from Communist countries (1954-71), $15.4 million loans;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY49-71), $60.6 million
Monetary conversion rate: 25.25 sucres=US$1 (official selling rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 710 mi.; 615 mi. 3'6" gage, 95 mi. 2'5 1/2" gage; all single track
Highways: 14,200 mi.; 1,900 mi. paved, 5,100 mi. gravel, 3,800 mi. improved
earth, 3,400 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 960 mi.
Pipelines: crude oil, 390 mi.; refined products, 50 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 11 minor
Merchant marine: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 47,400 GRT, 54,800 DWT;
includes 7 cargo, 2 tanker
Civil air: 43 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 192 total, 169 usable; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 18 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: facilities generally adequate only in largest cities; 105,000
telephones; 680,000 radio and 120,000 TV receivers; 220 AM, 20 FM, and 13
TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,547,000; 985,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (20) annually 65,000
Supply: dependent primarily on U.S.; some major purchases from Western Europe
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $35.3 million; about
10.4% of central government budget
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LAND:
386,000 sq. mi. (including 22,200 sq. mi. occupied by
Israel); 2.8% cultivated (of which about 70% multiple
cropped); 96.5% desert, waste, or urban; 0.7% inland
water
Land boundaries: 1,635 mi. (1967), excludes occupied area
1,534 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 2,140 mi. (1967), excludes occupied area 1,340 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 35,370,000, average annual growth rate 2.4% (FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Eastern Hamitic stock; 10% Greek, Italian, Syro-Lebanese
Religion: 94% Muslim, 6% Copt and other
Language: Arabic official, English and French widely understood by educated
classes
Literacy: around 40%
Labor force: 8 to 12 million; 45% to 50% agriculture, 10% industry, 10% trade
and finance, 30% services and other; serious shortage of skilled labor
Organized labor: 1 to 3 million
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Arab Republic of Egypt
Type: republic; under presidential rule since June 1956
Capital: Cairo
Political subdivisions: 25 governorates
Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic law, and Napoleonic codes;
interim constitution of 1964; judicial review of limited nature in Supreme
Court, also in Council of State which oversees validity of administrative
decisions; legal education at Cairo University; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: executive power vested in President, who appoints cabinet; People's
Assembly has little actual power (serves mainly for discussion and automa-
tic approval); independent judiciary administered by Minister of Justice
Government leader: President Anwar Sadat
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: elections to People's Assembly every 5 years (most recent October
1971); presidential elections every 6 years
Political parties and leaders: political parties banned except for the government-
sponsored sociopolitical grouping, Arab Socialist Union (ASU)
Communists: approximately 500, party members
Member of: AAPSO, Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO,
IMF, ITU, OAU, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WPC
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: main cash crop -- cotton; other crops -- rice, onions, beans, wheat,
corn, barley; not self-sufficient in food, but agriculture a net earner of
foreign exchange
Major industries: textiles, food processing, chemicals, petroleum, construction,
cement
Electric power: 4,350,000 kw. capacity (1971); 10,000 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 265 kw.-hr. per capita
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Aid:
economic -- Conmunist countries, $1,950 million in credits through December
1971; U.S., $910.6 million in credits and grants through June 1967
(diplomatic relations and aid suspended June 1967, aid resumed January 1972);
sizable credits from international agencies, West Germany, Italy; large grants
from Libya since 1969; $250 million annual subsidy from Arab states while
canal is closed;
military -- Communist countries, about $2,800 million through December 1971
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Egyptian pound=US$2.30 (selling rate); 0.435 Egyptian
pound=US$1 (selling rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,976 mi.; 570 mi. double track; 15 mi. electrified; 2,594 mi. 4'8 1/2"
gage, 156 mi. 313 3/8" gage, 226 mi. 2'5 1/2" gage
Highways: 29,000 mi.; 5,190 mi. paved, 7,130 mi. gravel, crushed stone, and
improved earth, 16,680 mi. unimproved earth, additional 1,500 mi. (mostly
paved) in territory (Sinai) occupied by Israel
Inland waterways: 2,100 mi.; Suez Canal, 100 mi. long, temporarily closed to
navigation because of sunken vessels; normally used by ocean-going vessels
drawing up to 38 ft. of water; Alexandria-Cairo waterway navigable by barges
of 500-ton capacity; Nile and large canals by barges of 420-ton capacity;
Ismailia Canal by barges of 200- to 300-ton capacity; secondary canals by
sailing craft of 10- to 70-ton capacity
Freight carried: Suez Canal (1966) -- 242 million tons of which 175.6 million
tons were POL
Pipelines: crude oil, 130 mi.; refined products, 390 mi.; natural gas, 30 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 8 minor
Merchant marine: 42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 200,000 GRT, 264,200
EMT; includes 5 passenger, 29 cargo, 8 tanker
Civil air: 17 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 146 total, 78 usable; 65 with permanent-surface runways; 42 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 21 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: second best system of coaxial and multiconductor cables,
open-wire lines, and radio communication stations in Africa; principal centers
Alexandria and Cairo, secondary centers Al Mansurah, Ismailia, and Tanta;
365,000 telephones; 4.5 million radio and 560,000 TV receivers; 12 AM, 1 FM,
and 26 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 8,050,000; 5,090,000 fit for military service;
about 357,000 reach military age (20) annually
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EL SALVADOR
LAND:
8,260 sq. mi.; 32% cropland (9% corn, 5% cotton, 7%
coffee, 11% other), 26% meadows and pastures, 31%
nonagricultural, 11% forested
Land boundaries: 320 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 190 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,728,000, average annual growth rate 3.4%
(May 61-June 71)
Ethnic divisions: 84%-88% mestizo; Indian and white minorities,
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic, probably 97%-98%
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 50% of population 10 years of age and over (1966 est.)
Labor force: 1,126,000 (est. mid 1971); 57% agriculture, 14% services, 14%
manufacturing, 6% commerce, 9% other; shortage of skilled labor and large
pool of unskilled labor, but manpower training programs improving situation
Organized labor: 4.5% of total labor force; 8% of nonagricultural labor force
6%-8% each
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of El Salvador
Type: republic
Capital: San Salvador
Political subdivisions: 14 departments
Legal system: based on Spanish law, with traces of common law; constitution
adopted 1962; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court;
legal education at University of El Salvador; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: traditionally dominant executive, fairly independent unicameral
legislature, Supreme Court
Government leader: President Arturo Armando Molina
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: legislative elections every 2 years; presidential elections every 5
years; presidential elections March 1977, legislative and municipal elections
March 1974
Political parties and leaders: National Conciliation Party (PCN), President
Arturo A. Molina, Dr. Enrique Mayorga Rivas, Rafael Rodriguez
Gonzalez; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Juan Ramirez Rauda, Dr. Pablo
Mauricio Alvergue, Roberto Lara Velado; Dr. Abraham Rodriguez, Jose Napoleon
Duarte; Revolutionary Party (PR -- formerly Renovating Action Party), not
legally recognized, Shafick Handal, Dr. Fabio Castillo Figueroa, Julio Ernesto
Contreras; Salvadoran Popular Party (PPS), Benjamin Wilfredo Navarrete,
Roberto Quinonez Meza, Dr. Jose Antonio Guzman; Communist Party of El Salvador
(PCES), illegal, Jorge Shafick Handal; National Revolutionary Movement (MNR),
Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo; National Democratic Union Party (PUDN), Francisco
Roberto Lima, Julio Ernesto Contreras, Julio Castro Belloso; Independent
Democratic United Front (FUDI), Gen. Jose A. Medrano, Raul Salaverria
Voting strength: February 1972 presidential election -- PCN 43.4%, PDC, PUDN,
and MNR coalition, 42.1%; FUDI, 12.3%; PPS 2.2%; March 1972 legislative
election -- PCN, 39 seats; PDC, MNR, and PUDN coalition, 8 seats; PPS 4 seats;
FUDI, 1 seat
Communists: 100 to 200 active members; sympathizers, 5,000
Other political or pressure groups: the military; the "14" prominent families;
General Confederation of Trade Unions (CGS); Unifying Federation of Salvadoran
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Other political or pressure groups (cont'd):
Trade Unions (FUSS), Communist dominated; Federation of Construction and
Transport Workers Unions (FESINCONSTRANS), independent; Catholic Church;
Salvadoran National Association of Educators (ANDES)
Member of: Central American Common Market, IADB, IAEA, OAS, ODECA, Seabeds
Committee, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1.49 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $410 per capita;
80% private consumption, 9% government consumption, 11% domestic investment
(1970 est.); real growth rate 1970 est., 4.5%
Agriculture: main crops -- coffee, cotton, corn, sugar, rice, beans; caloric
intake, 2,000 calories per day per capita (1963-64)
Fishing: catch 16,600 metric tons (1970); exports $5.3 million (1970), imports
$0.2 million (1970)
Major industries: food processing, textiles, clothing, petroleum products
Electric power: 188,000 kw. capacity (1971); 736 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 209 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: 228.4 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, cotton, sugar, chemicals,
other manufactures
Imports: $249.2 million (f.o.b., 1971); machinery, automotive vehicles, petroleum,
foodstuffs
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 19%, CACM 30%, West Germany 27%, Japan
12%; imports -- U.S. 29%, CACM 29%, West Germany 8%, Japan 10% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- from U.S. (FY46-71), $87.2 million loans, $59.3 million grants;
from international organizations (FY49-71), $104.7 million; from other Western
countries (1960-68) $3.7 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY53-71), $6.9 million
Monetary conversion rate: 2.5 colones=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 375 mi., 3'0" gage; single-tracked; 285 mi. privately owned, 90 mi.
government owned
Highways: 5,400 mi.; 750 mi. bituminous, 950 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 3,700 mi.
earth
Inland waterways: Lempa River partially navigable
Ports: 3 major, 1 minor
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,600 GRT, 1,800 DWT
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 146 total, 116 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runway 4,000-7,999 ft.;
1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: nationwide trunk radio relay system; connection to international
Central American microwave net; 40,000 telephones; 500,000 radio and 107,000
TV receivers; 57 AM, 6 FM, and 4 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 860,000; 530,000 fit for military service;
42,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $8.7 million; about
6% of central government budget excludes public security forces)
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA
LAND:
10,800 sq. mi.; Rio Muni, about 10,000 sq. mi., largely
forested; Fernando Po, about 800 sq. mi.
Land boundaries: 335 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 184 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 304,000, average annual growth rate 1.8%
(FY69); Rio Muni, 217,000, average annual growth rate
1.8% (FY69); Fernando Po, 87,000, average annual growth
rate 2.6% (FY69)
Ethnic divisions: indigenous population of Fernando Po primarily Bubi, some
Fernandinos; of Rio Muni primarily Fang; some 10,000-20,000 Nigerians, mostly
on Fernando Po; less than 1,000 Europeans, primarily Spanish
Religion: natives all nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic; some
pagan practices retained
Language: Spanish official language of government and business; also pidgin
English, Fang
Literacy: 20% (est.)
Labor force: most Equatorial Guineans involved in subsistence agriculture;
small wage labor force dominated by Nigerian contract laborers
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Type: republic, one-party presidential regime since 1968
Capital: Santa Isabel, Fernando Po
Political subdivisions: 2 provinces (Fernando Po and Rio Muni)
Branches: the president assumed all power in May 1971, suspending the
constitution and legislative and judicial branches of government
Government leader: President Francisco Macias Nguema
Suffrage: universal age 21 and over
Elections: national and provincial elections held September 1968
Political parties and leaders: National Unity Party of Workers (PUNT) is the sole
legal party, led by President Macias
Communists: no significant number of Communists or sympathizers
Member of: Conference of East and Central African States, ECA, IBRD, IMF, OAU, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: $40 million (1968 est.); Rio Muni nearly $100 per capita, Fernando Po
about $250 per capita
Agriculture: major cash crops -- Rio Muni, timber, coffee; Fernando Po, cocoa;
main food crops -- rice, yams, cassava, bananas, oil palm nuts, manioc, and
livestock
Fishing: catch 4,000 metric tons (1970); exports $86,000 (1970)
Major industries: fishing, sawmilling
Electric power: 2,800 kw. capacity (1971); 9 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
about 30 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $24.9 million (1970); cocoa, coffee, and wood
Imports: $21.0 million (1970); foodstuffs, chemicals and chemical products,
textiles
Major trade partner: Spain
Aid: Spain, $14.0 million (1969); Libya, $1 million (1971)
Monetary conversion rate: 64.47 Guinean pesetas=US$1 (official)
Railroads: none
Highways: Rio Muni -- 1,553 mi.; Fernando Po -- 186 mi.
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Inland waterways: Rio Muni has approximately 104 mi. of year-round navigable
waterway, used mostly by pirogues
Ports: 2 major, 3 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 5 total, 4 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 1 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.
Teleconinunications: fairly adequate for the size and stage of development of the
country; international connunications by radio from Bata and Santa Isabel
to Cameroon, Nigeria, and Spain; 1,500 telephones; 71,000 radio receivers;
2 AM, no FM, and 1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 74,000; 35,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for FY70, $3,475,000, 14.3% of total budget
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ETHIOPIA
LAND:
455,000 sq. mi.; 9.5% cropland and orchards, 54.6% meadows
and natural pastures, 6.5% forests and woodlands,
29.4% wasteland, built-on areas, and other
Land boundaries: 3,230 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 680 mi. (includes offshore islands)
PEOPLE:
Population: 26,205,000, average annual growth rate 2.5%
(January 70-71)
Ethnic divisions: Galla 40%, Amhara and Tigrai 32%, Sidamo 9%,
Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%
Religion: 35%-40% Ethiopian Orthodox, 40%-45% Muslims, 15%-20%
Language: Amharic official; many local languages and dialects; English major
foreign language taught in schools
Literacy: about 5%
Labor force: 90% agriculture and animal husbandry; 10% government, military,
and quasi-government
Organized labor: 60,000 registered labor union members
Shankella 6%,
animist, 5% other
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Empire of Ethiopia
Type: constitutional monarchy, but in effect an absolute monarchy
Capital: Addis Ababa
Political subdivisions: 14 provinces (also referred to as governorates-general)
Legal system: complex structure with civil, Islamic, common and customary law
influences; constitution adopted 1955; no specific constitutional provision
for review by courts but all legislation inconsistent with the constitution
is declared null and void; legal education at Haile Selassie I University;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Emperor is all-powerful, with advisory cabinet and Prime Minister;
legislature composed of elected Chamber of Deputies and appointed Senate;
judiciary at higher levels based on Western pattern, at lower levels on
traditional pattern, without jury system in either
Government leader: Emperor Haile Selassie I
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: lower house of Parliament election in 1973
Political parties and leaders: only amorphous reform groups especially among
younger, better educated Ethiopians
Communists: none
Member of: ECA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU,
WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1,629 million (1970 in current prices), $60 per capita; 1970 average annual
growth rate 6.1% (current prices)
Agriculture: main crops -- coffee, teff, durra, barley, wheat, corn, sugarcane,
cotton, pulses, oilseeds, livestock; almost self-sufficient in food
Fishing: catch 6,927 metric tons (1970), $1.4 million (1970); exports $348,000
(1970)
Major industries: cement, sugar*refining, cotton textiles, food processing,
oil refinery
Electric power: 206,000 kw. capacity (1971); 453 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 18 kw.-hr. per capita
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Exports: $125.6 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee 55.8%, hides and skins 8.2%,
oilseeds, oilcakes, and nuts 10.2%, cereals 7.4%; $4.6 million to Communist
countries (1971)
Imports: $188.9 million (c.i.f., 1971); metals, machinery and vehicles 47.1%,
petroleum and chemicals 17%, foodstuffs, live animals, and beverages 7.3%;
$9.7 million from Communist countries (1970)
Major trade partners: imports -- Italy, Japan, West Germany, and U.S.;
exports -- U.S., West Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Japan
Monetary conversion rate: 2.3026 Ethiopian dollars=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: 8 July - 7 July
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 630 mi.; 420 mi. 313 3/8" gage, 20 mi. 3'6" gage, 190 mi. 31
3/8" gage; all single track
Highways: 14,500 mi.; 1,250 mi. bituminous, 3,000 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or
stabilized earth, 10,250 mi. earth
Inland waterways: navigation possible on Lake Tana and on approx. 140 mi. of
unconnected and basically unimproved waterways, of which only 71 mi. are
navigable year round
Ports: 2 major, 1 minor
Merchant marine: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 40,900 GRT, 60,200 DWT;
includes 3 cargo, 2 tanker, 1 bulk
Civil air: 16 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 197 total, 118 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with run-
ways 8,000-11,999 ft., 50 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: system better than in most African countries; composed of
open-wire lines, radiocommunication stations, and small number of multi-
conductor cable and radio-relay links; principal center Addis Ababa, secondary
center Asmara; 46,000 telephones; 500,000 radio receivers; 8,500 TV receivers;
5 AM, no FM, and 2 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 6,614,000; 3,420,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually 265,000
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LAND:
540 sq. mi.; less than 5% arable, of which only a fraction
cultivated; archipelago consisting of 18 inhabited
islands and a few uninhabited islets
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.;
fishing, 12 n. mi. (from extended base lines)
Coastline: 475 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 39,000, average annual growth rate 0.9%
(April 66-November 70)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
Languages: Faeroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 15,000;
and commerce
largely engaged in fishing, manufacturing, transportation,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: The Faeroe Islands
Type: self-governing province within the Kingdom of Denmark; 2 representatives
in Danish parliament
Capital: Torshavn on the island of Streymoy
Political subdivisions: 7 districts, 49 communes, 1 town
Legal system: based on Danish law; Howe Rule Act enacted 1948
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown, acting through appointed
High Commissioner, and provincial parliament (Lagting) in matters of strictly
Faeroese concern; executive power vested in Crown, acting through High
Commissioner, but exercised by provincial cabinet responsible to provincial
parliament
Government leaders: Queen Margrethe II; Prime Minister, Atli Dam
Suffrage: universal, but not compulsory, over age 21
Elections: held every 4 years; next election 1974
Political parties and leaders: Peoples, Hakun Djurhuus; Republican, Erlendur
Patursson; Home Rule, Samuel Petersen; Progressive, Kjartan Mohr; Social
Democratic, Atli Dam; Union, Kristian Djurhuus
Voting strength (1970 election): Peoples 20.0%, Republican 20.0%, Home Rule
5.6%, Progressive 3.5%, Social Democratic 27.2%, Union 21.7%
Communists: insignificant number
Member of: Nordic Council
ECONOMY:
GDP: $75.3 million (1969), about $1,930 per capita
Agriculture: sheep and cattle grazing
Fishing: catch 210,100 tons (1971); exports $38.7 million
Major industry: fishing
Electric power: 27,545 kw. capacity (1970); 66.86 billion kw.-hr. produced (1970),
1,713 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $35.9 million (f.o.b., 1970); fish and fish products
Imports: $32.7 million (c.i.f., 1970); machinery and transport equipment, pet-
roleum and petroleum products, food products
Major trade partners: (1969) Denmark 48%, U.K. 8%, Sweden 4%, U.S. 6%, Norway
4%; EC 15%; EFTA 68%
Monetary conversion rate: 6.98 Danish kroner.US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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Railroads: none
Highways: none
Ports: 1 minor
Airfields: 1 with permanent-surface runway, less than 4,000 ft.
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Tel econmunications : good international radioconmuni cati ons; fair domestic
wire facilities; 9,400 telephones, 11,000 radio receivers, 1 AM, and 3 FM
stations; 3 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49 included with Denmark
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LAND:
Colony -- 4,700 sq. mi.; area consists of some 200 small
islands, chief of which are East Falkland (2,580 sq.
mi.) and West Falkland (2,038 sq. mi.); dependencies--
consists of the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia,
and the Shag and Clerke Rocks
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 800 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,000 (official est. for 1 July 1971)
Ethnic divisions: almost totally British
Religion: predominantly Church of England
Language: English
Literacy: compulsory education up to age 14
Labor force: 1,100 (est.); over 95% (est.) in agriculture, mostly sheepherding
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of the Falkland Islands
Type: British crown colony
Capital: Stanley
Political subdivisions: local government is confined to capital
Legal system: English common law
Branches: Governor, Executive Council, Legislative Council
Government leader: Governor and Commander in Chief Sir Cosmo Haskard (also
High Commissioner for British Antarctic Colony)
Suffrage: universal
ECONOMY:
Government budget: Colony -- revenues, $1.0 million (FY68); expenditures,
$1.1 million (FY68)
Agriculture: Colony -- predominantly sheep farming; dependencies -- whaling
and sealing
Major industries: Colony -- wool processing; dependencies -- whale and seal
processing
Electric power: 1,440 kw. capacity (1971); 4 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
1,740 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: Colony -- $2.28 million (1969); wool, hides and skins, and other;
dependencies -- no exports in 1968 or 1969
Imports: Colony -- $1.22 million (1969); food, clothing, fuels, and machinery;
dependencies -- $8,368 (1969); mineral fuels and lubricants, food,
and machinery
Major trade partners: nearly all exports to the U.K., 77% of imports from the
U.K.; dependencies -- exports to the Netherlands (63%) and Japan (37%),
imports from Curacao, Japan, and the U.K.
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Falkland Island pound=US$2.60
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 512 mi.; 9 mi. paved, 23 mi. gravel, 480 mi. earth
Ports: 1 major, 4 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
*The possession of the Falkland Islands has been disputed by the U.K. and Argentina
(which refers to them as the Malvinas) since 1833.
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Airfields: 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: government-operated open-wire and radiotelephone networks
providing effective service to almost all points on both islands; approx-
imately 550 telephones; 1 NI station and approximately 1,100 radiobroadcast
recei vers
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FIJI
LAND:
7,055 sq. mi.; landownership -- 83.6% Fijians, 1.7% Indians,
6.4% government, 7.2% European, 1.1% other; about 30%
of land area is suitable for farming
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing 3 n. mi.)
Coastline: 700 mi. (est.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 546,000, average annual growth rate 2.1%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 42% Fijian, 50% Indian, 8% European, Chinese and others
Religion: Fijians mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu with a Muslim minority
Language: English and Fijian (official), Hindustani widely spoken among Indians
Literacy: over 80%
Labor force: 95,000; over 50% in agriculture, no breakdown on remainder
Organized labor: about 50% of labor force organized into 22 unions; unions
organized along lines of work, breakdown by ethnic origin causes further
fragmentation
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Fiji
Type: independent state since 1970
Capital: Suva
Political subdivisions: 14 provinces
Legal system: based on British
Branches: executive -- Prime Minister; legislative -- 52-member House of
Representatives; Alliance Party 33 seats, National Federation Party 19 seats
Government leader: Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: every 5 years unless House dissolves earlier
Political parties: Alliance, primarily Fijian, headed by Ratu Mara; National
Federation, primarily Indian, headed by S. M. Koya
Communists: few, no figures available
Member of: Commonwealth, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $244 million (1971), $450 per capita; 5% average annual growth rate (1968-71)
Agriculture: main crops -- sugar, coconut products, bananas, rice; major
deficiency, grains
Major industries: tourism, sugar processing
Electric power: 61,300 kw. capacity (1972); 160 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
296 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $67.7 million (f.o.b., 1970 excluding reexports); sugar, copra, copper
Imports: $101.8 million (c.i.f., 1970); machinery, manufactured goods, food
Major trade partners: U.K., Australia, U.S., Japan, New Zealand
Aid: disbursed 1968 -- Australia $1.5 million, U.S. $600,000, U.K. $4.2 million
Monetary conversion rate: 0.87 Fijian dollar=USS1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 1,555 mi.; 150 mi. paved, 1,325 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 80 mi.
unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 126 mi.; 76 mi. navigable by motorized craft and 200-ton barges
Ports: 6 major, numerous minor landings
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont' d) :
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft (2 leased)
Airfields: 16, 11 usable; 1 with runway 8,000-11,999 ft., 1 with runway 4,000-7,999
ft., 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio
integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter
facilities; regional radio center; important COMPAC cable link between
U.S./Canada and New Zealand/Australia, et al; 16,860 telephones; 52,000
radio receivers; 5 AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 141,000; 76,000 fit for military service; 6,000
reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: the defense of the Fiji Islands was the responsibility of the
U.K. until 10 October 1970; the military budget for 1971 is $314,000
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FINLAND
LAND:
130,000 sq. mi.; 8% arable, 65% forested, 27% other
Land boundaries: 1,575 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 4 n. mi.;
Aland Islands, 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 700 mi. (approx.) includes islands
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,654,000, average annual growth rate 0.3%
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population, small
Lappish minority
Religion: 93% Evangelical Lutheran, 1% Greek Orthodox, 1% other, 5% no affiliation
Language: Finnish 92%, Swedish 7%; small Lapp- and Russian-speaking minorities
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 2.3 million; 28.1% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 24.2% mining
and manufacturing, 9.0% construction, 13.7% commerce, 6.6% transportation and
communications, 16.5% services; 2.9% unemployed
Organized labor: 60% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Finland
Type: republic
Capital: Helsinki
Political subdivisions: 12 provinces; 443 communes, 78 towns
Legal system: civil law system based on Swedish law; constitution adopted 1919;
Supreme Court may request legislation interpreting or modifying laws; legal
education at Universities of Helsinki and Turku; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with President and parliament
(Eduskunta); executive power vested in President and exercised through
cabinet responsible to parliament; Supreme Court, 4 superior courts,
193 lower courts
Government leader: President Urho K. Kekkonen; Prime Minister Kalevi Sorsa
Suffrage: universal, over age 20; not compulsory
Elections: parliamentary, every 4 years (next in 1976); presidential, every
6 years (next in 1974)
Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic, Rafael Paasio; Center,
Johannes Virolainen; Peoples Democratic League (Communist front), Ele
Alenius; Conservative, Harri Holker; Liberal, Pekka Tarjanne; Swedish Peoples,
Jan-Magnus Jansson; Rural, Veikko Vennamo; Social Democratic League,
Uuno Nokelainen; Communist, Aarne Saarinen
Voting strength (1972 election): 25.8% Social Democratic, 17.5% Conservative,
17.1% People's Democratic League, 16.5% Center, 9.2% Rural, 5.3% Swedish
Peoples, 5.1% Liberals, 2.5% Christian Peoples, 1.0% other
Communists: 47,000; an additional 65,000 persons belong to Peoples
Democratic League; a further number of sympathizers, as indicated by
421,000 votes cast for Peoples Democratic League in 1970 elections
Member of: EC (draft free trade agreement) EFTA (associate), FAO, GATT, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, Nordic Council, OECD, Seabeds
Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $11.5 billion (1971), $2,450 per capita; 51.8% consumption, 29.0%
investment, 21.2% government, -2.0% net exports of goods and services; 1971
growth rate 1.3%, constant prices
Agriculture: animal husbandry, especially dairying, predominates; forestry
important secondary occupation for rural population; main crops -- cereals,
sugar beets, potatoes; 85% self-sufficient; shortages -- food and fodder
grains; caloric intake 2,890 calories per day per capita (1968-69)
Major industries: include metal manufacturing and shipbuilding, forestry and
wood processing (pulp, paper), copper refining
Shortages: fossil fuels; industrial raw materials, except wood, and iron ore
Crude steel: 1,168,837 metric tons produced (1970), 250 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 5,179,000 kw. capacity (1971); 23.5 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 5,000 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2,410 million (f.o.b., 1971); timber, paper and pulp, ships, machinery,
iron and steel, clothing and footwear
Imports: $2,860 million (c.i.f., 1971); foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum
products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile
yarn and fabrics
Major trade partners (1971): 25% EC, 44% EFTA, 14% West Germany, 17% U.K.,
17% Sweden, 5% U.S., 12% U.S.S.R., 17% Coumunist countries
Aid: U.S. $184.1 million authorized FY46-71, $7.6 million in FY70; IBRD -- $276.5
million authorized through 1946-71, $33 million in 1971; Finnish foreign aid
programs have amounted to $23 million 1961-69, $15,000 in 1970
Monetary conversion rate: new markka (Fmk) 4.1=US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 3,676 mi.; Finnish State Railways (VR) operate a total
3,656 mi. broad gage (5'0"), 288 mi. multiple track, and 68 mi. electrified;
. 14 mi. narrow gage (2' 5 1/2") and 13 mi. broad gage are privately owned
Highways: 44,200 mi., 11,600 mi. bituminous, 31,900 mi. stablized gravel, 700
mi. gravel and earth; 12,400 mi. of private roads (surface type na)
Inland waterways: 4,100 mi. total (including Saimaa Canal); 2,300 mi. suitable
for steamers; canal locks (275 ft. by 42 ft. with a 16.7 ft. depth over sill)
can accommodate vessels of up to 225 ft. in length, 36 ft. beam, and 14.5
ft. draft
Ports: 11 major, 14 minor
Merchant marine: 226 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,501,800 GRT, 2,193,900
OWT; includes 11 passenger, 127 cargo, 49 tanker, 16 bulk, 23 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 32 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 96 total, 79 usable; 28 with permanent-surface runways; 15 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 23 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: facilities provide essential services for government, public,
and industry; 1,301,000 telephones; 1,817,000 radiobroadcast receivers;
1,125,000 TV receivers; 11 AM, 40 FM, and 58 TV stations; 4 submarine cables,
1 coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,197,000; 890,000 fit for military service;
38,000 reach military age (17) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $213.9 million;
about 6% of central government budget
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FRANCE
LAND:
213,000 sq. mi.; 35% cultivated, 26% meadows and pastures,
14% waste, urban, or other, 25% forested
Land boundaries: 1,795 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi. (fishing
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 2,130 mi. (includes Corsica, 400 mi.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 51,922,000, average annual growth rate 0.8%
(January 66-72)
Ethnic divisions: 45% Celtic; remainder Latin, Germanic, Slav, Basque
Religion: 83% Catholic, 2% Protestant, 1% Jewish, 1% Muslim (North African
workers), 11% unaffiliated
Language: French (100% of population); rapidly declining regional patois --
Provencal, Breton, Germanic, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish
Literacy: 97%
Labor force: 20,002,240; 15.4% agriculture, 39.5% industry, 44.9% services,
2% unemployed
Organized labor: 17% of labor force, 23.4% of salaried labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: French Republic
Type: republic, with president having wide powers
Capital: Paris
Political subdivisions: 95 departments, 21 regional economic districts
Legal system: civil law system with indigenous concepts; new constitution
adopted 1958, amended concerning election of President in 1962; judicial
review of administrative but not legislative acts; legal education at over
25 schools of law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: presidentially appointed Prime Minister heads Council of Ministers,
which is formally responsible to National Assembly; bicameral legislature
-- National Assembly (490 members), Senate (283 members) restricted to a
delaying action; judiciary independent in principle
Government leader: President Georges Pompidou
Suffrage: universal over age 21; not compulsory
Elections: National Assembly -- every 5 years, last election June 1968, direct
universal suffrage, 2 ballots; Senate -- indirect collegiate system for 9
years, renewable by one-third every 3 years; President -- direct, universal
suffrage every 7 years, 2 ballots, last election June 1969
Political parties and leaders: Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), Alain
Peyrefitte; Independent Republicans, Valery Giscard d'Estaing; Communist (PCF),
Waldeck Rochet, George Marchais (acting); Progress and Modern Democracy (PDM),
Jacques Duhamel; Radical Socialists, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber; Socialist
Party, Francois Mitterrand; Unified Socialist Party (PSU), Michel Rocard
Voting strength (first ballot, 1968 election): 43.6% UDR, 20% PCF, 16.5%
Federation of Democratic and Socialist Left (grouping of parties of left),
10.3% Center, 9.6% other
Communists: 250,000-300,000 (est.); Communist voters, 5 million average
Other political or pressure groups: Communist-controlled labor union
(Confederation Generale du Travail) nearly 1,000,000 members (est.),
National Council of French Employers (Conseil National de Patronat
Francais -- CNPF or Patronat)
Member of: Council of Europe, EC, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU,
NATO (signatory), OECD, Seabeds Committee, SEATO, South Pacific Commission,
U,U., UNESCO, UPU, WEU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $176.8 billion (1971 est.), $3,450 per capita; 59% consumption, 28% investment
(including government), 12% government consumption; 1% net foreign balance;
1971 growth rate 5.0%, 1963 constant prices
Agriculture: Western Europe's foremost producer; main crops -- beef, cereals, sugar
beets, potatoes, wine grapes; self-sufficient for most temperate zone food-
stuffs; food shortages -- fats and oils, tropical produce; caloric intake,
3,270 calories per day per capita (1969-70)
Fishing: catch 775,200 metric tons, $287 million (1970); exports $37 million
(1970), imports $204 million (1970)
Major industries: steel, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing,
chemicals, food processing, metallurgy
Shortages: crude oil, textile fibers, most nonferrous ores, coking coal, fats
and oils
Crude steel: 22.9 million metric tons produced (1971), 450 kilograms per capita
(1971 est.)
Electric power: 38,900,000 kw. capacity (1971); 149 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 2,879 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $22.5 billion (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- textiles and clothing,
iron and steel products, machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs
and agricultural products, alcoholic beverages
Imports: $23.1 billion (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- machinery and
equipment, crude petroleum, iron and steel products, textile fibers, coal
and coke, foodstuffs, alcoholic beverages
Major trade partners: (1971) EC 54%; West Germany 24%; Belgium-Luxembourg 12%;
Italy 11%; Netherlands 6%; EFTA 14%; U.S. 8%; Eastern Europe 3%; U.S.S.R. 1%;
franc zone 9%
Aid:
economic (received) -- U.S., $5,343 million authorized (FY46-71), $128
million in FY71;
military -- U.S., $4,259 million authorized (FY46-71); net official economic
aid to less developed areas and multilateral agencies -- $7,431 million
(FY60-70), $951.7 million (FY70)
Monetary conversion rate: 5.1157 francs4JS$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 24,815 mi.; 23,494 mi. standard gage, 1,321 mi. other gages (3' 3 3/8"
to 4' 9"); 5,886 mi. electrified, 9,892 mi. double or multiple track
Highways: National, Departmental, and Communal roads total 487,600 mi. comprising
292,600 mi. paved, 190,000 mi. crushed stone and gravel, and 14,600 mi.
improved earth; in addition, there are approximately 434,000 mi. of local
farm and forest roads
Inland waterways: 9,320 mi.; 4,820 mi. heavily traveled
Pipelines: total, 10,000 mi.; crude oil, 1,400 mi.; refined products, 2,700 mi.;
natural gas, 5,900 mi.
Ports: 22 major, 165 minor
Merchant marine: 428 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,031,700 GRT, 11,288,700
DWT; includes 13 passenger, 204 cargo, 112 tanker, 53 bulk, 46 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 320 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 519 total, 427 usable; 169 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 19 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 127 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 10 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: highly developed system provides satisfactory telephone,
telegraph, and radio and TV broadcast services; 9.67 million telephones; 16.5
million radiobroadcast receivers; 12.18 million TV receivers; countrywide AM,
FM, and TV service including 52 AM, 73 AM, and 1,162 TV stations; 17 submarine
cables (16 coaxial); 2 communication satellite ground stations
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DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 12,584,000; fit for military service 10,130,000;
423,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $6.1 billion; about
17% of central government budget
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LAND:
35,100 sq. mi.; 90% forested, 10% wasteland, built-on,
inland water, and other of which .05% is cultivated
and pasture
Land boundaries: 735 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 235 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 58,000, average annual growth rate 5.0%
(FY67-70)
Ethnic divisions: 95% Negro or mulatto, 5% caucasian, 10,000 East Indian, Chinese
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: French
Literacy: 73%
Labor force: 17,012 (1967 census); services 49%, construction 21%, agriculture
18%, industry 8%, transportation 4%; information on unemployment unavailable
Organized labor: 7% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Department of French Guiana
Type: overseas department of France; represented by one deputy in French National
Assembly and one senator in French Senate
Capital: Cayenne
Political subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 19 communes each with a locally elected
municipal council
Legal system: French legal system; highest court is Court of Appeal based in
Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana
Branches: executive: prefect appointed by Paris; legislative: popularly elected
16-member General Council; judicial, under jurisdiction of French judicial
system
Government leader: Prefect, Jean Monfraix
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: General Council elections coincide with those for the French National
Assembly, normally every 5 years; last election March 1970
Political parties and leaders: Parti Socialiste Guyanais (PSG), Leopold Heder,
Senator; Union du Peuple Guyanaise (UPG), weak, leftist allied with, but
also reported to have been absorbed by, the PSG; Union of Democrats for the
Republic (UDR), Hector Rivierez, delegate to French National Assembly
Communists: no organized Communist party; UPG includes Communist sympathizers
but has little measurable following
ECONOMY:
GNP: $32 million (1966), $840 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, corn, manioc, cocoa, bananas, sugarcane
Fishing: catch 900 metric tons (1969) $378,000; exports $3.9 million (1969),
imports $2.3 million (1969)
Major industries: timber, rum, gold mining, production of rosewood essence and
space center
Electric power: 18,560 kw. capacity (1971); 55 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
1,068 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3.4 million (f.o.b. 1968); shrimp, timber, rum, rosewood essence
Imports: $52.0 million (c.i.f., 1968); food (grains, processed meat), other
consumer goods, producer goods and petroleum
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 78%, France 11%, Martinique 5%; imports
France 72%, U.S. 13%, Trinidad and Tobago 3% (1967)
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Monetary conversion rate: 5.002 francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 20 ml. private plantation line, i'11 5/8" gage; 8 mi. abandoned
narrow-gage line
Highways: 450 mi.; 250 mi. paved, 200 mi. improved earth or gravel
Inland waterways: 290 mi.; navigable by small oceangoing vessels and river
and coastal steamers; 2,110 mi. possibly navigable by native craft
Ports: 1 major, 7 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 15 total, 13 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: very limited open-wire telecom system with about 6,300
telephones; est. 7,000 radio receivers and 2,900 TV receivers, 1 AM, 2 FM
and 2 TV stations; 1 satellite tracking and control station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 14,000; 10,000 fit for military service
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LAND:
9,000 sq. mi.; 89% desert wasteland, 10% permanent pasture,
and less than 1% cultivated
Land boundaries: 321 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 195 mi. (includes offshore islands)
PEOPLE:
Population: 125,000 (official estimate for 1 July 1967)
Ethnic divisions: 59,350 Somalis (large number of the
Somalis are temporary immigrants from Somalia -- not
citizens of territory), 53,650 Afars, 6,000 Arabs, 7,000
of French military forces)
Religion: 94% Muslim, 6% Christian
Language: Somali, Afar, French, Arabic, all widely used
Literacy: about 5%
Labor force: a small number of semiskilled laborers at port
Organized labor: some 3,000 railway workers organized
French (inclusive
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Territory of Afars and Issas
Type: overseas territory of France; represented by one deputy in French National
Assembly and by one senator in French Senate
Capital: Djibouti
Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional practices and
Islamic law
Branches: President of Council of Government; 8-member Council of Government
appointed by 32-member Chamber of Deputies; ultimate political authority
exercised by Paris-appointed President of the Council of Government, some-
times referred to as Prime Minister
Government leader: All Aref Bourhan
Suffrage: universal
Elections: Chamber of Deputies election held November 1968, next election
scheduled for March 1973
Political parties and leaders: Rassemblement Democratique Afar, Ali Aref Bourhan;
Union Democratique Afar, Mohamed Kamil; Union Populaire Africaine; Union
Democratique Issa, Oman Farah Iltireh; African People's League, Hassan Gouled
Communists: possibly a few sympathizers
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: livestock; desert conditions limit commercial crops to about 15
acres
Industry: ship repairs
Electric power: 18,300 kw. capacity (1971); 18 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
222 kw.-hr. per capita
Imports: almost all domestically needed goods
Exports: hides and skins
Aid: $2.4 million in 1967 from France
Monetary conversion rate: 197.11 Djibouti francs=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: probably same as that for France (calendar year)
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 60 mi. meter gage
Highways: 620 mi.; 50 mi. paved, 570 mi. earth
Ports: 1 major, 1 minor
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Airfields: 27 total, 10 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 6 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft (registered in France)
Teleconmunications: fair telephone services; poor telegraph facilities; 2,350
telephones; 7,000 radio receivers; 2,000 TV receivers; 1 AN, no FM, and
1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 30,000; about 15,000 fit for military
service
Defense is responsibility of France
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GABON
LAND:
102,000 sq. mi.; 75% forested, 15% savanna, 9% urban and
wasteland, less than 1% cultivated
Land boundaries: 1,505 mi.
WATER1
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 100 n. mi.
Coastline: 550 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 521,000, average annual growth rate 1.7%
(FY67-70)
Ethnic divisions: about 40 Bantu tribes, including 4
major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Mbede, Okande); about 21,000 expatriate
Africans and Europeans, including 14,000 French
Religion: 55% to 75% Christian, less than 1% Muslim, remainder animist
Language: French official language and medium of instruction in schools; Fang
is a major vernacular language
Literacy: about 12%
Labor force: about 280,000 of whom 74,000 are wage earners in the modern sector
Organized labor: less than 30% of wage labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Gabonese Republic
Type: republic; one-party presidential regime since 1964
Capital: Libreville
Political subdivisions: 9 regions, 6 communes, 4,500 villages
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution
adopted 1961; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber
of the Supreme Court; legal education at Centre of Higher and Legal Studies
at Libreville; compulsory ICJ jurisdiction not accepted
Branches: power centralized in President, elected by universal suffrage for
7-year term; unicameral 47-member National Assembly has limited powers;
judiciary
Government leaders: President Albert-Bernard Bongo
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: Presidential and parliamentary elections last held March 1967
Political parties and leaders: Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) led by President
Bongo is only legal party
Communists: no organized party; probably some Communist sympathizers
Member of: ADB, EAMA, Conference of East and Central African States, FAO,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, La Francophonie, OAU, OCAM, UDEAC, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $378 million (1971, current prices), about $760 per capita; real GDP
growth 8.5%
Agriculture: commercial -- cocoa, coffee, wood, palm oil, rice; main food crops
-- bananas, manioc, peanuts, root crops; imports food
Fishing: catch 4,000 metric tons (1970); exports $600,000 (1970), imports -- not
available
Major industries: sawmills, petroleum refinery, natural gas, agricultural
processing; mining of increasing importance; major minerals -- manganese,
uranium, gold, and iron
Electric power: 34,000 kw. capacity (1971); 114 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
222 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $212.5 million (f.o.b., 1971); wood and wood products 40%; minerals
(manganese, uranium concentrates, gold, crude oil) 60% (1970)
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Imports: $102.8 million (c.i.f., 1970) excluding UDEAC trade; mining, roadbuilding
machinery, electrical equipment, transport vehicles, foodstuffs, textiles
Major trade partners: France, U.S., West Germany, and Curacao; preferential
tariffs to EC and franc zone
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Cormunaute Financiere Africaine franc=0.02 French
francs; 255.785 CFA francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 3,820 mi.; 125 mi. paved, 1,960 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 1,425 mi.
improved earth, 310 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: approximately 1,000 mi. perennially navigable
Pipelines: crude oil, 40 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 2 minor
Civil air: 11 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 183 total, 95 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with run-
way 8,000-11,999 ft., 15 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecomunications: fair telephone and telegraph services; good broadcast
coverage in vicinity of Libreville; 2 AM and 2 TV stations; 7,000 telephones;
65,000 radio receivers; 1,300 TV receivers
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 128,000; 64,000 fit for military service;
5,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: dependent on France
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $6,570,000; about
8.7% of total budget
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AMBIA
4,000 sq. mi.; 25% uncultivated savanna, 16% swamps, 4%
forest parks, 55% upland cultivable areas, built-up
areas, etc.
Land boundaries: 460 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 50 n. mi.
(fishing, 18 n. mi.)
Coastline: 50 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 388,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY67-71)
Ethnic divisions: over 99% Africans (Malinke 40.8%, Fulani 13.5%, Wolof 12.9%,
remainder made up of several smaller groups), fewer than 1% Europeans and
Lebanese
Religion: 85% Muslim, 15% animist and Christian
Language: English official; Malinke and Wolof most widely used vernaculars
Literacy: about 10%
Labor force: approx. 165,000, mostly engaged in subsistence farming; about
15,000 are wage earners (government, trade, services)
Organized labor: 25% to 30% of wage labor force at most
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of The Gambia
Type: republic; independent since February 1965
Capital: Bathurst
Political subdivisions: Bathurst and 4 divisions
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; constitution came
into force upon independence in 1965, new republican constitution adopted in
April 1970; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: cabinet of 8 members (6 ministers, Attorney General, Vice President);
41-member House of Representatives, in which 4 seats are reserved for chiefs,
3 are appointed, 32 are filled by election for 5-year terms, a Speaker is
elected by the House, and the Attorney General is an ex officio member;
independent judiciary
Government leader: Dawda K. Jawara, President
Political parties and leaders: People's Progressive Party (PPP), Secretary
General Dawda K. Jawara and United Party (UP), P.S. N'Jie
Elections: general elections held March 1972; PPP won 28 seats, UP won 3, and one
independent elected
Communists: insignificant number
Member of: Commonwealth, ECA, OAU, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: $46 million (FY71 est.), about $120 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- peanuts, rice, palm kernels
Fishing: catch 5,000 tons (1970); exports $106,000 (1970)
Major industry: peanut processing
Electric power: 5,000 kw. capacity (1971); 12 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
32 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $15.7 million (1970); peanuts and peanut products 90% to 95%, palm
kernels
Imports: $17 million (1970); textiles, foodstuffs, tobacco, machinery,
petroleum products
Major trade partners: exports -- U.K.; imports -- U.K. and Japan
Aid: economic -- U.K. (1968-71) about $8 million commitment
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 1,92 Gambian dalasi=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 775 mi.; 185 mi. bituminous surface treated, 270 mi. gravel/laterite,
270 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 377 mi.
Ports: 1 major
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 4 total, 1 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway
4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Teleconnunications: good telephone and telegraph services; 1,600 telephones;
50,000 radio receivers; 2 AM, no FM or TV stations; 1 submarine cable
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 91,000; 43,000 fit for military service
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LAND:
41,800 sq. mi.; 45% arable, 13% meadows and pasture, 27%
forested, 15% other
Land boundaries: 1,435 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 560 mi. (including islands)
PEOPLE:
Population: 17,050,000 (including East Berlin), average
annual growth rate 0% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 99.7% German, .3% Slavic and other
Religion: 80% Protestant, 9% Roman Catholic, 11% unaffiliated or other; less
5% of Protestants and about 25% of Roman Catholics actively participate
Language: German, small Sorb (West Slavic) minority
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 8.2 million; 36.5% industry; 5.2% handicrafts; 7.4% construction;
12.8% agriculture; 7.3% transport and communications; 11.0% commerce; 17.5%
services; 2.3% other
Organized labor: 86% of total labor force
than
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: German Democratic Republic
Type: Communist state
Capital: East Berlin (not officially recognized by U.S., U.K., and France, which
together with the U.S.S.R. have special rights and responsibilities in Berlin)
Political subdivisions: (excluding East Berlin) 14 districts (Bezirke), 217
counties (Kreise), 8,867 communities (Gemeinden)
Legal system: Civil law system modified by Communist legal theory; new constitution
adopted 1968 by approx. 95% of the voters in national "referendum;" court
system parallels administrative divisions; no judicial review of legislative
acts; legal education at Universities of Berlin, Leipzig, Halle and Jena;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; more stringent penal code
adopted 1968
Branches: legislative -- Volkskammer (elected directly); executive -- Chairman
of Council of State, Chairman of Council of Ministers, Cabinet (elected by
Volkskammer); judiciary -- Supreme Court., entire structure dominated by
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Government leaders: Chairman, Council of State, Walter Ulbricht (Head of State);
Chairman, Council of Ministers, Willi Stoph (Head of Government)
Suffrage: all citizens age 18 and over
Elections: national and local alternating every 2 years; prepared by an electoral
commission of the National Front; ballot supposed to be secret and voters
permitted to strike names off ballot; more candidates than offices available;
parliamentary elections held 14 November 1971; local elections, 22 March 1970
Political parties and leaders: Socialist Unity (Communist) Party (SED), headed
by First Secretary Erich Honecker, dominates the regime; 4 token parties
(Christian Democratic Union, National Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic
Party, and Democratic Peasants' Party) and an amalgam of special interest
organizations participate with the SED in National Front
Voting strength: 1971 parliamentary elections: 98.33% voted the regime slate; 1970
local elections: 99.85% voted the regime slate
Communists: 1.9 million party members
Other special interest groups: Free German Youth, Free German Trade Union
Federation, Democratic Women's Federation of Germany, German Cultural
Federation (all Communist dominated)
Member of: CEMA, IPU, Warsaw Pact
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ECONOMY:
Agriculture: food deficit area; main crops -- potatoes, rye, wheat, barley, oats,
industrial crops; shortages in grain, vegetables, vegetable oil, beef;
caloric intake, 3,000 calories per day per capita (1970-71)
Fish catch: 332,000 metric tons (1971)
Major industries: metal fabrication, chemicals, light industry, brown coal,
uranium, and shipbuilding
Shortages: coking coal, coke, crude oil, rolled steel products, nonferrous metals
Crude steel: 5.67 million metric tons produced (1971), approx. 330 kg. per capita
Electric power: 13,338,000 kw. capacity (1971); 69.4 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 4,075 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $5,074 million (f.o.b. delivering country, 1971)
Imports: $4,847 million (f.o.b. delivering country, 1971)
Major trade partners: $10,032 million (1971); 38% Soviet Union, 34% other
Communist countries, 29% non-Communist countries
Monetary conversion rate: 3.15 DME=US$1 (new rate introduced in 1972 and presumably
to be used for foreign trade calculations; foreign trade prior to 1972
calculated at old rate of 4.2 DME=US$1)
Fiscal year: same as calendar year; economic data reported for calendar years
except for caloric intake, which is reported for the consumption year
1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 9,050 route mi.; 8,750 mi. standard gage, 300 mi. meter and narrow
gage, 1,750 mi. double track standard gage; 850 mi. overhead electrified (1970)
Highways: about 28,650 mi. classified highways; 8,000 mi. state highways including
950 mi. autobahn; 20,750 mi. district roads; additionally about 29,000 mi.
unclassified minor unpaved roads (1971)
Inland waterways: 1,562 mi. (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- 294.8 million short tons, 29.9 billion short ton/mi.
(1969); highway -- 544.9 million short tons, 8.9 billion short ton/mi. (1971);
waterway -- 17.2 million short tons, 1.6 billion short ton/mi. (1971)
Pipelines: crude oil, 420 mi; refined products, 150 mi., natural gas 200 mi.
Merchant marine: 134 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,011,100 GRT, 1,355,100
DWT; includes 1 passenger, 99 cargo, 9 tanker, 12 bulk, 13 specialized
carrier
Airfields: 155 total; 54 with permanent-surface runways; 51 with runways 8,000-
11,999 ft., 42 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,847,000; 3,115,000 fit for military service;
about 132,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 7.6 billion DME;
about 8.2% of total budget
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GHANA
LAND:
92,000 sq. mi.; 19% agricultural, 60% forest and brush,
21% other
Land boundaries: 1,420 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 335 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 9,224,000, average annual growth rate 2.7%
(March 60-July 71)
Ethnic divisions: 99.8% Negroid African (major tribes
Fanti, Ashanti, Ewe), 0.2% European and other
Religion: 45% animists, 42.8% Christian, 12% Muslim
Language: English official; African languages include
Ewe 13%, and Ga-Adangbe 8%
Literacy: about 25% (in English)
Labor force: 3.4 million; 61% agriculture and fishing,
sales and clerical, 4.1% services, transportation,
2.9% professional; 400,000 unemployed
Organized labor: 350,000 or approximately 10% of labor force
Akan 44%, Mole-Dagbani 16%,
16.8% industry, 15.2%
and communications,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Ghana
Type: republic; independent since March 1957
Capital: Accra
Political subdivisions: 8 administrative regions and separate Greater Accra
Area; regions subdivided into 47 districts
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; legal education at
University of Ghana (Legon); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive authority vested in National Redemption Council (NRC);
independent judiciary
Government leaders: chief of state, chairman of NRC Colonel I.K. Acheampong
Suffrage: universal over 21
Elections: no elections since 1969; none scheduled
Political parties and leaders: parties banned by military junta which took
power 13 January 1972
Communists: a small number of Communists and sympathizers
Member of: ADB, Commonwealth, ECA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU,
OAU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $2.5 billion (1970) at current prices, about $280 per capita; real growth
rate about 3.6%
Agriculture: main crop -- cocoa; other crops include root crops, corn, sorghum
and millet, peanuts; not self-sufficient, but can become so
Fishing: catch 187,000 metric tons (1970), $35 million
Major industries: mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, fishing, aluminum
Electric power: 765,000 kw. capacity (1971); 2.94 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 325 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $424 million (f.o.b., 1970); cocoa (about 76%), wood, gold, diamonds,
manganese, bauxite, and aluminum (aluminum regularly excluded from balance
of payments data)
Imports: $384 million (c.i.f., 1970); textiles and other manufactured goods,
food, fuels, transport equipment
Major trade partners: U.K., EC, and U.S.
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Monetary conversion rate: 1 Cedi=US$0.78 (official); 1.28 Cedi=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 599 mi. -- all 3'6" gage; 20 mi. double track; diesel locomotives
gradually replacing steam engines
Highways: 21,350 mi., 3,100 mi. concrete or bituminous surface, 3,750 mi gravel
or laterite, 3,700 mi. improved earth, 10,800 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers provide 145 mi. of perennial
navigation for launches and lighters; additional routes navigable seasonally
by small craft; Lake Volta reservoir provides 700 mi. of arterial and
feeder waterways
Pipelines: refined products, 2 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 1 naval base (Sekondi), 4 minor
Merchant marine: 16 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,900 GRT,
157,600 DWT
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 22 total, 19 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 8 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: telephone fair to good in urban areas; fairly good telegraph
services; 61,200 telephones; about 750,000 radio receivers; 20 TV receivers;
2 AM, no FM, and 5 TV stations; 2 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,192,000; 1,170,000 fit
105,000 reach military age (18) annually
Major ground units: 2 brigades (6 infantry battalions
company, 1 mortar battery, 1 field engineer batta
battalion)
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1972,
total budget
for military service;
, I reinforced airborne
lion, 1 reconnaissance
$38,300,000; 3.5% of
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GIBRALTAR
LAND:
2.5 sq. mi.
Land boundaries: 1 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 7.5 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 27,000 (official estimate for 1 July 1971)
Ethnic divisions: mostly Italian, English, Maltese, and
Spanish descent
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: English and Spanish are primary languages; Italian, Portuguese,
Russian also spoken; English used in the schools and for all official
Literacy: illiteracy is negligible
Labor force: approx. 14,800, including non-Gibraltarian laborers
Organized labor: 3,369, in 27 registered trade unions
and
purposes
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of Gibraltar
Type: U.K. colony
Capital: none
Legal system: English law; constitutional talks in July 1968; new system
effected in 1969 after electoral enquiry
Branches: parliamentary system comprised of the Gibraltar House of the Assembly
(15 elected members and 3 ex officio members), the Council of Ministers
headed by the Chief Minister, and the Gibraltar Council; the Governor is
appointed by the Crown
Government leaders: Governor and Commander in Chief, Adm. of the Fleet Sir
Varyl Begg; Chief Minister, Maj. Robert Peliza; Deputy Chief Minister,
Peter Isola
Suffrage: all adult Gibraltarians, plus other U.K. subjects resident 6 months
or more
Elections: every 5 years; last held in July 1969
Political parties and leaders: Association for Advancement of Civil Rights
(AACR), Sir Joshua Hassan; Labor, Sir Joshua Hassan; Independents, Peter
Isola; Integrationists (IWBP), Maj. Robert Peliza
Voting strength: In 1969, the AACR won 7 seats in the Assembly, the IWBP won 5,
the Independents won 3; a coalition between the latter two parties was formed
Communists: none known
Other political or pressure groups: the Housewives Association; the Chamber
of Commerce
ECONOMY:
Economic activity in Gibraltar centers on commerce and large British naval and
air bases. Nearly all trade in the well-developed port is transit trade and
port serves also as important supply depot for fuel, water, and ships' wares.
Recently built dockyards and machine shops provide maintenance and repair
services to 3,500-4,000 vessels that call at Gibraltar each year.
U.K. military establishments and civil government employ nearly half the insured
labor force. Local industry is confined to manufacture of tobacco, roasted
coffee, ice, mineral waters, candy, and canned fish. Some factories for
manufacture of clothing are being developed. A small segment of local
population makes its livelihood by fishing. In recent years tourism has
increased in importance.
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ECONOMY (cont'd) :
Electric power: 29,170 kw. capacity (1970); 47 million kw.-hr. produced (1970),
1,500 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $7.5 million (f.o.b., 1970); principally reexports of tobacco,
petroleum, and wine
Imports: $25.2 million (1970)
Major trade partners: U.K., Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Gibraltar pound=US$2.42 (floating U.K. pound, value
for October 1972)
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 19 miles, all paved
Ports: 1 major
Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft (registered in U.K.)
Airfields: 1 permanent-surface runway, 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: international radiocommunication facilities; automatic
telephone system serving 6,100 telephones; 6,000 radio receivers; 6,870
television receivers; 1 AM, 1 FM, and 2 TV stations; 13 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 6,000; about 3,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of United Kingdom
Aircraft: small detachment of fighter/trainer aircraft (3-4)
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LAND:
51,200 sq. mi.; 29% arable and land under permanent crops,
40% meadows and pastures, 20% forested, 11% wasteland,
urban, other
Land boundaries: 740 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
Coastline: 8,500 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 8,839,000, average annual growth rate 0.4%
(March 61-71)
Ethnic divisions: 96% Greek, 2% Turkish, 1% Albanian, 1% other
Religion: 97% Greek Orthodox, 2.5% Muslim, 0.5% other
Language: Greek; English and French widely understood
Literacy: males about 92%; females about 73%; total about 82%
Labor force: 3,866,000 (1969 est.); 50% agriculture, 15% industry, 9% trade,
26% other; unemployment and underemployment, 20% total in all fields;
shortage of skilled labor in nonagricultural sectors aggravated by large-
scale emigration
Organized labor: 10% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Greece
Type: constitutional monarchy; power in hands of ex-military leaders since
April 1967
Capital: Athens
Political subdivisions: 52 departments (nomoi) constitute basic political units;
as a result of decentralization measures promulgated August 1971, these nomoi
have now been grouped into seven geographical areas which are called Regional
Administrations, each of which is headed by an Undersecretary of Interior
(Regional Administrator); while each nomos ultimately reports to and is
administered by the central government, the attempt of the decentralization
program is for each nomos and Regional Administration to administer its own
programs and to solve its own problems on a local basis to the greatest degree
possible
Legal system: based on Roman and Byzantine law, substantially altered by civil
codes of 1946-51; martial law decreed in April 1967 remains in force in urban
centers of Athens and Thessaloniki; legal training at University of Athens;
does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: new constitution promulgated in November, 1968, however, with key
articles concerning Parliament and powers of the courts still suspended;
certain articles of 1968 constitution pertaining to individual rights, also
suspended, were declared implemented in 1969 and 1970, but in practice
repression of these rights continues; legislative power is currently
exercised through decrees issued in the name of the King by the Regent as
enacted by the Council of Ministers; since early 1971, an Advisory Committee
on Legislation has functioned with the authority to draw attention to the
need for new legislation or comment on legislation proposed by the Government;
the committee's opinions and suggestions are not binding on the government
Government leaders: King Constantine, head of state (in exile); actual authority
lies in hands of ex-military headed by George Papadopoulos, who holds the
offices of Regent, Prime Minister, Minister of Programming and Government
Policy, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of National Defense; Stylianos
Pattakos, First Deputy Prime Minister; and Nikolaos Makarezos, Second Deputy
Prime Minister
Suffrage: universal age 21 and over
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GOVERNMENT (cont'd):
Elections: subject to scheduling of government
Political parties and leaders: political activities suppressed; party leadership
and organization in disarray
Communists: 12% of electorate in February 1964; hard-core elements imprisoned;
Communist Party (KKE) outlawed since 1947
Member of: EC (associate member), FAO, FUND, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB,
ILO, IMCO, ITU, NATO, OECD, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $10.6 billion (1971), $1,205 per capita; 78% consumption, 22% investment;
1971 growth rate 10.3Z, current market prices
Agriculture: subject to droughts; main crops -- wheat, olives, tobacco, cotton;
nearly self-sufficient; food shortages -- livestock products; caloric intake,
2,960 calories per day per capita (1963)
Major industries: food processing, tobacco, chemicals, textiles, petroleum
refining, aluminum processing
Shortages: petroleum, minerals, feed grains
Crude steel: 210,000 metric tons produced (1969), 20 kg. per capita
Electric power: 2,680,000 kw. capacity (1971); 10.816 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 1,219 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $625 million (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- tobacco, cotton, fruits,
metals
Imports: $1,840 million (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- machinery and
automotive equipment, manufactured consumer goods, petroleum and
petroleum products, chemicals
Major trade partners: (1971) -- 44% EC, 14% sterling area, 13% U.S.,
8.4% CEMA countries
Aid:
economic (authorized) -- U.S., $1,916.4 million (1946-71); International
Finance Corporation, $14.9 million through 1971; U.N. Technical Assistance,
$4.1 million through 1970; U.N. Special Fund, $8.9 million through 1971;
IBRD, $71.3 million (1968-71), $20 million in 1971; Consortium, $40
million in 1966; EC (1964-71) $69.2 million;
military -- U.S., $2,066 million (1946-70)
Monetary conversion rate: 30 drachmae=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,598 mi.; 969 mi. standard gage (4'8 1/2"), 597 mi. meter gage
(3'3 3/8"), 20 mi. 1'11 5/8" narrow gage, 10 mi. 2'5 1/2" narrow gage; all
government owned
Highways: 24,200 mi.; 7,100 mi. paved, 9,100 mi. crushed stone and gravel
4,800 mi. improved earth, 3,200 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: system consists of 3 coastal canals and 3 unconnected rivers
which provide navigable length of just less than 50 mi.
Pipelines: crude oil, 16 mi., refined products, 340 mi.
Ports: 17 major, 37 minor
Merchant marine: 1,553 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,816,600 GRT,
25,230,300 DWT; includes 65 passenger, 927 cargo, 255 tanker, 271 bulk,
33 specialized carrier; ethnic Greeks also own an estimated 20,206,300
GRT under other flags: about 17,409,300 GRT under Liberia, 723,300 under
Panama, 2,042,600 under Cyprus, 22,400 under Lebanon, and 8,700 under Somali
Republic
Airfields: 57 total, 54 usable; 36 with permanent-surface runways; 16 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 13 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Civil air: 35 major transport aircraft
Telecommunications: fairly modern networks reach all areas on mainland and
islands; 1,300,000 telephones; 1.4 million radio receivers; 280,000 TV
receivers; 28 AM, 10 FM and 23 TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables;
communications satellite ground station
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DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,172,000; 1,745,000 fit for military service;
about 69,000 reach military age (21) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1971, $552 million; 28%
of central government budget
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GREENLAND
LAND:
840,000 sq. mi.; less than 1% arable (of which only a
fraction cultivated), 83% permanent ice and snow,
16% other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi. (fishing,
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 27,400 mi. (approx., includes minor islands)
PEOPLE:
Population: 50,000, average annual growth rate 3.3%
(January 66-71)
Ethnic divisions: 86% Greenlander (Eskimos and
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
Language: Danish, Eskimo dialects
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 12,000; largely engaged
Greenland-born whites), 14%
in fishing and sheep breeding
Danes
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Greenland
Type: province of Kingdom of Denmark; 2 representatives in Danish parliament;
separate Minister for Greenland in the Danish cabinet
Capital: Godthaab (administrative center)
Political subdivisions: 3 counties, 19 communes
Legal system: Danish law; transformed from colony to province in 1953
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown and Danish parliament;
executive power vested in Crown, acting through provincial governor
responsible to Minister for Greenland; local affairs handled by provincial
council (Landsrad) subject to approval of provincial governor; 19 lower courts
Government leader: Queen Margrethe II; Governor N.O. Christensen
Suffrage: universal, but not compulsory, over age 21
Elections: held every 4 years (next 1975)
Political parties: Inuit (advocating close ties with Denmark); Sukaq (moderate
socialist, advocating more distinct Greenland identity)
ECONOMY:
GNP: included in that of Denmark
Agriculture: arable areas largely in hay; sheep grazing; garden produce
Fishing: catch 38,159 tons, $6.3 million (1971)
Major industries: mining, slaughtering, fishing, sealing
Electric power: 27,338 kw. capacity (1971); 45.8 million kw.-hr
934 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $15.0 million (f.o.b., 1969); fish and fish products,
Imports: $56.7 million (f.o.b., 1969); machinery and transport
petroleum and petroleum products, food products
Major trade partners: (1970) Denmark 91%, U.S. 3%, Venezuela 5%
Monetary conversion rate: 6.98 Yanish Kroner=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
. produced (1971),
nonmetallic minerals
equipment,
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: none
Ports: 7 major, 16 minor
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 11 total, 8 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 3 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 7 seaplane stations
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Telecommunications: adequate domestic and international service provided by
cables and radio; 4,500 telephones; 7,200 radiobroadcast receivers; 5 AM,
2 FM, and 2 TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, included with Denmark
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LAND:
133 sq. mi. (Grenada and southern Grenadines); 47%
cultivated, 3% pastures, 12% forests, 20% unused but
potentially productive, 18% built on, wasteland,
other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 75 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 96,000,
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: mainly of African-Negro descent
Religion: Church of England; other Protestant sects; Roman Catholic
Language: English; some French patois
Literacy: unknown
Labor force: 25,170 (1960); 40% agriculture, 30% unemployed or underemployed
Organized labor: 33% of labor force
average annual growth rate 0.6%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Grenada
Type: dependent territory with full internal autonomy as a British "Associated
State"
Capital: St. Georges
Political subdivisions: 6 parishes
Legal system: based on English common law
Government leaders: Premier Eric Matthew Gairy; U.K. Governor Dr. Hilda Bynoe
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage
Elections: every 5 years; most recent election 28 February 1972
Political parties and leaders: Grenada United Labor Party (GULP), Eric Matthew
Gairy; Grenada National Party (GNP), Herbert A. Blaize
Voting strength (1972 election): GULP 58.7%, GNP 41.3%; Legislative Council
seats, GULP 13, GNP 2
Communists: negligible
Member of: CARIFTA
ECONOMY:
GDP: $22.0 million (1967), $220 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- cocoa, spices, bananas
Fishing: 1,500 metric tons, $618,000 (1970)
Electric power: 7,000 kw. capacity (1970 est.); 15.2 million kw.-hr. produced
(1970), 138 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $5.1 million (f.o.b., 1968); cocoa beans, bananas, nutmeg, mace
Imports: $13.2 million (c.i.f., 1968); textiles, flour, clothing, miscellaneous
manufactured goods
Major trade partners: U.K. 37%, U.S. 9%, Canada 9% (1966)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 600 mi.; 380 mi. paved, 100 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or earth
surface; 120 mi. unimproved
Ports: 2 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 4 total, 3 usable; 1 with asphalt runway 5,000 ft.
Telecommunications: automatic, islandwide telephone system with 3,100 telephones;
VHF island link to Trinidad and Carriacou; 18,000 radios and 100 TV
receivers; 2 AM stations
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LAND:
687 sq. mi.; 25% cropland, 8% pasture, 19% forest, 48%
wasteland, built on; area consists of two islands
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 190 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 340,000, average annual growth rate 1.5%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Negro or Mulatto, less than 5% East
Indian, Lebanese, Chinese, 5% Caucasian
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, 5% Hindu and pagan African
Language: French, Creole patois
Literacy: over 70%
Labor force: 120,000; 25% agriculture, 25% unemployed
Organized labor: 11% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Department of Guadeloupe
Type: overseas department of France; represented by 3 deputies in the French
National Assembly and 2 senators in the Senate
Capital: Basse-Terre
Political subdivisions: 3 arrondissements; 34 communes, each with a locally
elected municipal council
Legal system: French legal system; highest court is a court of appeal based
in Martinique with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
Branches: executive, Prefect appointed by Paris; legislative, popularly elected
General Council of 36 members; judicial, under jurisdiction of French judicial
system
Government leader: Prefect Pierre Brunon
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: General Council elections coincide with those for the French National
Assembly, normally every 5 years; last General Council election took place
in March 1970
Political parties and leaders: Union of Guadeloupean Democrats for the Republic
(UDG), Paul Gresse; Communist Party of Guadeloupe (PCG) Henri Bangou; Socialist
Party, leader unknown; Progressive Party of Guadeloupe (PPG), Henri Rodes;
Independent Republicans, leader unknown; Federation of the Left, leader unknown
Voting strength: PCG, 1 seat in French National Assembly; UDG, 2 seats;
(1968 election)
Communists: 2,000, 11,000 sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: Group of National Organization of Guadeloupe
(GONG)
ECONOMY:
GDP: $231 million (1970 est.), $685 per capita; real growth rate (1970 est.) 1%
Agriculture: main crops, sugarcane and bananas
Major industries: agricultural processing, sugar milling and rum distillation
Electric power: 27,800 kw. capacity (1970); 72 million kw-hr. produced (1970),
213 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $38 million (f.o.b., 1970), sugar, bananas, rum
Imports: $128 million (c.i.f., 1970), foodstuffs, clothing and other consumer
goods, raw materials and supplies, and petroleum
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Major trade partners: exports -- France 71%, U.S. 17%, Germany 7%, other
5%; imports -- France 70%, U.S. 9%, Germany 3%, Netherlands Antilles 3%,
Netherlands 3%, other 12% (1968)
Monetary conversion rate: 5.002 francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: privately owned, narrow-gage plantation lines
Highways: 1,200 mi.; 780 mi. paved, 420 mi. gravel and earth
Ports: 1 major (Pointe-a-Pitre), 3 minor
Civil air: 1 major transport
Airfields: 8 total, 7 usable, 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: domestic facilities inadequate; 17,400 telephones;
inter-island VHF radio links; 2 AM radio and 2 TV transmitters, with about
27,500 radio and 8,000 TV receivers
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LAND:
42,040 sq. mi.; 14% cultivated, 10% pasture, 57% forest,
19% other
Land boundaries: 1,010 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 250 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,651,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 41.4% Indian, 58.6% Ladino (mestizo and
westernized Indian)
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish, but over 40% of the population speaks an Indian language as
a primary tongue
Literacy: about 30%
Labor force: 1.5 million (1969); 63.2% agriculture, 12.4% manufacturing, 11.8%
services, 12.6% other, 2% unemployed; severe shortage of skilled labor;
oversupply of unskilled labor; of this total an estimated 10% are unemployed
at any one time
Organized labor: 5% of labor force (1970)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Guatemala
Type: republic
Capital: Guatemala
Political subdivisions: 22 departments
Legal system: civil law system; constitution came into effect 1966; judicial
review of legislative acts; legal education at University of San Carlos of
Guatemala; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: traditionally dominant executive; elected unicameral legislature;
7-member (minimum) Supreme Court
Government leader: President Carlos Arana
Suffrage: universal over age 18, compulsory for literates, optional for illiterates
Elections: next elections (President and Congress) March 1974
Political parties and leaders: Democratic Institutional Party (PID), Donaldo
Alvarez Ruiz; Revolutionary Party (PR), Carlos Sagastume Perez (Sec. Gen.);
National Liberation Movement (MLN), Mario Sandoval Alarcon; Guatemalan
Christian Democratic Party (DCG), Danilo Barillas Rodriguez, Rene de Leon
Schl otter
Voting strength: for President -- MLN-PID 251,135 (40%), PR 202,241 (32.5%), DCG
125,948 (20%) null, 7.5%; for congressional seats -- PR 16, MLN-PID 34, DCG 5
Communists: communist party outlawed; underground membership estimated at 750
Other political or pressure groups: outlawed (Communist) Guatemalan Labor Party
(PGT), Bernardo Alvarado; United Democratic Revolutionary Front (FURD) Manuel
Colom Argueta
Member of: CACM, IADB, IAEA, ICAO, IHB, OAS, ODECA, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1.8 billion (1971, in 1958 prices), $340 per capita; 79%
private consumption, 8% government consumption, 14% domestic investment, -1%
net foreign balance; real growth rate 1971, 5.1%
Agriculture: main products -- coffee, cotton, corn, beans, sugarcane, bananas,
livestock; caloric intake, 2,200 calories per day per capita (1967)
Fishing: catch 5,000 metric tons (1970); exports $1,700,000 (1970), imports
$500,000 (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont d):
Major industries: food processing, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals,
nonmetallic minerals, metals
Electric power: 178,600 kw. capacity (1971); 1,050 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 180 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $296 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, cotton, meat, bananas, sugar,
textiles, tires
Imports: $281 million (f.o.b., 1971); manufactured products, machinery, trans-
portation equipment, chemicals, fuels
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 28%, CACM 29%, West Germany 10%, Japan
11%; imports -- U.S. 41'? CACM 20%, West Germany 10%, U.K. 17% (1968)
Aid:
economic -- from U.S. (FY46-71), $182.7 million loans, $177.5 million grants;
from international organizations (FY46-71), $127.4 million; from other
western countries (1960-68) $7.6 million; military -- assistance from
U.S. (FY53-71), $24.4 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 quetza1=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 592 mi., 3'0" gage; single-tracked; 520 mi. government owned, 72 mi.
privately owned
Highways: 7,600 mi., 1,300 mi. bituminous, 4,200 mi. gravel, 2,100 mi. improved
or unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 164 mi. navigable year-round; additional 458 mi. navigable
during high-water season
Pipelines: crude oil, 30 mi.
Freight carried: rail (1960) -- 191.8 million ton/miles, 1.1 million tons
Ports: 2 major, 3 minor
Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,600 GRT, 5,500 DWT
Airfields: 496 total, 329 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 18 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Civil air: 11 major transport aircraft
Telecommunications: modern telecom facilities limited to Guatemala City;
41,000 telephones; est. 360,000 radio and 90,000 TV receivers, 78 AM, 20 FM,*
and 3 TV stations; connection to international Central American microwave
net
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,390,000; 700,000 fit for military service;
about 60,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $18.9 million;
about 7.5% of central government budget
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LAND:
95,000 sq. mi.; 3.3% cropland, 10% forest
Land boundaries: 2,160 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 130 n. mi.
Coastline: 215 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,068,000, average annual growth rate 2.6%
(FY67)
Ethnic divisions: 99% African (3 major tribes - Fulani,
Malinke, SdUssou; and 15 smaller tribes)
Religion: 75% Muslim, 2,4% animist, 1% Christian
Language: French offi,cial; each tribe has own language
Literacy: 5% to 10%; French only significant written language
Labor force: 1.8 million, of which less than 10% are wage earners; most of
population engages in subsistence agriculture
Organized labor: virtually 100% of wage labor force loosely affiliated with the
National Confederation of Guinean Workers, which is closely tied to the PDG
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Guinea
Type: republic; under one-party presidential regime
Capital: Conakry
Political subdivisions: 29 administrative regions, 209 arrondissements, about
8,000 local entities at village level
Legal system: based on French civil law system, customary law, and presidential
decree; constitution adopted 1958; no constitutional provision for judicial
review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive branch dominant, with power concentrated in President's
hands and a small group who are both ministers and members of the party's
politburo; unicameral National Assembly and judiciary have little independence
Government leader: President Ahmed Sekou Toure, who has been designated
"The Supreme Leader of the Revolution"
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: approximate schedule -- 5 years parliamentary, latest in 1968;
7 years Presidential, latest in 1968
Political parties and leaders: only party is Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG),
headed by Sekou Toure
Communists: no Guinean Communists have been identified, although there are some
sympathizers
Member of: ADB, ECA, FAO, ICAO, ILO, ITU, Niger River Commission, OAU, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: about $275 million (1965), $80 per capita
Agriculture: cash crops -- coffee, bananas, palm products, peanuts, and pine-
apples; staple food crops -- cassava, rice, millet, corn, sweet potatoes;
livestock raised in some areas
Major industries: alumina, light manufacturing and processing industries,
bauxite
Electric power: 99,700 kw. capacity (1971); 239 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
60 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: export receipts, $51 million (FY71); alumina, bauxite, coffee,
pineapples, bananas, palm kernels
Imports: $80 million (FY71); petroleum products, metals, machinery and
transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles
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Major trade partners: Communist countries, Western Europe (including France),
U.S
Monetary conversion rate: 22.7 syli=USS1 (October 1972)
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 500 mi. meter gage, 5 mi. standard gage
Highways: 4,725 mi.; 465 mi. paved, 2,610 mi. all weather, 1,650 mi. unimproved
earth
Inland waterways: 1,115 mi.; 310 mi. navigable by small oceangoing vessels,
805 mi. navigable by shallow-draft steamers and barges
Ports: I major, 3 minor
Merchant marine: 1 bulk carrier (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,800 GRT,
15,300 DWT
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 20 total, 16 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 5 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane landing areas
Telecommunications: inadequate system of open-wire lines, small radio
communication stations, and 1 radio-relay link; principal center Conakry,
secondary center Kankan; 6,600 telephones; 91,000 radio receivers; 1 AM,
no FM, and no TV stations; 3 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 959,000; 460,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 September 1970, $6,073,000; 8.0%
of total budget
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GUYANA
LAND:
83,000 sq. mi.; 1% cropland,
77% forested, 10% water,
Land boundaries: 1,600 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial
Coastline: 285 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 763,000,
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 50% East Indians, 44% Negro and
mixed, 4% Amerindian, 2% white and Chinese
Religion: 57% Christian, 33% Hindu, 9% Muslim, 1% other
Language: English
Literacy: 86%
Labor force: 175,000; about 75% agriculture, 10% mining, services, and
manufacturing, 15% other; 21% unemployed; shortage of technical and
managerial personnel
Organized labor: 25% of labor
3% pasture, 9% savanna,
urban, and waste
waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
average
annual growth rate 2.5%
Negro
force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Type: republic within Commonwealth
Capital: Georgetown
Political subdivisions: 9 administrative districts
Legal system: based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman-
Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Council of Ministers presided over by Prime Minister; 53-member
unicameral legislative National Assembly (elected); Supreme Court
Government leader: Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: last held in December 1968; next elections 1973
Political parties and leaders: People's Progressive Party (PPP), Cheddi Jagan;
People's National Congress (PNC), L.F.S. Burnham; United Force (UF),
Feilden Singh
Voting strength (1968 election): 36.5% PPP, 55.8% PNC, 7.4% UF, 0.3% other
Communists: unknown; top echelons of PPP and PYO (Progressive Youth Organization,
militant wing of the PPP) include many Communists, but rank and file is
non-Communist
Other political or pressure groups: Justice Party, Guyana United Muslim Party,
Guyana All-Indian League, African Society for Cultural Relations with
Independent Africa (ASCRIA), Progressive Youth Organization (PPP affiliate),
Young Socialist Movement (PNC affiliate), Guyana United Youth Society (UF
affiliate), Afro-Asian-American Association (AAAA), Committee for National
Reconstruction, Guyana National Party (GNP)
Member of: CARIFTA, FAO, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAS (observer),
Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $283 million (1971 est.), $360 per capita; real growth rate 1971 (est.) 4%
Agriculture: main crops -- sugarcane, rice, other food crops; food shortages --
wheat flour, potatoes, processed meat, dairy products; caloric intake, 2,180
calories per day per capita (1967)
Fishing: catch 16,600 metric tons, $12 million (1970); exports $4.4 million (1970),
imports $1.5 million (1970)
Major industries: bauxite mining, alumina production, sugar and rice milling
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 112,000 kw. capacity (1971); 350 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 412 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $137 million (f.o.b., 1971); bauxite, sugar, alumina, rice, shrimp,
molasses, timber, diamonds, rum
Imports: $131 million (c.i.f., 1971); manufactures, machinery, food, petroleum
Major trade partners: U.K. 28%, U.S. 23%, Canada 14%, Commonwealth Caribbean
countries 13% (1969)
Aid: economic -- from U.S. (FY53-71), $40.7 million loans, $22.9 million grants;
from international organizations (FY46-71), $26.8 mill ion
Monetary conversion rate: 2 Guyana dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 103 mi., all single track; 85 mi. 3'0" gage, 18 mi. 3'6" gage
Highways: 1,450 mi.; 290 mi. paved, 620 mi. otherwise improved, 540 mi. unimproved
Inland waterways: 3,700 mi.; Demerara River navigable to Mackenzie by ocean
steamers, others by ferryboats, small craft only
Ports: 1 major, 3 minor
Merchant marine: 1 bulk carrier (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,000 GRT, 3,100
DWT
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 102 total, 89 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 12 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: highly developed telecom system with radio relay network and
over 16,000 telephones; tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad; 250,000 radio
receivers, 2 AM and 1 FM stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 178,000; 122,000 fit for military service
Supply: mostly U.K., some U.S. equipment
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1969, $2.35 million; 2.8%
of central government budget
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HAITI
LAND:
10,700 sq. mi.; 31% cultivated, 18% rough pastures,
10% forested, 44% unproductive
Land boundary: 224 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,126,000, average annual growth rate 2.1%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: over 90% Negro, nearly 10% mulatto,
few whites
Religion: 10% Protestant, 75% to 80% Roman Catholic (of which an overwhelming
majority also practice Voodoo)
Language: French (official) spoken by only 10% of population; all speak Creole
Literacy: 10% to 12%
Labor force: 2.6 million (est. January 1968); 86% agriculture, 12% industry,
2% unemployed; shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant
Organized labor: less than 1% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Haiti
Type: republic under the 14-year dictatorship of Francois Duvalier who was
succeeded upon his death on 21 April 1971 by his constitutional successor,
his son, Jean-Claude
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Political subdivisions: 5 departments (despite constitutional provision for 9)
Legal system: based on Roman civil law system; constitution adopted 1964 and
amended 1971; legal education at State University in Port-au-Prince and private
law colleges in Cap-Haitien, Les Cayes, Gonaives, and Jeremie; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: lifetime President, unicameral 58-member legislature of very limited
powers, judiciary appointed by President
Government leader: President-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Election: constitution as amended in 1971 provides for lifetime president to be
designated by his predecessor and ratified by electorate in plebiscite; next
legislative elections, which are held every 6 years, are scheduled for 1973
Political parties: National Unity Party, only legal party; United Haitian
Communist Party (PUCH), illegal (Communist)
Voting strength (1967 legislative elections): 100% National Unity Party
(Duvalier)
Communists: strength unknown; party leaders believed in exile
Member of: GATT, IADB, IAEA, ICAO, IMF, IBRD, OAS, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: about $420 million (1971), $80 per capita; real growth rate 1971 5.7%
Agriculture: main crops -- coffee, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, pulses;
caloric intake, 1,850 calories per day per capita
Major industries: sugar refining, textiles, flour milling, cement manufacturing,
copper and bauxite mining, tourism, light assembly industries
Electric power: 62,000 kw. capacity (1971 est.); 120 million kw.-hr produced
(1971 est.), 24 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $47 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); coffee, bauxite, light industrial
products, sugar, copper, sisal
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ECONOMY (cont 'd ) :
Imports: $63.5 million (f.o.b., 1970 est.); consumer durables, foodstuffs,
industrial equipment, petroleum products, construction materials
Major trade partners: U.S. 50% (1970 est.)
Aid:
economic -- from U.S., $34.1 million loans, $88.1 million grants (FY46-70);
international organizations, $28.2 million (FY49-71);
military -- U.S., $4.3 million (FY53-71), from other Western countries
(1960-70) $3.7 million
Monetary conversion rate: 5 gourdes=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 120 mi. 2' 6" gage, single-track, privately owned industrial line; 5
mi. dual-gage 2' 6"-3' 6"; government line dismantled
Highways: 2,000 mi.; 350 mi. paved, 600 mi. otherwise improved, 1,050 mi.
unimproved
Inland waterways: negligible; about 60 mi. navigable
Ports: 2 major, 12 minor
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft; 3 owned by the air force, I privately owned
Airfields: 31 total, 17 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway 8,000-11,999 ft., 5 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: all domestic facilities inadequate, international facilities
only slightly better; slow progress in large-scale telephone expansion
program; only 4,450 telephones, est. 282,000 radio and 8,000 TV receivers,
25 AM, 3 FM, and 1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,286,000; 660,000 fit for military service;
about 53,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 September 1972, $5,800,000; about
18% of operational budget
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HONDURAS
LAND:
43,300 sq. mi.; 27% forested, 30% pasture, 36% waste,
7% cropland
Land boundaries: 950 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 510 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,813,000, average annual growth rate 3.5%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: 90% mestizo, 7% Indian, 2% Negro, and
1% white
Religion: about 97% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 57.4% of persons 10 years of age and over (est. 1970)
Labor force: approx. 900,000 (est. mid-1972); 66% agriculture, 12%
manufacturing, 5% commerce, 6% unemployed, 3% unspecified
Organized labor: 7% to 10% of labor force (mid-1972)
services, 8%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Honduras
Type: republic
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Political subdivisions: 18 departments
Legal system: based on Roman and Spanish civil law; some influence of English
common law; constitution adopted 1965; judicial review of legislative acts
in Supreme Court; legal education at University of Honduras in Tegucigalpa;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: constitution provides for elected President, unicameral legislature,
and national judicial branch
Government leader: President Ramon Ernesto Cruz
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18
Elections: May 1971, Nationalist Party candidate won election; next
election February 1977; municipal elections March 1974
Political parties and leaders: Liberal Party (PLH), Carlos Roberto Reina, Felipe
Elvir Rojas, Jorge Bueso Arias, Modesto Rodas Alvarado, and Max Velasquez,
President of Central Executive Council; Nationalist Party (PNH), Ramon
Ernesto Cruz, Ricardo Zuniga Augustinus, General Oswaldo Lopez Arellano,
Mario Rivera Lopez, Martin Aquero, Manuel Acosta Bonilla; Popular Progressive
Party (PPP-uninscribed), Gonzalo Carias Castillo; Orthodox Republican Party
(PRO-uninscribed), Roque Jacinto Rivera; Communist Party of Honduras/Soviet
(PCH/S-outlawed), Dionisio Ramos Bejarano, Communist Party of Honduras/China
(PCH/C-outlawed), leadership uncertain; National Inovation and Unity Party
(PINU) (uninscribed), Miguel Andonie Fernandez
Voting strength (1971 elections): Nationalist Party (PNH) 306,028; Liberal
Party (PLH) 276,777
Communists: 400-800; 2,000 sympathizers
Member of: IADB, ICAO, ILO, OAS, CACM, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $838 million (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $310 per capita; 77%
private consumption, 9% government consumption, 19% domestic investment; 2%
inventory, -7% net foreign balance (1970); real growth rate 1971, 2.5%
Agriculture: main crops -- bananas, coffee, corn, beans, cotton, sugarcane,
tobacco; caloric intake, 2,300 calories per day per capita (1964-65)
Fishing: exports $1.4 million (1970); imports $0.5 million (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major industries: agricultural processing, textiles, clothing, wood products
Electric power: 156,000 kw. capacity (1971); 350 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 116 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $182 million (f.o.b., est. 1971); bananas, coffee, corn, cotton, lumber,
minerals, beef
Imports: $194 million (c.i.f., est. 1971); manufactured products, machinery,
transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 53%, West Germany 11%, CACM 11%; imports
-- U.S. 41%, CACM 25%, West Germany 5% Japan 8% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-70), $65.6 million loans, $54.8
million grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $132.6 million;
from other Western countries (1960-68), $5.3 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY46-70), $8.1 million
Monetary conversion rate: 2 lempiras=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 743 mi.; 443 mi. of 3'6" gage, 300 mi. of 3'0" gage
Highways: 5,300 mi.; 600 mi. paved, 1,500 mi. otherwise improved, 3,200
unimproved
Inland waterways: 750 mi. navigable by small craft
Ports: 3 major, 9 minor
Merchant marine: 12 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,800 GRT, 53,600
DWT; all foreign owned and operated
Civil air: 25 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 215 total, 119 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 9 with run-
ways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: improved, but still inadequate; connection to international
Central American microwave net; 15,200 telephones; 300,000 radio and 25,000
TV receivers; 104 AM, 10 FM, and 6 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 687,000; 405,000 fit for military service;
about 28,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: traditional dependence on U.S. has for the time being shifted to
Western Europe
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LAND:
400 sq. mi.; 14% arable, 10% forested, 76% other (mainly
grass, shrub, steep hill country)
Land boundaries: 15 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 455 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,179,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 98% Chinese, 2% other
Religion: 10% Christian, 90% eclectic mixture of local religions
Language: Chinese, English
Literacy: 75%
Labor force (1969 est.): 1.52 million; 40% manufacturing, 28% services, 11%
construction, mining, quarrying and utilities, 11% commerce, 5% agriculture,
forestry, fisheries, and hunting, 6% communications, 2% other; under-
employment is a serious problem
Organized labor: 12% of 1969 labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of Hong Kong
Capital: Victoria
Type: U.K. crown colony
Political subdivisions: Hong Kong, Kowloon, and New Territories
Legal system: English common law
Branches: Governor assisted by advisory Executive Council; he legislates with
advice and consent of Legislative Council; Urban Council which alone includes
elected representatives, responsible for health, recreation, and resettlement;
New Territories divided into 4 districts, each presided over by a District
Officer advised by a locally elected Rural Committee; independent judiciary
Government leader: C.M. MacLehose, Governor and Commander in Chief
Suffrage: limited to 200,000 to 300,000 professional or skilled persons
Elections: every 2 years to select one-half of elected membership of Urban
Council; other Urban Council members appointed by the Governor
Political parties and leaders: Civic Association, Hu Pai-fu; Reform Club, B. A.
Bernacchi; Socialist Democratic Party, Sun Po-kong; Hong Kong Labour Party,
Tang Hon-tsai
Voting strength: (elected Urban Council members) Civic Association 4, Reform
Club 3, and 1 independent
Communists: an estimated 2,000 hard core cadres affiliated with Communist Party
of China
Other political or pressure groups: Federation of Trade Unions (Communist
controlled), Hong Kong and Kowloon Trade Union Council (Nationalist Chinese
dominated), Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Chinese General Chamber
of Commerce (Communist controlled), Federation of Hong Kong Industries,
Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong
ECONOMY:
GNP: $4 billion 1971 (est.), $960 per capita (est.)
Agriculture: agriculture occupies a minor position in the economy; main crops --
rice, vegetables, dairy products; less than 20% self-sufficient; food
shortages -- rice, wheat
Major industries: textiles and clothing, tourism, plastics, electronics, light
metal products, food processing
Shortages: industrial raw materials, water, food
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 1,810,000 kw. capacity (1972); 5.5 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 1,341 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2.9 billion (f.o.b., 1971), including $630 million reexports; principal
products clothing, plastic articles, textiles, electrical goods, wigs,
footwear, light metal manufactures
Imports: $3.4 billion (c.i.f., 1971)
Major trade partners: 1971 exports -- U.S. 37%, U.K. 15%, West Germany 7%; imports
-- Japan 24%, China 16%, U.S. 13%
Monetary conversion rate: HK$5.9=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 22 mi. standard gage; government owned
Highways: 600 mi.; 410 mi. paved, 190 mi. gravel and crushed stone, or earth
Freight carried: rail -- 903,180 short tons (FY68)
Ports: 1 major
Merchant marine: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 383,300 GRT, 584,600
DWT; includes 3 passenger, 22 cargo, 4 tanker, 10 bulk, 2 specialized
carrier; ships registered in Hong Kong fly the U.K. flag; over 400 Hong
Kong-owned ships are registered elsewhere
Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 1 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,061,000; 820,000 fit for military service;
about 45,000 reach military age (18) annually
Defense is the responsibility of U.K.
Ships: Hong Kong Marine Police, 38 police boats; U.K., U.K. naval ships homeported
in the U.K. operate in the Indian Ocean, Gulf, and Far East; they rotate
assignments within the area and normally one destroyer escort is deployed to
the Hong Kong area; a varied number of auxiliary/service craft are assigned
to the Commander Hong Kong
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HUNGARY
LAND:
35,900 sq. mi.; 60% arable, 14% other agricultural, 16%
forested, 10% other
Land boundaries: 1,395 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 10,405,000, average annual growth rate 0.3%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 93.3% Magyar, 2.5% German, 2.4% Gypsy,
0.7% Jews, 1.1% other
Religion: 67.5% Roman Catholic, 20% Calvinist, 5%
Lutheran, 7.5% atheist and other
Language: 98.2% Magyar, 1.8% other
Literacy: 97%
Labor force: 5.0 million (1 January 1971);
building, 30% other nonagricultural
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Hungarian
Type: Communist state
Capital: Budapest
Political subdivisions: 19 Megyes
status, 113 Jaras (districts)
Legal system: based on Communist legal theory, with both civil law system (civil
code of 1960) and common law elements; constitution adopted 1949; Supreme
Court renders decisions of principle that sometimes have the effect of
declaring legislative acts unconstitutional; legal education at Eotvos
Lorand Tudomanyegyetem School of Law in Budapest and 2 other schools of law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive -- Presidential Council (elected by Parliament); legislative
-- Parliament (elected by direct suffrage); judicial -- Supreme Court
(elected by Parliament)
Government leaders: Jeno Fock, Chairman, Council of Ministers; Pal Losonczi,
President, Presidential Council
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: every 4 years; national and local elections are held separately, two
years apart
Political parties and leaders: Hungarian Socialist (Communist) Workers' Party
(sole party); Janos Kadar is First Secretary of Central Committee
Voting strength (1971 election): 7,260,856 (98%) for Communist-approved candidates;
76,725 (1.4%) invalid and negative votes; total eligible electorate about
7.3 million
Communists: about 693,000 party members (June 1971)
Member of: CEMA, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, ITU, UNESCO, U.N., UPU, Warsaw Pact, WHO
People's
Republic
26% agriculture, 44% industry and
(counties),
5 autonomous cities in county
ECONOMY:
GNP: $16.7 billion in 1971 (at 1970 prices), $1,610 per capita; 1971 growth
rate 4.6%
Agriculture: normally self-sufficient; main crops -- corn, wheat, potatoes,
sugar beets, wine grapes; caloric intake 3,140 calories per day
per capita (1970)
Major industries: mining, metallurgy, engineering industries, processed foods,
textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals)
Shortages: metallic ores (except bauxite), copper, high grade coal, forest
products
Crude steel: 3.11 million metric tons produced (1971), 300 kg. per capita
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Exports: $2,500 million (f.o.b., 1971); 26% machinery, 23% industrial consumer
goods, 27% raw materials and semimanufactures, 24% food and raw materials
for the food industry (distribution for 1971)
Imports: $2,990 million (1971); 26% machinery, 9% industrial consumer goods,
54% raw materials and semimanufactures, 11% food and raw materials for the
food industry (distribution for 1971)
Major trade partners: $5,490 million (1971); 67% with Communist countries, 35%
with non-Communist countries
Monetary conversion rate: 10.81 forints.US$1 (arbitrary commercial); 27.63
forints.US$1 (noncommercial)
Fiscal year: same as calendar year; economic data reported for calendar years
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 5,908 route mi.; 5,098 mi. _standard gage, 788 mi. narrow gage
(mostly 2' 5 7/8"), 22 mi. broad gage (5'0"), 688 mi. double track, 581
mi. electrified; government owned (1970)
Highways: 18,360 mi.; 11,048 mi. paved, 6,558 mi. crushed stone or gravel, 754
mi. earth (1970)
Pipelines: crude oil, 500 mi.; refined products, 200 mi.; natural gas, over
1,500 mi.
Inland waterways: 1,320 mi. (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- 129.8 million short tons (1971), 14.0 billion short ton/m.
(1971); highway -- 492.0 million short tons, 4.7 million short ton/mi. (1971);
waterway -- 15.4 million short tons, 1.9 billion short ton/mi. includes
International transit traffic (1971)
River ports: 2 principal (Budapest, Dunaujvaros); no maritime ports; outlets are
Rostock, East Germany and ports in Poland (1972)
Merchant marine: 18 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 33,200 GRT,
44,500 DWT
Airfields: 75 total; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 17 with runways 8,000-
11,999 ft., 20 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,659,000; 2,140,000 fit for military service;
about 90,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: produces small arms, ammunition, explosives, light artillery, naval
ships and craft, an armored reconnaissance vehicle, some trucks, chemical
warfare defensive materiel and small quantities of agents, some types of
electronic equipment; dependent upon Communist countries, primarily the
U.S.S.R., for other military equipment including radar and missiles
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 9.72 billion forints;
about 4.5% of total budget
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LAND:
39,750 sq. mi.; arable negligible, 22% meadows and
pastures, forested negligible, 78% other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 4 n. mi. (fishing,
50 n. mi., effective 1 September 1972)
Coastline: 3,100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 209,000, average annual growth rate 1.0%
(December 66-71)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population
Religion: 95% Evangelical Lutheran, 3% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2%
no affiliation
Language: Icelandic
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 85,000; 22.6% agriculture and fishing; 25.6% mining and manufacturing;
10.7% construction; 12.8% commerce; 7.8% transportation and communications;
15.2% services; and 4.0% other; unemployment is insignificant
Organized labor: 60% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Iceland
Type: republic
Capital: Reykjavik
Political subdivisions: 16 districts, 212 rural communes, 14 towns
Legal system: civil law system based on Danish law; constitution adopted 1944;
legal education at University of Iceland; does not accept compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with President and parliament
(Althing); executive power vested in President but exercised by cabinet
responsible to parliament; Supreme Court and 29 lower courts
Government leaders: President Kristjan Eldjarn; Prime Minister Olafur Johannesson
Suffrage: universal, over age 20; not compulsory
Elections: parliamentary, every 4 years (next in 1975); presidential, every
4 years (next in 1976)
Political parties and leaders: Independence (conservative), Johann Hafstein;
Progressive, Olafur Johannesson; Social Democratic, Gylfi Gislason; Labor
Alliance (Communist front), Ragnar Arnalds; Organization of Liberals and
Leftists, Hannibal Valdimarsson
Voting strength (1971 election): 36.2% Independence, 25.2% Progressive, 10.4%
Social Democratic, 17.1% Labor Alliance, organization of leftists and liberals
8.9%
Communists: 1,000; a number of sympathizers, as indicated by 18,055 votes cast
for Labor Alliance in 1971 election
Member of: Council of Europe, EC (free trade agreement effective 1 March 1973),
EFTA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NATO,
Nordic Council, OECD, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $591 million (1971), $2,830 per capita; 65.3% consumption, 32.5%
investment, 9.8% government, -7.6% net foreign balance (1971); 1971 growth
rate 9.20%, constant prices
Agriculture: cattle, sheep, dairying, hay, potatoes, turnips; food shortages --
grains, sugar, vegetable and other fibers; caloric intake, 2,900 calories
per day per capita (1964-66)
Fishing: catch 680,742 metric tons; exports $125.6 million (1971)
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Major industries: fish processing, aluminum smelting, diatomite production
Shortages: grain, fuel, wood, minerals, vegetable fibers
Electric power: 356,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.6 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 7,700 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $149.7 million (f.o.b., 1971); fish and fish products, animal products,
aluminum, diatomite
Imports: $220.0 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery and transportation equipment,
petroleum, foodstuffs, textiles
Major trade partners: (1971) Exports: EFTA 33%, EC 11%, U.S. 39%, Communist
countries 8%; Imports: EFTA 43%, EC 26%, U.S. 9%, Communist countries 11%
Aid: economic -- U.S. authorized (1949-70) $89.3 million, $2.0 million
(1968) $2.3 million (1969), none in 1970, $1.2 million (1972); IBRD $30.0
million through December 1971
Monetary conversion rate: 88 kronur=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 7,400 mi.; 4,760 mi. crushed stone (including lava) and gravel, 2,593
mi. unsurfaced roads and motorable tracks, 47 mi. concrete (some bituminous
stretches)
Ports: 4 major, and about 50 minor
Merchant marine: 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 58,200 GRT, 80,600 DWT;
includes 1 passenger, 22 cargo, 1 tanker, 1 specialized carrier
Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 108 total, 93 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway 8,000-11,999 ft., 14 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 5 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: adequate domestic service, wire and radio communication
system; 74,900 telephones; 75,000 radio and 40,000 TV receivers; 15 AM,
12 FM, and 73 TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 50,000; 43,000 fit for military service (Iceland
has no conscription or compulsory military service)
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LAND:
1,211,000 sq. mi. (includes Indian part of Jammu-
Kashmir, Sikkim, Goa, Damao and Diu); 50% arable,
5% permanent meadows and pastures, 20% desert,
waste, or urban, 22% forested, 3% inland water
Land boundaries: 7,880 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi. (fishing,
12 n. mi.; additional 100 mi. is fisheries conservation
zone, December 1968)
Coastline; 4,378 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 571,034,000 (including Sikkim and the Indian-held part of disputed
Jammu-Kashmir, and excluding the several million refugees who entered India
from East Pakistan during 1971), average annual growth rate 2.5% (FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% Mongoloid and other
Religion: 83.5% Hindu, 10.7% Muslim, 1.8% Sikh, 2.6% Christian, .7% Buddhist,
.7% other
Language: 24 languages spoken by a million or more persons each; numerous
other languages and dialects, for the most part mutually unintelligible;
Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people;
English enjoys "associate" status but is the most important language for
national, political, and commercial communication; Hindustani, a popular
variant of Hindi/Urdu, is spoken widely throughout northern India
Literacy: males 39%; females 18%; both sexes 29% (1971 census)
Labor force: about 184 million; 70% agriculture, more than 10% unemployed and
underemployed; shortage of skilled labor is significant and unemployment is
rising
Organized labor: about 2.5% of total labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of India
Type: federal republic
Capital: New Delhi
Political subdivisions: 21 states, 9 union territories, 1 protectorate (Sikkim)
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution adopted 1950; judicial
review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Branches: parliamentary government, national and state; independent judiciary
Government leader: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: national and state elections ordinarily held every 5 years; may be
postponed in emergency and may be held more frequently if government loses
confidence vote; next general election to be held by March 1976; 16 states
and two union territories held state elections in March 1972; remaining states
to be polled over next several years
Political parties and leaders: Indian National Congress split into two factions
in 1969, largest faction (the Ruling Congress) loyal to Prime Minister Gandhi
led by S.D. Sharma, and smaller faction (the Organization Congress) led by
Sadiq Ali; Communist Party of India (CPI), S. A. Dange, chairman; Communist
Party of India/Marxist (CPI/M), P. Sundarayya, general secretary; Communist
Party of India/Marxist-Leninist (CPI/ML), Chairman unknown; Swatantra,
M. Masani, president; Bharatiya Jana Sangh, A. B. Vajpayee, president; The
Socialist Party, Kappori Thakur, chairman; Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),
N. Karunanidhi, president
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GOVERNMENT (cont ed):
Voting strength (1971 election): 43.7% Ruling Congress, 10.5% Organization Congress,
7.4% Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 3.1% Swatantra, 4.8% CPI, 5.2% CPI/M, 3.5% Socialist
Parties, 3.7% DMK, 18.1% other
Communists: 70,000 members of CPI (est.), 70,000 members of CPI/M;
Communist sympathizers, 13 million
Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, Commonwealth, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO,
IMCO, IMF, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $54 billion in current prices (year ending 31 March 1972), less than $100
per capita; real growth (FY71), 3% est.
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, other cereals, pulses, oilseeds,
cotton, jute, sugarcane, tobacco, tea, and coffee; largely self-sufficient
in foodgrains, but caloric intake is still low and diet is deficient in
protein
Fishing: catch 1.9 million tons (FY71-72); exports $52 million (FY71-72), imports
$100,000
Major industries: textiles, food processing
Crude steel: 6.3 million metric tons produced (FY71)
Electric power: 18,070,000 kw. capacity (1971); 68 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 120 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2 billion (f.o.b., FY71); tea, jute manufactures, iron ore, cotton
textiles, leather and leather products, iron and steel
Imports: $2.5 billion (c.i.f., FY71); machinery and transport equipment, chemicals,
iron and steel, grains and flour
Major trade partners: U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, Japan
Monetary conversion rate: 7.5 rupees=US$1 (official rate), now floating with
U.K. pound
Fiscal year: 1 April, stated year - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 37,281 mi.; 16,072 mi. meter (3'3 3/8") gage, 18,299 mi. broad gage,
2,781 mi. (2'6" and 2'0") narrow gage government owned; 129 mi. 2'6" and
2'0" gage privately owned; 6,933 mi. double track; 2,303 mi. electrified
Highways: 643,028 mi.; 106,854 mi. paved, 95,054 gravel or crushed stone, 184,631
improved earth, 256,489 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 8,410 mi.; 1,600 mi. navigable by river steamers
Ports: 7 major 53 minor
Merchant marine: 250 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,637,300 GRT,
4,058,700 DWT; includes 3 passenger, 192 cargo, 12 tanker, 34 bulk, and
9 specialized carrier
Airfields: 617 total, 367 usable; 187 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 49 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 132 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 4 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: fair domestic telephone service where available in and
between major cities; facilities and services diminish in quantity and
quality as size of communities decreases and distance between increases;
telephone distribution is less than 2 per 1,000 population; telegraph
facilities widespread; AM broadcast adequate; TV limited to Delhi -- New
Delhi; international telephones and telegraph adequate; 1,245,352 telephones;
11.7 million radio and 24,833 TV sets; AM stations at 70 locations, 1 TV
station; submarine cables extend to Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Aden
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 136,535,000; 77,680,000 fit for military service;
about 6,214,000 reach military age (17) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1973, $2.1 billion; 25% of
total budget
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INDONESIA
LAND:
736,000 sq. mi.; 11% small holdings and estates, 64% for-
ests, 25% inland water, waste, urban, and other
Land boundaries: 1,700 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): under an archipelago
theory, claim is 12 n. mi., measured seaward from
straight baselines connecting the outermost islands
Coastline: 34,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 123,180,000 (including West Irian), average
annual growth rate 2.5% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 45% Javanese, 14% Sundanese, 7.5% Madurese, 7.5% Coastal
26% other
Religion: 90% Muslim, 4% Christian, 2% Buddhist, 2% Hindu, 2% other
Language: Indonesian (modified form of Malay) official; English, and Dutch
leading foreign languages
Literacy: 60% (est.); 72% in 6-16 age group
Labor force: 41 million; 70% agriculture, 15% industry, 15% miscellaneous and
unemployed
Organized labor: 10% of labor force
Malays,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Indonesia
Type: republic
Capital: Djakarta
Political subdivisions: 26 first-level administrative subdivisions or provinces
which are further subdivided into 281 second-level areas
Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous
concepts; constitution of 1945 is legal basis of government; legal education
at University of Indonesia, Djakarta; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: executive headed by President who is chief of state and head of
cabinet (president Suharto is concurrently Minister of Defense and Security);
cabinet selected by President; unicameral legislature (Parliament), of 460
members (100 appointed, 360 elected); second and larger body (Congress) of
920 members and includes the legislature and 460 other members (chosen by
several processes, but not directly elected) elects President and Vice
President, and theoretically determines national policy
Government leader: President Suharto (elected by Congress March 1968)
Suffrage: universal over age 17 and married persons regardless of age
Political parties and leaders: Golkar (quasi-official "party" based on functional
groups), Amir Moertono (acting head); Indonesian National Party (PNI), Mohamad
Isnaeni (acting); Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Idham Chalid; Indonesian Muslim
Party (PMI), Mintaredja
Voting strength (1971 election): Golkar 236 seats (62.8%), NU 58 seats (18.7%),
PNI 20 seats (6.9%), PMI 24 seats (5.4%), PSII 10 seats, Parkindo 7 seats,
Catholic 3 seats, Perti 2 seats
Communists: Communist Party (PKI) was officially banned in March 1966; current
strength est. at 1,000, with less than 10% engaged in organized activity;
pre-October 1965 hard core membership has been estimated at 1.5 million
Minor legal parties: Catholic Party, Christian Party, Islamic Unity Party (PSII),
Association of Supporters of Indonesian Independence (IPKI), Islamic Unity
Party (PERTI), Murba
Member of: ADB, ASEAN, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, IHB, ILO, IMF, U.N. (resumed membership
in September 1966 and is now active in U.N. affiliated organizations), UNESCO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $9.4 billion (1970), less than $100 per capita; real average annual growth
(1965-70) 3.5% (est.)
Agriculture: subsistence food production, and smallholder and plantation
production for export; main crops -- rice, rubber, copra, other tropical
products; substantially self-sufficient; food shortage -- rice
Fishing: catch 1.2 million tons (1970); exports $4.5 million (1970), imports $0.3
million (1970)
Major industries: processing agricultural products and petroleum, textiles,
mining
Electric power: 1,225,000 kw. capacity (1971); 2.97 billion kw.-hr. produced (1971),
24 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,181 million (f.o.b., 1970); petroleum, rubber, tin, copra, tea, coffee,
tobacco, palm oil
Imports: $1,145 million (f.o.b., 1970); rice, other foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals,
iron and steel products, machinery, transport equipment, consumer durables
Major trade partners: exports (1970) -- 16% U.S., 55% Japan, 4% Singapore, 9%
West Germany; imports -- 22% U.S., 55% Japan, 9% West Germany, 13% Singapore
Monetary conversion rate: 415 rupiah=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 4,364 mi.; 3,990 mi. 316" gage, 317 mi. 2'5 1/2" gage, 57 mi.
1111 5/8" gage; 132 mi. double track; 74 mi. electrified; government owned
Highways: 57,460 mi.; 12,600 mi. paved, 25,200 mi. gravel or crushed stone,
19,660 mi. improved or unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 14,010 mi.; Sumatra 4,000 mi., Java and Madura 510 mi., Borneo
6,500 mi., Celebes 150 mi., and Irian Barat 2,850 mi.
Ports: 10 major, 63 minor
Merchant marine: 150 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 480,000 GRT, 580,600
DWT; includes 8 passenger, 114 cargo, 14 tanker, 11 bulk, 3 specialized
carrier -- includes 1 naval tanker and 5 troop transports sometimes used
commercially; a small proportion of the fleet is in international trade;
in the domestic fleet about one half are commercially inoperable because of
a chronic lack of spare parts and trained personnel
Airfields: 350 total, 236 usable; 33 with permanent-surface runways; 8 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 55 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 11 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: extensive police net for interisland service; international
and domestic service is limited; radiobroadcast coverage adequate but TV
available on Java only; 182,319 telephones; 3.2 million radio sets; 90,000
TV sets; AM stations at 53 locations; 1 FM and 5 TV stations; 2 submarine
cables to Singapore
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 28,580,000; 16,310,000 fit for military service;
about 1,480,000 reach military age (18) annually
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IRAN
LAND:
636,000 sq. mi.; 14% agricultural, 11% forested, 16%
cultivable with adequate irrigation, 51% desert,
waste, or urban, 8% migratory grazing and other
Land boundaries: 3,305 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,580 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 30,805,000, average annual growth rate 3.0%
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: 63% Ethnic Persians, 3% Kurds, 13% other
3% Arab and other Semitic, 1% other
Religion: 93% Shia Muslim; 5% Sunni Muslim; 2% Zoroastrians,
and Baha'is
Language: Farsi (Persian), Turki, Kurdish, Arabic
Literacy: about 30% of those 10 years of age and older
Labor force: 7.5 million; 47% agriculture, 53% industry,
shortage of skilled labor substantial
Organized labor: 1.1% of labor force
Iranian, 18% Turkic,
Jews, Christians
commerce and services;
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Empire of Iran
Type: constitutional monarchy, actually controlled by the Shah
Capital: Tehran
Political subdivisions: 13 provinces and 6 independent governorates, subdivided
into counties, municipalities, and rural districts
Legal system: based largely on Belgian law, with elements drawn from other
continental systems; personal law based on Islamic practice generally with
residual traces of Roman law; constitution adopted 1906 and constitutional
law of 1907; High Court of Appeal may judge disputes relating to government
departments acting according to law; legal education at University of Teheran;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive power rests in Shah who appoints a Prime Minister; Prime
Minister must be approved by lower house (Majlis); while Cabinet theoretically
responsibility of Prime Minister, Shah usually exerts strong influence over
its selection; bicameral legislature; Majlis has 268 seats (with 2 vacant
for islands of the Persian Gulf) elected to 4-year terms, and Senate 60
members serving 4-year terms; half of Senate members appointed by Shah,
other half elected; no provision for judicial review of constitutionality
of legislative acts
Government leaders: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Prime Minister Amir
Abbas Hoveyda
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: Majlis every 4 years; Senate every 4 years; latest national elections
July 1971, district and municipal elections in October 1972
Political parties and leaders: New Iran Party, Manuchehr Kalali; Mardom (Peoples)
Party, Alinagi Kani; Iranians Party, Dr. Fazlollah Sadr; Pan Iranist Party,
Mohsen Pezeshkpur (apparently moribund)
Voting strength (1971 election): Majlis -- New Iran Party, 231 seats; Mardom
Party, 36 seats; Iranians Party, I seat; Senate -- New Iran Party, 28 seats;
Mardom Party, 2 seats; plus 30 seats appointed by the Shah; all candidates
government approved
Communists: 1,000-2,000 (hard-core, est.); sympathizers (15,000-20,000 est.);
mostly pro-U.S.S.R. but pro-Chinese faction developing
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cont'd):
Other political or pressure groups: Tudeh Party (Communist, illegal); National
Front (coalition of neutralist urban elements virtually discredited because
of opposition to Shah's reform program); Confederation of Iranian Students
(illegal)
Member of: CENTO, Colombo Plan, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO,
IMF, ITU, OPEC, RCD, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $12 billion (Iranian FY71-72 est.), $400 per capita; real GNP growth,
Iranian FY71-72, 14. % est.
Agriculture: wheat, barley, rice, sugar beets, cotton, dates, raisins, tea,
tobacco, sheep, and goats
Electric power: 2,400,000 kw. capacity (1971); 8.5 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 280 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $356 million (non-oil, Iranian FY71-72); 89% petroleum; also carpets,
raw cotton, fruits, and nuts, hide and leather items, ores; Communist
countries (primarily U.S.S.R.) took about 31% of non-oil exports
Imports: $1,632 million (c.i.f., 1970); machinery, iron and steel products,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment; Communist countries
supplied about 13% of commodity imports
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S., Japan, West Germany, U.S.S.R. and
other Communist countries; imports -- U.S., West Germany, U.K., Japan, U.S.S.R.
Monetary conversion rate: 75.75 rials.US$1
Fiscal year: 21 March - 20 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,373 mi. 48 1/2" gage, 57 mi. 5'6" gage
Highways: 26,535 mi.; 7,084 mi. paved, 12,943 mi. gravel and crushed stone,
6,508 mi. improved earth
Inland waterways: 565 mi., not including Caspian Sea and Shatt al Arab and Lake
Urmia
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,640 mi.; refined products, 3,235 mi.; natural gas,
1,440 mi.
Ports: 7 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 158,400 GRT, 227,400 DWT;
includes 12 cargo, 4 tanker
Civil air: 18 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 231 total, 145 usable; 50 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 15 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 51 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: advanced system of high-capacity radio-relay links, open-wire
lines, cables, and tropospheric links; principal center Teheran, secondary
centers Istahan, Meshed, and Tabriz; 307,500 telephones; 1.8 million radio
and 250,000 TV receivers; 20 AM, 1 FM, and 9 TV stations; satellite earth
station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 7,255,000; 4,290,000 fit for military service;
about 317,000 reach military age (21) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 20 March 1973, $1,323.7 million; about
16.8% of total budget
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iRAQ
LAND:
172,000 sq. mi.; 18% cultivated, 68% desert, waste, or
urban, 10% seasonal and other grazing land, 4% forest
and woodland
Land boundaries: 2,280 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 36 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 10,142,000, average annual growth rate 3.3%
(October 70-71)
Ethnic divisions: 70.9% Arabs, 18.3% Kurds, 0.7% Assyrians,
other
Religion: 90% Muslim, 8% Christian, 2% other
Language: Arabic, Kurdish minority speaks Kurdish
Literacy: 20% to 40%
Labor force: 2.4 million; 70% agriculture, 6.5% industry, 6.7% government,
16.8% other; rural underemployment high, but not serious because low
subsistence levels make it easy to care for unemployed; severe shortage
of technically trained personnel
Organized labor: 11% of labor force
2.4% Turkomans,
7.7%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Iraq
Type: republic; one-party military regime established in July 1968
Capital: Baghdad
Political subdivisions: 16 provinces under centrally appointed officials
Legal system: based on Islamic law in special religious courts, civil law system
elsewhere; provisional constitution adopted in 1968; judicial review was
suspended; legal education at University of Baghdad; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: "moderate" wing of Ba'th Party of Iraq has been in Power since 1968 coup
Government leaders: President Hasan al-Bakr; Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary
Command Council Saddam Tikriti
Suffrage: no elective bodies exist
Elections: none since overthrow of monarchy in 1958
Communists: Communist Party allowed token representation in cabinet
Political or pressure groups: political parties banned, major opposition to
regime is from leftwing of the Ba'th Party, Communist Party and Nasirist
groups, disaffected members of the regime and army officers
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, OPEC,
U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $2,693 million in 1969, $300 per capita
Agriculture: dates, wheat, barley, rice, livestock; largely self-sufficient
in food
Major industry: crude petroleum (fourth largest producer in Middle East)
Electric power: 824,000 kw. capacity (1971); 3.5 billion kw.-hr. produced (1971),
350 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $71 million (f.o.b., 1971), not including oil revenue of $840 million
Imports: $756 million (c.i.f., 1971); 26% from Communist countries (1969)
Major trade partners: exports (non oil) -- U.S. 7%, Western European countries 4%,
Communist countries 15%, Arab countries 54%, other 20%; imports -- U.S. 4%,
Western European countries 44%, Japan 3%, Communist countries 26%, Arab
countries 7%, other 16%
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Iraqi dinar=US$3.04 (freely convertible); 0.329
Iraqi dinar=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,408 mi.; 698 mi. 4'8 1/2" gage, 710 mi. meter (3'3 3/8") gage;
10 mi. meter gage double track
Highways: 12,900 mi.; 4,000 mi. paved; 2,900 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or
improved earth; 6,000 mi. earth and sand tracks
Inland waterways: 635 mi.; Shatt al Arab navigable by maritime traffic for
about 65 mi.; Tigris and Euphrates navigable by shallow-draft steamers
Ports: 3 major
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,660 mi.; 30 mi. refined products; 430 mi. natural gas
Merchant marine: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 89,000 GRT, 132,900
NT includes 6 cargo, 2 tanker
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 168 total, 70 usable; 20 with permanent-surface runways; 40 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 14 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecomunications: fair international radiocorrinunication service; poor
domestic telephone and telegraph service; 120,000 telephones; 1,100,000 radio
receivers; 200,000 TV receivers; 4 TV and 4 AM stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,310,000; 1,250,000 fit for military service;
about 121,000 reach military age (18) annually
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IRELAND
LAND:
26,600 sq. mi.; 17% arable, 51% meadows and pastures,
3% forested, 2% inland water, 27% waste and urban
Land boundaries: 224 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi. (fishing,
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 900 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,002,000 average annual growth rate 0.6%
(April 66-71)
Ethnic divisions: racially homogeneous Celts
Religion: 94% Roman Catholic, 4% Episcopalian, 2% other
Language: English and Gaelic official; English is generally spoken
Literacy: 98%-99%
Labor force: about 1,130,000; 28% agriculture, forestry, fishing; 19% manufac-
turing; 15% commerce; 6% construction; 5% transportation; 4% government;
18% other
Organized labor: 36% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Ireland, Eire (Gaelic)
Type: republic
Capital: Dublin
Political subdivisions: 26 counties
Legal system: based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous
concepts; constitution adopted 1937; judicial review of legislative acts in
Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: elected President; bicameral parliament reflecting proportional and
vocational representation; judiciary appointed by President on advice of
government
Government leader: Taoiseach (Prime Minister) John (Jack) Lynch
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: Dail (lower house) elected every 5 years -- last election June 1969;
President elected for 7-year term
Political parties and leaders: Fianna Fail, John (Jack) Lynch; Labor Party,
Brendan Corish; Fine Gael, Liam Cosgrave; Communist Party of Ireland,
Michael O'Riordan
Voting strength: 70 seats Fianna Fail, 51 seats Fine Gael,
17 seats Labor Party, 1 Aontac Eireann, 5 independent
Communists: approximately 300
Member of: Council of Europe, EC, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $4,552 million (1971), $1,540 per capita; 67% consumption, 22%
investment, 14% government; 3% net export of goods and services;
1971 real growth rate 3%
Agriculture: about 2/3 of agricultural area used for permanent hay and pasture;
main products -- livestock and dairy products, barley, potatoes, sugar beets,
wheat; 85% self-sufficient; food shortages -- grains, fruits, vegetables;
caloric intake 3,450 calories per day per capita (1968)
Fishing: catch 81,000 tons, $13.7 million (1970); exports of fish and fish products
$13.8 million (1971), imports of fish and fish products $4.6 million (1971)
Major industries: food products, brewing, textiles and clothing, machinery and
transportation equipment
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ECONOMY (cont d):
Shortages: coal, petroleum, timber and woodpulp, steel and nonferrous metals,
fertilizers, cereals and animal feeds, textile fibers and textiles
Crude steel: 67,000 metric tons produced in 1968, 20 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 1,600,000 kw. capacity (1971); 6,108 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 2,040 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,408 million (f.o.b., 1971); live animals, meat, textile products,
clothing, machinery, dairy products, chemicals
Imports: $1,962 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, chemicals, textiles,
transportation equipment, petroleum, metal manufactures, cereals
Major trade partners: 14.5% EC, 5.4% West Germany, 62.7% EFTA, 58.4% U.K.,
8.2% U.S., 1.5% Communist countries (1970)
Aid: economic -- U.S., $191 million authorized (FY49-71), no activity (FY55-66),
$44 million authorized (FY67-71), $12.6 million authorized in FY69, none
authorized in FY70-71; IBRD $30.0 million authorized (FY71)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Irish pound=US$2.45 (average floating pound third
quarter 1972) (official)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,333 ml., 513" gage; government-owned
Highways: 53,700 mi.; 46,950 mi. surfaced, 6,750 mi. earth
Inland waterways: approx. 650 mi.
Ports: 6 major, 38 minor
Merchant marine: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 129,200 GRT, 182,600
DWT; includes 2 passenger, 19 cargo, 5 bulk, 1 specialized carrier
Civil air: 27 major transport aircraft, plus 9 withdrawn from service
Airfields: 30 total, 25 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft . , 4 with runways 4 ,000-7 ,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: small, modern system; all cities interconnected for telephone
and telegraph service; 337,000 telephones; 615,000 radiobroadcast receivers;
502,000 TV receivers; 3 AM, 5 FM, and 19 TV stations; 4 coaxial submarine
cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 695,000; 545,000 fit for military service;
about 29,000 reach military age (17) annually
Supply: formerly from the U.K. primarily, but since 1961 from other European
countries
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1973, $68.7 million; about
4.2% of the central government budget
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ITALY
LAND:
116,300 sq. mi.; 50% cultivated, 17% meadow and pasture, 21%
forest, 2% inland water, 10% waste or urban
Land boundaries: 1,058 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi. (fishing,
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 3,105 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 54,250,000, average annual growth rate 0.7%
(October 61-71)
Ethnic divisions: primarily Italian but population includes small clusters of
German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and of Albanian-Italians
in the south
Religion: almost 100% nominally Roman Catholic (de facto state religion)
Language: Italian; parts of Trentino-Alto Adige Region (e.g., Bolzano) are
predominantly German speaking; significant French-speaking minority in Valle
d'Aosta Region; Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area
Literacy: 5-7% of population illiterate (1967); illiteracy varies widely by region
Labor force: 19,019,000 (April 1972); 17.7% agriculture, 42.5% industry,
36.5% other, 3.3% unemployed; underemployment, particularly in southern
Italy, remains widespread; 1.5 million Italians employed in other Western
European countries
Organized labor: 20% (est.) of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Italian Republic
Type: republic
Capital: Rome
Political subdivisions: constitution provides for establishment of 20 regions;
5 (Sicilia, Sardegna, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Valle
d'Aosta) have been functioning for some time and the remaining 15 regions
were unsuited on 1 April 1972; 94 provinces
Legal system: based on civil law system, with ecclesiastical law influence;
constitution came into effect 1 January 1948; judicial review of legislative
acts in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive -- President empowered to dissolve Parliament and call national
election; he is also Commander of the Armed Forces and presides over the
Supreme Defense Council; otherwise, authority to govern invested in Council
of Ministers; legislative power invested in bicameral, popularly elected
Parliament; Italy has an independent judicial establishment
Government leaders: President Giovanni Leone; Premier Giulio Andreotti
Suffrage: universal over age 21 (except in Senatorial elections where minimum
age of voter is 25)
Elections: national elections for Parliament held every 5 years (most recent,
May 1972); provincial and municipal elections held every 5 years with some
out of phase; regional elections every 5 years
Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Party (DC), Arnaldo Forlani
(party secretary) Giulio Andreotti Aldo Moro, Amintore Fanfani (Senate
President); Communist Party (PCI), Luigi Longo, Enrico Berlinguer; Italian
Socialist Party (PSI), Pietro Nenni (ex-party secretary), Giacomo Mancini,
Francesco De Martino; Italian Social Democratic Party (PSDI), Flavio Orzandi
Liberal Party (PLI), Giovanni Malagodi; Italian Social Movement (MSI),
Giorgio Almirante; Republican Party (PRI), Ugo La Malfa
Voting strength (1972 election): 38.8% DC, 27.2% PCI, 9.6% PSI, 3.9% PLI, 8.7%
MSI, 2.9% PRI, 5.1% PSDI, 3.8% other
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GOVERNMENT (cont'd):
Communists: 1,521,000 members; number of sympathizers cannot be determined
Other political or pressure groups: the Vatican; three major trade union
confederations (CGIL -- Communist dominated, CISL -- Christian Democratic,
and UIL -- Social Democratic and Republican); Italian manufacturers
association (Confindustria); organized farm groups
Member of: ECSC, EC, FAO, IBRO, ICAO, IAEA, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NATO,
Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $108 billion (1971), $2,000 per capita; 63.6% consumption, 20.9% investment,
13.7% government, net foreign balance 1.8% (1971 provisional); 1971 provisional
growth rate 1.4%, 1963 constant prices
Agriculture: important producer of fruits and vegetables; main crops -- cereals,
potatoes, olives; 95% self-sufficient; food shortages -- fats, meat, fish,
and eggs; caloric intake, 3,100 calories per capita (1970)
Fishing: catch 353,100 metric tons (1969), $196,558,000 (1969); exports $8,142,000
(1969), imports $131,715,000 (1969)
Major industries: machinery and transportation equipment, iron and steel,
chemicals, food processing, textiles
Shortages: coal, fuels, minerals
Crude steel: 17.4 million metric tons produced (1971), 320 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 35.53 million kw. capacity (1971); 124.6 billion kw.-hr.
produced (1971), 2,297 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $16.1 billion (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- machinery and
transport equipment, textiles, foodstuffs, chemicals
Imports: $17.0 billion (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- machinery and
transport equipment, foodstuffs, ferrous and nonferrous metals, wool, cotton
Major trade partners: (1971) 21% West Germany, 9% U.S., 14% France, 4% U.K.,
4% Belgium-Luxembourg, 5% Netherlands, 3% Switzerland; 44% EC; 12% EFTA; 6%
Communist countries
Aid:
economic -- U.S., $3,893 mil lion (FY46-70), $121.8 million authorized FY70;
IBRD, $398 million authorized through FY70, none since FY65; International
Finance Corporation, $1 million authorized through FY70, none since FY60;
military -- U.S., $2,290 million (FY46-70), $38 million authorized in
FY68 (Export-Import Bank credits), none in FY69
Monetary conversion rate: 581.5 lira=US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 12,857 mi ; 9,907 mi. government owned; 9,805 mi. standard gage; 4,906
mi. electrified; 102 mi. narrow gage (3' 1 1/8"); 2,950 mi. non-government
owned; 1,567 mi. standard gage; 794 mi. electrified; 1,383 mi. narrow gage;
323 electrified
Highways: 126,500 mi.; state highways 25,985 mi., provincial highways 45,850 mi.,
communal highways 54,665 mi.; 60,200 mi. concrete, bituminous, or stone block,
66,300 mi. gravel and crushed stone
Inland waterways: 2,547 mi. navigable routes; 1,180 mi. are rivers and
canals, 1,367 mi. are lake routes
Pipelines: crude oil. 1,300 mi.; refined products, 980 mi.; natural gas, 5,500
mi.
Ports: 16 major, 148 minor
Civil air: 130 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 228 total, 151 usable; 79 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 25 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 47 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 11 seaplane stations
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COMMUNICATIONS ( con t d) :
Telecommunications: well engineered, well constructed, and efficiently operated;
10.8 million telephones; 12.6 million radio and 10.85 million TV
receivers; 86 AM, 550 FM, and 855 TV stations, each with numerous repeater
stations; 9 coaxial submarine cables; communication satellite ground stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 13,540,000; 11,360,000 fit for military service;
413,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $3.2 billion;
about 12% of central government budget
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IVORY COAST
LAND:
125,000 sq. mi.; 40% forest and woodland, 8% cultivated,
52% grazing, fallow, and waste, 200 mi. of lagoons
and connecting canals along eastern coast
Land boundaries: 2,005 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 320 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,013,000 (resident African population only),
average annual growth rate 3.3% (January 66-71)
Ethnic divisions: 7 major indigenous ethnic groups; no single tribe more than
20% of population; most important are Agni, Baoule, Krou, Senoufou, Mandingo;
approx. 1 million foreign Africans, mostly Voltaics; about 33,000 non-Africans
(25,000 French)
Religion: 66% animist, 22% Muslim, 12% Christian
Language: French official, over 60 native dialects, Dioula most widely spoken
Literacy: about 20%
Labor force: over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock
raising; about 11% of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agricul-
ture, remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions
Organized labor: 20% of wage labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Ivory Coast
Type: republic, one-party presidential regime
Capital: Abidjan
Political subdivisions: 24 departments subdivided into 127 subprefectures
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution
adopted 1960, amended 1963; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber
of the Supreme Court; legal education at Abidjan School of Law; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President has sweeping powers, unicameral legislature, separate
judiciary
Government leader: President Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: uncontested Presidential and legislative elections held in November
1970 for 5-year term
Political parties and leaders: Parti Democratique de la Cote d'Ivoire CPDCI),
(only party); official party leader is Secretary General Philippe Yace, but
Houphouet-Boigny is in control
Communists: no Communist partyp; possibly some sympathizers
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, Entente, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU,
La Francophonie, Niger River Commission, OAU, OCAM, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO,
WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1.6 billion (1971), $360 per capita (1971); average annual growth
rate 1960-70, 8.3%
Agriculture: commercial -- coffee, wood, cocoa, bananas, pineapples, palm oil;
food crops -- corn, millet, yams, rice; other commodities -- cotton, rubber,
tobacco, fish; self-sufficient in most foodstuffs, but rice, sugar, and meat
imported
Fishing: catch 74,000 metric tons (1971); exports $2.6 million (1970), imports
$3.3 million (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major industries: food and lumber processing, oil refinery, automobile assembly
plant, textiles, soap, flour mill, matches, three small shipyards, fertilizer
plant, and battery factory
Electric power: 180,000 kw. capacity (1971); 540 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
128 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $490 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, tropical woods, cocoa, 80% of total;
bananas, pineapples, palm oil
Imports: $443 million (c.i.f., 1971); consumer goods 44%, raw materials and fuels
8%, manufactured goods and semi-finished products, 48%
Major trade partners: France and other EC countries about 65%, U.S. 13%, Comunist
countries about 1%
Aid:
economic -- France (1960-69) $312 million; EC $123 million, including 1971
comitments; U.S. (FY61-71), $96 million; others (1960-71), $76 million,
including $18.5 million comitted; no Comunist aid programs
military -- non-Comunist countries, $7.3 million (1954-67)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Comunaute Financiere Africaine franc=0.02 French
francs; 255.78 CFA francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 408 mi. of the 728 mi. Abidjan to Ouagadougou, Upper Volta line, all
single track meter gage; only diesel locomotives in use
Highways: 24,600 mi.; 800 mi. bituminous and bituminous-surface treatment;
11,200 mi. gravel, crushed stone, laterite, and improved earth; 12,600
mi. unimproved earth roads
Inland waterways: 460 mi. navigable rivers and numerous coastal lagoons
Ports: 2 major, 3 minor
Civil air: 15 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 50 total, 44 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 7 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: system only slightly above African average; consists of
microwave relays, open-wire lines and radio relay links, which provide
incomplete coverage of country; Abidjan is only center; 24,800 telephones;
80,000 radio and 70,000 TV receivers; 3 AM, 2 FM, and 4 TV stations; 2
submarine cables; satellite earth station under construction
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,095,000; 525,000 fit for military service
Supply: principally dependent on France; has purchased transport aircraft from
Netherlands
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $21,431,400; about
8.0% of total budget
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JAMAICA
LAND:
4,410 sq. mi.; 21% arable, 23% meadows and pastures, 19%
forested, 37% waste, urban, or other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 635 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,937,000, average annual growth rate 1.5%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: African 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%,
Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%, East Indian and
Afro-East Indian 3.4%, white 3.2%, other 0 9%
Religion: predominantly Protestant, some Roman Catholic, some spiritualist cults
Language: English
Literacy: Ministry of Education estimates between 43% and 57% of adult population
functionally literate
Labor force: about 687,000; 33% in agriculture, 1% forestry and fishing, 13%
manufacturing, 7% construction, 8% commerce, 2% transportation and communi-
cations, 13% services, 23% unaccounted for; 16% to 20% (est.) unemployed
(seasonal unemployment in agriculture can push the unemployment figure to
25%); shortage of technical and managerial personnel
Organized labor: about 25% of labor force (1966)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Jamaica
Type: independent state within Commonwealth since August 1962, recognizing
Elizabeth II as head of state
Capital: Kingston
Political subdivisions: 12 parishes and the Kingston-St. Andrew corporate area
Legal system: based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: cabinet headed by Prime Minister; 53-member elected House of Represent-
atives; 21-member Senate (13 nominated by the Prime Minister, 8 by opposition
leader); judiciary follows British tradition under a Chief Justice
Government leader: Prime Minister Michael Manley
Suffrage: universal, age 21 and over
Elections: at discretion of Governor-General upon advice of Prime Minister but
within 5 years; latest held 29 February 1972
Political parties and leaders: Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), Sir Alexander
Bustamante, Hugh Shearer; People's National Party (PNP), Michael Manley
Voting strength (1972 general elections): 56.55% PNP, 43.21% JLP, 0.24% other
Communists: a few hundred Marxist and Communist sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: New World Group (Caribbean regionalists,
nationalists, and leftist intellectual fraternity); Rastafarians (Negro
religious/racial cultists, pan-Africanists); New Creation International
Peacemakers Tabernacle (leftist group)
Member of: CARIFTA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, ILO, IMF, OAS, Pan
American Health Organization, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1,440 million est. (1971), $760 per capita; real growth rate 1970, 4%
Agriculture: main crops -- sugarcane, citrus fruits, bananas, pimento, coconuts,
coffee, cocoa
Major industries: bauxite, textiles, food processing, light manufactures, tourism
Electric power: 556,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1,680 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 840 kw.-hr. per capita
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Exports: $370 million (f.o.b., 1971); alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, citrus
fruits and fruit products, rum, cocoa
Imports: $595 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, transportation and electrical
equipment, food, fuels, fertilizer
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 52%, U.K. 16%, Canada 8%, Norway 8%;
imports -- U.S. 43%, U.K. 19%, Canada 9% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- from U.S. (FY56-71), $67.2 million in loans; (AID $30.5 million,
Import-Export Bank $36.7 million), $41.0 million grants (AID technical
assistance $16.0 million, Food for Freedom $25.0 million); from international
organizations (FY46-71), $90.1 million; from other Western countries (1946-70),
$78.2 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY63-70), $1.1 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Jamaican dollar=US$1.30
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 204 mi. government-owned, 43 mi. privately owned, all standard gage,
single track
Highways: 7,100 mi ; 1,200 mi. paved, 4,400 mi. gravel, 1,500 mi. unimproved
earth surfaces
Pipelines: refined products, 6 mi.
Ports: 1 major, 11 minor
Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,900 GRT, 10,500
DWT
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 48 total, 38 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with run-
way 8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecomunications: fully automatic domestic telephone network with 77,800
telephones; satellite ground station; 500,000 radio and 73,000 TV receivers;
8 AM, 5 FM, and 8 TV stations; 5 submarine cables, including 2 coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 410,000; 275,000 fit for military service; no
conscription; average number currently reaching minimum volunteer age (18)
22,000
Supply: dependent on U.K. and U.S.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1973, $8.2 million; about 2.0%
of central government budget
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NOTE: The war between Israel and the Arab states in June 1967
ended with Israel in control of West Jordan. Although
approx. 930,000 persons resided in this area prior to the
start of the war, fewer than 750,000 of them remain there
under the Israeli occupation, the remainder having fled
to East Jordan. Over 14,000 of those who fled were
repatriated in August 1967, but their return has been
more than offset by other Arabs who have crossed and are
continuing to cross from West to East Jordan. These and
certain other effects of the Arab-Israeli war are not
included in the data below.
LAND:
37,100 sq. mi. (including about 2,100 sq. mi. occupied by Israel); 11%
agricultural, 88% desert, waste, or urban, 1% forested
Land boundaries: 1,141 mi. (1967, 1,037 mi. excluding occupied areas)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 16 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,466,000 (including West Bank and East Jerusalem), average annual
growth rate 3.1% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 98% Arab, 1% Circassian, 1% Armenian
Religion: 95% Sunni Muslim, 5% Christian
Language: Arabic official, English widely understood among upper and middle
classes
Literacy: about 40% in East Jordan; somewhat less than 50% in West Jordan
Labor force: 564,000; 33% unemployed
Organized labor: 5% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: 'Amman
Political subdivisions: 8 districts (3 are under Israeli occupation) under
centrally appointed officials
Legal system: based on Islamic law and French codes; constitution adopted 1952;
judicial review of legislative acts in a specially provided High Tribunal;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive branch holds balance of power; King is effective ruler with
Prime Minister exercising executive authority in name of King; Cabinet
appointed by King and responsible to parliament; bicameral parliament with
Chamber of Deputies chosen by national elections, Senate appointed by King;
each house contains equal representation from East and West Jordan; present
parliament subservient to executive as a result of rigged elections (April
1967); secular court system based on differing legal systems of the former
Transjordan and Palestine; law Western in concept and structure; Sharia
(religious) courts for Muslims, and religious community council courts for
non-Muslim communities; desert police carry out quasi-judicial functions
in desert areas
Government leader: King Husayn ibn Talal al-Hashimi
Suffrage: male citizens over age 20
Political parties and leaders: political party activity illegal since 1957;
Palestine Liberation Organization and Fatah, Yasir Arafat; various smaller
fedayeen groups; Bath Party of Jordan, Dr. Mun'if Razzaz; National
Socialist Party, Sulayman al-Nabulusi; Muslim Brethren
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Communists: party actively repressed, active membership less than 100
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IATA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, U.N. ,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $570 million (1971 est.), $240
Agriculture: main crops -- cereals,
sufficient in many foodstuffs
Major industries: phosphate mining,
Electric power: 46,260 kw. capacity
60 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $32 million (f.o.b. , 1971) ; major items -- fruits and vegetables,
phosphate rock; Comunist share 5% of total (1971)
Imports: $213 million (c.i.f., 1971); major items -- petroleum products, textiles,
capital goods, motor vehicles, foodstuffs; Comunist share 17% of total (1971)
per capita
fruits, vegetables,
petroleum refining,
(1971); 131 million
olive oil; not self-
and cement
kw.-hr. produced (1971),
Aid:
economic -- U.S., $617 million economic assistance (FY51-70), of which $31
million loans, $585 million grants; technical assistance
military -- $191 million total from U.S. (July 1949-March 1971) including
$72 million in MAP grants
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Jordanian d1nar?US$2.80, freely convertible; 0.357
Jordanian dinar=U5$1
Fiscal year: 1 January - 31 December
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 227 mi. 3'5 3/8" gage, single track
Highways: 4,400 mi.; 3,486 mi. bituminous, 249 mi. improved, 665 unimproved earth
(these mileages include approximately 670 mi. -- mostly bituminous -- of
Jordanian territory held by Israel)
Pipelines: crude oil, 130 mi.
Ports: 1 major
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 53 total, 18 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 9 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 4 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: adequate telecorrmunication system for the needs of the
country; 31,100 telephones; 300,000 radio and 132,000 TV receivers; 1 AM
and 1 TV stations; 1 earth satellite station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 542,000; 410,000 fit for military service;
average number currently reaching military age (18) annually 29,000
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KENYA
225,000 sq. mi.;
suitable for
adequate for
Land boundaries:
about 21% forest and woodland, 13%
agriculture, 66% mainly grassland
grazing
2,093 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 333 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 12,364,000, average annual growth rate 3.8%
(FY66-71)
Ethnic divisions: 97% native African (including Bantu, Nilotic,
Nilo-Hamitic); 2% Asian; 1% European, Arab and others
Religion: 56% Christian, 36% animist, 7% Muslim, 1% Hindu
Language: English official; each tribe has own language
Literacy: 27%
Labor force: 2.5 million; about 977,000, (39%) in monetary economy (1967)
Organized labor: about 215,000
Hami tic
and
GOVERNMENT:
Legal num,: Republic of Kenya
Type: republic within Commonwealth since December 1963
Capital: Nairobi
Political subdivisions: 7 provinces plus Nairobi Area
Legal system: based on English common law, tribal law and
constitution enacted 1963; judicial review in Supreme
at University Kenya School of Law in Nairobi; accepts
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: President and Cabinet responsible to unicameral legislature (National
Assembly) of 170 seats, 158 directly elected by constituencies and 12
specially elected by the Assembly; Assembly must be reelected at least every
5 years; High Court, with Chief Justice and at least 11 justices, has
unlimited original jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal
proceeding; provision for systems of courts of appeal with ultimate appeal
to East African Court of Appeals
Government leader: President Jomo Kenyatta
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: general election (December 1969) elected present National Assembly
Political party and leaders: Kenyan African National Union (KANU), president,
Jomo Kenyatta
Voting strength: KANU holds all seats in the National Assembly
Communists: may be a few Communists and sympathizers
Member of: EAC, IAEA, ICAO, OAU, Seabeds Committee, U.N.
Islamic law;
Court; legal education
compulsory ICJ
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1,438 million at 1964 prices (1971), $1
per year between 1970 and 1971
Agriculture: main cash crops -- coffee, sisal
food crops -- corn, wheat, rice, cassava;
Fishing: $4.2 million (1970)
Major industries: small-scale consumer goods
textiles, soap, agricultural processing,
cement
Electric power: 198,000 kw. capacity (1971);
62 kw.-hr. per capita
20 per capita; 5.7% real growth
, tea, pyrethrum, cotton, livestock;
largely self-sufficient in food
(plastic, furniture, batteries,
cigarettes, flour), oil refining,
760 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
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ECONOMY (cont 'd).
Exports: $292.9 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, tea, livestock products, pyrethrum,
soda ash, wattle-bark tanning extract
Imports: $539.8 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, transport equipment, crude oil,
paper and paper products, iron and steel products, and textiles
Major trade partners: U.K. and EC, also Uganda and
Tanzania, which are part of East African Economic Community
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Kenya shilling=US$0.14 (official); 7.143 Kenya
shi 1 1 i ngs=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS :
Railroads: 1,275 mi.; meter gage
Highways: 25,787 mi.; 1,824 mi. paved, 3,728 mi. gravel, 7,745 mi. improved earth,
about 12,490 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: part of Lake Victoria and Lake Rudolph are within boundaries
of Kenya
Ports: 1 major, 3 minor
Merchant marine: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,200 GRT, 25,300 DWT;
includes 3 cargo, 1 tanker, 2 specialized carrier
Civil air: 10 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 266 total, 210 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 1 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 41 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: in top group of African systems; consists of radio-relay
links, open-wire lines, and radiocommunication stations; principal center
Nairobi, secondary centers Mombasa and Nakuru; 77,500 telephones; 774,000
radio and 28,850 TV receivers; 5 AM, 2 FM, and 3 TV stations; 2 submarine
cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,745,000; 1,335,000 fit for military service;
no conscription
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1971, $16,392,000; about 5.0% of
ordinary budget
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LAND:
47,000 sq. mi.; 17% arable and cultivated, 74% in forest,
scrub, and brush; remainder wasteland and urban
Land boundaries: 1,440 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,550 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 15,185,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: racially homogeneous
Religion: Buddhism and Confucianism; religious
Language: Korean
Literacy: 90% (est.)
Labor force: 6.1 million; 47.7%
skilled and unskilled labor
activities now almost nonexistent
agriculture, 52.3 non-agricultural; shortage of
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Type: Communist state; one-man rule
Capital: P'yongyang
Political subdivisions: 9 provinces, 3 special cities (P'yongyang, Hamhung,
Chiongjin), and 1 special district (Kaesong)
Legal system: based on German civil law system with Japanese influences and
Communist legal theory; constitution adopted 1948; no judicial review of
legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: a new constitution is to be announced in December 1972
Government and party leaders: Kim Il-song, Premier and General Secretary
of the Korean Labor Party
Suffrage: Universal at age 18
Elections: election to SPA every 4 years, but this constitutional provision not
necessarily followed -- election scheduled for December 1972
Political party: Korean Labor (Communist) Party; claimed membership of about
1.6 million, or about 12% of population
Member of: no international bodies
ECONOMY:
GNP: roughly $300 per capita (1971)
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, corn, vegetables; food shortages -- meat,
cooking oils; production of foodstuffs adequate for domestic needs at low
levels of consumption
Major industries: machine building, electric power, chemicals, mining, metallurgy,
textiles
Shortages: heavy machinery and equipment, bituminous and coking coal, petroleum,
rubber
Crude steel: about 2.6 million metric tons produced (1971), about 180 kilograms
per capita (C)
Electric power: 3.1 million kw. capacity (1972); 17.5 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 1,164 kw.-hr. per capita (C)
Exports: minerals, chemical and metallurgical products
Imports: machinery and equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, coking coal
Major trade partners: total trade turnover about $850 million (1971); 14% with
non-Communist countries, 84% with Communist countries (53% with the U.S.S.R.)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 2.37 won.US$1 (arbitrarily established)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,818 route mi. operating in 1968; 2,137 mi. standard gage, 681 mi.
216" narrow gage; 99 mi. double tracked; about 588 mi. electrified; government
owned
Highways: about 12,600 mi., 95% gravel or earth surface
Inland waterways: 1,400 mi.; mostly navigable by small craft only
Freight carried (1969): rail -- 13 billion metric ton/km., 62 million metric
tons; highway -- 765 million metric ton/km., 116 million metric tons;
waterway -- 540 million metric ton/km., 7.7 million metric tons; coastal --
170 million metric ton/km., 0.4 million metric tons
Ports: 6 major, 26 minor
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,378,000; 2,005,000 fit for military service;
174,000 reach military age (18) annually
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KOREA, SOUTH
LAND:
38,000 sq. mi.; 23% arable (22% cultivated), 10% urban
and other, 67% forested
Land boundaries: 150 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 20-200 n. mi.
Coastline: 4,550 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 32,665,000, average annual growth rate 1.7%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous; small Chinese minority
(approx. 20,000)
Religion: strong Confucian tradition; pervasive folk religion (Shamanism);
vigorous Christian minority (5.5% of population); Buddhism (including
estimated 20,000 members of Soka Gakkai); Chondokyo (religion of the heavenly
way), eclectic religion with nationalist overtones founded in 19th century,
claims about 1.5 million adherents
Language: Korean
Literacy: about 90%
Labor force: about 10.2 million (1971); 46.2% agriculture, fishing, forestry,
32.3% services, 14% mining and manufacturing, 3% construction, 4.5% unemployed
Organized labor: about 10% of nonagricultural labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Korea
Type: republic; power centralized in a strong executive
Capital: Seoul
Political subdivisions: 9 provinces, 2 special cities; heads centrally appointed
Legal system: combines elements of continental European civil law systems,
Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought; constitution approved
1972; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive, legislative (unicameral), judiciary, National Conference
for Unification and Self-Reliance
Government leaders: President Pak Chong-hui; Prime Minister Kim Chong-pil
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: presidential every 6 years indirectly by the National Conference,
election scheduled for December 1972; two-thirds of the 230-member National
Assembly is elected directly for the same period within six months of the
presidential election, remaining third nominated by the President and
elected by the National Conference for a three-year term, election scheduled
for spring of 1973
Political parties and leaders: political parties and all political activity
temporarily banned
Voting strength: National Assembly suspended, its functions temporarily assumed
by the Extraordinary State council pending new elections under new constitution
Communists: Communist activity banned by government; an estimated 37,000-50,000
former members and supporters
Other political or pressure groups: Federation of Korean Trade Unions; Korean
Veterans' Association; large volatile student population concentrated in Seoul
Member of: ADB, Asian Parliamentary Union, Asian People's Anti-Communist League
(APACL), ASPAC, Colombo Plan, ECAFE, FAO, GATT, Geneva Conventions of 1949
for the protection of war victims, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, IMCO, IMF,
INTELSAT, Inter-Parliamentary Union, INTERPOL, ITU, UNESCO, U.N. Special Fund,
UPU, WHO, WMO, World Anti-Communist League (WACL); does not hold U.N.
membership
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $8.7 billion (1971), $270 per capita; real growth 11% (1965-71)
Agriculture: 50% of the population live on the land, but agriculture constitutes
27% of GNP; main crops -- rice, barley, wheat; not self-sufficient; food
shortages -- barley, wheat, dairy products, rice, corn
Fishing: catch 934,000 tons, $211 million (1970)
Major industries: textiles and clothing, food processing, chemical fertilizers,
chemicals, plywood, coal
Shortages: base metals, fertilizer, petroleum, lumber and certain food grains
Electric power: 3,060,000 kw. capacity (1972); 12.1 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 372 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1971); clothing and textiles, veneer and plywood,
silk, wigs
Imports: $2.4 billion (c.i.f., 1971)
Major trade partners: 1971 exports -- U.S. 50%, Japan 24%; imports -- Japan
40%, U.S. 28%
Aid:
economic -- U.S. (FY46-70), $5.3 billion extended; Japan (1965-70), $620
million committed;
military -- U.S. (FY46-70), $3.4 billion extended
Monetary conversion rate: 358.75 won=US$1 (floating-rate average value in 1971),
400 won=US$1 by end of June 1972
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,964 mi.; 1,887 mi. standard gage, 77 mi. (2'6") narrow gage; 280
mi. double track; government owned
Highways: 25,500 mi.; 1,845 mi. paved, 18,500 mi. gravel, 3,200 mi. improved
earth, 1,955 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 1,000 mi.; use restricted to small native craft
Freight carried: rail (1968) 4.5 billion short ton/mi., 30.4 million short
tons; highway 24 million short tons; air (1959) 796,260 lbs. carried
Pipelines: 255 mi., refined products, under construction
Ports: 10 major, 10 minor
Merchant marine: 127 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 936,800 GRT, 1,546,400
DWT; includes 83 cargo, 24 tanker, 13 bulk, 7 specialized carriers
Airfields: 262 total, 126 usable; 47 with permanent-surface runways; 11 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 17 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 8,159,000; 5,165,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually 345,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $458.7 million; about
26.4% of total budget
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KUWAIT
LAND:
6,200 sq. mi. (excluding neutral zone but including islands);
insignificant amount forested; nearly all desert,
waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 285 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 310 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 957,000, average annual growth rate 9.8% kNzA.0
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 87% Arabs, 12% Iranians, Indians, and Pakistani, 1% other
Religion: 95% Muslim, 5% Christian, Hindu, Parsi, other
Language: Arabic; English commonly used foreign language
Literacy: about 55% (1965)
Labor force: 250,000 (1969); 9% manufacturing, 16% construction, 45% services,
13% commerce
Organized labor: labor unions, first authorized in 1964, formed in oil industry
and among government personnel
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Kuwait
Type: nominal constitutional monarchy
Capital: Al Kuwayt
Political subdivisions: 3 governorates, 10 voting constituencies
Legal system: civil law system with Islamic law significant in personal matters;
constitution took effect 1963, judicial review of legislative acts not yet
determined; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Council of Ministers; National Assembly
Government leader: Amir Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah
Suffrage: native born and naturalized males over age 21
Elections: held every 4 years for National Assembly; last held January 1971
Communists: insignificant
Member of: Arab League, FAO, FUND, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMCO, ITU,
OPEC, OAPEC, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: virtually none, dependent on imports for food; approx. 75% of
potable water must be distilled or imported
Major industries: crude petroleum production averaging 3.3 million b.p.d.
(includes Kuwait's share of neutral zone) (1972); government revenues from
taxes and royalties on production, refining, and consumption $1,700 million
in 1972; refinery capacity est. at 504,000 bbls. per day (1970); other major
industries include fishing, processing of building materials, fertilizers,
chemicals, and flour
Electric power: 1,070,800 kw. capacity (1970); 2.64 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 2,890 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,580 million (1970), of which petroleum accounted for about 98%;
nonpetroleum exports are mostly reexports, $74 million 1971 est.
Imports: $706 million (1971) exclusive of oil company imports; major suppliers
U.S., Japan, U.K., West Germany
Aid: $50 million loan from Export-Import Bank, 1967; $2.6 million from international
organizations (FY63-70); extended about $50 million
in credits to other Arab nations from 1961 to January 1969
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Kuwaiti dinar=US$2.80 (freely convertible)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 1,550 mi.; 465 mi. bituminous; 1,085 mi. earth, sand, light gravel
Pipelines: crude oil, 255 mi.; refined products, 25 mi.; natural gas, 75 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 1 minor
Merchant marine: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 647,200 GRT, 1,090,000
DWT; includes 23 cargo, 6 tankers, 3 specialized carrier
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 13 total, 5 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecomunications: excellent international radiocommunications; adequate
domestic telecommunication facilities; 66,600 telephones; 110,000 radio
and 120,000 TV sets; 3 AM and 3 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 322,000; about 175,000 fit for military
service
Supply: dependent on U.K.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1973, $98,900,000; about 10.6%
of total recurrent budget
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LAOS
LAND:
91,430 sq. mi.; 7% agricultural, 60% forests, 33% urban,
waste, and other; except in very limited areas, soil
is very poor; most of forested area is not exploitable
Land boundaries: 2,700 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,143,000, average annual growth rate 2.4%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 47% Lao; 14% Tai; 25% Phoutheng (Kha),
Meo, Yao, and other
Religion: 50% Buddhist, 50% animist and other
Language: Lao official, French predominant foreign
language also used in administration
Literacy: about 12%
Labor force: about 1,268,000; 80%-90% agriculture; 159,286 engaged in
manufacturing and services; 11,864 government employees
Organized labor: only civil servants are organized
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Laos
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Vientiane (Louangphrabang royal capital)
Political subdivisions: 16 provinces subdivided into districts, cantons, and
villages
Legal system: based on civil law system; constitution of 1947 superseded by
international agreements of 1962 and subsequent events; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: King, 59-member National Assembly, 12-member King's Council; provisional
coalition government formally composed of 3 "tendencies" -- neutralists,
Communists, rightists -- but Communists not participating
Government leaders: King Savang Vatthana; Premier Souvanna Phouma, neutralist;
Deputy Premier Prince Souphanouvong, Communist (absent); Deputy Premier
Leuam Insisiengmay, rightist
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: National Assembly designated by King; general election last held
January 1972
Political parties and leaders: Neo Lao Hak Sat, Communist-front organization
which includes the Lao People's Party (Communist), only party active
Communists: Lao People's Party (clandestine) membership unknown
Other political or pressure groups: Communists are resisting "neutralist"
government; insurgent Communist forces with North Vietnamese backing
pose serious threat to existing government; other political groups are
informal and associated with regional family and military leaders; Prince
Boun Oum is the acknowledged, though not formal leader of the Laotian
rightists; Royal Armed Forces (FAR) leaders, Commander in Chief Bounpone
Makthepharack, and Generals Kouprasith Abhay, Phasouk Somly, yang Pao, Soutchay
Vongsavanh, and Ret. Gen. Ouan Rathikoun
Member of: Colombo Plan, ECAFE, ICAO, IMF, Mekong Committee, SEAMES, U.N., UNCTAD
ECONOMY:
GNP: $211 million, $70 per capita (1969 est.)
Agriculture: main crops -- rice (overwhelmingly dominant), corn, coffee, cotton
and tobacco; largely self-sufficient; food shortages (due in part to
distribution deficiencies) including rice
Fishing: catch data unavailable; imports fish and fish products 200 tons,
$128,000 (1970)
Major industries: tin mining, timber
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Shortages: capital equipment, petroleum, transportation system
Electric power: 54,500 kw. capacity (1972); 211 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
68 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2.8 million (f.o.b., 1971); tin concentrates; forest products, coffee,
undeclared exports of opium significant but value unknown
Imports: $55.7 million (c.i.f., 1970); rice and other foodstuffs, petroleum
products, machinery, transportation equipment, textiles
Major trade partners: imports from Thailand, Japan, U.S., France, U.K., Indonesia,
Hong Kong; exports to Malaysia and Thailand; trade with Communist countries
insignificant; Laos a major transit point in world gold trade; gold imports
and approx. offsetting gold exports excluded from official trade data; value
of 1970 gold imports $46.6 million
Monetary conversion rate: 600 kip=US$1 (1971)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: about 9,200 mi. (including Communist-held areas); 500 mi. bituminous
or bituminous treated. 1,900 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or improved earth;
6,800 mi. unimproved earth and often impassable during rainy season
mid-May to mid-September
Inland waterways: about 2,850 mi., primarily Mekong and tributaries; 1,800
additional miles are sectionally navigable by craft drawing less than 1.5 ft.
Ports (river): 5 major, 4 minor
Airfields: 279 total, 212 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 18 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft., 1 with runway 8,000-11,999 ft.
Telecommunications: service to general public considered poor; radio network
provides generally erratic service to government users; poor international
service recently improved by radio relay link to Thailand; radiobroadcast
transmitters operate in a few towns; 1,148 telephones; 70,000 (est.) radio
receivers
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 750,000; 400,000 fit for military service;
average number currently reaching usual military age (18) annually, 33,000;
no conscription age specified
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1973, $6 million; about 45%
of proposed central government budget
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LEBANON
4,000 sq. mi.; 27% agricultural land, 64% desert, waste,
or urban, 9% forested
Land boundaries: 285 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): no specific claims
(fishing, 6 n. mi.)
Coastline: 140 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,009,000 (including Lebanese nationals living
outside the country who are on the population register,
but excluding registered Palestinian refugees numbering
176,000 on 30 June 1970), average annual growth rate 3.1% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 93% Arab, 6% Armenian, 1% other
Religion: 55% Christian, 44% Muslim and Druze, 1% other (official estimates);
Muslims believed to constitute slight majority
Language: Arabic (official); French is widely spoken
Literacy: 86%
Labor force: about 1 million economically active; 49%
14% commerce, 26% other; moderate unemployment
Organized labor: about 55,000
IRAQ
EGYPT
SAUDI
ARABIA
agriculture, 11% industry,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Lebanon
Type: republic
Capital: Beirut
Political subdivisions: 5 provinces
Legal system: mixture of Ottoman law, canon law, and civil law system; consti-
tution mandated in 1920; no judicial review of legislative acts; legal
education at University of Lebanon; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: power lies with President elected by parliament (Chamber of Deputies);
Cabinet appointed by President, approved by parliament; independent secular
courts on French pattern; religious courts for matters of marriage, divorce,
inheritance, etc.; by custom, President is a Maronite Christian, Prime
Minister a Sunni Muslim, and president of parliament a Shia Muslim; each of
9 religious communities represented in parliament in proportion to national
numerical strength
Government leader: President Sulayman Franjiyyah
Suffrage: compulsory for all males over 21; authorized for women over 21 with
elementary education
Elections: for Chamber of Deputies, held every 4 years or within 3 months of
dissolution of Chamber; held April 1972
Political parties and leaders: political party activity is organized along
sectarian lines; numerous political groupings exist, consisting of individual
political figures and followers motivated by religious, clan, and economic
considerations; political stability dependent on maintenance of balance
between religious communities
Communists: one of largest Communist parties in Middle East; legalized in 1970;
members and sympathizers estimated at 6,000
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
Agriculture: fruits, wheat, corn, barley, potatoes, tobacco, olives, onions; not
self-sufficient in food
Major industries: service industries, food processing, textiles, cement, oil
refining, chemicals, some metal fabricating, tourism
Electric power: 540,90n kw. capacity (1972); 1,378 million kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 472 kw.-hr. per capita
Major trade partners: exports $247 million (f.o.b., 1971); most to Arab
countries; imports $728 million (c.i.f., 1971); chiefly from EC, U.K.,
and Arab countries; trade deficit covered by large net receipts from
invisibles (particularly tourism and transportation) and private capital inflow
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Lebanese pound=US$0.29 as of March 1972
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: 5,133 mi.; 3,821 mi. paved, 342 mi. gravel and crushed stone, 373 mi.
improved earth, 597 mi. unimproved earth
Pipelines: crude oil, 45 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 5 minor
Merchant marine: 36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 85,700 GRT, 127,400 DWT;
includes 41 cargo, 2 bulk; 10 ships are foreign owned and operated
Civil air: 25 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 11 total, 3 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: excellent international telecommunication facilities include
satellite ground station; good domestic telephone and telegraph service;
192,000 telephones; 605,000 radio and 300,000 TV receivers; 7 TV, 2 FM, and
1 AM radiobroadcast stations; 1 submarine cable
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 751,000; 445,000 fit for military service;
average of about 30,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $69.1 million; about
22.0% of proposed total budget
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LAND:
11,700 sq. mi.; 15% cultivable; largely mountainous
Land boundaries: 500 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 965,000, average annual growth rate 1.9%
(April 70-71)
Ethnic divisions: 99.7% Sotho, 1,600 Europeans, 800 Asians
Religion: 70% or more Christian, rest animist
Language: all Africans speak Sesotho vernacular; English
is second language for literates
Literacy: 40%
Labor force: 87.4% of resident population engaged in
subsistence agriculture; 150,000 to 250,000 spend 6 months
as wage earners in South Africa
Organized labor: negligible
to many years
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Lesotho
Type: constitutional monarchy under King Moshoeshoe II
Capital: Maseru
Political subdivisions: 9 administrative districts
Legal system: based on English common law and Roman-Dutch law; constitution came
into effect 1966; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and
Court of Appeal; legal education at University of Botswana, Lesotho, and
Swaziland (located in Lesotho); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive, divided between a largely ceremonial King and a Prime
Minister who leads cabinet of at least 7 members; a bicameral legislature
consisting of a National Assembly (60 seats) and a Senate (33 seats);
judicial -- 63 Lesotho courts administer customary law for Africans, High
Court and subordinate courts have criminal jurisdiction over all residents,
Court of Appeal at Maseru has appellate jurisdiction
Government leader: Prime Minister Chief Leabua Jonathan
Suffrage: universal for adults
Elections: elections held in January 1970; nullified allegedly because of election
irregularities; subsequent elections promised at unspecified date
Political parties and leaders: Basutoland Congress Party (BCP), Ntsu Mokhele;
Marema-tlou Freedom Party (MFP), Edwin Leanya; National Party (BNP),
Chief Leabua Jonathan
Voting strength: National Assembly -- BNP 32 seats, BCP 22 seats, MFP 2 seats,
LDP 2 seats, 2 seats vacant; Senate -- BNP holds 24 of 33 seats (1965
elections)
Communists: Communist Party of Lesotho banned in early 1970
Member of: Commonwealth, FAO, ILO, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $90 million (1968), about $100 per capita
Agriculture: exceedingly primitive, mostly subsistence farming and livestock;
principal crops are corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley
Major industries: none
Electric power: 2,820 kw. capacity (1971); 3 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
3 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: labor to South Africa (remittances $15 million in 1969); $5 million
(f.o.b., 1970), wool, mohair, wheat, cattle, diamonds, peas, beans, corn,
hides, skins
Imports: $32 million (f.o.b., 1970); mainly corn, building materials, clothing,
vehicles, machinery, POL
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Major trade partner: South Africa
Aid: economic aid; U.K. $9.4 million (plan FY71-75); other $17.5 million (plan
FY71-75); no military aid
Monetary conversion rate: Lesotho uses the South African rand; 1 SA rand=US$1.25;
0.80 SA rand=US$1 (Lesotho uses the South African Rand, which is linked to
the floating U.K. pound; the rand exchange rate fluctuated in the range of
$1.24-$1.26 during July-September 1972)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1 mi.; owned, operated, and included in the statistics of the Republic
of South Africa
Highways: approx. 1,346 mi.; 107 mi. paved; 463 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or
stablized soil; 770 mi. improved or unimproved earth
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 37 total, 22 usable; 3 with runways 4,000-7,000 ft.
Telecommunications: system a modest one consisting of a few landlines, a small
radio-relay system, and minor radiocomunication stations; Maseru is the
center; 2,400 telephones; 10,100 radio receivers; 2 AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 198,000; fit for military service 100,000
None, police only
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LAND:
43,000 sq. mi.; 20% agricultural, 30% jungle and swamps,
40% forested, 10% unclassified
Land boundaries: 830 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 360 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,650,000, average annual growth rate 3.3%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 5% coastal descendants of immigrant
Negroes; 95% indigenous Negroid African tribes including Gola, Kissi, Vai,
Kpelle, Kru, and Mandingo
Religion: probably more Muslims than Christians; 80%-90% animist
Language: English official; 28 tribal languages or dialects, pidgin English used
by about 20%
Literacy: about 24% over age 5
Labor force: 450,000, of which 360,000 are in tribal, nonmonetary economy; of
90,000 in modern economy, 45% in agriculture; 23% government services; 20%
mining, construction, and manufacturing; and 12% in trade and transportation;
about 3,000 non-African foreigners hold about 95% of the top level manage-
ment and engineering jobs
Organized labor: 2% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Liberia
Type: republic; dominated by strong executive
Capital: Monrovia
Political subdivisions: country divided into 9 counties; President appoints all
officials of significance
Legal system: based on U.S. constitutional theory; recent codes drawn up by
Cornell University; constitution adopted 1847; amended 1907, 1926, 1934,
and 1955; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative
acts; legal education at Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of
Liberia; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: President, elected by popular vote initially for 8-year term and
eligible for successive 4-year terms, controls through appointive powers and
authority over national expenditures; 2-house legislature elected by popular
vote; judiciary consisting of Supreme Court and variety of lower courts
Government leader: President William R. Tolbert
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: members of House of Representatives elected for 4-year terms, most
recently in May 1971; Senate members elected for 6-year terms, one-half
elected in May 1971; President Tolbert, constitutional successor to President
Tubman who died in July 1971, is eligible to complete the four year term to
which Tubman was elected in May 1971; next scheduled presidential election May
1975
Political parties and leaders: True Whig Party, in power since 1878, only
political party; President Tolbert is leader
Voting strength: 1971 elections uncontested; True Whig Party won all but a
handful of votes
Communists: no Communist Party and only a few sympathizers
Member of: ECA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, OAU, Seabeds Committee,
U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
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GDP: $436.9 million (1971 est.), 5.0% current growth rate, $370 per capita
Agriculture: rubber, oil palm, cassava, coffee, rice; imports of rice, wheat,
and neat are necessary for basic diet
Fishing: catch 18,500 metric tons, $6.1 million (1969)
Industry: rubber processing, food processing, construction materials, furniture,
palm oil processing, mining (iron ore, diamonds), 10,000 b/d oil refinery
Electric power: 152,000 kw. capacity (1971); 540 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
470 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $222.8 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); iron ore, diamonds, rubber, palm
kernels, coffee, cocoa
Imports: $148.6 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); machinery, transportation equipment,
foodstuffs, manufactured goods
Major trade partners: U.S., West Germany, Japan, U.K.
Aid:
economic -- (FY46-71) U.S, $279.1 million;
military -- (FY53-71) U.S.. $8.8 million; other aid sources include IBRD,
U.N., IMF, and West Germany
Monetary conversion rate: Liberia uses U.S. currency
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 310 mi.; 220 mi. standard gage, 90 mi. narrow gage (3'6"); all lines
single track; rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial
interests in conjunction with Liberian Government
Highways: 4,150 mi.; 325 mi. bituminous treated, 875 mi. laterite, 2,950 mi.
unimproved
Inland waterways: 230 mi. navigable
Ports: 3 major, 4 minor
Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 65 total, 55 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 6 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph limited; main center is Monrovia;
6,000 telephones; 155,000 radio and 7,000 TV receivers; 3 AM, no FM,
2 TV stations; 2 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 389,000; 205,000 fit for military service;
no conscription
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LIBYA
LAND:
679,000 sq. mi.; 6% agricultural, 1% forested, 93%
desert, waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 2,700 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,100 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,123,000, average annual growth rate 3.7%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 97% Berber and Arab with some Negroid
stock; some Greeks, Maltese, Jews, Italians
Religion: 97% Muslim
Language: Arabic; Italian and English widely understood in major cities
Literacy: 35%
Labor force: 485,000; between ages 15-64, 405,000-430,000; 61% of labor force
in agriculture (1964)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Libyan Arab Republic
Type: republic; under military control following ouster of king on 1 September
1969; provisional constitution promulgated December 1969; loosely confederated
with Egypt and Syria in Confederation of Arab Republics (CAR) on 1 September
1971; complete union with Egypt scheduled for 1 September 1973
Capital: Tripoli (defacto)
Political subdivisions: 10 administrative provinces closely controlled by
central government; district commissioners appointed by Revolutionary
Command Council
Legal system: based on Italian civil law system and Islamic law; separate
religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative
acts; legal education at Law School, at University of Libya at Banghazi; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: paramount political power and authority rests with the Revolutionary
Command Council (RCC); cabinet of 12 ministers; Parliament has been dissolved
Government leaders: Revolutionary Command Council President Colonel Mu'ammar
Qadhafi
Elections: parliamentary elections last held in May 1965; election for CAR assembly
in March 1972
Political parties and leaders: Libyan Arab Socialist Union, RCC member Major Hawad;,
Secretary General
Communists: no organized party, negligible membership
Other political or pressure groups: various Arab nationalist movements and the
Arab Socialist Resurrection (Beth) Party with small, almost negligible
memberships may be functioning clandestinely
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU,
OPEC, OAPEC, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $2.91 billion (1970 est.), $1,500 per capita, approximately constant over
1967-70
GDP: $3.5 billion (1970 est.), $1,800 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus fruits, peanuts;
not self-sufficient in food
Major industries: petroleum production averaged 2.8 million b.p.d. (1971);
oil revenues for 1971 about $1.9 billion; food processing, textiles, handicrafts
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ECONOMY (cont a):
Electric power: 300,000 kw. capacity (1971); 800 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
390 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2,535 million (1970 at present conversion rate); over 99% petroleum
Imports: $594 million (1970)
Major trade partners: imports -- Italy, West Germany, U.S.; exports -- Italy,
West Germany, U.K., France
Aid: economic -- no Communist country assistance; U.S. aid extended $212.5
million (1949-71)
military -- arms obtained by cash purchase; chief suppliers France, U.S.S.R.,
Czechoslovakia; U.S. suspended since September 1969
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Libyan pound=US$3.04 (January 1972)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 8,915 mi.; 3,772 mi. bituminous or bituminous treated, 5,143
mi. improved and unimproved earth and gravel
Pipelines: crude oil 1,520 mi.; natural gas 175 mi.; refined products 135 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1000 GRT.or over) totaling 1,200 GRT, 2,200 DWT
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft; an additional 27 major transports are
operated by external carriers engaged in charter work for several oil companies
Airfields: 103 total, 77 usable; 14 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 4 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: system is just within top one-third of African systems; con-
sists of radio-relay and tropospheric-scatter links, open-wire lines, and
radiocommunication stations; principal centers are Tripoli and Benghazi;
41,500 telephones; 225,000 radio and 12,500 TV receivers; 7 AM, 1 FM, and
2 TV stations; 3 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 479,000; 280,000 fit for military service;
about 20,000 reach military age (17) annually; conscription now being
implemented
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1973, $121,580,000; 17.3% of
operating budget
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LAND:
65 sq. mi.
Land boundaries: 47 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 22,000, average annual growth rate 2.5%
(December 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 95% Germanic, 5% Italian and other
Religion: 92% Roman Catholic
Language: German (dialect)
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: 7,000, 3,500 foreign workers (mostly from
Austria and Italy); 59% industry, 20% trade and
commerce, 13% professional and other, 8% agriculture
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Principality of Liechtenstein
Type: hereditary constitutional monarchy
Capital: Vaduz
Political subdivisions: 11 districts
Legal system: based on Swiss law; constitution adopted 1921; judicial review of
legislative acts in a special Constitutional Court; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: unicameral Parliament, hereditary Prince, independent judiciary
Government leaders: Head of State, Prince Franz Joseph II; Chief of Government,
Dr. Alfred Hilbe
Suffrage: males age 20 and over
Elections: every 4 years; next elections 1974
Political parties and leaders: Fatherland Union Party (VU), Dr. Alfred Hilbe;
Progressive Citizens Party (PCP), Dr. Gerard Batliner
Voting strength (1970 election): 50.5% VU, 49.5% PCP
Communists: none
Member of: IAEA, IPU, ITU; considering U.N. membership; under a 1923 treaty, Switzer-
land handles Liechtenstein's post and telegraph systems, customs, and foreign
relations
ECONOMY:
Despite its small size and sparse natural resources, Liechtenstein has a
prosperous economy based primarily on small-scale light industry and farming.
Textiles, ceramics, precision instruments, pharmaceuticals, and canned foods
are the principal manufactures produced, almost entirely for export. Live-
stock raising and dairying are the main sources of farm income; cereals and
potatoes are the most important farm crops. The Liechtenstein economy is
tied closely to that of Switzerland in a virtual customs union. No national
accounts data a're available.
Major trade partners: exports (1971) -- $96.8 million; 34% Switzerland, 34% EC,
49% EFTA
Electric power: 22,600 kw. capacity (1970); 55 million kw.-hr. produced (1970),
1,800 kw.-hr. per capita; power is exchanged with Switzerland, but net
exports average 35 million kw.-hr. yearly
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 9.94 mi. 4'8 1/2" gage, electrified; owned, operated, and included in
statistics of Austrian Federal Railways
Highways: no information on total mileage
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: none
Telecommunications: automatic telephone system serving about 11,600 telephones;
no broadcast facilities; 4,000 radio and 3,500 TV receivers (programed from
Switzerland)
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DEFENSE FORCES:
Defense is responsibility of Switzerland
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LAND:
1,000 sq. mi.; 26% arable, 26% meadows and pasture, 16%
waste or urban, 32% forested, negligible amount of
inland water
Land boundaries: 221 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 343,000, average annual growth rate 0.4%
(FY66-71)
Ethnic divisions: 83% Luxembourger, including an estimated
5% of Italian descent; remainder French, German,
Belgian, etc.
Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, remaining 3% Protestant
and Jewish
Language: Luxembourgish, German, French; most educated Luxembourgers
English
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: (1970) 144,000; 11% agriculture (including forestry and fishing),
47% industry, 42% services, no significant unemployment; 30% of labor force
is foreign, comprising workers from neighboring areas of Belgium, France,
and West Germany, as well as Italy and Portugal
Organized labor: 45% of labor force
also speak
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Luxembourg
Political subdivisions: unitary state, but for administrative purposes has 3
districts (Luxembourg, Diekirch, Grevenmacher) and 12 cantons
Legal system: based on civil law system; constitution adopted 1868; judicial
review of legislative acts in the Cassation Court only; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: parliamentary democracy; seven ministers comprise Council of Government
headed by President, which constitutes the executive; it is responsible to
the unicameral legislature, the Chamber of Deputies; the Council of State,
appointed for indefinite term, exercises some powers of an upper house; judicial
power exercised by independent courts
Government leaders: Grand Duke Jean, Head of State; Pierre Werner, Minister of
State and President of the Government as well as Minister of Treasury
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 21
Elections: every 5 years for entire Chamber of Deputies; latest elections Dec-
ember 1968; next election, early 1974
Political parties and leaders: Christian Social Union, Pierre Werner and Nic Mosar
(Party President); Socialist, Antone Wehenkel (Party President); Social
Democrat, Henry Cravatte (Party President); Democratic, Gaston Thorn (Party
President and Foreign Minister); Communist, Dominique Urbany
Voting strength (1968 election, approx.): 32% Socialist, 35% Christian Socialist,
15% Communist, 17% Democratic, 1% other; it should be noted that these are
percentages of votes cast rather than voters, since Luxembourg has a weighted
proportional representation system in which voters in most populous areas
have largest multiple votes
Communists: 439 party members (1971)
Other political or pressure groups: group of steel industries representing iron
and steel industry, Centrale Paysanne representing agricultural producers;
Christian and Socialist labor unions, Federation of Industrialists; Artisans
and Shopkeepers Federation
Member of: Benelux, BLEU (Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union), Council of Europe,
EC, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, ILO, IMF, NATO, OECD, U.N., UPU, WEU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $1,135 million (1971), $3,340 per capita; 60% consumption, 12% investment,
30% government, -2% net exports of goods and services; 1970 growth rate
0.7% at constant prices
Agriculture: mixed farming; main crops -- grains, potatoes, fodder beets; food
shortages -- sugar, bread grains, fats; caloric intake, 3,150 calories per
day per capita (1968-69)
Major industries: iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal products and
engineering, tires
Crude steel: 5.2 million metric tons produced (1971), about 15,160 kg. per capita
Electric power: 1,180,000 kw. capacity (1970); 2,364 million kw.-hr. produced
(1970), 6,912 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $794 million (f .o.b. , 1971)
Imports: $737 million (c.i.f., 1971)
Major trade partners: Luxembourg and Belgium form an economic and customs union
and report their foreign trade jointly (see Belgium); Luxembourg's principal
exports are iron and steel products; principal imports are coal and consumer
products; most foreign trade is with Germany, Belgium, and other EC countries
Aid: foreign aid to Luxembourg is included in aid to Belgium
Monetary conversion rate: 44.8159 Luxembourg francs=US$1 (central rate); under the
BLEU agreement, the Luxembourg franc is equal to the Belgian franc which
circulates freely in Luxembourg
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 203 mi. standard gage; 100 mi double track; 85 mi. electrified
Highways: 3,070 mi.; all paved
Pipelines: refined products, 30 mi.
Inland waterways: 23 mi.; Moselle River
Port: Mertert
Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 2 total, 1 usable with permanent-surface runway 8,000-11,999 ft.
Telecommunications: adequate and efficient system; 124,600 telephones; 171,200
radiobroadcast receivers; 85,000 TV receivers; AM megawatt service of Radio
Luxembourg reaches most of Europe; 3 FM stations; 1 TV station with 6 relays
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 79,000; 63,000 fit for military service; about
2,500 reach military age (19) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $10,1 million; 3.0% of
central government budget
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MACAO
LAND:
6 sq. mi.; 10% agricultural, 90% urban
Land boundaries: 220 yds.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi;
fishing, 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 25 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 249,000 (official estimate for 15 December
1970)
Ethnic divisions: 99% Chinese, 1% Portuguese
Religion: mainly Buddhist; 17,000 Catholics, about one-half
Language: Chinese 98%, Portuguese 2%
Literacy: almost 100% among Portuguese and Macanese; no data on Chinese
population
Labor force: 5% agriculture, 30% manufacturing, 3% construction, 1% utilities,
27% commerce, 8% transportation and communications, 26% services (1960 data)
are
Chinese
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Province of Macao
Type: overseas province of Portugal
Capital: Lisbon (Portugal)
Political subdivisions: municipality of Macao, and 2 islands
Legal system: Portuguese civil law system
Branches: Governor, who dominates legislative and executive branches, assisted
by Legislative Council with unknown number of appointed and 8 elected
members; the Urban Council with 3 governor-appointed and 4 elected members;
all high-ranking officials appointive under provisions of revised Organic
Overseas Law
Government leader: Brigadier Jose Manuel Nobre De Carvalho, Governor
Suffrage: restricted to Portuguese citizens
Elections: conducted every 4 years; last held November 1968
Political parties and leaders: Portuguese National Union (Uniao Nacional) only
legal party, as in Portugal; Governor is leading political figure
Communists: numbers unknown
Other political or pressure groups: wealthy Macanese and Chinese representing
local interests, wealthy pro-Communist merchants representing China's
interests; in January 1967 Macao Government acceded to Chinese demands which
gave Chinese veto power over administration of the enclave
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, vegetables; food shortages -- rice, vegetables,
meat; depends mostly on imports for food requirements
Major industries: textiles, fireworks
Electric power: 28,500 kw. capacity (1972); 75 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
310 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $43 million (f.o.b., 1970); textiles and clothing, foodstuffs, fireworks
Imports: $67 million (f.o.b., 1970)
Major trade partners: exports -- Portuguese colonies 19%, Hong Kong 18%, West
Germany 15%; imports -- Hong Kong 65%, China 27%
Monetary conversion rate: 5.9 patacas=US$1 (December 1971)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Highways: 26 mi. paved
Ports: 1 major
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: none; 1 seaplane station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 69,000; 43,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of Portugal
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LAND:
230,000 sq. mi.; 5% cultivated, 58% pastureland, 21%
forested, 8% wasteland, 2% rivers and lakes, 6% other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 3,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 7,141,000, average annual growth rate 2.3%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: basic split between highlanders of
predominantly Malayo-Indonesian origin, consisting
of Merina (1,643,000) and related Betsileo (760,000), on the one hand, and
coastal tribes with mixed Negroid, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry on
the other; coastal tribes include Betsimisaraka 941,000, Tsimihety 442,000,
Sakalava 375,000, Antaisaka 415,000; there are also 38,000 French, 66,000
other
Religion: more than half animist; about 35% Christian, less than 10% Muslim
Language: French and Malagasy official
Literacy: 30% to 35%
Labor force: about 3.4 million, of which 90% are nonsalaried family workers
engaged in subsistence agriculture; of 175,000 wage and salary earners,
26% agriculture, 17% domestic service, 15% industry, 14% commerce, 11%
construction, 9% services, 6% transportation, 2% miscellaneous
Organized labor: 4% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Malagasy Republic
Type: republic; military-civilian government established May 1972; given 5-year
mandate in popular referendum October 1972
Capital: Tananarive
Political subdivisions: 6 provinces
Legal system: based on French civil law system and traditional Malagasy law;
constitution of 1959 modified in October 1972 by law establishing
provisional government institutions; legal education at National School of
Law, University of Tananarive; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive -- Gen. Ramanantsoa heads government assisted by cabinet
called council of Ministers; National Popular Council for Development
created to replace the legislature in October 1972; regular courts are
patterned after French system and a Superior Council of Institutions
reviews all legislation to determine its constitutional validity
Government leader: General Gabriel Ramanantsoa
Suffrage: universal for adults
Elections: government in October 1972 postponed all political elections indefinitely
Political parties and leaders: Parti Social Democrate (PSD), led by Philibert
Tsiranana; Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar, led by Pastor
Richard Andriamanjato; National Movement for the Independence of Madagascar
(MONIMA), led by Monja Jaona; parties are permitted to exist but barred
from positions of political authority because of postponement of elections
Voting strength: (1972 presidential election) President Tsiranana, running
unopposed, received 99.7% of votes cast; in 1970 National Assembly elections,
PSD candidates won 94%; AKFM 3%
Communists: Communist party virtually of no importance; small and
vocal group of Communists has gained strong position in leadership
of AKFM, the rank and file of which is non-Communist
Member of: EAMA, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, ITU, La Francophonie, OAU, OCAM,
Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $888.5 million (1970), about $130 per capita; a real increase of 6% between
1969 and 1970
Agriculture: cash crops -- coffee, vanilla, sugar, tobacco, sisal, rice, cloves,
raphia; food crops -- rice, cassava, cereals, potatoes, corn, beans,
bananas, coconuts, and peanuts; animal husbandry widespread; self-
sufficient in foodstuffs, but some milk and cereals imported
Fishing: catch 69,000 metric tons (1970); exports $3.1 million, imports $700,000
(1970)
Major industries: agricultural processing (meat canneries, soap factories,
brewery, tanneries, sugar refining), light consumer goods industries
(textiles, glassware), cement plant, auto assembly plant, paper mill, oil
refinery
Electric power: 58,000 kw. capacity (1971); 175 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
25 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $145 million (f.o.b., 1970); coffee 27%, rice 8%, vanilla 9%, sugar
4%, petroleum products 4%, cloves 12%, mineral products (graphite, mica, and
chromite) 4%; agricultural and livestock products account for about 85% of
export earnings
Imports: $170 million (f.o.b., 1970); consumer goods 30%, foodstuffs 11%, primary
products (crude oil, fertilizers, metal products) 34%, capital goods 25% (1970)
Major trade partners: France (in 1970 accounted for 34% of exports and 55% of
imports); U.S., preferential tariffs to EC and franc zone countries; trade
with Communist countries remains a minute part of total trade
Monetary conversion rate: 255.78 Malagasy francs=US$1 (official); member of
French franc zone
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 549 mi. of meter gage
Highways: 5,300 mi.; 1,875 mi. paved, 2,225 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or stabi-
lized soil; 1,200 mi. improved and unimproved earth; remainder are tracks
Inland waterways: 1,200 mi. navigable; Lac Al aotra (200 sq. ml.)
Ports: 4 major, 13 minor
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 365 total, 166 usable; 24 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with run-
ways 8,000-11,999 ft., 49 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 6 seaplane .stations
Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph generally adequate in urban 'areas;
27,000 telephones; 500,000 radio and 300 TV receivers; 4 AM, no FM, and
1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,614,000; 950,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (20) annually about 75,000
Supply: largely dependent on France; has received some ground force materiel
from Israel and West Germany
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MALAWI
LAND:
36,700 sq. mi.; about 31% of land area arable (of which
less than half is cultivated), nearly 25% forested,
6% meadow and pasture, 38% other
Land boundaries: 1,790 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,721,000, average annual growth rate 2.5%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: over 99% native African, less than 1%
European and Asian
Religion: majority animist; rest Christian and Muslim
Language: English and Chichewa official; Lomwe is second
African language
Literacy: 6% of population over 21 years old
Labor force: 180,000 wage earners employed in Malawi (1971); 6,000 Europeans
permanently employed; 300,000 Malawians live and work in Rhodesia, South
Africa, and Zambia; 30% agriculture, 11% construction, 10% commerce, 13%
manufacturing, 10% administration, 26% miscellaneous services
Organized labor: small minority of wage earners are unionized
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Malawi
Type: republic since July 1966; independent member of Commonwealth
Capital: Zomba
Political subdivisions: local government unit is the district
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; constitution
adopted 1964; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of
Appeal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: strong presidential system with cabinet appointed by President; uni-
cameral National Assembly of 60 elected and 15 nominated members; High
Court with Chief Justice and at least 2 justices
Government leader: Life President H. Kamuzu Banda
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: scheduled for April 1971 but not held since MCP candidates were unopposed
Political parties and leaders: Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda
Communists: no Communist Party; may be a few Communist sympathizers
Member of: FAO, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $362 million (1971), $80 per capita; average annual real growth rate
5.9% (1964-71)
Agriculture: cash crops -- tea, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, tung; subsistence
crops -- corn, sorghum, millet, pulses, root crops, fruit, vegetables, rice
Electric power: 39,000 kw. capacity (1971); 144 million kw.-hr. produced (1971);
30 kw.-hr. per capita
Major industries: agricultural processing (tea, tobacco, sugar), sawmilling,
cement, consumer goods
Exports: $76.1 million (f.o.b., 1971); tobacco, tea, groundnuts, cotton
Imports: $94.3 million (c.i.f., 1971); manufactured goods, machinery and transport
equipment, food, fuels
Major trade partners: exports -- U.K., Zambia, Rhodesia, U.S.; imports -- U.K.,
Rhodesia, South Africa
Aid:
economic -- U.K. provides both budgetary and development support, about
$96 million (1966-71); U.S. aid commitments, $26 million (1956-71);
military -- U.K., $0.9 million (1954-68)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Malawi kwacha=US$1.30286 (middle rate)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 352 mi. (3'6" gage)
Highways: 6,610 mi.; 580 mi. paved; 500 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized
soil; 5,530 mi. earth
Inland waterways: Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), 800 route mi. and Shire River, 90 mi.
Ports: 2 minor
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 41 total, 39 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 8 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Teleconmunications: the system is barely above average for African countries
and consists of thinly spread open-wire lines, radio-relay links, and
radiocommunication stations; principal centers are Blantyre and Zomba;
13,000 telephones; 107,000 radio receivers; 5 AM, 4 FM and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 981,000; about 495,000 fit for military service
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MALAYSIA
NOTE:
Malaysia, which came into being on 16 September 1963,
consists of West Malaysia, which includes 11 states
of the former Federation of Malaya, plus East
Malaysia, which includes the 2 former colonies of
North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak
LAND:
West Malaysia: 50,700 sq. mi.; 20% cultivated, 26%
forest reserves, 54% other
Sabah: 29,400 sq. mi.; 13% cultivated, 34% forest
reserves, 53% other
Sarawak: 48,300 sq. mi.; 21% cultivated, 24% forest
reserves, 55% other
Land boundaries: West Malaysia 315 mi., East Malaysia 1,110 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: West Malaysia, 1,285 mi., East Malaysia 1,620 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 11,104,000 average annual growth rate 2.7% (current)
West Malaysia: 9,349,000, average annual growth rate 2.6% (June 57-August 70)
Sabah: 715,000, average annual growth rate 3.7% (August 60-70)
Sarawak: 1,040,000, average annual growth rate 2.7% (June 60-August 70)
Ethnic divisions:
Malaysia: 44% Malay, 36% Chinese, 8% tribal, 10% Indian and Pakistani,
2% other
West Malaysia: 50.1% Malay, 36.9% Chinese, 11% Indian and Pakistani,
2% other
Sabah: 23.1% Chinese, 67.3% indigenous tribes, 9.6% other
Sarawak: 31.5% Chinese, 50% indigenous tribes, 17.5% Malay, 1% other
Religion:
West Malaysia: Malays nearly all Muslim, Chinese predominantly Buddhists,
Indians predominantly Hindu
Sabah: 38% Muslim, 17% Christian, 45% other
Sarawak: 23% Muslim, 24% Buddhist and Confucianist, 16% Christian, 35%
tribal religion, 2% other
Language:
West Malaysia: Malay (official); English, Chinese dialects, Tamil
Sabah: English, Malay, numerous tribal dialects, Mandarin and Hakka dialects
predominate among Chinese
Sarawak: English, Malay, Mandarin, numerous tribal languages
Literacy:
West Malaysia: about 48%
Sabah and Sarawak: 23%
Labor force:
Malaysia: 3.45 million (1967)
West Malaysia: 2.9 million; 55% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 11%
manufacturing and construction, 34% trade, transport, and services
Sabah: 213,000 (1967); 80% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 6% manu-
facturing and construction, 13% trade and transportation, 1% other
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Sarawak: 341,000 (1967); 80% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 6% manu-
facturing and construction, 13% trade, transportation, and services,
1% other
Organized labor: 370,000 (official 1967 est.) about 10.5% of total labor force;
28% of wage labor force; unemployment about 8% of total
labor force, but higher in urban areas
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Malaysia
Type:
Malaysia: constitutional monarchy nominally headed by Paramount Ruler (King);
a bicameral Parliament consisting of a 58-member Senate and a 144-member
House of Representatives
West Malaysian states: hereditary rulers in all but Penang and Malacca where
Governors appointed by Malaysian Government; powers of state governments
limited by federal constitution
Sabah: self-governing state within Malaysia in which it holds 16 seats in
House of Representatives; foreign affairs, defense, internal security,
and other powers delegated to federal government
Sarawak: self-governing state within Malaysia in which it holds 24 seats in
House of Representatives; foreign affairs, defense, and internal security,
and other powers are delegated to federal government
Capital:
West Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
Sabah: Kota Kinabalu (formerly Jesselton)
Sarawak: Kuching
Political subdivisions: 13 states (including Sabah and Sarawak)
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution came into force 1963;
judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court at request of
Supreme Head of the Federation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: 9 state rulers alternate as Paramount Ruler for 5-year terms; locus of
executive power vested in Prime Minister and cabinet, who are responsible
to bicameral parliament; following communal rioting in May 1969, govern-
ment imposed state of emergency and suspended constitutional rights of all
parliamentary bodies; parliamentary democracy resumed in February 1971
West Malaysia: executive branches of 11 states vary in detail but are similar
in design; a Chief Minister, appointed by hereditary ruler or Governor,
heads an executive council (cabinet) which is responsible to an elected,
unicameral legislature
Sarawak and Sabah: executive branch headed by Governor appointed by central
government, largely ceremonial role; executive power exercised by Chief
Minister who heads parliamentary cabinet responsible to unicameral
legislature; judiciary part of Malaysian judicial system
Government leader: Head of State, Tun Abdul Razak
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: minimum of every 5 years, last elections 1969
Political parties and leaders:
West Malaysia: Alliance Party consisting of United Malays National Organiza-
tion (WINO), Tun Abdul Razak; Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Tan
Siew Sin; and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), V.T. Sambanthan; major
opposition parties -- Pan Malayan Islamic Party (PMIP), Cato Asri bin Haji
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Political parties and leaders (cont'd):
West Malaysia (cont'd):
Muda (acting); Democratic Action Party (DAP); Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GRM);
minor opposition parties -- Party Rakyat (PR), People's Progressive Party
(PPP), Labor Party of Malaya (LPM) Partai Keadilan Masharakyat (KEMAS),
United Malaysian Chinese Organization (UMC0); Communist Party illegal
Sabah: United Sabah National Organization (USNO), Tun Mustapha bin Dato
Harun; Sabah Chinese Association (SCA), Khoo Siak Chiew; no organized
opposition
Sarawak: coalition composed of Sarawak Alliance and Sarawak United Peoples
Party (SUPP), Ong Kee Hui; Opposition Sarawak National Party (SNAP), Stephen
Ningkan
Voting strength:
West Malaysia: (1969 election) Alliance Party controls 9 of 11 state
legislatures, won estimated 49% of total vote; Pan-Malaysian Islamic
Party polled 24%; Democratic Action Party polled 12%; Gerakan 7%
Sabah: (October 1971 Assembly Elections) Alliance unopposed, opposition
candidates disqualified
Sarawak: (1970 elections) Alliance 24 seats, SNAP 12 seats, SUPP 11 seats;
SUPP has joined the Alliance to form a coalition state government
Communists:
West Malaysia: approx. 1,500 armed insurgents on Thailand side of Thai/
Malaysia border; approx. 300 on Malaysian side
Sarawak: 960 armed insurgents in Sarawak; armed element of SCO in Indonesian
West Borneo estimated at 300
Sabah: insignificant
Member of: ADB, ASEAN, ASPAC, Commonwealth, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFC,
ILO, IMF, ITU, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP:
Malaysia: $3.9 billion (1970), $360 per capita; average annual real growth
(1966-70) 6%
Agriculture:
West Malaysia: mixed plantation and subsistence; main crops -- rubber, rice,
oil palm; 25% of rice requirements imported
Sabah: mainly subsistence; main crops -- rubber, coconut, rice; food deficit
-- rice
Sarawak: main crops -- rubber, pepper; food deficit -- rice
Fishing: catch 365,000 tons, $93.9 million (1970)
Major industries:
West Malaysia: rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, tin mining
and melting, logging and processing timber, light consumer goods
Sabah: logging
Sarawak: agriculture processing, petroleum refining, logging
Electric power:
West Malaysia: 1,094,000 kw. capacity (1972); 3.85 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 418 kw.-hr. per capita
Sabah: 64,600 kw. capacity (1972); 155 million kw.-hr. produced (1972); 221
kw.-hr. per capita
Sarawak: 59,300 kw. capacity (1972); 134 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
132 kw.-hr. per capita
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Exports: $1,680 million (f.o.b., 1970); 40% rubber, 18% tin, 15% timber
Imports: $1,393 million ( c. .f 1970)
Major trade partners: exports -- Singapore, Japan, U.S.; imports -- Japan, U.S.,
Singapore, China
Aid:
economic -- U.K. (1946-69) $260 million disbursed; Japan (1966-68) $50
million extended; IBRD (1959 - July 1970) $289 million (committed); U.S.
(1954-71) $87 million;
military -- U.S. (FY65-71) $19 million committed
Monetary conversion rate:
Malaysia: 2.82 Malaysian dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads:
West Malaysia: 1,014 mi. 3'3 3/8" gage; 8 mi. double track; government-owned
East Malaysia: 96 mi. meter gage in Sabah
Highways:
West Malaysia: 10,500 mi.; 8,925 mi. hard surfaced (mostly bituminous surface
treatment), 1,150 mi. crushed stone/gravel , 425 mi. improved or unimproved
earth
East Malaysia: about 3,140 mi. (1,608 in Sarawak, 1,532 in Sabah); 520 mi.
hard surfaced (mostly bituminous surface treatment), 1,853 mi. gravel or
crushed stone, 767 mi. earth
Inland waterways:
West Malaysia: 1,985 mi.
East Malaysia: 2,540 ml. (975 mi. in Sabah, 1,565 mi. in Sarawak)
Ports:
West Malaysia: 3 major, 10 minor
East Malaysia: 4 major, 7 minor (3 major, 3 minor in Sabah; I major, 4 minor
in Sarawak)
Merchant marine: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 130,200 GRT, 167,500 DWT;
includes 13 cargo, 3 tanker, 2 bulk
Civil air: 13 major transport aircraft
Pipelines: crude oil, 90 mi.; refined products, 35 mi.
Airfields:
West Malaysia: 105 total, 70 usable; 15 with permanent-surface runways;
2 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 11 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3
seaplane stations
Sabah: 37 total, 33 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Sarawak: 50 total, 45 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Tel ecommuni cations:
West Malaysia: good intercity service provided mainly by microwave relay;
international service good; good coverage by radio and television broad-
casts; 153,395 telephones; 430,000 radio and 150,000 TV receivers; 9 towns
have AM stations; no FM, 8 TV stations; submarine cables extend to India,
Ceylon, and Singapore; connected to SEACOM submarine cable terminal at
Singapore by microwave relay
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Telecommunications (cont'd):
Sabah: adequate intercity radio-relay network extends to Sarawak via Brunei;
10,246 telephones; 55,064 radio receivers; 3 AM, 1 FM, no TV stations;
SEACOM submarine cable links to Hong Kong and Singapore
Sarawak: adequate intercity radio-relay network extends to Sabah via Brunei;
13,365 telephones; 50,000 radio and no TV receivers; 2 AM, no FM, no TV
stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: West Malaysia: males 15-49, 2,186,000; 1,385,000 fit for
military service; Sabah: males 15-49, 167,000; 100,000 fit for military
service; Sarawak: males 15-49, 244,000; 145,000 fit for military service;
conscription age for Malaysia is 21 -- an age reached by about 1,121,000
annually
External defense dependent on loose Five Power Defense Agreement (FPDA) which
replaced Anglo-Malayan Defense Agreement of 1957 as amended in 1963; FPDA,
effective as of 1 November 1971, also provides for small ANZUK Joint Force
composed of Australia, New Zealand, and U.K. ground, naval, and air elements,
headquarters in Singapore
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $209.2 million; 14.5%
of central government budget
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LAND:
115 sq. mi.; 2,000 islands grouped into 12 atolls, about
220 islands inhabited
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): the land and
sea between latitudes 7?9'N. and 0?45'S. and between
longitudes 72?30'E. and 73?48'E; these coordinates
form a rectangle of approximately 37,000 sq. n. mi.
Coastline: 400 mi. (approx.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 114,000, average annual growth rate 2% (current,
Ethnic divisions: admixtures of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab and Negro
Religion: official Sunni Muslim
Language: Divehi (dialect of Sinhala)
Literacy: largely illiterate
Labor force: fishing industry employs most of the male population
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Maldives
Type: republic
Capital: Male
Political subdivisions: 19 administrative districts corresponding to atolls
Legal system: based on Islamic law with admixtures of English common law primari-
ly in commercial matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: popularly elected unicameral national legislature (Majlis) (members
elected for 5-year terms); elected President, chief executive; appointed
Chief Justice responsible for administration of Islamic law
Government leaders: President Ibrahim Nasir; Prime Minister/External Affairs
Minister Ahmed Zaki
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Political parties and leaders: no organized political parties; country governed
by the Didi clan for the past eight centuries
Communists: negligible number
Member of: Colombo Plan, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: under $100 per capita
Agriculture: crops -- coconut and millet; shortages -- rice, wheat
Fishing: catch 32,000 tons (1970)
Major industries: fishing; some coconut processing
Electric power: 2,500 kW. capacity (1972); 8.7 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
77 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2.4 million (f.o.b., 1968); fish
Imports: $2 million (c.i.f., 1968)
Major trade partner: Ceylon
Aid: U.K. (1960-65), $1.4 million drawn; Ceylon (1967), $1 million committed
Monetary conversion rate: 6.39 rupees=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: none
Ports: 2 minor ports (Male and Gan)
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 3 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 1 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.
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COMMUNICATIONS (contid):
Telecommunications: minimal domestic and international telecommunication
facilities; 300 telephones; 1,750 radio sets; 1 AM station
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LAND:
465,000 sq. mi.; only about a fourth of area arable,
forests negligible, rest sparse pasture or desert
Land boundaries: 4,635 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,330,000, average annual growth rate 2.4%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 99% native African including tribes of
both Berber and Negro descent
Religion: 90% Muslim, 9% animist, 1% Christian
Language: French official; several African languages,
of which Mande group most widespread
Literacy: under 5%
Labor force: approximately 60,000 salaried, 40,000 of whom are civil
most of population engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry
Organized labor: UNTM, which claimed all eligible employees, dissolved; thirteen
national unions currently directed by a government controlled Coordination
Committee of Mali Trade Unions (CCSM)
servants;
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Mali
Type: republic; under military regime since November 1968
Capital: Bamako
Political subdivisions: 6 administrative regions; 42 administrative districts
(cercles), arrondissements, villages; all subordinate to central government
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution
adopted 1960, amended 1961; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitu-
tional Section of Court of State; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive authority exercised by Military Committee of National
Liberation (MCNL) composed of 11 army officers; under MCNL functional
cabinet composed of civilians and army officers; judiciary
Government leaders: Col. Moussa Traore, president of MCNL, Chief of State and
head of government
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Political parties and leaders: former Union Soudanaise-RDA dissolved and political
activity proscribed by military government
Elections: MCNL promises elections at unspecified date
Communists: there are a few Communists and a somewhat larger number of sympathizers;
some are under detention by MCNL
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, La Francophonie, Niger
River Commission, OAU, OMVS, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: about $280 million (FY71), per capita about $50
Agriculture: main crops -- millet, sorghum, rice, corn, peanuts; cash crops --
peanuts, cotton, livestock
Fishing: exports $1.4 million (1971)
Major industries: small local consumer goods and processing
Electric power: 18,400 kW. capacity (1971); 43 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
8 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $37.6 million (f.o.b., 1971); livestock, peanuts, dried fish, cotton,
skins
Imports: $48.6 million (f.o.b., 1971); textiles, vehicles, petroleum products,
machinery, and sugar
Major trade partners: mostly with franc zone and Western Europe; also with U.S.S.R.,
China
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: since December 1971, 511.57 Mali francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 400 mi. meter gage
Highways: approximately 7,500 mi.; 870 mi. bituminous, 3,215 mi. gravel, 580 mi.
improved earth, 2,835 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 1,141 mi. navigable
Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 55 total, 38 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 11 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecomunications: system poor and provides only minimum service to government,
business, and public; open-wire and radiocommunication used for long distance
telecommunications; radio sometimes only link to outlying points; 6,670
telephones; 60,000 radio receivers; 2 AM, no FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,257,000; 705,000 fit for military service;
no conscription
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $8,369,000; about 16.6%
of total budget
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MALTA
LAND:
121 sq. mi.; 50% arable, negligible amount forested,
remainder urban, waste, or other (1965)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
Coastline: 87 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 322,000 (official estimate for 31 December
1971)
Ethnic divisions: mixture of Arab, Sicilian, Norman,
Spanish, Italian, British
Religion: 98% Roman Catholic
Language: English and Maltese
Literacy: about 83%; compulsory education introduced in 1946
Labor force: 99,000; 38% services, 28% government, 21% manufacturing, 7%
agriculture, 6% unemployed
Organized labor: approximately 33% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Malta
Type: parliamentary democracy, independent state within the Commonwealth since
September 1964
Capital: Valletta
Political subdivisions: 2 main populated islands, Malta and Gozo, divided into
10 electoral districts (divisions)
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution adopted 1961, came into
force 1964; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdication, with reservations
Branches: executive, consisting of prime minister and cabinet; legislative,
comprising 55-member House of Representatives; independent judiciary
Government leader: Prime Minister Dom Mintoff
Suffrage: universal over age 21; registration required
Elections: at the discretion of the Prime Minister, but must be held before the
expiration of a 5-year electoral mandate; last election June 1971
Political parties and leaders: Nationalist Party, George Borg Olivier; Malta Labor
Party, Dom Mintoff
Voting strength (1971 election): Labor, 28 seats (50.8%); Nationalist, 27 seats
(48.1%)
Communists: less than 100 (est.)
Member of: Commonwealth, Council of Europe, FAO, GATT, ICAO, ILO, IMF, Seabeds
Committee, TDB, U.N., UNESCO, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $255 million (1970 current prices), $780 per capita; 71% private
consumption, 29% gross investment; 1970 growth rate 8% in current prices
Agriculture: overall, 20% self-sufficient; adequate supplies of vegetables, poultry,
milk and pork products; shortages in beef, grain, animal fodder, and fruits
at various seasons; main products -- potatoes, cauliflowers, grapes, wheat,
barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers, hogs, poultry, eggs
Major industries: ship repair yard, building industry, food manufacturing,
textiles, tourism
Shortages: most consumer and industrial needs (fuels and raw materials) must be
imported
Electric power: 115,000 kw. capacity (1971); 305 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
907 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $38.2 million (1969); textiles, scrap metal, wine, agricultural
products, and footwear
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ECONOMY (contid):
Imports: $147.6 million (1969)
Major trade partners: U.K. 44%, Italy 15.7%; EFTA 48%; EC 28.2%; Communist
countries 2.5%; North and Central America 3.8%
Aid: economic -- U.S., $8.3 million (1949-70), of which $0.3 million authorized
in 1968, $1.7 million authorized 1969 and $0.1 million authorized in 1970;
U.K. Financial Agreement (loans and grants) 1964-74, $140 million; IBRD $6
million through 1970, none since 1964; U.N. Special Fund $2.1 million through
1970, none since 1966; U.N. Technical Assistance $1.1 million through 1970, of
which $0.1 million in 1970
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Maltese Pound=US$2.67 (official)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: 760 mi., 650 mi. paved (asphalt), 80 mi. crushed stone, 30 mi. improved
and unimproved earth
Ports: 2 minor
Merchant marine: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,600 GRT, 4,200 DWT;
Civil air: no major transport aircraft, 2 on lease from U.K.
Airfields: 4 total, all usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: modern automatic telephone system centered in Valletta;
45,000 telephones; 80,000 radio receivers (including 60,000 wired sets);
65,000 television receivers; 5 AN, 2 FM, and 1 TV stations; 8 submarine cables,
1 coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 87,000; 65,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1971, $739,200; about 1.6% of
central government budget
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MARTINIQUE
LAND:
425 sq. mi.; 31% cropland, 16% pasture, 29% forest, 24%
wasteland, built on
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 180 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 349,000, average annual growth rate 1.6%
(FY67-71)
Ethnic divisions: 90% African and African-Caucasian-Indian
mixture, less than 5% East Indian Lebanese, Chinese,
5% Caucasian
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, 5% Hindu and pagan African
Language: French, Creole patois
Literacy: over 70%
Labor force: 100,000; 23% agriculture, 20% public services, 11% construction
and public works, 10% commerce and banking, 10% services, 9% industry, 17%
other
Organized labor: 17% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Department of Martinique
Type: overseas department of France; represented by 3 deputies in the French
National Assembly and 2 Senators in the Senate
Capital: Fort-de-France
Political subdivisions: 2 arrondissements; 34 communes, each with a locally
elected municipal council
Legal system: French legal system; highest court is a court of appeal based
in Martinique with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
Branches: executive, Prefect appointed by Paris; legislative, popularly elected
council of 36 members; judicial, under jurisdiction of French judicial system
Government leader: Prefect Jean Terrade
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: General Council elections coincide with those for the French National
Assembly, normally every five years; last General Council election took place
in March 1970
Political parties and leaders: Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), Emil
Maurice; Progressive Party of Martinique (PPM), Aime Cesaire; Communist
Party of Martinique (PCM), Armand Nicolas; Democratic Union of Martinique,
Leon-Laurent Valere; Socialist Party, leader unknown; Federation of the
Left, leader unknown
Voting strength: UDR, 2 seats in French National Assembly; PPM, 1 seat (1968
election)
Communists: 700-800 active members, 10,000 sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: Proletarian Action Group (GAP)
ECONOMY:
GDP: $287 million (1970 est.), $840 per capita; real growth rate 8% (1968, est.)
Agriculture: bananas, sugarcane, and pineapples
Major industries: agricultural processing, particularly sugar milling and rum
distillation; cement, oil refining and tourism
Electric power: 26,400 kw. capacity (1970); 74 million kw.-hrs. produced (1970),
219 kw.-hrs. per capita
Exports: $30 million (f.o.b., 1970), bananas, sugar, rum, pineapples
Imports: $146 million (c.i.f., 1970), foodstuffs, clothing and other consumer
goods, raw materials and supplies, and petroleum
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major trading partners: exports -- France 82%, Italy 9%, other 9%; imports --
France 70%, United States 6%, Netherlands Antilles 3%, Netherlands 3%, other
18% (1968)
Monetary conversion rate: 5.1157 francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 1,100 mi.; 600 mi. paved, 500 mi. gravel and earth
Ports: 1 major (Fort-de-France), 5 minor
Civil air: no major transport
Airfields: 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway 4,000-7,999
ft; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: domestic facilities inadequate; 19,500 telephones, inter-island
VHF radio links; satellite earth station February 1972; 1 AM radio station
and 5 TV stations; about 33,000 radio and 10,200 TV receivers
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, included in France
Defense is responsibility of France; data are for French military forces
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MAURITANIA
LAND:
419,000 sq. mi.; less than 1% suitable for crops, 10%
pasture, 90% desert
Land boundaries: 3,180 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 30 n. mi.
(fishing, 6 n. mi. exclusive rights, 6 n. mi.
contiguous zone)
Coastline: 490 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,241,000, average annual growth rate 2.3%
(FY67-68)
Ethnic divisions: 70% Moor, 30% Negro
Religion: nearly 100% Muslim
Language: French and Arabic official
Literacy: under 5%
Labor force: about 18,000 wage earners
farming and herding
Organized labor: 18,000 union members claimed
Workers' Union
(1964); remainder of population in
by single union, Mauritanian
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Type: republic; one-party presidential rule since 1960
Capital: Nouakchott
Political subdivisions: 8 regions and a capital district
Legal system: based on French civil law system and Islamic law; constitution
adopted 1961; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: president; unicameral National Assembly of 50 elected members;
separate judiciary (appointed by president)
Government leader: President Moktar Ould Daddah
Suffrage: universal for adults
Elections: presidential and parliamentary election every 5 years; most recent
August 1971
Political parties and leaders: Mauritanian People's Party is only legal party,
Secretary General Moktar Ould Daddah
Communists: no Communist Party; sympathizers exist, particularly for Chinese
Communists
Member of: EAMA, FAO, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, ITU, La Francophonie, OAU, Organization
for the Development of the Senegal River Valley (OMVS), Seabeds Committee,
U.N., UNESCO, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: about $170 million (1968), about $150 per capita
Agriculture: most Mauritanians are nomads or subsistence farmers; main crops
-- livestock, small grains, dates; cash crops -- livestock, gum arabic
Fishing: catch, traditional river fishing, 15,000 metric tons (1969), traditional
sea fishing, 2,750 metric tons (valued at $437,000); fish supplied to processing
plants by foreign fishing fleets from France, Spain, Canary Islands using
Mauritanian waters; exports 21,090 metric tons, $7.3 million (1970)
Major industries: mining of iron ore, salt fishing, exploitation of copper
resources planned
Electric power: 36,000 kw. capacity (1971); 70 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
57 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $74 million (f.o.b., 1969); iron ore, fish, gum arabic
Imports: $42 million (c.i.f., 1969); sugar, cloth, tea, and fuels
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major trade partners: (trade figures not complete because Mauritania has a form
of customs union with Senegal and much local trade unreported) France and
other EC members, U.K., and U.S. are main overseas partners
Monetary conversion rate: 255.78 Comunaute Financiere Africaine francs=US$1
(official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 400 mi. standard gage, single track, privately owned
Highways: 3,785 mi.; 280 mi. paved; 440 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or otherwise
improved; 3,065 mi. unimproved
Inland waterways: 500 mi.
Ports: 3 major
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 40 total, 29 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 16 with run-
ways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: telephone poor, telegraph fair; 1,200 telephones; 75,000
radio receivers; 1 All, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,292,000; 145,000 fit for military service;
conscription law not implemented
Supply: primarily dependent on France
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $6,117,600; 15.4%
of total budget
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MAURITIUS
LAND:
720 sq. mi. (excluding dependencies); 50% agricultural, in-
tensely cultivated; 39% forests, woodlands, mountains,
river, and natural reserves; 3% built-up areas; 5%
water bodies, 2% roads and tracks, 1% permanent
wastelands
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 110 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 866,000, average annual growth rate 1.4%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: Indians 67%, Creoles 29%, Chinese 3.5%, English and French 0.5%
Religion: 51% Hindu, 33% Christian (mostly Catholic with a few Anglican
Protestants), 16% Muslim
Language: English official language; Hindi, Chinese, French Creole
Literacy: estimated 60% for those over 21, and 90% for those of school age
Labor force: 120,000; 65% agriculture, 5% industry; 30% are unemployed, under-
employed, or self-employed
Organized labor: about 10% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Mauritius
Type: independent state since 1968, recognizing Elizabeth II as chief of state
Capital: Port Louis
Political subdivisions: 5 "organized municipalities" and various island
dependencies
Legal system: based on French civil law system with elements of English common
law in certain areas; constitution adopted 6 March 1968
Branches: executive power exercised by Prime Minister and 21-man Council of
Ministers; unicameral legislature (National Assembly) with 62 members elected
by direct suffrage and 8 specially elected
Government leader: Prime Minister Dr. S. Ramgoolam
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: last held in August 1967; next scheduled in 1972 postponed at least
4 years by constitutional amendment
Political parties and leaders: a loose government coalition consisting of Labor
Party (S. Ramgoolam), Muslim Committee of Action (A. R. Mohamed), and Parti
Mauricien Social Democrate (G. Duval); Independent Forward Bloc (S.
Bissoondoyal); Mauritius Democratic Union (M. Lesage); a few independents;
Mouvement Militant Mauritian (P. Berenger)
Voting strength: Muslim Committee of Action, 6 seats; Independent Forward Bloc,
6 seats; Mauritius Labor Party, 33 seats; Mauritius Democratic Union, 6 seats;
Parti Mauricien Social Democrate, 18 seats; independent 1 seat; Mouvement
Militant Mauritian 1 seat
Communists: may be 2,000 sympathizers; several Communist organizations; Mauritius
Lenin Youth Organization, Mauritius Women's Committee, Mauritius Communist
Party, Mauritius People's Progressive Party, Mauritius Young Communist League,
Mauritius Liberation Front, Chinese Middle School Friendly Association,
Mauritius/USSR Friendship Society
Other political or pressure groups: Tamil United Party, Mauritius Workers Party
Member of: ICAO, La Francophonie, Commonwealth, OAU, OCAM, U.N.
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ECONOMY:
GNP: est. $161 million (1970), approximately $190 per capita
Agriculture: sugar crop is major economic asset; about 40% of land area is planted
to sugar; tea production rising slowly; most food imported -- rice is the
staple food -- and since cultivation is already intense and expansion of
cultivable areas is unlikely, heavy reliance on food imports except sugar
and tea will continue
Shortage: land
Industries: mainly confined to processing sugarcane, tea; some small-scale,
simple manufactures; tobacco fiber; some fishing; tourism, diamond cutting,
weaving and textiles
Electric power: 61,340 kw. capacity (1971); 148 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
171 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $69 million (f.o.b., 1970); mainly sugar, tea, molasses
Imports: $75.6 million (1970); foodstuffs 30%, manufactured goods 23%
Major trade partners: U.K. has preferential treatment, buys over 50% of Mauritius'
sugar export at heavily subsidized prices; small amount of sugar exported to
Canada, U.S., and Italy; imports from U.K. and EC primarily, also from South
Africa, Australia, and Burma; some minor trade with China
Monetary conversion rate: 5.12 Mauritian rupees=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: 1,100 mi.; 990 mi. paved, 110 mi. earth
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Ports: 1 major, 2 minor
Airfields: 7 total, 6 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft.
Telecommunications: 18,100 telephones; radio telegraph service with Reunion,
Malagasy Republic, Seychelles, Zanzibar, and other places in Africa; 1 AM,
no FM, and 4 TV stations; 160,000 radio and 19,600 TV sets; submarine cables
extend to Republic of South Africa and Seychelles Islands
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 203,000; 100,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year 1972-73, $3,999,400 (combined military and internal
security); 6.6% of total budget
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MONACO
0.6 sq. mi.
Land boundaries: 2.3 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi. (fishing
12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 2.6 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 23,000 (official estimate for 31 December 1971)
Ethnic divisions: Rhaetian stock
Religion: Roman Catholicism is official state religion
Language: French
Literacy: almost complete
Labor force: not available
Organized labor: not available
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GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Principality of Monaco
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Monaco
Political subdivisions: 4 sections
Legal system: based on French law; new constitution adopted 1962; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: National Council (18 members); Communal Council (15 members, headed
by a mayor)
Government leader: Prince Rainier III
Suffrage: universal
Elections: National Council every 5 years; most recent 1968
Political parties and leaders: National Union of Independents, National Democratic
Entente (1965)
Voting strength: figures for 1968 election not available; (1958) 61% National
Union of Independents, 39% National Democratic Entente
Communists: not available
Member of: IAEA, IHB, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: 55% tourism; 25%-30% industry (small and primarily tourist oriented); 10%-15%
registration fees and sales of postage stamps; about 4% traceable to the Monte
Carlo casino
Major industries: chemicals, food processing, precision instruments, glassmaking,
printing
Electric power: 8,000 kw. capacity (1971); 70 million kw.-hr. supplied by France
(1971), 2,900 kw.-hr. per capita
Trade: full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monacan
trade duties
Monetary conversion rate: 5.1157 francs=US$1 (central rate)
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1 mi. (see France)
Highways: none; city streets
Ports: 1 minor
Merchant marine: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 31,400 GRT, 45,300 DWT;
includes 2 cargo, 2 tankers
Civil air: no major aircraft
Airfields: none
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Telecomunications: served by the French wire communications system; automatic
telephone system with about 16,500 telephones; international AM broadcast;
FM and TV facilities; 10,500 radio and 15,000 TV receivers
DEFENSE FORCES:
France responsible for defense
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MONGOLIA
LAND:
604,100 sq. mi.; almost 90% of land area is pasture or
desert wasteland, varying in usefulness, less than
1% arable, 10% forested
Land boundaries: 4,975 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,338,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Mongol, 4% Kazakh, 2% Chinese, 2%
Russian, 2% other
Religion: predominantly Tibetan Buddhist, about 4% Muslim,
limited religious activity because of Communist regime
Languages: Khalkha Mongol used by over 90% of population; minor
include Turkic, Russian, and Chinese
Literacy: about 80%
Labor force: primarily agricultural, over half the population is in the labor
force, including a large percentage of Mongolian women; acute shortage of
both skilled and unskilled labor (no reliable information available)
languages
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Mongolian People's Republic
Type: Communist state
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Political subdivisions: 18 provinces and 2 autonomous municipalities (Ulaanbaatar
and Darhan)
Legal system: blend of Russian, Chinese, and Turkish systems of law; constitution
adopted 1940; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative
acts; legal education at Ulaanbaatar State University; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: constitution provides for a Great People's Hural (national assembly)
and a highly centralized administration
Party and government leader: Y. Tsedenbal, First Secretary of the MPRP and
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Suffrage: universal; age 18 and over
Elections: national assembly elections held in June 1969; next elections
scheduled for 1972
Political party: Mongolian People's Revolutionary (Communist) Party (MPRP);
estimated membership, 58,000 (claimed 1972)
Member of: CEMA, ECAFE, U.N., WHO
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: self-sufficient in animal products; main crops -- wheat, oats,
barley
Industries: processing of animal products and building materials; mining
Exports: animal and dairy products, fluorspar, woolen textiles, leather shoes,
glass, and paper
Imports: machinery and equipment, petroleum, cloth, coal, and building materials,
sugar, and tea
Aid: heavily dependent on U.S.S.R.
Monetary conversion rate: 4 tugriks=US$1 (arbitrarily established)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,130 route mi.; 800 mi. broad gage (5'0"), 330 mi. meter gage
(3'3 3/8") (1971)
Highways: 52,000 mi.; 200 mi. paved, 5,200 mi. improved natural surface and
gravel, 46,600 mi. unimproved earth (1972)
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Inland waterways: 585 mi. navigable; used primarily for local transport (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- unknown; highway -- about 10 million short tons (1966);
291 million short ton/mi. (1966); waterway -- 2.5 million short ton/mi.
(1970)
Airfields: 42 total; 5 with perrunent-surface runways; 25 with runways 8,000-
11,999 ft., 11 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft., 6 additional airfields under
4,000 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 294,000; 190,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually, about 15,000
Supply: military equipment supplied by U.S.S.R.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1969, 141.7 million tugriks,
7% of total budget; value in dollars $33 million (est.)
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LAND:
158,100 sq. mi.; about 32% arable and grazing land,
17% forest and esparto, 51% desert, waste, and urban
Land boundaries: 1,240 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 1,140 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 16,033,000, average annual growth rate 2.9%
(June 60-July 71)
Ethnic divisions: 99.1% Arab-Berber, .2% Jewish, .7% non-Moroccan
Religion: 98.7% Muslim, 1.1% Christian, 0.2% Hebrew
Language: Arabic (official); several Berber dialects; French is language of much
business, government, diplomacy, and postprimary education
Literacy: 20%
Labor force: almost 5.9 million (1970 est.) 69% agriculture, military, police,
civil service, transportation, mines, teachers, merchants, construction
workers, 10% industry and mining, 10% commerce and government
Organized labor: about 5% of the labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Morocco
Type: constitutional monarchy (constitution adopted 1972)
Capital: Rabat
Political subdivisions: 19 provinces and 2 prefectures
Legal system: based on Islamic law and French and Spanish civil law system;
judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of Supreme
Court; modern legal education at branches of Mohamed V University in Rabat
and Casablanca and Karaouine University in Fes; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: constitution provides for Prime Minister and ministers named by and
responsible to King; King has paramount executive powers; unicameral
legislature (two thirds to be directly elected; one third indirectly);
judiciary independent of other branches
Government leaders: King Hassan II; Prime Minister Mohamed Karim-Lamrani
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: last parliamentary elections held 21 and 28 August 1970 for Council
of Representatives which was dissolved in March 1972; elections for new
parliament created by Constitution adopted 15 March 1972 may be held prior
to April 1973
Political parties and leaders: Istiqlal Party, Allal el-Fassi; Popular Movement
(MP), Mahjoubi Aherdan; Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement
(MPCD), Dr. Abdelkrim Khatib; National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP), split
into competitive factions under Abderrahim Bouabid and Abdallah Ibrahim and
Mahjoub Ben Seddik; Democratic Constitutional Party (PDC), Mohamed Hassan
Ouazzani; Party for Liberation and Socialism (PLS), established in June 1968
and banned September 1969, is front for Moroccan Communist Party (MCP), which
was proscribed in 1959, Ali Yata; Istiqlal and the UNFP formed a National
Front in July 1970 to oppose the new constitution, boycotted the parliamentary
elections and the 1972 constitutional referendum
Voting strength: August 1970 elections were nonpolitical; I March 1972
constitutional referendum tallied 98.7% for new constitution, 1.25% opposed
and National Front abstained from voting
Communists: 300 est.
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Member of: Arab League, EC (association until 1974), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
ILO, IMC, IMCO, IMF, ITU, OAU, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO,
UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $2.7 billion (1970, constant 1966 prices), about $170 per capita;
average annual growth 5.5% during 1970-71
Agriculture: cereal farming and livestock raising predominate; main crops --
wheat, barley, citrus fruit, wine, vegetables, olives; some fishing
Major industries: mining and mineral processing (phosphates, smaller quantities
of iron, manganese, lead, zinc, and other minerals), food processing, textiles
Electric power: 858,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.96 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 127 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $488 million (f.o.b., 1970); food products 51%, phosphates 23%, other
26%
Imports: $686 million (c.i.f., 1970); food 17%, raw material and semi-finished
goods 43%, equipment 24%, consumer goods 16%
Major trade partners: exports -- France 36%, West Germany 9%, Italy 5%, U.K. 5%,
U.S. 2%; imports -- France 31%, U.S. 14%, West Germany 8%, Italy 6% (1971)
Monetary conversion rate: 4.57 dirhams.US$1 (selling rate June 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,100 mi. standard gage, 93 mi. double track; 493 mi. electrified
Pipelines: crude oil, 85 mi.; refined products, 305 mi.; natural gas, 70 mi.
Ports: 8 major (including Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Mellila), 11 minor
Merchant marine: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 40,500 GRT, 54,300 DWT;
includes 13 cargo, 2 specialized carrier
Civil air: 10 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 143 total, 87 usable; 23 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 9 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 40 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 4 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: superior system by African standards composed of open-wire
lines, coaxial, multiconductor and submarine cables and radio-relay links;
principal centers Casablanca and Rabat, secondary centers Fes, Marrakech,
Oujda, Sebaa Aioun, Tangier and Tetouan; 170,000 telephones; 1,000,000 radio
and 220,000 TV receivers; 24 Moroccan AM, 1 Voice of America AM, 3 FM, 17 TV
stations; 11 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,897,000; 2,600,000 fit for military service;
about 180,000reach military age (18) annually; limited conscription
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1971, $143.9 million; 16.5%
of total budget
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LAND:
303,769 sq. mi.; 30% arable, of which 1% cultivated, 56%
woodland and forest, 14% wasteland and inland water
Land boundaries: 2,691 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 1,535 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 8,604,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(September 60-December 70)
Ethnic divisions: 97% African, 3% European, Asian, and Mulatto
Religion: primarily animist, 1,100,000 Muslims, 860,000 Christians
Language: Portuguese (official); many tribal dialects
Literacy: 10% (estimate)
Labor force: (1963 est.) 610,000; 50,000 non-African wage earners, 560,000
African wage earners in Mozambique; 290,000 additional African wage earners
temporarily working in Rhodesia and South Africa; unemployment serious
problem; most native Africans provide unskilled labor or remain in
subsistence agricultural sector
Organized labor: approx. 44,000 (end of 1970); 75% are white
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Mozambique
Type: overseas state of Portugal
Capital: Lourenco Marques
Political subdivisions: province divided into 10 districts administered by
district governors; municipalities governed by appointed official
Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law
Branches: Governor General appointed by Lisbon is chief executive officer for
internal administration; he also has certain legislative powers which he
exercises with a legislative council; all action in state may be vetoed
by Minister of Overseas in Lisbon; judiciary is constitutionally independent
Government leader: Governor General Manuel Pimentel dos Santos
Suffrage: all adults able to read and write Portuguese and in full possession of
political and civil rights
Political parties and leaders: National Popular Action (ANP), formerly the
National Union (UN), state president Manuel Monteiro Ribeiro Veloso; no
legal opposition political parties
Communists: none known
Other political or pressure groups: the National Liberation Front (FRELIMO), led
by Moises Samora Machel, operates primarily from Tanzania; less significant
Revolutionary Committee (COREMO), led by Paulo Gumane, based in Zambia
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1.3 billion (est. 1970), about $170 per capita
Agriculture: cash crops -- raw cotton, cashew nuts, sugar, tea, copra, sisal;
other crops -- corn, wheat, peanuts, potatoes, beans, sorghum, and cassava;
self-sufficient in food except for wheat which must be imported
Major industries: food processing (chiefly sugar, tea, wheat, flour, cashew
kernels); chemicals (vegetable oil, oilcakes, soap, paints); petroleum
products; beverages; textiles; nonmetallic mineral products (cement, glass,
asbestos, cement products); tobacco
Electric power: 232,000 kw. capacity (1971); 464 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
64 kw.-hr. per capita
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Exports: $162 million (f.o.b., 1971); cotton, sugar, cashew nuts, mineral products,
timber products, tea, copra, petroleum products
Imports: $338 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery and electrical equipment, cotton
textiles, vehicles, petroleum products, wine, iron and steel
Major trade partners: over one-third of foreign trade with Portugal; South Africa,
U.S., U.K., West Germany
Aid: from Portugal only
Monetary conversion rate: 27.25 escudos=US$1 (approximate realigned rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,021 mi.; 1,933 mi. 3'6" gage (6 mi. double track), 88 mi. 2'5 1/2"
gage
Highways: 20,000 mi.; 1,740 mi. paved; 18,260 other (mostly earth)
Inland waterways: approx. 2,330 mi. of navigable routes
Pipelines: crude oil, 190 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 13 minor
Civil air: 17 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 344 total, 303 usable; 18 with permanent-surface runways; -5 with run-
ways 8,000-11,999 ft., 29 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 5 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: system ranks at the bottom of top two-fifths of African
systems and employs a basic low-capacity open-wire network supplemented
by numerous small radiocommunication stations and a single tropospheric
scatter system; important centers are Lourenco Marques, Beira, Nampula,
and Tete; 28,000 telephones; 110,000 radio receivers; 9 AM, 1 FM, and no
TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,094,000; 1,010,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of Portugal
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $39.4 million; about
12.5% of national budget
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LAND:
8.2 sq. mi.; insignificant arable land, no urban areas,
extensive phosphate mines
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 15 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 7,000 (official estimate for 30 June 1969)
Ethnic divisions: 2,921 Nauruans, 1,167 Chinese, 428
Europeans, 1,532 other Pacific Islanders
Religion: Christian (2/3 Protestant, 1/3 Catholic)
Language: Nauruan, a distinct Pacific Island tongue; English,
school instruction, spoken and understood by nearly all
Literacy: nearly universal
the language of
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Nauru
Type: republic; independent since January 1968
Capital: no capital city per se; government offices in Uaboe District
Political subdivisions: 14 districts
Branches: President elected from and by Parliament for an unfixed term; popularly
elected unicameral legislature, the Parliament; Cabinet to assist the
President, four members, appointed by President from Parliament members
Government leader: President Hammer De Roburt
Suffrage: universal adult
Political parties and leaders: there are no political parties; De Roburt is only
significant political figure
Member of: no present plans to join U.N.; enjoys "special membership" in
Commonwealth; South Pacific Commission, INTERPOL, ECAFE
ECONOMY:
GNP: $28 million (1970), $4,000 per capita (est.)
Agriculture: negligible; almost completely dependent on imports for food, water
Major industries: mining of phosphates, about 2 million tons per year (1966)
Electric power: 8,300 kw. capacity (1972); 23 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
3,286 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $17 million (f.o.b., 1968), consisting entirely of phosphates
Imports: $5 million (c.i.f., 1968)
Major trade partners: Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Australian dollar=US$1.19 (official)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: about 17 mi.; 13 mi. paved, 4 mi. improved earth
Inland waterways: none
Ports: 1 minor
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft (includes 2 leased)
Airfields: 1, coral-surfaced, 5,270 ft.
Telecommunications: adequate interisland and international radiocommunications
provided via Australian facilities; 525 telephones; 1 AM, but no TV or FM
radiobroadcasting facilities; number of radios unknown
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DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 1,800; fit for military service, about
950; average number reaching military age (18) annually, 1971-75, less
than 100
No formal defense structure and no regular armed forces
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NEPAL
LAND:
54,600 sq. mi.; 16% agricultural area, 14% permanent meadows
and pastures, 38% alpine land (unarable), waste, or
urban; 32% forested
Land boundaries: 1,720 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 12,448,000, average annual growth rate 2.5%
(June 61-71)
Ethnic divisions: two main categories, Indo-Nepalese
(about 80%) and Tibeto-Nepalese (about 20%),
representing considerable intermixture of Indo-Aryan
and Mongolian racial strains; country divided among
many quasi-tribal communities
Religion: only official Hindu Kingdom in world, although no sharp distinction
between many Hindu and Buddhist groups; small groups of Muslims and Christians
Language: 20 mutually unintelligible languages divided into numerous dialects;
Nepali official language and lingua franca for much of the country; same
script as Hindi
Literacy: about 12%
Labor force: 4.1 million; 95% agriculture, 5% industry; great lack of skilled
labor
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Nepal
Type: constitutional monarchy; King Birendra exercises autocratic control over
multitiered panchayat system of government
Capital: Kathmandu
Political subdivisions: 75 districts, 14 zones
Legal system: based on Hindu legal concepts and English common law; legal
education at Nepal Law College in Kathmandu; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Council of Ministers appointed by the King; indirectly elected
National Panchayat (Assembly)
Government leader: King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva; Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi
Bista
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: village and town councils (panchayats) elected by universal suffrage;
district, zonal, and National Panchayat members indirectly elected, most
for 6-year terms; 15 National Panchayat members elected from five class
organizations (women, workers, youth, and ex-servicemen), four directly
elected by all voters possessing a B.A. or its equivalent, and 16 are
appointed by the King
Political parties and leaders: all political parties outlawed
Communists: the combined membership of the two wings of the Communist Party
of Nepal (CPN) may be on the order of 6,500, the majority (perhaps 5,000)
in the pro-Chinese wing; the CPN continues to operate more or less openly,
but internal dissension has greatly hindered its effectiveness
Member of: ADB, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1 billion (1970), less than $100 per capita
Agriculture: over 90% of population engaged in agriculture; main crops -- rice,
corn, wheat, sugarcane, oilseeds; largely self-sufficient
Major industries: small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; match, cigarette,
and brick factories
Electric power: 57,000 kw. capacity (1972); 71 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
6 kw.-hr. per capita
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Exports: $55 million (FY69 est.); rice and other food products, jute, timber
Imports: $62 million (FY69 est.); manufactured consumer goods, food grains and
food products
Major trade partner: over 90% India
Aid: economic -- China (1956-70), $68 million extended, $55
million disbursed; U.S.S.R. (1959-70), $21 million extended, $19
million disbursed; U.S. (FY49-71), $164.6 million authorized; India
(through July 1966), $94 million authorized, $56 million disbursed (5)
Monetary conversion rate: 10.1 Nepalese rupees=US$1
Fiscal year: 15 July - 14 July
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 63 mi., all narrow gage (2'6"); 50% government owned; all in Teraiarea
close to Indian border; only 15 mi. sector from border to Janakpur presently
in use
Highways: 1,660 mi.; 410 mi. paved, 255 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 475 mi.
improved earth; 525 mi. unimproved earth, 200 mi. of seasonally motorable
tracks
Civil air: 13 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 47 total, 43 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: poor telephone and telegraph service; good radiocommunication
and broadcast service; international radiocomunication service is poor;
6,200 telephones, 60,000 radio and no TV sets, 2 AM, no FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,071,000; 1,550,000 fit for military service;
140,000 reach military age (17) annually
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NETHERLANDS
LAND:
14,100 sq. mi.; 70% cultivated, 5% waste, 8% forested,
8% inland water, 9% other
Land boundaries: 635 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 280 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 13,412,000, average annual growth rate 1.1%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 99% Dutch, 1% Indonesian and other
Religion: 41% Protestant, 40% Roman Catholic, 19% unaffiliated
Language: Dutch
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: 4.7 million; 30% manufacturing, 24% services, 16% commerce, 10%
agriculture, 9% construction, 7% transportation and communications, 4%
other; 1.05% registered unemployed; no shortage of skilled labor but shortage
of semi-skilled labor; 129,000 unfilled vacancies reported by employers in
January, 1971
Organized labor: 33% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Amsterdam, but government resides at The Hague
Political subdivisions: 11 provinces governed by centrally appointed commissioners
of Queen
Legal system: civil law system incorporating French penal theory; constitution
of 1815 frequently amended, reissued 1947; judicial review in the Supreme
Court of legislation of lower order than Acts of Parliament; legal education
at six law schools; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: executive, (Queen and Cabinet of Ministers), which is responsible to
bicameral states general (parliament); independent judiciary
Government leader: Head of State, Queen Juliana; Barend Willem Biesheuvel, Prime
Minister
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: must be held at least every 4 years for lower house (most recent
November 1972), and every 3 years for upper house (most recent April 1971)
Political parties and leaders: Catholic People's Party (KVP), Dr. D. de Zeeuw;
Antirevolutionary (ARP), A. Veerman; Labor (PvdA), Andre van der Louw; Liberal
(VVD), Mrs. H. van Someren-Downer; Christian Historical Union (CHU),
Baron Otto Willem Anton van Verschuer; Democrats '66 (D-66), Mrs. R. E. van
der Scheer; Communist (CPN), Henk Hoekstra; Pacifist Socialist (PSP); A. G.
Vander Spek; Political Reformed (SGP), H. G. Abma; Reformed Political Union
(GVP), W. G. Beeftink; Radical Party (PPR), Dolf Coppes; Democratic Socialist
'70 (DS-70), Professor D. Polak; Farmers' Party (BP), leader unknown; Roman
Catholic Party (RKP), leader unknown
Voting strength (1972 election): 17.7% KVP, 14.4% VVD, 8.8% ARP, 4.8% CHU, 27.4%
PvdA, 4.2% D-66, 4.1% DS-70, 4.5% CPN, 1.5% PSP, 4.8% PRP, 2.2% SGP, 1.8% GVP,
1.9% BP, .9% RKP
Communists: 9,000 members; 329,973 votes in 1972 election
Member of: Benelux, Council of Europe, ECE, ECSC, EC, EMA, EURATOM, FAO, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IHB, IMF, NATO, OECD, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO,
WEU, WHO
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GNP: $39.1 billion (197) preliminary), $2,970 per capita; 56% consumption, 28%
investment, 17% government, -1% net foreign balance; 1971 growth rate 4%, in
1963 constant prices
Agriculture: animal husbandry predominates; main crops -- horticultural crops,
grains, potatoes, sugar beets; food shortages -- grains, fats, oils; caloric
intake, 3,030 calories per day per capita (1968-69)
Fishing: catch 323,100 metric tons, $66,938,000 (1969); exports $94,542,000
(1969), imports $82,531,000 (1969)
Major industries: food processing, metal and engineering products, electrical and
electronic machinery and equipment, chemicals, and petroleum products
Shortages: crude petroleum, raw cotton, base metals and ores, pulp, pulpwood,
lumber, feedgrains, and oilseeds
Crude steel: 5 million metric tons produced (1970), 380 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 11,500,000 kw. capacity (1971); 44.9 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 3,380 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $15,065 million (f.o.b., 1971); foodstuffs, machinery, transportation
equipment, consumer manufactures, chemicals, petroleum products, textiles
Imports: $16,729 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, transportation equipment,
consumer manufactures, crude petroleum, foodstuffs, chemicals, raw cotton,
base metals and ores, pulp
Major trade partners: (1970) 58.7% EC, 29.7% W. Germany, 15.5% Belgium-
Luxembourg, 8.7% France, 12.9% EFTA, 6.3% U.K., 7.2% U.S., 1.7% Eastern
Europe
Aid:
economic -- (received) U.S., $1,279 million authorized (FY46-70); none
since FY58; IBRD, $236 million authorized (FY46-70), none since 1958;
military -- (received) U.S., $1,240 million authorized (FY46-70), none since
FY67; net official aid given to less developed areas and multilateral
agencies -- $1,005 million (FY60-70), $200 million (FY70)
Monetary conversion rate: 3.2447 guilders=US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,956 mi., standard gage; 970 mi. double track; 1,022 mi. electrified
Highways: 46,000 mi.; 26,000 mi. paved, 4,000 mi. crushed stone and gravel,
16,000 mi. earth
Inland waterways: 3,940 mi.; less than 962 mi. is natural river; more than 1,400
mi. navigable by craft of 1,000-ton capacity; 1,011 mi. will take 1,500-ton
vessels
Pipelines: crude oil, 254 mi.; refined products, 602 mi.; natural gas, 2,540 mi.
Ports: 8 major, 5 minor
Merchant marine: 405 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,454,000 GRT, 4,773,400
DWT; includes 6 passenger, 310 cargo, 61 tanker, 18 bulk, 10 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 89 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 28 total, 26 usable; 16 with permanent-surface runways; 12 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 3 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: highly developed, excellently maintained, and well integrated;
extensive system of multiconductor cables, supplemented by radio relay links,
submarine cables, and radiocommunication stations; 3.75 million telephones;
4.81 million radiobroadcast and 3.34 million TV receivers; 5 AM, 12 FM, and
10 TV stations; 11 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,355,000; 3,010,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (20) annually 116,000
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $1,433 million;
about 12% of central government budget
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LAND:
394 sq. mi.; 5% arable, 95% waste, urban, or other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 226 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 231,000, average annual growth rate 1.7%
(January 70-71)
Ethnic divisions: 85% largely mixed Negro stock except on
Aruba where 12% Negro and approx. 55% mixed Carib
Indian and European; rest European with some Chinese,
especially on Aruba
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic; sizable Protestant,
minorities
Language: officially Dutch; predominantly English; colloquial "papiamento," a
Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English mixture
Literacy: 75%-80%
Labor force: 66,000; 1% agriculture, 21% industry, 21% unemployed, 8%
construction, 41% government and services, 8% other
Organized labor: approx. 15% of labor force
smaller Jewish
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Netherlands Antilles
Type: territory within Kingdom of the Netherlands, enjoying complete domestic
autonomy
Capital: Willemstad; Curacao, center of government
Political subdivisions: 4 island territories -- Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, and the
Windward Islands -- St. Eustatius, southern part of St. Martin (northern
part is French), Saba
Legal system: based on civil law system, with some English common law influence;
Dutch Country Statute of 1955 serves as constitution
Branches: executive power, under nominal head of Governor (appointed by the
Crown), exercised by 8-member Council of Ministers or Cabinet; legislative
power rests with 22-member Legislative Council; independent court system
under control of Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Justice (administrative
functions under Minister of Justice); each island territory has island
council headed by Lieutenant Governor for local administration
Government leaders: Minister President Ramez Jorge Isa (new government formed
6 February 1971)
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: held every 4 years
Political parties and leaders: the Democratic Party (DP); Antilles Social Progress
Movement (MASA) led by Ciro Kroon; the Aruba Patriotic Party (PPA) led by S.J.
Trompe; the National People's Party (NVP), S.D. Abbad; the Aruba People's Party
(AVP) led by Dominico Guzman Croes; the National Aruban Union Party/Independent
Aruban Party (UNA/PIA) led by A. Werleman/M. Croes; Bonaire Democratic Party
led by L.A. Abraham; Windward Island Democratic Party led by A. C. Wathey;
Social Progressive Action Party, S. R. Goeloe; Antillean Reform Union (URA),
Roberto Suriel; Curacao Independent Party (COP), Peter Vander Hoven; Radical
Peoples Party (PRP), Max de Castro; Workers' Party (Frente Obrero) -- coalition
in power includes DP, PPA, and Workers' Party
Voting strength (1969 local election): 46% DP/PPA; 15% NVP; 14% Worker Front;
14% AVP; 11% other (new elections may be called soon)
Communists: no Communist Party
Member of: EC (associate), WHO
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GNP: $250 million (1967), $1,170 per capita; real growth rate 1967, 3.6%
Agriculture: little production
Major industries: petroleum refining on Curacao and Aruba; tourism on Curacao,
Aruba, and St. Martin; phosphate mining on Curacao
Electric power: 295,000 kw. capacity (1971); 885 million kw.-hr. produced (1971
est.), 3,950 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $654 million (f.o.b., 1970 est.); petroleum products, phosphate
Imports: $767 million (c.i.f., 1970 est.); crude petroleum, food manufactures
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 43%, EC 16%, Latin America 13%, U.K. 10%,
Canada 7%; imports -- Venezuela 72%, U.S. 10%, Netherlands 4% (1968)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.886 Netherlands Antillean florins (NAF)=US$1 (official
Fiscal year: calendar year
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COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 700 mi.; 350 mi. paved, 220 mi. otherwise improved, 130 mi. unimproved
Ports: 3 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,040,000 GRT, 1,825,
700 DWT; includes 2 passenger, 12 cargo, 12 tanker, 8 blk, 3 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 7 total, all usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: generally adequate telecom facilities; extensive inter-
island VHF links; 29,000 telephones, 120,000 radio and 32,000 TV receivers,
11 AM and 3 TV stations, 4 telegraph submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 59,000; 30,000 fit for military service;
about 2,000 reach military age (20) annually
Defense is responsibility of the Netherlands
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LAND:
8,500 sq. mi.; 6% cultivable, 22% pasture land, 15% forests,
57% waste or other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 3 n. mi.)
Coastline: 1,400 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 111,000, average annual growth rate 2.6% (May
63-March 69)
Ethnic divisions: Melanesian-Polynesian admixture, over
28,000 Europeans of French extraction
Religion: natives 90% Christian
Language: Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
Literacy: unknown
Labor force: size unknown; Javanese and Tonkinese laborers were imported for
plantations and mines in pre-World War II period; immigrant labor now
coming from Wallis Islands, New Hebrides, and French Polynesia
Organized labor: unorganized
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Territory of New Caledonia
Type: French overseas territory; represented in French parliament by one deputy
and one Senator
Capital: Noumea
Political subdivisions: 4 islands or island group dependencies -- Isle of Pines,
Loyalty Islands, Huon Islands, Island of New Caledonia
Legal system: French law
Branches: administered by Governor, who is also High Commissioner for France in
the Pacific; responsible to French Ministry for Overseas France and
Governing Council; Assemblee Territoriale
Government leader: Jean Risterucci, Governor and French High Commissioner
Suffrage: restricted (1957 election roll listed 32,370 males and females over
21 years of age, of whom 18,964 were classed as indigenous inhabitants)
Elections: Assembly elections in 1972
Political parties: Union Caledonienne, Entente Democratique et sociale, Union
Multiraciale, Mouvement Liberal Caledonien, Union Democratique, Mouvement
Populaire Caledonien
Voting strength (1967 election): Union Caledonienne, 12 seats; Entente
Democratique'et Sociale, 6 seats; Union Multiraciale, 5 seats; Mouvement
Liberal Caledonien, 5 seats; Union Democratique, 4 seats; Mouvement
Populaire Caledonien, 2 seats; other 1 seat
Communists: number unknown; Union Caledonienne strongly leftist; some political-
ly active Communists were deported during 1950's; small number of North
Vietnamese
Other political parties and pressure groups: several lesser parties
ECONOMY:
GNP: $193 million, $1,800 per capita (1971 est.)
Agriculture: large areas devoted to cattle grazing; major products -- coffee and
vegetables; 60% self sufficient in beef; must import grains and vegetables
Industry: mining of nickel
Electric power: 105,000 kw. capacity (1972); 780 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
7,090 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $212 million (f.o.b., 1971) 98% nickel
Imports: $248 million (c.i.f., 1971) machinery, transport equipment, food
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Major trade partners: (1971) exports -- France (42%), Japan (47%), U.S. (9%);
imports -- France (48%), Australia (14%)
Monetary conversion rate: 95 CFP francs=US$1
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 2,900 mi.; 180 mi. paved; 1,170 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized
surface; 1,550 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: none
Ports: 1 major, 21 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 34 total, 29 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; I airfield over 8,000 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecoirtnunications: 9,265 telephones; 25,550 radio and 8,100 TV sets; 1 AM,
no FM, and 1 TV stations
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LAND:
57,100 sq. mi.; 7% arable, 7% prairie and pasture, 50%
forest, 36% urban, waste, or other
Land boundaries: 760 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 200 n. mi.)
Coastline: 565 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,003,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(April 63-71)
Ethnic divisions: 75% mestizo, 15% white, 10% Negro, Indian or mulatto
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish (official); small English-speaking minority on Atlantic coast
Literacy: 50% of population 10 years of age and over
Labor force: 650,000 (est. 1972); 60% agriculture, 12% manufacturing, 14%
services, 14% other; shortage of skilled labor, but underemployment of un-
skilled labor except during harvest
Organized labor: about 5% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Nicaragua
Type: republic
Capital: Managua
Political subdivisions: 1 national district and 16 departments
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; constitution adopted in 1950,
now being revised; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court;
legal education at Universidad Nacional de Nicaragua and Universidad
Centroamericana; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President from 1 May 1972 to 1 December 1974 replaced by a triumvirate,
bicameral legislature, judiciary elected by legislature, and Supreme Electoral
Tribunal (4th branch)
Government leaders: Triumvirate members -- Roberto Martinez, Alfonso Lovo Cordero
and Fernando Aguero Rocha
Suffrage: universal over age 18 if married or literate, otherwise 21
Elections: every 6 years; however, due to agreement between liberal and conservative
parties, next elections will be held 1 September 1974; municipal elections
every 3 years
Political parties and leaders: Nationalist Liberal Party (PLN), Anastasio Somoza,
Ramiro Sacasa, Francisco Urcuyo, Alfonso Callejas; Traditionalist Conservative
Party (PCT), Fernando Aguero Rocha; Independent Liberal Party (PL), not legal,
Roberto Robelo, Juan Manuel Gutierrez; Social Christian Party (PSC), not legal,
Ignacio Zelaya, Cesar Delgadillo (President) and Roberto Ferrey (Secretary
General); National Conservative Action (ANC), not legal, Pedro J. Chamorro
Voting strength (1972 elections): PLN 534,171 votes (75.4%), PCT 174,897 votes
(24.6%)
Communists: Communist movement split into hard-line Nicaraguan Socialist Party
(PSN) illegal, 60 members; soft-line Nicaraguan Communist Party (PCN) illegal,
40 members, and small pro-Castro Sandinist National Liberation Front (FSLN)
50 to 60 activist; about 1,000 sympathizers
Member of: CACM, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, ICAO, ICJ, ILO, INTELSAT, ITU, OAS,
ODECA, Seabeds Committee (observer) U.N., UNESCO, UNICEF, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $933 million (purchasing power parity estimate, 1970), $470 per capita; 73%
private consumption, 10% government consumption, 19% domestic investment, -2%
net foreign balance; real growth rate 1970, 4.5%
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ECONOMY (cont'
a).
Agriculture: main crops -- cotton, coffee, sugarcane, rice, corn, beans, cattle;
caloric intake, 2,300 calories per day per capita (1966)
Fishing: catch 7,200 metric tons (1970)
Major industries: food processing, textiles and clothing, chemicals, petroleum
products
Electric power: 175,000 kw. capacity (1972 est.); 560 million kw.-hr. produced
(1972 est.), 260 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $179 million (1970); cotton, coffee, cottonseed, meat, sugar
Imports: $199 million (1970); machinery, equipment, vehicles, manufactures,
chemicals, foods, fuels
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 33%, Japan 19%, CACM 21%; imports -- U.S.
38%, CACM 24%, West Germany 7% (1969)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-70), $105.8 million loans, $61.4
million grants; international organizations (1946-70), $124.2 million;
military -- from U.S. (FY53-70), $12.8 million (1946-70)
Monetary conversion rate: 7 cordobas=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 220 mi.; 200 mi. of 3'6" gage, government owned; 20 mi. narrow gage,
privately owned
Highways: 8,750 mi.; 800 mi. paved, 3,250 mi, otherwise improved, 4,700 mi.
unimproved
Inland waterways: 1,380 mi., including 2 large lakes
Pipelines: crude oil, 40 mi.
Ports: 4 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 8 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,300 GRT,
26,000 DWT; includes 7 cargo, 1 tanker
Civil air: 11 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 459 total, 408 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with run-
way 8,000-11,999 ft., 8 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: low-capacity wire network; connection to international
Central American microwave net; 26,500 telephones; est. 700,000 radio and
56,000 TV receivers; 74 AM, 26 FM, and 6 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 491,000; 295,000 fit for military service;
23,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: dependent primarily upon U.S.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $8.8 million for the
Ministry of Defense, including civil functions (e.g., police and civil air);
8.3% of central government budget
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489,000 sq. mi.; about 3% cultivated, perhaps 20% somewhat
arable, remainder desert
Land boundaries: 3,570 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,297,000, average annual growth rate 2.7%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: main Negroid groups 75% (of which, Hausa
50%, Djerma and Songhai 21%); Caucasian elements
include Tuareg, Toubous, and Tamacheks; mixed group
includes Fulani
Religion: 80% Muslim, remainder largely animists and a
very few Christians
Language: French official, many African languages; Hausa used for
Literacy: about 5%
Labor force: 26,000 wage earners; bulk of population engaged in subsistence
agriculture and animal husbandry
Organized labor: negligible
trade
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Niger
Type: republic; one-party rule established 1960
Capital: Niamey
Political subdivisions: 7 departments, 32 arrondissements
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution
adopted 1960; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber
of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President selected for 5 years by direct universal suffrage; unicameral,
60-member National Assembly elected for 5 years; judiciary constitutionally
independent of executive and legislature
Government leader: President Diori Hamani
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: presidential and parliamentary elections in 1970; about 99% of voters
approved unopposed official candidates
Political parties and leaders: Parti Progressiste Nigerien (PPN), led by Diori
Hamani
Communists: some Communists and Communist sympathizers, especially among supporters
of outlawed Sawaba party
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, Entente, FAO, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, La
Francophonie, Lake Chad Basin Commission, Niger River Commission, OAU, OCAM,
U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $372 million (1969 est.), less than $100 per capita
Agriculture: commercial -- peanuts, cotton, livestock; main food crops --
millet, sorghum, niebe beans, vegetables
Major industries: cement plant, brick factory, rice mill, small cotton gins, oil
presses, slaughterhouse, and a few other small light industries; uranium
production began in 1971
Electric power: 55,000 kw. capacity (1971); 47 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
11 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $22.4 million (f.o.b., 1969); about 60% peanuts and related
products, rest largely livestock, hides, skins; exports badly understated
because much regional trade not recorded
Imports: $45.2 million (c.i.f., 1969); fuels, machinery, transport equip-
ment, foodstuffs, consumer goods (largely for European residents); sizable
imports unrecorded
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major trade partners: France (over 50%), other EC countries, Nigeria, UDEAC
countries, U.S.; preferential tariff to EC and franc zone countries
Aid:
economic -- France (1960 to mid-1967) $68 million; EC (1966-67) $51.3 million;
U.S. (FY62-71) $17.1 million; West Germany, Israel, Republic of China, and U.N.
have also extended aid;
military -- $2.8 million (1954-68)
Monetary conversion rate: 255.78 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs=USS1
(official)
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: approx. 4,335 mi.; 375 mi. bituminous, 1,820 mi. gravel, 2,140 mi.
unimproved earth
Inland waterways: Niger River navigable 185 miles from Niamey to Gaya on the
Dahomey frontier from mid-December through March
Ports: Niger landlocked; outlet to sea is Cotonou, Dahomey
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 74 total, 58 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 15 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: principal telecommunication center Niamey; telephone poor,
telegraph fair, 3,300 telephones; 90,000 radio receivers; unknown number of
TV receivers; 4 AM, no FM, and 1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,013,000; 570,000 fit for military service;
about 43,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 September 1972, $5,767,000; 12.3%
of total budget
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NIGERIA
LAND:
357,000 sq. mi.; 24% arable (13% of total land area
under cultivation), 35% forested, 41% desert, waste,
urban, or other
Land boundaries: 2,507 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 30 n. mi.
Coastline: 530 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: about 58,814,000, average annual growth rate
2.7% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 250 tribal groups, of which most important are Hausa-Fulani
(north), Ibo and Yoruba (south); these 3 tribes total over 60% of population;
about 27,000 non-Africans
Religion: 47% Muslim, 34.5% Christian, 18.5% other
Literacy: est. 25%
Language: English official; Hausa, Yoruba, and Ibo also widely used
Labor force: approx. 22.5 million; about 41% of total population; only
about 700,000 are wage earners, of whom 8% are in agriculture, forestry,
hunting, and fishing; 7% mining and quarrying; 8% manufacturing; 22%
construction; 2% electricity; 8% commerce; 8% transportation and communication;
37% services
Organized labor: about 530,000 wage earners, approx. 2% of total labor force,
belong to some 700 unions
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: The Federal Republic of Nigeria
Type: federal republic since 1963; under military rule since January 1966
Capital: Lagos
Political subdivisions: 12 states, 11 headed by a military governor, and 1 by a
civilian administrator
Legal system: based on English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; new
constitution to be prepared; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Branches: Federal Military Government, administered by Supreme Military Council
largely civilian Federal Executive Council
Government leader: Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Head of Federal Military Government and
Commander in Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage (except for women in former Northern Region)
Elections: expected to be held by 1976
Political parties and leaders: political parties and politically active tribal
societies were dissolved by decree on 24 May 1966; some sub rosa political
activity continues
Communists: the banned Socialist Workers and Farmers Party and the Nigerian Trade
Union Congress have a limited political following
Member of: ADB, Commonwealth, ECA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU,
Lake Chad Basin Commission, Niger River Commission, OAU, Seabeds
Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $6.8 billion (FY71-72 est.), about $100 per capita; 12% growth rate
FY71-72
Agriculture: main crops -- peanuts, cotton, cocoa, rubber, yams, cassava,
sorghum, palm kernels, millet, corn, rice; livestock; almost self-sufficient
Fishing: catch 156,000 metric tons (1970); imports $4.1 million (1970)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major industries: processing industries -- oil palm, peanut, cotton, rubber,
petroleum, wood, hides, skins; manufacturing industries -- textiles, cement,
building materials, food products, footwear, chemical, printing, ceramics;
mining -- crude oil, natural gas, coal, tin, columbite
Electric power: 1,111,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.7 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 30 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,659 million (f.o.b., 1971); oil, peanuts, palm products, cocoa, rubber,
cotton, timber, tin
Imports: $1,507 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery and transport equipment, manu-
factured goods, chemicals
Major trade partners: U.K., EC, U.S.
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Nigerian pound=US$3.04 (official)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,180 route mi.; 316" gage
Highways: 55,400 mi.; 9,500 mi. paved (mostly bituminous surface treatment);
45,925 mi. laterite, gravel, crushed stone, improved earth
Inland waterways: 5,330 mi. consisting of Niger and Benue rivers and smaller
rivers and creeks; additionally, the newly formed Kainji Lake has several
hundred miles of navigable lake routes
Pipelines: crude oil, 580 mi.; natural gas, 40 mi.; refined products, 3 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 10 minor
Merchant marine: 13 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 83,300 GRT,
122,100 NIT
Civil air: 13 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 90 total , 77 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 25 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 4 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: composed of radio-relay links, open-wire lines, and
radiocommunication stations; principal center Lagos, secondary centers lbadan
and Kaduna; 80,000 telephones; 1.3 million radio receivers, 75,000 TV
receivers; 25 AM, 6 FM, and 8 TV stations; 2 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 13,365,000; 6,450,000 fit for military service
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NORWAY
LAND:
Norway: 125,000 sq. mi.; Svalbard, 24,000 sq. mi.;
Jan Mayen, 144 sq. mi.; 3% arable, 2% meadows
and pastures, 21% forested, 74% other
Land boundaries: 1,603 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 4 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: mainland 2,125 mi.; islands 1,500 mi. (excludes
long fjords and numerous small islands and minor
indentations which total as much as 10,000 mi. overall)
PEOPLE:
Population: 3,957,000, average annual growth rate 0.9% (current)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population, small Lappish minority
Religion: 96% Evangelical Lutheran, 4% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 1%
other
Language: Norwegian, small Lapp and Finnish-speaking minorities
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 1.6 million; 19.5% agriculture, forestry, fishing, 27.0% mining and
manufacturing, 9.5% construction, 13.3% commerce, 11.9% transportation and
communication, 17.7% services; 1.5% unemployed
Organized labor: 60% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Norway
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Oslo
Political subdivisions: 20 counties, 404 communes, 47 towns
Legal system: mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions;
constitution adopted 1814, modified 1884; Supreme Court renders advisory
opinions to legislature when asked; legal education at University of Oslo;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown and parliament (Storting);
executive power vested in Crown but exercised by cabinet responsible to
parliament; Supreme Court, 5 superior courts, 104 lower courts
Government leaders: King Olav V; Prime Minister Lars Korvald
Suffrage: universal, but not compulsory, over age 20
Elections: held every 4 years (next in 1973)
Political parties and leaders: Conservative, Kare Willoch; Christian Peoples,
Lars Korvald; Center, John Austrheim; Liberal, Helge Seip; Labor, Trygve
Bratteli; Socialist Peoples, Finn Gustavsen; Communist, Reidar Larsen
Voting strength (1969 election): 19.6% Conservative; 9.4% Christian Peoples;
10.5% Center; 9.4% Liberal; 46.5% Labor; 3.5% Socialist Peoples; 1.0%
Communist
Communists: 2,000; a number of sympathizers as indicated by the 22,500 Communist
votes cast in the 1969 election
Member of: Council of Europe, EFTA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB,
ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NATO, Nordic Council, OECD, Seabeds Committee, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $15.2 billion (1971), $3,870 per capita; 51.2% consumption; 37.0% investment;
13.6% government; net foreign balance -1.8%; 1971 growth rate 5.0%, in
constant prices
Agriculture: animal husbandry predominates; main crops -- feed grains, potatoes,
fruits, vegetables; 40% self-sufficient; food shortages -- food grains, sugar;
caloric intake, 2,910 calories per day per capita (1968-69)
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Fishing: catch 2.8 million metric tons (1971), $243 million; exports $205 million
Major industries: food processing, wood pulp, paper products, metals, machinery,
chemicals, shipbuilding
Shortages: feed and bread grains, coal, petroleum and petroleum products, cotton,
wool
Crude steel: 863,000 metric tons produced (1971), 220 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 13,850,000 kw. capacity (1971); 64 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 15,000 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2,710 million (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- fish and fish
products, metal and metal products, pulp and paper, chemicals, ships
Imports: $4,320 million (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- ships, machinery,
fuels, foodstuffs
Major trade partners: 18.2% Sweden, 14.6% U.K., 14.7% West Germany, 6.4% U.S.,
6.8% Denmark; 25.6% EC; 45.8% EFTA; 3.7% Cownunist countries (1971)
Aid:
economic -- U.S., $403.9 million authorized (1946-71), $2.2 million in 1970,
$48.7 million in 1971; IBRD, $145 million authorized through 1970,
none since 1964; net official economic aid given to less developed areas and
multilateral agencies, $134.2 million (1960-69), $26.6 million (1968), $37.7
million (1969); $36.8 million (1970)
military -- U.S., $900 million authorized (1946-71), none since 1967
Monetary conversion rate: 6.645 kroner=US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,634 mi.; 2,587 mi. single track standard gage; 1,526 mi. electrified,
including 47 mi. double track
Highways: 44,180 mi.; 7,135 mi. paved, 37,045 mi. crushed stone and gravel
Inland waterways: 980 mi.; 5' draft vessels maximum
Pipelines: refined products, 33 mi.
Ports: 9 major, 69 minor
Merchant marine: 1,162 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,957,100 GRT,
35,149,900 DWT; includes 29 passenger, 398 cargo, 291 tanker, 259 bulk,
185 specialized carrier
Civil air: 54 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 75 total, 69 usable; 40 with permanent-surface runways; 11 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 13 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 24 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: high-quality domestic and international telephone, telegraph,
and telex service; 1,224,000 telephones; 2.0 million radiobroadcast receivers;
929,000 TV receivers; 41 AM, 214 FM, and 420 TV stations (including many high
powered transmitters); 5 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 914,000; 740,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (20) annually, 32,000
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $487.5 million;
about 12% of central government budget
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OMAN
LAND:
About 82,000 sq. mi.; negligible amount forested,
remainder desert, waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 860 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,300 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 710,000, average annual growth rate 3.2%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Arab with small groups
of Iranians, Baluchis, and Indians
Religion: Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: very low
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Sultanate of Oman
Type: absolute monarchy; nominally independent but under strong U.K. influence
Capital: Muscat
Legal system: based on English common law and Islamic law; no constitution;
ultimate appeal to the Sultan; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Government leader: Sultan Qabus ibn Sa'id Al Bu Sa'id
Member of: Arab League, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: at market prices in 1971 est. $266 million
Agriculture: based on subsistence farming (fruits, dates, cereals, cattle, camels,
fish) and trade
Major industries: petroleum discovery in 1964; production began in 1967; production
1971 equaled 289,000 b.p.d.; pipeline capacity 400,000 b.p.d.; revenue for
1972 about $134 million est.
Electric power: 25,890 kw. capacity (1971); 70 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
100 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: exports $239 million (1971); most of which is petroleum
Imports: $92 million (1971 est.)
Major trade partners: U.K., Gulf states, India, Australia, China, Japan
Aid: multilateral annual average 1967-69 $350,000
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Riyal Said=US$2.60 (as of March 1972)
Fiscal year: no budget year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Highways: 1,750 total; 3 mi. bituminous surface, remainder motorable natural-
surface track
Pipelines: crude oil 230 mi.
Ports: 7 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 192 total, 107 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 37 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: poor international radiocommunications (service to Bahrain
only); very poor domestic wire service; 1,040 telephones; 1 AM station;
tropospheric scatter-link to Bahrain
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 172,000; 100,000 fit for military service
Supply: mostly from U.K.; some ground equipment also from Belgium and Jordan
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LAND:
310,000 sq. mi. (includes Pakistani part of Jammu-Kashmir)
40% arable, including 24% cultivated; 24% unsuitable
for cultivation; 34% unreported, probably mostly waste
4% forested
Land boundaries: 5,350 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 650 mi.
PEOPLE:
LA S. SR.
'PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA
Population: 56,724,000 (excluding Junagardh, Manavador,
Gilgit, Baltistan, and the disputed area of Jammu-Kashmir), average annual
growth rate 2.4% (FY70)
Religion: 97% Muslim, 3% other
Language: official, Urdu; total spoken languages -- 7% Urdu, 64% Punjabi, 12%
Sindhi, 8% Pushtu, 9% other; English is lingua franca
Literacy: about 14%
Labor force: 12.7 million (est. 1961); 60% agriculture, 16% industry, 7% commerce,
15% service, 2% unemployed
Organized labor: 5% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Type: republic currently in transition from martial law to elected government;
martial law ended April 1972 and permanent constitution is to be written by
August 1973
Capital: Islamabad
Political subdivisions: 4 provinces -- Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan, and Northwest
Frontier -- with the capital territory of Islamabad and certain tribal areas
centrally administered; Pakistan claims that Azad Kashmir is independent
pending a settlement of the dispute with India, but it is in fact under
Pakistani control
Legal system: based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations
Government leaders: President Z. A. Bhutto
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: elections for National Assembly based on one-man/one-vote formula,
and for provincial assemblies were held in December 1970; with independence
of Bangladesh, National Assembly consists of 144 West Pakistanis and 2 East
Pakistanis
Political parties and leaders: Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Z.A. Bhutto;
Council Muslim League (CML), Shaukat Hayat Khan; Pakistan Democratic
Party (PDP), Nurul Amin; National Awami Party (NAP), Abdul Wali Khan;
All Pakistan Muslim League (PMLQ), Abdul Qaiyum Khan; Markazi Jamiat-ul-
Ulema-i-Pakistan (MJUP), Khamaja Qamar-u-Din Sialvi; Jamiat-ul-Ulema-
i-Islam (JUI), Mufti Mahmud
Communists: 750; 3,000-5,000 sympathizers
Member of: ADB, CENTO, Colombo Plan, Commonwealth, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, RCD, Seabeds Committee, SEATO, U.N., UNESCO,
UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $4.7 billion (FY72), less than $100 per capita; real growth (FY72) 1.7%
Agriculture: extensive irrigation; main crops -- wheat and cotton; largely
self-sufficient; foodgrain shortage due to drought
Fishing: catch 183,000 tons, $77 million (1969 est.)
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ECONOMY (cont
Major industries: cotton textiles, food processing, engineering, chemicals,
natural gas
Electric power: 2,090,000 kw. capacity (1972); 8 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 143 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $564 million (f.o.b., FY71); cotton (raw and manufactured)
Imports: $841 million (c.i.f., FY71) machinery, transport equipment, chemicals
Major trade partners: U.S., U.K., Japan, West Germany
Monetary conversion rate: 11 rupees=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 5,322 mi.; 277 mi. meter gage, 4,665 broad gage, 380 narrow gage;
635 double track; government owned
Highways: 43,500 mi.; 12,700 mi. paved, 12,450 mi. gravel, 18,350 mi. earth
Inland waterways: 1,150 mi.
Pipelines: crude oil, 143 mi.; natural gas, 1,200 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 10 minor
Merchant marine: 66 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 541,000 GRT, 728,500 DWT;
includes 5 passenger, 59 cargo, 2 bulk
Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 201 total, 110 usable; 64 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
over 12,000 ft., 20 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 53 with runways 4,000-
7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: excellent international radiocomunication service over
CENTO links; domestic wire and radiocommunication and broadcast service very
good; 207,281 telephones; 1,630,000 radio and 80,000 TV sets; 12 AM, no FM,
and 7 stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 13,684,000; 4,350,000 fit for military service;
682,000 reach military age (17) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1972 $714,000,000; about 23%
of total budget
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PANAMA
LAND:
29,208 sq. mi. (excluding Canal Zone, 553 sq. mi.); 24%
agricultural land (9% fallow, 4% cropland, 11%
pasture), 20% exploitable forest, 56% other forests,
urban, and waste
Land boundaries: 390 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,545 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,547,000, average annual growth rate 3.1%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 70% mestizo, 14% Negro, 9% white, 7% Indian and other
Religion: over 90% Roman Catholic, remainder mainly Protestant
Language: Spanish; about 14% speak English as native tongue; many Panamanians
bilingual
Literacy: 80% of population 10 years of age and over
Labor force: 468,000 (1969 est.); 40% agriculture, 19.9% services, 11% commerce,
12% manufacturing, 6% construction, 5% transportation and communications, 26%
other (1969 est.); 5.6% Canal Zone; national average of 7%-8% unemployed; 25%
to 30% of unemployed in Panama and Colon; shortage of skilled labor but an
oversupply of unskilled labor
Organized labor: 5% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Panama
Type: republic
Capital: Panama
Political subdivisions: 9 provinces, 1 Indian reservation
Legal system: based on civil law system; constitution adopted in 1972; judicial
review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; legal education at
University of Panama; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: popularly elected unicameral legislature which elects the President;
presidentially appointed Supreme Court
Government leaders: Demetrio Lakas is Constitutional President and Chief of
State, but subordinate to Gen. Omar Torrijos, the National Guard
Commandant who was given special powers for 6 years by the assembly in 1972
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 21
Elections: elections for assembly of representatives of the corregimientos
August 1972; next election August 1978
Political parties and leaders: political parties suspended pending revision of
electoral code; Communist Party illegal but allowed to operate
Voting strength (1968 election): 55% Arnulfo Arias Madrid (National Union
Coalition), 42% David Samudio (People's Alliance), 3% Antonio Gonzalez
Revilla (Christian Democratic Party); no parties were active in the 1972
elections
Communists: 100 active and several hundred inactive members People's Party (PdP);
Communist; 1,000 sympathizers; National Liberation Movement (MLN) and
Vanguard of National Action (VAN) currently inactive as pro-Castro
organizations, 40-60 members
Member of: IADB, IAEA, ICAO, OAS, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1.49 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $1,010 per capita;
72% private consumption, 11% government consumption, 26% gross fixed
investment, -9% net foreign balance (1970); real growth rate 1971, 8.0% (est.)
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Agriculture: main crops -- bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane; self-sufficient
in most basic foods; 2,450 calories per day per capita (1969)
Fishing: catch 42,400 metric tons, $8 million (1970); exports $11.1 million (1970);
imports $1,6 million (1970)
Major industries: food processing, metal products, construction materials,
petroleum products, clothing
Electric power: 329,000 kw. capacity (1971); 987 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 642 kw. -hr. per capita
Exports: $140 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); bananas, petroleum products, shrimp,
sugar, coffee
Imports: $396 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); manufactures, transportation equipment,
crude petroleum, foodstuffs, chemicals
Major trade partners: U.S. 43%, Venezuela 15%, Canal Zone 9%, Colon Free Zone
6% (1969)
Aid:
economic -- from U.S. (FY46-71), $161.6 million loans, $106 3
million grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $129.6 million;
from other Western countries (1960-69), $14.5 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY61-71), $4.5 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 balboa=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 345 mi.; 48 mi. 5'0" gage, 107 mi. 3'0" gage; 190 mi. plantation
feeder lines
Highways: 4,200 mi.; 1,100 mi. paved, 600 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 300 mi.
improved earth, 2,200 mi. unimproved earth; Panama Canal Zone 145 mi.;
140 mi. paved; 5 mi. gravel
Inland waterways: 500 mi. navigable by shallow draft vessels; 50-mile
Panama Canal
Pipelines: refined products, 60 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 10 minor
Merchant marine: 889 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7-,619,500 GRT, 12,207,300
OW; includes 15 passenger, 549 cargo, 190 tanker, 73 bulk, 42 specialized
carrier; all foreign owned and operated
Civil air: 31 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 238 total, 119 usable; 16 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft.; 11 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: domestic and international telecom facilities well developed,
including nearly nationwide radio-relay system; connection to international
Central American microwave net; communications satellite ground station;
80,000 telephones; 550,000 radio and 160,000 TV receivers; 76 AM, 18 FM,
and 13 TV stations; 1 coaxial submarine cable
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 346,000; 240,000 fit for military service;
no conscription
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
LAND:
183,540 sq. mi. (Papua 90,540 sq. mi., New Guinea
93,000 sq. mi.)
Land boundaries: 600 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: about 3,200 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,688,000, average annual growth rate 3.1%
(FY67-70)
Ethnic divisions: predominantly Melanesian and Papuan, some
and Polynesian types
Religion: over one-half of population nominally Christian (490,000 Catholic,
320,000 Lutheran, other Protestant sects); remainder animist
Language: 700 indigenous languages; pidgin English and 2 or 3 native languages
are linguae francae for over one-half of population; English spoken by
1% to 2% of population
Literacy: 1%; in English, 0.1%
Labor force: no available figures; mostly subsistence farmers
PEOPLE,
REP. OF
CHINA
Negrito,
Micronesian,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Papua New Guinea
Type: dependent territory under Administrator appointed by Australia
Capital: Port Moresby
Political subdivisions: 18 administrative districts (12 in New Guinea, 6 in Papua);
New Guinea (including Bismarck archipelago and Bougainville) is a U.N. Trust
Territory
Legal system: based on English common law; highest judicial organ is High Court
of Australia
Branches: executive -- Administrator and Executive Council; legislature --
House of Assembly (94 members, including 10 appointed); judiciary -- court
system consists of Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea and various inferior
courts (District Courts, Local Courts, Children's Courts, Wardens' Courts);
Supreme Court decisions may be appealed to High Court of Australia
Government leader: Administrator, L. W. Johnson
Elections: preferential-type elections for 100-member House of Assembly every
4 years
Political parties: proindependence Pangu Party is principal political group;
5 or 6 other small parties and numerous independents
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage
Voting strength (1972 election): Pangu Party and allies won 52 seats, United
Party 42 seats, Independence 6 seats
Communists: no significant strength
ECONOMY:
GNP: $550 million (FY70 estimate), $230 per capita; real average annual growth
rate (1960-69) 7.5%
Agriculture: main crops -- coconuts, coffee, cocoa, tea
Major industries: sawmilling and timber processing, copper mining (Bougainville)
Electric power: 78,000 kw. capacity (1972); 242 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
93 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $105.0 million (f.o.b., FY70); principal products -- coconut products,
coffee beans, cocoa beans, timber
Imports: $239.9 million (f.o.b., FY70)
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ECONOMY (cont 'd):
Major trade partners: Australia, U.K., Japan
Aid: economic -- Australia (FY46-69) $909 million extended; World Bank group
(1968-September 1969) -- $7.5 mill ion committed
Monetary conversion rate: 0.84 Australian dollar=USS1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Papua:
Railroads: none
Highways: approx. 2,480 mi.; about 1,360 mi. suitable for heavy and medium
traffic, and about 1,120 mi. suitable for light traffic
Inland waterways: 800 mi., not including minor rivers
Ports: 1 principal (Port Moresby), I secondary
Civil air: see New Guinea (below)
Airfields: see New Guinea (below)
Telecommunications: see New Guinea (below)
New Guinea:
Railroads: none
Highways: approx. 6,430 mi.; approx. 3,865 mi. suitable for heavy and medium
traffic, and 2,565 mi. suitable for light traffic only
Inland waterways: 1,350 ml., northeast New Guinea; minor rivers not included
Pipelines: crude oil, 87 mi.
Ports: 4 principal (Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng), 4 minor
Civil air: 17 major transport aircraft (plus 26 registered in Australia)
Airfields: 647 total, 440 usable; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 46 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 12 seaplane stations, inactive
Telecommunications: Papua New Guinea telecom services are adequate and are
being improved; principal telecom centers include Goroka, Lae, Madang,
Mount Hagen, and Wewak in New Guinea; and Daru, Port Moresby and Samarai
in Papua; facilities provide radiobroadcast, radiotelephone and telegraph,
coastal radio, aeronautical radio and international radiocommunication
services; numerous privately owned radio facilities exist; submarine
cables extend from Madang to Australia and Guam; 22,659 telephones, 80,000
radios, but no TV sets; 11 AM, no FM and no TV facilities
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 644,000 (Papua 169,000, New Guinea 473,000);
about 330,000 fit for military service (Papua 85,000, New Guinea 245,000)
Defense is responsibility of Australia
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PARAGUAY
LAND:
157,000 sq. mi.; 2% under crops, 24% meadow and pasture,
52% forested, 22% urban, waste, and other
Land boundaries: 2,140 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,576,000, average annual growth rate 3.1%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: 95% mestizo, 5% white and Indian
Religion: 97% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish and Guarani
Literacy: officially estimated at 74% above age 10, but
probably much lower (40%)
Labor force: 715,000 (1968 est.); 55% agriculture, forestry, fishing;
transport and other services; 19% manufacturing and construction;
commerce and professions; 5% miscellaneous (est. 1962)
Organized labor: about 6% of labor force
.80/a
13%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Paraguay
Type: republic; under authoritarian rule
Capital: Asuncion
Political subdivisions: 16 departments and the national capital, 154 municipalities
Legal system: based on Argentine codes, Roman law, and French codes; constitution
promulgated 1967; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; legal
education at National University of Asuncion and Catholic University of Our
Lady of the Assumption; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President heads executive; bicameral legislature; judiciary headed
by Supreme Court
Government leader: President (General) Alfredo Stroessner
Suffrage: universal; compulsory between ages of 18-60
Elections: President and Congress elected together every 5 years; 4-party
participation for first time in 1968 elections
Political parties and leaders: Colorado Party, Juan Ramon Chavez; Liberal
Party (Levi-Liberal Party), Carlos Levi Ruffinelli; Febrerista Party, Manuel
Benitez; Radical Liberal Party (regular Liberal Party), Efraim Cardozo;
Christian Democratic Party (not officially inscribed), Dr. Hermogones Rojas
Silva
Voting strength (February 1968 general election): 71% Colorado Party, 22% Radical
Liberal Party, 4% Liberal Party, 3% Febrerista Party
Communists: Oscar Creydt faction and Miguel Angel Soler faction (both illegal);
perhaps a few thousand party members and sympathizers in Paraguay, very
few are hard core; party in exile is small and deeply divided
Other political or pressure groups: Popular Colorado Movement (MoPoCo) led by
Epifanio Mendez Fleitas, in exile
Member of: FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IMF, LAFTA, OAS, U.N., WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $790 million (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $320 per capita;
88% consumption; 16% gross domestic investment; -4% net foreign balance (1971);
real growth rate 1971, 4.8%
Agriculture: main crops -- oilseeds, cotton, wheat, manioc, sweet potatoes,
tobacco, corn, rice, sugarcane; self-sufficient in most foods; caloric
intake, 2,580 calories per day per capita (1963-64); protein intake,
70 grams per day per capita (20 grams of animal origin)
Major industries: meat packing, oilseed crushing, milling, brewing, textiles,
light consumer goods, cement
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 150,000 kw. capacity (1971); 220 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 92 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $65 million (f.o.b., 1971); meat, timber, oilseeds, tobacco, cotton,
quebracho extract, hides, yerba mate
Imports: $70 million (f.o.b., 1971); foodstuffs, machinery, transport equipment,
engines, consumer durables, fuels and lubricants, textiles
Major trade partners: U.S. 21%, Argentina 21%, West Germany 9%, U.K. 8%
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-70), $79.3 million loans, $53.9 million
grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $147.4 million; from other
Western countries (1960-70), $21.9 million
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY46-71), $13.7 million
Monetary conversion rate: 126 guaranies=US$1 (official rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 652 mi.; 273 mi. standard gage, 85 mi. 313 3/8'' gage, 294 mi. various
narrow gage (privately owned)
Highways: 9,900 mi.; 400 mi. bituminous treated, 3,100 mi. otherwise improved,
6,400 mi unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 1,970 mi.
Ports: 1 major, 7 minor (all river)
Merchant marine: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,700 GRT, 14,900 DWT;
includes 2 passenger, 9 cargo, 2 tanker, 1 specialized carrier; domestic
ships are operated mostly in river traffic; most international waterborne
trade is carried by foreign flag ships
Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 933 total , 766 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 27 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: local telecom facilities in Asuncion good, but intercity net
still poor; 24,000 telephones; est. 720,000 radio and 50,000 TV receivers;
20 AM, 5 FM, and 1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 624,000; 430,000 fit for military service;
average number currently reaching military age (17) annually, 25,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $17.2 million; about
17% of proposed central government budget
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PERU
LAND:
496,000 sq. mi. (other estimates range as low as 482,000
sq. mi.); 2% cropland, 14% meadows and pastures, 55%
forested, 29% urban, waste, other
Land boundaries: 3,810 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,500 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 14,686,000 (excluding Indian jungle population
which was estimated at 101,000 in 1961), average annual
growth rate 3.2% (FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 46% Indian; 38% mestizo
Japanese, Chinese
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Literacy: 45% to 50%
Labor force: 3.5 million (1967); 46% agriculture,
9% trade, 4% construction, 4% transportation,
Organized labor: 25% of labor force
(white-Indian); 15% white;
1% Negro,
17% services, 14% manufacturing,
2% mining, 4% other
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Peru
Type: republic; under military regime since October 1968
Capital: Lima
Political subdivisions: 23 departments with limited autonomy plus constitutional
Province of Callao
Legal system: based on civil law system; military government rules by decree;
legal education at the National Universities in Lima, in Trujillo, in Arequipa,
and in Cuzco; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive, legislative, judicial; congress disbanded after 3 October
1968 ouster of President Fernando Belaunde Terry
Government leader: President Juan Velasco Alvarado
Elections: none scheduled
Political parties and leaders: Popular Action Party (AP), Fernando Belaunde Terry
(in exile); Christian Democratic Party (PDC) supports the government, Hector
Cornejo Chavez; opposition parties include American Popular Revolutionary
Alliance Party (APRA), Victor Raul Haya de la Torre; and Popular
Christian Party (PPC), Luis Bedoya Reyes
Voting strength (1963 election): 39% AP-PDC, 34% APRA, 25% UNO, 1% Communist,
1% other
Communists: 5,000; sympathizers 15,000-25,000
Member of: GATT, IADB, IAEA, ICAO, LAFTA and Andean Sub-Regional Group (created
in May 1969 within LAFTA), OAS, Seabeds Committee, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $9.1 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $640 per capita; 72%
private consumption, 10% public consumption, 13% gross investment (1970); 5%
net foreign balance; real growth rate 1971, 5.2%
Agriculture: main crops -- wheat, corn, potatoes, beans, barley, coffee, cotton,
sugarcane; imports wheat, meat, lard and oils, rice, corn; caloric intake,
2,300 calories per day per capita (1964)
Fishing: catch 10.2 million metric tons (1971); exports $339.5 million (1970), of
which $303.9 million fishmeal, $32.6 million fish oil, and $3.1 million
canned and frozen fish; imports $0.3 million (1969)
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:
Major industries: mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles and clothing,
food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, ship-building, metal
fabrication
Electric power: 1.8 million kw. capacity (1971); 220 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 220 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $883 million (c.i.f., 1971); fish and fish products, copper, silver,
iron, cotton, sugar, lead, zinc, petroleum, coffee
Imports: $743 million (f.o.b., 1971); foodstuffs, machinery, transport equipment,
iron and steel semimanufactures, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 33%, Western Europe 42%, Japan 14%, Latin
America 6%; imports -- U.S. 32%, Western Europe 33%, Latin America 17%,
Japan 6% (1970)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71), $455.6 million loans, $189.9
million grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $371.9 million;
from other Western countries (1960-66), $43.4 million; Communist countries
(1954-71) $126.5 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY49-71), $141.3 million
Monetary conversion rate: 38.70 soles=US$1 (trade); 43.38 soles=US$1 (non-trade)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: approx. 2,144 mi.; 1,800 mi. 4' 8 1/2" gage; 130 mi. gage less than
3'0"; 214 mi. 3' 0" gage; 9 mi. double track
Highways: 31,100 mi.; 3,000 mi. paved, 5,400 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 8,500
mi. improved earth, 14,200 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 5,400 mi. of navigable tributaries of Amazon River system and
130 mi. Lake Titicaca
Pipelines: crude oil, 200 mi.; natural gas and natural gas liquids, 40 mi.
Ports: 7 major, 20 minor
Merchant marine: 39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 296,400 GRT, 419,600 OWT;
includes 28 cargo, 9 tanker (includes 5 naval tankers sometimes used
commercially), 2 bulk
Civil air: 33 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 336 total, 291 usable; 19 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 18 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 47 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: fairly adequate for most requirements; new radio relay system
under construction; communications satellite ground station; 250,000 telephones;
est. 1.85 million radio and 460,000 TV receivers; 210 AM, 7 FM, and 30 TV
stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,358,000; 2,275,000 fit for military service;
average number currently reaching military age (20) annually, 140,000
Supply: produces some small arms ammunition; army materiel is supplied by
Belgium, France, and the U.S.; aircraft and ships from France and U.K.
represent three fourths of the total value of non-U.S. imports since 1953
Military budget: a biennial budget for 1 January 1971 through 31 December 1972,
$485.2 million; about 16.2% of central government biennial budget
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WATER:
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116,000 sq. mi.; 37% cropland, 41% forested, 22% other
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): under an archipelago
theory, waters within straight lines joining appropriate
points of outermost islands are considered internal
waters; waters between these baselines and the limits
described in the Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898,
the U.S.-Spain Treaty of November 7, 1900, and the
U.S.-U.K. Treaty of January 2, 1930 are considered
to be the territorial sea
Coastline: about 14,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
PEOPLE'S REP
OF CHINA
Population: 39,693,000, average annual growth rate 3.0%
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: 91.5% Filipino (Malay), 4% Moros (Malay), 1.5% Chinese, 3% other
Religion: 83% Roman Catholic, 10% Protestant, 4% Muslim, 3% Buddhist and other
Language: Tagalog (renamed Pilipino) is the national language of the Philippine
Republic; English is the language of school instruction and government
business
Literacy: about 75%
Labor force: 11 million; 60% agriculture, forestry, fishing, 12% manufacturing,
10.5% commerce, 10.5% government and services (business, recreation, domestic,
personal), 3.5% transport, storage, communication, 3% construction; 0.5% other
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of the Philippines
Type: republic
Capital: Quezon
Political subdivisions: 68 provinces
Legal system: based on Spanish, Islamic, and Anglo-American law; constitution
passed 1935, ratified as amended 1947; judicial review of legislative acts
in the Supreme Court; legal education at University of the Philippines,
Ateneo de Manila University, and 71 other law schools; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: strong executive branch with Presidential Cabinet; bicameral
legislature -- Senate and House of Representatives; judicial branch headed
by Supreme Court with descending authority in a Court of Appeals, Courts
of First Instance in various provinces, municipal courts in chartered
cities, and justices of the peace in towns and municipalities; these
justices have considerably more authority than do justices of the peace
in the U.S.
Government leader: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Suffrage: universal over age 21, and literate
Elections: elections for President and House of Representatives held every 4 years;
Senate elections staggered with one-third membership elected every 2 years
Political parties and leaders: Liberal Party, Gerardo M. Roxas; Nacionalista
Party, Gil J. Puyat
Voting strength (1971): Senate -- Nacionalista Party, 15 seats; Liberal Party,
8 seats, 1 independent; House of Representatives -- Nacionalista Party, 92;
Liberal Party, 18
Communists: under 1,200 armed insurgents
Member of: ADB, ASEAN, ASPAC, Colombo Plan, ECAFE, IAEA, ICAO, IHB, Seabeds
Committee (observer), SEATO, U.N., UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $7.5 billion (1971), $190 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane, abaca, tobacco
Fishing: catch 990,000 tons, $434 million (1970)
Major industries: agricultural processing, textiles, chemicals and chemical
products
Electric power: 2,755,000 kw. capacity (1972); 9.9 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 251 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,033 million (f.o.b., 1971); copra, sugar, logs and lumber, coconut
oil, copper concentrates, abaca
Imports: $1,186 million (f.o.b., 1971)
Major trade partners: (1971) exports -- 42% U.S., 39% Japan; imports -- 24%
U.S., 30% Japan
Aid:
economic -- U.S. (FY46-71), $1.6 billion committed; Japan (reparations),
$550 million extended in 1956, $337 million drawn through July 1969; IBRD
(1953-71), $239 million committed;
military -- U.S. (FY46-70), $581 million committed
Monetary conversion rate: 6.77 pesos=US$1 (July, 1972) (floating rate)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,160 mi.; 2 common-carrier systems (3'6" gage) totaling about 710
mi.; 19 industrial systems with 4 different gages totaling 1,450 mi.; 34%
government owned
Highways: 45,690 mi.; 8,886 mi. paved; 23,770 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or
stabilized soil surface; 13,034 mi. improved earth
Inland waterways: 2,000 mi.; limited to shallow-draft (less than 5 ft.) vessels
Pipelines: refined products, 157 mi.
Ports: 13 major, 89 minor
Merchant marine: 176 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 870,600 GRT, 1,251,800
DWT; includes 9 passenger, 121 cargo, 30 tanker, 9 bulk, 7 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 87 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 354 total, 245 usable; 41 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 26 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 8 seaplane stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 8,800,000; 5,750,000 fit for military service;
about 375,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1972, $111 million; about 15%
of total budget
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POLAND
120,600 sq. mi.; 49% arable, 14% other agricultural, 27%
forested, 10% other
Land boundaries: 1,920 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 305 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 33,146,000, average annual growth rate 0.9%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 98.7% Polish, .6% Ukrainians, .5% Belorussians,
.05% Jews, .2% other
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic (about 75% practicing), 5% Uniate, Greek Orthodox,
Protestant, and other
Language: Polish, no significant dialects
Literacy: about 98%
Labor force: 16.3 million; 38% agriculture, 26% industry, 36% other nonagricultural*
less than
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Polish People's Republic (PRL)
Type: Communist state
Capital: Warsaw
Political subdivisions: 17 provinces, 5 city provinces, 391 districts
Legal system: mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and Communist legal
theory; constitution adopted 1952; court system parallels administrative
divisions with Supreme Court, composed of 104 justices, at apex; no
judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at 7 law schools; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: legislative, executive, judicial system dominated by parallel
Communist Party apparatus
Government leader: Piotr Jaroszewicz, Premier; Henryk Jablonski, chairman
of Council of State (president)
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18
Elections: parliamentary and local government every 4 years
Dominant political party and leader: Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
(Communist) Edward Gierek, First Secretary
Voting strength (1972 election): 97% voted for Communist-approved single slate
Communists: 2,100,000 party members (September 1971)
Other political or pressure groups: National Unity Front (FJN), including United
Peasant Party (ZSL), Democratic Party (SD), progovernment pseudo-Catholic
Pax Association and Christian Social Association, Catholic independent Znak
group; powerful Roman Catholic Church, Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate
Member of: CEMA, GATT, ICAO, IHB, Indochina Truce Commission, Korea Truce
Commission, Seabeds Committee, U.N. and all specialized agencies except IMF
and IBRD, Warsaw Pact
ECONOMY:
GNP: $48.6 billion in 1971 at 1970 prices, $1,480 per capita; 1971 growth rate
5.1%
Agriculture: self-sufficient for minimum requirements; main crops -- grain,
sugar beets, oilseeds, potatoes, exporter of livestock products and sugar;
importer of grains; 3,200 calories per day per capita (1970)
Fishing: catch 498,000 metric tons (1971)
*Excludes armed forces and other classified categories of employment.
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Major industries: chemistry, food processing, transportation equipment, machine
building, iron and steel , textiles, and shipbuilding
Crude steel: 12.7 million metric tons produced (1971), about 390 kg. per capita
Electric power: 14,814,000 kw. capacity (1971); 69.9 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 2,125 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3,872 million (f.o.b., 1971); 42% machinery and equipment, 36% fuels,
raw materials, and semimanufactures, 13% agricultural and food products,
9% light industrial products
Imports: $4,038 million (f.o.b., 1971); 38% machinery and equipment; 41% fuels,
raw materials, and semimanufactures; 14% agricultural and food products;
7% light industrial products
Major trade partners: $8,598 million; 65% with Communist countries, 35%
with West
Monetary conversion rate: 3.68 zlotys=US$1 (commercial); 22.08 zlotys=US$1
(noncommercial); old commercial rate 4.00 zlotys=US$1
Fiscal year: same as calendar year; economic data are reported for calendar
years except for caloric intake which is reported for the consumption year,
1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 16,469 route mi.; 14,381 mi. standard gage, 2,088 mi. narrow gage;
4,644 mi. double track; 2,400 mi. electrified; government owned (1970)
Highways: 190,095 mi.; 40,389 mi. paved; 39,479 mi. crushed stone, gravel;
110,227 mi. earth (improved and unimproved) (1971)
Inland waterways: 3,158 mi. navigable streams and canals (1972)
Pipelines: 2,000 mi. for natural gas; 1,000 mi. for crude oil; 200 mi. for refined
products
Freight carried: rail -- 438.8 million short ton, 71.4 million short ton/mi.
(1971); highway 1,080.3 million short tons, 12.2 billion short ton/mi. (1970);
waterway -- 10.6 million short tons, 1.5 billion short ton/mi. (1971)
Merchant marine: 254 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,792,600 GRT and
2,525,100 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 172 cargo, 4 tanker, 76 bulk
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 8,749,000; 6,910,000 fit for military service;
356,000 reach military age (19) annually
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PORTUGAL
LAND:
Metropolitan Portugal: 35,520 sq. mi., including the Azores
and Madeira Islands; 48% arable, 6% meadow and pasture,
31% forested, 15% waste and urban, inland water, and
other
Cape Verde Islands: 1,560 sq. mi., divided among 10 islands
and several islets (not a part of Metropolitan Portugal)
Land boundaries: 750 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 535 mi. (excludes Azores, Maderia, and Cape
Verde Islands, 1,180 mi.)
PEOPLE:
Population: metropolitan Portugal 8,870,000, average annual growth rate 0%
(current); Cape Verde Islands 250,300 (1969)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira
Islands; small, but growing number of black workers principally from the
Cape Verde Islands
Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, 1% Protestant sects, 2% other
Language: Portuguese
Literacy: 65% (a figure considered very high by some sources)
Labor force: 3.3 million (1970); 32% agriculture, 34% industry, 34% services;
unemployment virtually nil, but some underemployment widespread
Organized labor: 33.4% of labor force in syndicates subject to varying degrees
of government control
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Portugal
Type: republic, with single legal party controlled by a Prime Minister
Capital: Lisbon
Political subdivisions: 18 districts in mainland Portugal and 4 "autonomous
districts" in Azores and Madeira Islands; 7 overseas provinces in Africa
and Asia including the state of Portuguese India whose 1961 occupation by
India is not recognized by Lisbon; Angola and Mozambique designated states
of Portugal in 1972
Legal system: civil law system; constitution adopted 1933, frequently amended
since; no judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at Universities
of Lisbon and Coimbra; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: executive with President overshadowed by Prime Minister and Council of
Ministers; legislative with National Assembly dominated by executive and a
Corporative Chamber, the latter consultative and advisory; and judicial
controlled by executive branch
Government leader: Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, appointed September 1968
Suffrage: all citizens over age 21 who are literate and have not been deprived
of their civil rights
Elections: National Assembly, direct but government-controlled, held every 4 years,
next in October 1973; local direct parish board elections held every 4 years,
next in 1975; President, by government-controlled electoral college every
7 years, latest in July 1972
Political parties and leaders: government-controlled National Popular Action
(ANP) -- formerly called National Union -- only legally recognized political
organization; insignificant Monarchist Cause group is tolerated by regime;
various opposition groups include -- Communist Party (PCP) whose secretary,
Alvaro Cunhal, is in exile; a dissident Communist exile group, Patriotic
Front of National Liberation (FPLN); and several small non-Communist groups
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GOVERNMENT (cont'd):
Political parties and leaders (cont'd):
such as the moribund Democratic Social Action (ADS); Portuguese Socialist
Action (ASP) leader Mario Soares (in exile); extremist opposition group,
League of Revolutionary Union and Action (LUAR) has been dormant since 1970,
with leader, Herminio de Palma Inacio in exile abroad; Armed Revolutionary
Action (ARA) is radical and violence-prone group which appeared in October
1970, and has claimed credit for various sabotage acts and has ties with the
Portuguese Communist Party; self-styled Revolutionary Brigades with Maoist
orientation involved in several bombings in 1971 and 1972
Voting strength (1969 election): National Union, as ANP was then called, won all
130 seats in National Assembly in first contested election
Communists: 2,000-7,000 est.; sympathizers cannot be determined
Other political or pressure groups: Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth,
Association for the Study of Economic and Social Development (SEDES)
authorized in October 1970 as a discussion group with political overtones
Member of: EFTA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IHB, ILO, IMF, ITU, NATO, OECD, Seabeds
Committee (observer), U.N., UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: continental Portugal -- $6,956 million, $825 per capita; 75.6%
consumption, 16.9% investment, 14.7% government, -7.2 net exports of goods
and services (1971), growth rate 4.9% (1971) in 1963 constant prices
Agriculture: generally underdeveloped; main crops -- grains, potatoes, olives,
grapes for wine; food shortages -- sugar, wheat; caloric intake, 2,930
calories per day per capita (1968)
Fishing: catch 365,000 tons, $77.4 million; exports $46.6 million, imports $32.6
million, trade includes fish and fish products (1970)
Major industries: cotton textiles, cork processing, fish canning, petroleum
refining, pulp and paper, chemical fertilizer
Shortages: coal, petroleum, cotton, steel
Crude steel: .38 million metric tons produced (1970), 40 kg. per capita (1970)
Electric power: 2,820,000 kw. capacity (1971); 7,790 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 898 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,033 million (f.o.b. 1971); principal items -- cotton textiles, cork
and cork products, canned fish, wine, timber and timber products, resin
Imports: $1,772 million (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- petroleum, cotton,
industrial machinery, iron and steel, chemicals
Major trade partners: (1970) 16.5% U.K., 12% West Germany, 6.1% France, 7.9%
U.S., 10.7% Angola, 6% Mozambique; 27.5% EC; 28.2% EFTA; .7% Communist
countries
Aid:
economic -- U.S., $197.4 million (1949-71), $17.1 million authorized FY71;
IBRD, $57.5 million authorized (1964-66), none since 1966; net official
aid to less developed areas and multilateral agencies $462 million (1961-70),
$79.5 million (1969), $57.1 million (1970);
military -- U.S., $328.1 million authorized (1949-71), $1.0 million
authorized in 1971
Monetary conversion rate: 27.25 escudos=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,230 mi.; 472 mi. 3'3 3/8" meter gage, 1,758 mi. broad gage (5'5 9/16");
265 mi. double track; 274 mi. electrified
Highways: 18,500 mi.; 11,000 mi. bituminous, bituminous treatment, concrete and
stoneblock; 7,200 mi. gravel and crushed stone; 300 mi. improved earth; plus
an additional 10,500 mi. of unimproved earth roads (motorable tracks)
Inland waterways: 508 mi. navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy,
used by shallow-draft craft limited to 330-ton cargo capacity
Pipelines: crude oil 7 mi.
Ports: 7 major, 33 minor
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Merchant marine: 116 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 904,500 GRT, 1,195,200 DWT;
includes 13 passenger, 75 cargo, 19 tanker, 6 bulk, 3 specialized carrier
Civil air: 22 major transport aircraft
Airfields (including Azores, Cape Verde Islands, and Madeira Islands): 62 total,
54 usable; 26 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 12,000 ft.,
10 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 17 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 7 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: facilities are generally adequate; 817,000 telephones; 1.6
million radio receivers; 474,000 television receivers; 37 AM, 34 FM, and 36
TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,160,000; 1,670,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching age (20) annually, about 75,000
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $462 million;
about 34% of central government budget
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LAND:
14,000 sq. mi. (includes Bijagos archipelago)
Land boundaries: 460 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 170 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 489,000, average annual growth rate 0.2%
(FY69)
Ethnic divisions: about 99% African (Balanta 30%, Fulani
20%, Mandyako 14%, Malinke 13%, and 23% other tribes);
European and mulatto
Religion: 66% animist, 30% Muslim, 4% Christian
Language: Portuguese official, numerous African languages
Literacy: 3% to 5%
Labor force: bulk of
less than 1%
population engaged in subsistence agriculture
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Province of Guinea
Type: overseas province of Portugal
Capital: Bissau
Political subdivisions: 9 municipalities, 3 circumscriptions (predominantly
indigenous population)
Legal system: based on Portuguese law
Branches: Governor General appointed by Ministry of Overseas has wide local
authority; he is assisted by an appointed Secretary-General and an 8-man
Government Council; a 15-member Legislative Council, 11 of whose members
are elected by various groups, represents economic and tribal interests of
province; Minister of Overseas can nullify any provincial legislation or
Governor's decision; judiciary based on Portuguese system
Government leader: Governor General and military commander is Gen. Antonio
Sebastiao Ribeiro de Spinola
Suffrage: limited to those satisfying fairly rigid economic and cultural
requirements
Political parties and leaders: National Popular Action (ANP) of Portugal only
legal party sends one representative to National Assembly in Lisbon; opposition
parties (illegal) include Partido Africano da Independencia da Guinee e Cabo
Verde (PAIGC), led by Amilcar Cabral, a Communist-supported nationalist party
which is chief political force conducting current rebellion against Portuguese
rule and which operates mainly from Republic of Guinea and the Republic of
Senegal; Front de Lutte pour l'Independence Nationale de la Guinee (FLING),
a largely dormant, loose coalition of Senegal-based nationalist elements
opposed both to the Portuguese and the PAIGC, leadership fragmented, headed
by Benjamin Pinto-Bull; other nationalist factions
Communists: none known
ECONOMY:
GNP: $107 million (1969, in 1963 constant prices), $200 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- palm oil, root crops, rice, coconuts, peanuts
Electric power: 1,200 kw. capacity (1971); 2 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
4 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3.6 million (f.o.b., 1969); principally peanuts, coconuts
Imports: $23.3 million (c.i.f., 1969); manufactured goods, fuels, transport
equipment, rice
Major trade partners: mostly Portugal, also immediate neighbors
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Aid: Portugal, small amounts
Monetary conversion rate: 27.25 escudos,--US$1 (approximate realigned rate)
Fiscal year: probably is the calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: approx. 2,000 mi. (205 mi. bituminous, remainder earth)
Inland waterways: 994 mi.
Ports: 1 major, 2 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 63 total, 60 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 9 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Tel ecommuni cat ions : limited telephone and telegraph service; 2,000 telephones;
8,300 radio receivers; 1 AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 115,000; 65,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of Portugal
Rebel forces: 6,000-7,000 (est.) guerrillas all belong to the African Party for
the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
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PORTUGUESE TIMOR
LAND:
7,000 sq. mi.; 34% forest, 33% grassland, and 33%
cultivated
Land boundaries: 90 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 400 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 632,000, average annual growth rate 1.7%
(December 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 95% indigenous Timorese belonging to
the Malay racial group; 9 ethnic divisions, each
speaking a distinct dialect of Malay structure;
approx. 4,600 Chinese and 10,000 hal fcastes
Religion: 17% Christian (almost equally divided between Catholic and
Protestant), remainder practice animism
Language: an estimated 9-15 dialects, of Malay origin but mutually unintelligible;
75% of the population speaks the Tetum dialect
Literacy: rate of literacy is unknown, but is very low; educational system being
expanded under first Five Year Development Plan; by 1967 total school
enrollment was 25,000 out of total school-age population of 80,000; 5% of
natives can speak Portuguese
Labor force: 90% engaged in primitive village subsistence economy, 10% engaged
as town laborers and domestics
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Province of Timor
Type: overseas province of Portugal
Capital: Dili
Political subdivisions: 12 administrative districts
Legal system: based on Portuguese law
Branches: Governor General appointed by Portuguese Minister of Overseas; advised
by a 7-member council composed of 4 ex offico members and 3 members elected
from the Legislative Council of 14 members (3 ex officio and 11 elected);
usual executive departments such as Treasury, Health, Justice, Education,
Transportation exist, each of which is headed by a director
Government leader: Governor Brig. Fernando Alves Aldea (appointed 1972)
Suffrage: high school education required
Elections: Timor elects one representative to the 150-seat Portuguese National
Assembly
Political parties and leaders: single party only, the National Popular Action
on Timor
Voting strength: limited to Portuguese on Timor and small group of Timorese
who fulfill requirement
Communists: prior to 1 October 1965, infiltration by Indonesian Communist Party
from Indonesian Timor, especially in the Oe-Cusse enclave
ECONOMY:
GNP: less than $100 per capita
Agriculture: principal crops -- corn, rice, rubber, coffee, copra
Electric power: 2,000 kw. capacity (1972); 8.7 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
14 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3.3 million (f.o.b., 1970); 89% coffee, 6% copra
Imports: $7.2 million (c.i.f., 1970); textiles, beer and wine, petroleum
Major trade partners: Portugal and its possessions, Far Eastern countries
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: Portuguese escudo known in Timor as pataca; 28.75
patacas=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 463 mi.; 293 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 170 mi. improved and
unimproved earth
Inland waterways: none
Ports: 1 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 14 total , 10 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 3 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: domestic and international radio stations used primarily
for administrative and military purposes; 1 low-power radiobroadcast station;
unreliable open-wire lines and 12 small manual switchboards serve about 679
telephones; 3,000 radio sets
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LAND:
3,440 sq. mi.; 33% arable, 35% meadow and pasture, 13%
forested, 19% waste, urban, or other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 300 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,790,000, average annual growth rate 1.0%
(FY67-70)
Ethnic divisions: 80% white, 20% mixed (with Indian and
Negro elements)
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish, English
Literacy: 88%
Labor force: 706,000; 19% agriculture, 14% manufacturing, 7%
government services and trade, 8% other, 13% unemployed
Organized labor: 45% of labor force
construction, 39%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Type: commonwealth voluntarily associated with U.S.
Capital: San Juan
Political subdivisions: 76 municipalities
Legal system: based on civil codes; constitution came into effect 1952, U.S.
Constitution also applies; local courts and U.S. federal court; legal
education at University of Puerto Rico Law School
Branches: elected Governor and bicameral legislature; 9-judge Supreme Court
appointed by Governor
Government leader: Governor Luis A. Ferre
Elections: every 4 years, last election November 1968; plebescite held July
1967 on question of opting for statehood, continued commonwealth status, or
full independence; 60.4% for commonwealth status, 39.0% for statehood, 0.6%
for independence
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Political parties and leaders: Popular Democratic Party (PPD), Luis Negron Lopez;
Republican Statehood Party (PER); New Progressive Party (PPN), Luis A. Ferre;
Christian Action Party (PAC), Catholic Church; Independence Party (PI);
People's Party (formed August 1968), Roberto Sanchez
Voting strength (1968 election): 45.0% PPN, 41.8% PPD; 10.09% People's Party;
3% PI; distribution of house seats -- PPN 26, PPD 25; distribution of Senate
seats -- PPD 16, PPN 11
Communists: pro-Communist Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Juan Mari Bras
ECONOMY:
GNP: $4.6 billion (FY70), $1,650 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- sugar, coffee, tobacco, bananas
Fishing: catch 46,000 metric tons, $17.4 million (1970)
Major industries: textiles, clothing manufacture, food processing, petroleum
refining, petro-chemicals
Electric power: 1.3 million kw. capacity (1971); 9.156 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 3,365 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1,680 million (f.o.b., 1970); sugar, pineapple, citrus fruits, coffee,
rum, textiles
Imports: $2,680 million (f.o.b., 1970); food, machinery, transportation equip-
ment, fuels, minerals
Major trade partner: exports -- U.S. 93%; imports -- U.S. 77%
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ECONOMY (contld):
Monetary conversion rate: uses U.S. currency
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: more than 450 mi. plantation lines; 6 gages from 1'8" to 3'3 3/8"
with latter predominating
Highways: 4,800 mi.; 3,900 mi. paved, 260 mi. gravel, 640 mi. improved and
unimproved earth
Inland waterways: negligible
Pipelines: refined products, 90 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 7 minor
Civil air: major transport aircraft are included in U.S. registered total
Airfields: 32 total, 18 usable; 18 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 9 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: highly developed telecom system of open-wire and radio relay
links; communications satellite ground station; 380,000 telephones; over 1.65
million radio and 440,000 TV receivers; 49 AM, 18 FM, and 13 TV stations;
2 coaxial submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Defense is responsibility of U.S.
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QATAR
LAND:
About 4,000 sq. mi.; negligible amount forested; mostly
desert, waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 35 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 350 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 143,000, average annual growth rate 10.8%
(FY65-69)
Ethnic divisions: 56% Arab; 23% Iranian; 14% Pakistani;
7% other
Religion: Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: 10%-15%
Labor force: 48,000 (1969)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of Qatar
Type: traditional monarchy; independence declared in 1971
Capital: Ad Dawhah
Legal system: discretionary system of law controlled by the ruler, although new
civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law is significant in personal
matters; a constitution was promulgated in 1970
Government leader: Amir Khalifa ibn Hamad Al-Thani
Political parties and pressure groups: none; a few small clandestine organizations
are active
Branches: Council of Ministers
Member of: Arab League, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $65 million (1969 est.)
Agriculture: farming and grazing on small scale; commercial fishing increasing
in importance; most food imported; rice and dates staple diet
Major industries: oil production and refining; crude oil production from onshore
and offshore averaged 440,000 bbls. per day in 1972; oil revenues $200
million (est.) in 1972, representing 99% of government/royal
family income; major development projects include $7 million harbor at Ad
Dawhah, fertilizer plant, 2 desalting plants, refrigerated storage for
fishing, and a cement plant
Electric power: capacity 82,000 kw. (1971); 205 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
1,500 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: crude oil dominates; reexports $4 million (1972)
Imports: approx. $124 million in 1972
Aid: multilateral annual average $170,000 (1967-69)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Qatar-Dubai riya1=US$0.23 (as of March 1972)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 275 mi. bituminous; 225 mi. gravel; surfaced; undetermined mileage of
earth tracks
Pipelines: crude oil, 105 mi.; natural gas, 60 mi.
Ports: 2 minor
Airfields: 10 total, 1 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway over 12,000 ft.
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Telecommunications: all international telecom traffic is by radio thru Bahrain;
fair domestic wire facilities; 10,730 telephones; 30,000 radio and 22,000 TV
receivers; 1 AM and 1 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 35,000; about 20,000 fit for military
service
Supply: mostly from U.K.
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REUNION
LAND:
970 sq. mi.; two-thirds of island extremely rugged,
consisting of volcanic mountains; 120,000 acres (less
than one-fifth of the land) under cultivation
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 125 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 469,000, average annual growth rate 2.0%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: most of the population is of thoroughly
intermixed ancestry of French, African, Malagasy, Chinese,
Religion: 94% Roman Catholic
Language: French (official), Creole widely used
Literacy: over 80% among younger generation
Labor force: primarily agricultural workers; high seasonal unemployment
and Indian origin
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Overseas Department of Reunion
Type: overseas department of France; represented in French Parliament by three
Deputies and two Senators
Capital: Saint-Denis
Legal system: French law
Branches: Reunion is administered by a Prefect appointed by the French Minister
of Interior, assisted by a Secretary-General and an elected 36-man General
Council
Government leader: Prefect Paul Cousseran
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: last municipal elections in 1971; parliamentary election June 1968
Political parties and leaders: Reunion Communist Party (RCP) led by Paul Verges,
only organized political movement on island; other political candidates
affiliated with metropolitan French parties, which do not maintain permanent
organizations on Reunion
Voting strength (parliamentary election 1968): Gaullist candidates swept all 3
districts
Communists: Communist Party small -- probably only 15-20 hard-line Communists --
but has support among sugarcane cutters and in Le Port district
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: cash crops -- almost entirely sugarcane, small amounts of vanilla
and perfume plants; food crops -- tropical fruit and vegetables, manioc,
bananas, corn, market garden produce, also some tea, tobacco, and coffee;
food crop inadequate, most food needs imported
Major industries: 12 sugar processing mills, rum distilling plants, cigarette
factory, 2 tea plants, fruit juice plant, canning factory, a slaughterhouse,
and a number of small shops producing handicraft items
Electric power: 54,400 kw. capacity (1971); 108 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
246 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $50 million (f.o.b., 1970); 90% sugar, 4% perfume essences, 5% rum and
molasses, 1% vanilla and tea
Imports: $162.6 million (c.i.f., 1970); manufactured goods, food, beverages,
and tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials and
petroleum products
Major trade partners: France (in 1970 supplied 62% of Reunion's imports, purchased
76% of its exports); Mauritius (supplied 12% of imports)
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ECONOMY (cont d) :
Monetary conversion rate: 255.78 Coninunaute Financiere Africaine francs=US$1
(official)
Fiscal year: probably calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 1,092 mi.; 814 mi. paved, 278 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized
earth
Ports: 1 major
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 6 total, 6 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: adequate for size of island and fairly modern; international
communications by radio to France, Malagasy Republic, and Mauritius; 16,000
telephones; 71,000 radio and 23,000 TV receivers; 1 AM, no FM, and 8 TV
stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: military age males included with France
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RHODESIA
LAND:
151,000 sq. mi.; 40% arable (of which 6% cultivated); 60%
available for extensive cattle grazing; European
alienated lands (farmed by modern methods) 39%,
African 48%, national land 7%, 6% not alienated
Land boundaries: 1,875 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,787,000, average annual growth rate 3.5%
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: 96% African, 3% European, less than
1% Coloreds and Asians
Religion: 51% syncretic (part Christian, part animist),
24% Christian, 24% animist, a few Muslim
Language: English official; Chishona and Sindebele also widely used
Literacy: 25%-30%; of whites, nearly 100%
Labor force: (1972) 778,000 Africans (including some migrants from Zambia and
Malawi), 108,000 Europeans, Asians, and coloreds (people of mixed heritage);
35% agriculture, 25% mining, manufacturing, construction, 40% transport and
services
Organized labor: about one-third of European wage earners are unionized, but
only a small minority of Africans (1966)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of Southern Rhodesia
Type: self-proclaimed independent state since 1965 (not recognized by U.S.);
provisional settlement with U.K. in November 1971 cancelled by U.K. in
May 1972 in response to Pearce Commission's conclusion that its terms were
unacceptable to the majority of black Rhodesians
Capital: Salisbury
Political subdivisions: 11 magisterial districts
Legal system: Smith government implemented a republican constitution on 2 March
1970 which institutionalized white rule
Branches: President Dupont is ceremonial head of state; executive council
(cabinet) lead by Prime Minister Smith; National Assembly gives highly
disproportionate representation to white minority -- 50 white constituency
seats and 16 black constituency seats
Government leaders: Prime Minister Ian Smith and President Clifford Dupont
Suffrage: franchise is based on income, property holdings, and education; there
are separate rolls for Africans and non-Africans
Elections: must be held every 5 years
Political parties and leaders: Rhodesian Front, Prime Minister Smith; Centre
Party, Pat Bashford; African National Council, Abel Muzorewa
Voting strength (1970 elections): Rhodesian Front won all 50 white constituency
seats in Parliament
Communists: negligible
Other pressure groups and leaders: African nationalist organizations banned
from political activity -- Zimbabwe African People's Union, Joshua Nkomo;
Zimbabwe African National Union, Ndabaningi Sithole; these leaders detained
by government; exiled leaders in Lusaka, Zambia, are Jasopo Moyo (ZAPU)
and Herbert Chitepo (ZANU); Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe (FROLIZI),
James Chikerema and Nathan Shamuyarra
Member of: no international bodies
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1,628 million (1971), $290 per capita; real growth rate 6% (1965-71)
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ECONOMY (cont d) :
Agriculture: main crops -- tobacco, corn, sugar, cotton; livestock; self-
sufficient in foodstuffs except wheat
Major industries: mining and steel, textiles
Electric power: 1,300,000 kw. capacity (1971); 6,804 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 1,195 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $420 million (f.o.b., 1971), including net gold sales and reexports;
tobacco, asbestos, copper, meat, chrome, gold, nickel, clothing, sugar
Imports: $418 million (f.o.b., 1971); machinery, petroleum products,
wheat, transport equipment
Major trade partners: South Africa, Portugal, and Portuguese territories
Aid: no substantial military or economic aid
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Rhodesian dollar=US$1.40 (official); 0.714 Rhodesian
dollar=USS1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,610 mi. narrow gage (3'6"); 26 mi. double track
Highways: 48,733 mi.; 4,968 mi. paved, 20,415 mi. crushed stone, gravel,
stabilized soil, or improved earth; 23,350 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 175 mi. on Lake Kariba
Airfields: 307 total, 210 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with run-
way over 12,000 ft., 22 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft
Telecormunications: system is one of the best in Africa; consists of radio-relay
links, open-wire lines, and radiocommunication stations; principal center
Salisbury, secondary center Bulawayo; 132,000 telephones; 212,350 radio
and 50,000 TV receivers; 8 AM, no FM and 2 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,336,000; 815,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually, 53,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1972, $51,260,000; 15.5% of
total budget
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ROMANIA
LAND:
91,700 sq. mi.; 44% arable, 19% other agriculture, 27%
forested, 10% other
Land boundary: 1,845 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 140 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 20,796,000, average annual growth rate 1.1%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 87% Romanian, 8% Hungarian, 2% German,
3% other
Religion: 14,000,000 Romanian Orthodox, 1,000,000 Roman Catholic, 1,000,000
Protestants, 100,000 Jews, 30,000 Muslims
Language: Romanian, Hungarian, German
Literacy: 98%-99% of total population
Labor force: 10.4 million (est. 1 July 1966); 57% agriculture, 19% industry,
24% other nonagricultural
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Socialist Republic of Romania
Type: Communist state
Capital: Bucharest
Political subdivisions: 39 counties and 46 municipalities, including Bucharest
Legal system: mixture of civil law system and Communist legal theory which
increasingly reflects Romanian traditions; constitution adopted 1965; legal
education at University of Bucharest and two other law schools; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Council of Ministers; the Grand National Assembly, under which is
Office of Prosecutor General and Supreme Court; Council of State is a
collective head of state
Government leaders: Ion Gheorghe Maurer, President of the Council of Ministers,
head of government; Nicolae Ceausescu, President of Council of State,
titular head of state
Suffrage: universal over age 18, compulsory
Elections: elections in Romania held every 2 years for the local people's
councils and every 4 years for Grand National Assembly deputies
Political parties and leaders: Communist Party of Romania only functioning party,
Nicolae Ceausescu, General Secretary
Voting strength (1969 election): overall participation reached 99.96%; of those
registered to vote (13,577,143), 99.75% voted for party candidates
Communists: 2,220,000 party members (April 1972)
Member of: CEMA, FAO, IAEA. ICAO, ILO, ITU, Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO,
UPU, Warsaw Pact, WHO, WMO, GATT
ECONOMY:
GNP: $26.6 billion in 1971 (at 1970 prices), $1,300 per capita; 1970 growth rate
9.9%
Agriculture: net exporter; main crops -- corn, wheat, oilseed; livestock --
cattle, hogs, sheep; caloric intake, 3,000 calories per day per capita (1967-68)
Fish catch: 75,000 metric tons (1971)
Major industries: machinery, metals, fuels, chemicals, textiles, food processing,
timber processing
Shortages: iron ore, coking coal, metallurgical coke, cotton fibers, natural
rubber
Crude steel: 6.7 million metric tons produced (1971), 330 kg. per capita
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Electric power: 8,324,000 kw. capacity (1971); 39.4 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 1,910 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2,325 million (f.o.b., 1971); 23% machinery and equipment; 43% fuels,
raw materials, semifinished products; 16% foodstuffs; and 18% consumer goods
(1970)
Imports: $2,252 million (mixture f.o.b. and c.i.f., 1971); 40% machinery and
equipment; 50% fuels, raw materials, semifinished products; 5% foodstuffs;
and 5% consumer goods (1970)
Major trade partners: $4,557 million in 1970; 45% non-Communist countries, 55%
Communist countries (1970)
Monetary conversion rate: 5.53 lei=US$1 (cormiercial); old rate 12 lei=US$1
(noncommercial); 16 lei=US$1 (tourist)
Fiscal year: same as calendar year; economic data reported for calendar years
except for caloric intake, which is reported for consumption year, 1 July -
30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 9,700 mi.; 6,430 mi. standard gage, 3,252 mi. narrow gage, 18 mi.
broad gage; 243 mi. electrified, 783 mi. double track; government owned
(1971)
Highways: 48,000 mi.; 7,600 mi. paved; 16,300 mi. other improved surfaces,
24,100 mi. earth (1970)
Inland waterways: 1,445 mi. (1972)
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,600 mi.; refined products, 888 mi.; natural gas, 3,100
mi
Freight carried: rail -- 198.9 million short tons, 31.7 billion short ton/mi.
(1971); highway -- 490 million short tons, 5.3 billion short ton/mi. (1971);
waterway -- 3.4 million short tons, .77 billion short ton/mi. (1970)
Ports: 4 major (Constanta, Galati, Braila, Mangalia), 4 minor (1972)
Merchant marine: 58 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 413,100 GRT, 593,500
DWT; includes 1 passenger, 38 cargo, 4 tanker, 15 bulk
Airfields: 149 total; 25 with permanent-surface runways; 11 with runways 8,000-
11,999 ft.; 25 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,429,000; 4,525,000 fit for military service;
188,000 reach military age (20) annually
Supply: most military equipment and small naval ships imported from U.S.S.R.;
small arms, rocket launchers and armunition, explosives, and chemical warfare
defensive materiel, medium trucks and jeeps, and small naval craft produced
locally
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 7,845 million lei;
about 5.2% of total budget
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LAND:
10,000 sq. mi.; almost all the arable land, about 1/3
under cultivation, about 1/3 pastureland
Land boundaries: 545 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,004,000 (African population only), average
annual growth rate 3.1% (FY65-67)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Hutu, 9% Tutsi, 1% Twa (Pygmoid)
Religion: 45% Catholic, 9% Protestant, 1% Muslim, rest
animist
Language: Kinyarwanda and French official; Kiswahili
language of African commerce, Kinyarwanda language
of interior and used in National Assembly
Literacy: 10% in French and Kinyarwanda
Labor force: less than 5% in cash economy
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Rwanda
Type: republic, formerly combined with Burundi in U.N. trusteeship under Belgium;
became separate independent country in July 1962
Capital: Kigali
Political subdivisions: 10 prefectures, subdivided into 141 communes
Legal system: based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law;
constitution adopted 1962; judicial review of legislative acts in the
Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive consists of President, popularly elected for 4-year term,
and 14 cabinet ministers; single house 47-member National Assembly, popularly
elected for 4-year terms; 6-member Supreme Court appointed by President
Government leader: President Gregoire Kayibanda
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18
Elections: last legislative election September 1969; president reelected September
1969; both elected for 4-year terms
Political parties and leaders: Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement
(PARMEHUTU), led by President Gregoire Kayibanda, dominates at all levels
Communists: no communist party
Member of EAMA. IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, OCAM, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $195 million (1970), $50 per capita
Agriculture: cash crops -- mainly coffee, tea, cotton, some pyrethrum; main
food crops -- bananas, cassava; stock raising; self-sufficiency increasing
but country still imports some foodstuffs
Major industries: mining of cassiterite (tin ore), agricultural processing, and
light consumer goods
Electric power: 21,460 kw. capacity (1971); 100 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
28 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $24.1 million (f.o.b., 1971); mainly coffee, tea, pyrethrum, cassiterite
Imports: $35.8 million (c.i.f., 1971); textiles, foodstuffs, machines, equipment
Major trade partners: U.S., Belgium, Zaire
Aid: U.S., FY62-70, $8.1 million; Belgium, France, Germany, and Canada, FY64-67,
$33.4 million obligated
Monetary conversion rate: 92.105 Rwanda francs=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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COMMUNICATIONs:"p
Railroads: none
Highways: 3,728 mi.; 1,243 mi. primary roads (only 6 mi. paved), 2,485 mi.
secondary roads; most roads improved or unimproved earth
Inland waterways: Lake Kivu navigable by steamers and barges
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 20 total, 15 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft., 1 with runway 8,000-11,999 ft.
Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph limited; main center is Kigali;
1,800 telephones; 31,000 radio receivers; 2 AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 925,000; 445,000 fit for military service;
no conscription; 36,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $4,753,000; about
20.5% of total budget
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ST. CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS
LAND:
150 sq. mi.; 40% arable, 10% pasture, 17% forest, 33%
wasteland and built-on (1962)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 120 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 66,000, average annual growth rate 1.2%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: mainly of African Negro descent
Religion: Church of England, other Protestant sects,
Roman Catholic
Language: English
Literacy: about 80%
Labor force: not available
Organized labor: 6,700
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of St. Christopher-Nevis
Type: dependent territory with full internal autonomy as a British "Associated
State"; Anguilla formally seceded in May 1967 but has not been recognized
as an independent state by any government; in July 1968 a legislative
council headed by Ronald Webster was elected to govern Anguilla; in March
1969 the U.K. sent troops to Anguilla, placing the island again under
colonial rule; in 1971, Anguilla officially reverted to its former colonial
relationship with the U.K.
Capital: Basseterre
Political subdivisions: 10 districts
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution of 1960; highest judicial
organ is Court of Appeal of Leeward and Windward Islands
Branches: legislative, 10-member popularly elected House of Assembly; executive,
cabinet headed by prime minister
Government leaders: Premier, Robert L. Bradshaw; U.K. Governor, M. P. Allen
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage
Elections: at least every 5 years; most recent 10 May 1971
Political parties and leaders: St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Labor Party, Robert
L. Bradshaw; People's Action Movement (PAM), William Herbert; Nevis Reformation
Party (NFP), Igor Stevens
Voting strength (1971 election): St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Labor Party won
7 seats in the House of Assembly, PAM won 2, 1 seat remains open for Anguilla
which did not participate in the election as a protest to United Kingdom's
resumption of control over Anguilla
Communists: none known
Member of: CARIFTA
ECONOMY:
GDP: $15.2 million (1969), $230 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- sugar on St. Christopher, cotton on Nevis
Major industries: sugar processing, salt extraction
Electric power: 110,000 kw. capacity (1971 est.); 230 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971 est.), 526 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $4.3 million (f.o.b., 1969); sugar, molasses, cotton, salt, copra
Imports: $9.6 million (c.i.f., 1969); foodstuffs, fuel, manufactures
Major trade partners: U.K. 45%, Canada 14%, U.S. 12% (1966)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1
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COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 36 mi., narrowgage (2'6") on St. Kitts for sugar cane
Highways: 180 mi.; 60 mi. paved, 90 mi. otherwise improved, 30 mi. unimproved
earth
Ports: 3 minor (1 on each island)
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 2 total, 2 usable; 1 with asphalt runway 5,700 ft.
Telecommunications: good interisland VHF radio connections and international
link via Antigua; about 1,650 telephones; 1,500 radio receivers; 2 AM
and 5 TV stations
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ST. LUCIA
LAND:
238 sq. mi.; 34% arable, 5% pasture, 21% forest, 22%
unused but potentially productive, 18% wasteland
and built-on
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 98 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 106,000, average annual growth rate 1.6%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: mainly of African Negro descent
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: English, French patois
Literacy: about 80%
Labor force: 27,000 (1960); 50% agriculture
Organized labor: 20% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of St. Lucia
Type: dependent territory with full internal autonomy as a British "Associated
State"
Capital: Castries
Political subdivisions: 14 parishes
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution of 1960; highest judicial
body is Court of Appeal of Leeward and Windward Islands
Branches: legislative, 10-member popularly elected House of Assembly; executive,
cabinet headed by prime minister
Government leaders: Premier John Compton; U.K Governor Frederick Clarke
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage
Elections: every 5 years; most recent April 1969
Political parties and leaders: United Worker's Party (UWP), John Compton; St.
Lucia Labor Party (SLP), Martin Jean Baptiste; St. Lucia Labor Party United
Front (LPUF) led by George Charles
Voting strength (1969 election): UWP won 6 of the 10 elected seats in House of
Assembly; SLP won 3 seats; LPUF won 1 seat
Communists: negligible
Member of: CARIFTA
ECONOMY:
GDP: $28.2 million (1969), $230 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- bananas, copra, sugar, cocoa, spices
Major industries: tourism, lime processing
Shortages: food, machinery, capital goods
Electric power: 4,600 kw. capacity (1971); 10 million kw.-hr. produced (1971
est.); 86 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $6.2 million (f.o.b., 1968); sugar, bananas, cocoa
Imports: $14.7 million (c.i.f., 1968); foodstuffs, machinery and equipment,
fertilizers, petroleum products
Major trade partners: U.K. 49%, Canada 9%, U.S. 8% (1964)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1 (6 October 1971)
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 415 mi.; 175 mi. paved; 240 mi. otherwise improved
Ports: 1 major, 1 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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Airfields: 3 total, 3 usable; 2 airfields with permanent surface runways; one
with a 9,000 foot runway; one with a 5,700 foot runway; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: fully automatic telephone system with 3,600 telephones; direct
radio link with Martinique; interisland tropospheric links to Barbados and
Antigua; 20,000 radio and 50,000 TV receivers; I AM, and 1 TV station
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LAND:
150 sq. mi. (including northern Grenadines); 50% arable,
3% pasture, 44% forest, 3% wasteland and built-on
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 52 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 92,000, average annual growth rate 1.1% (April
60-70)
Ethnic divisions: mainly of African Negro descent; remainder
mixed with some white and East Indian and Carib Indian
Religion: Church of England, Methodist, Roman Catholic
Language: English, some French patois
Literacy: about 80%
Labor force: 24,000 (1960); about 40% in agriculture
Organized labor: 10% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of St. Vincent
Type: dependent territory with full internal autonomy as a British "Associated
State"
Capital: Kingstown
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution of 1960; highest
judicial body is Court of Appeal of Leeward and Windward Islands
Government leader: Premier James F. Mitchell; Administrator (U.K.) Rupert John
Suffrage: universal adult suffrage
Elections: every 5 years; most recent 7 April 1972
Political parties and leaders: People's Political Party (PPP), Ebenezer Joshua;
St. Vincent Labor Party (LP), R. Milton Cato
Voting strength (1972 election): LP 6 seats, PPP 6 seats, independent 1 seat in
the Legislative
Communists: negligible
Member of: CARIFTA
ECONOMY:
GDP: $16.9 million (1969), $180 per capita
Agriculture: main crops -- bananas, arrowroot, coconut
Major industries: food processing
Electric power: 6,300 kw. capacity (1971); 18.9 million kw.-hr. produced (1971
est.), 235 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3.7 million (f.o.b., 1968); bananas, arrowroot, copra, cotton
Imports: $1.0 million (c.i.f., 1968); fertilizer, flour, transportation
equipment, lumber, textiles
Major trade partners: U.K. 39%, U.S. 10%, Canada 10% (1967)
Monetary conversion rate: 1.92 East Caribbean dollars=US$1
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 550 mi ; 170 mi. paved; 180 mi. otherwise improved; 200 mi. unimproved
earth
Ports: 1 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 3 total; 2 usable, with asphalt runway 4,800 ft.
Telecommunications: islandwide fully automatic telephone system with 16,000
Instruments; VHF interisland links to Barbados and the Grenadines; no data
on radio and 400 TV receivers; 2 AM stations
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24 sq. mi.; 74% cultivated, 22% meadows and pastures,
4% built-on
Land boundaries: 21 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 18,000 (official estimate for 1 July 1971)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language: Italian
Literacy: illiteracy relatively insignificant
Labor force: approx. 4,300
Organized labor: General Democratic Federation of
Sanmarinese Workers (affiliated with ICFTU) has about
1,800 members; Communist-dominated Camera del Lavoro, about
ALGERIA LIBYA
1,000 members
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of San Marino
Type: republic (dates from 4th century A.D.); in 1862 the Kingdom of Italy
concluded a treaty guaranteeing the independehce of San Marino; although
legally sovereign, San Marino is vulnerable to pressure from the Italian
Government
Capital: San Marino
Political subdivisions: San Marino is divided into 9 sections: Guaita, Fratta,
Serravalle, Domagnano, Acquaviva, Fiorentino, Montegiardino, Faetano,
Chi esanuova
Legal system: based on civil law system with Italian law influences; electoral
law of 1926 serves some of the functions of a constitution; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: the Grand and General Council is the legislative body elected by popular
vote; its 60 members serve 5-year terms; Council in turn elects two Captains-
Regent who exercise executive power for term of 6 months, the Council of
State whose members head government administrative departments and the Council
of Twelve, the supreme judicial body; actual executive power is wielded by
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of State for
Internal Affairs
Government leaders: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Giancarlo Ghironzi
(Christian Democratic party); Secretary of State for Internal Affairs Gian
Luigi Berti (Christian Democratic party)
Suffrage: universal (since 1960)
Elections: elections to the Grand and General Council required at least every
5 years; next elections 1974
Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic party (DCS), Federico Bigi,
Giancarlo Social Democratic Party (PSDSM), Alvaro Casali; Socialist Party
(PSS), Ghironzi; Communist Party (PCS), Umberto Barulli
Voting strength (1969 election): 45% DCS, 25% PCS, 18.3% PSDIS, 11.7% PSS
Communists: approx. 300 members (number of sympathizers cannot be determined);
PCS is technically autonomous but in fact closely tied to Italian Communist
Party (PCI); PCS-PSS coalition dominated San Marino Government until 1957;
PSS, unlike its Italian counterpart, remains securely allied with PCS
Other political parties and pressure groups: political parties influenced by
policies of their counterparts in Italy, but the two Socialist parties are
not united as in Italy
Member of: ICJ, International Institute for Unification of Private Law,
International Relief Union, IRC, UPU
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Principal economic activities of San Marino are farming, livestock raising, light
manufacturing, and tourism; the government's total budget for FY71 is about
$12 million, with the largest share of revenue derived from the sale of
postage stamps throughout the world and from payments by the Italian
government in exchange for Italy's monopoly in retailing tobacco, gasoline,
and a few other goods; main problem is finding an additional $3 million to
finance badly needed water and electric power systems expansions
Agriculture: principal crops are wheat (average annual output about 4,400 metric
tons/year) and grapes (average annual output about 700 metric tons/year);
other grains, fruits, vegetables, and animal feedstuffs are also grown;
livestock population numbers roughly 6,000 cows, oxen, and sheep; cheese
and hides are most important livestock products
Electric power: obtained from Italy
Manufacturing: consists mainly of cotton textile production at Serravalle, brick
and tile production at Dogane, cement production at Acquaviva, Dogane, and
Fiorentino, and pottery production at Borgo Maggiore; some tanned hides,
paper, candy, baked goods, Moscato wine, and gold and silver souvenirs are
also produced
Foreign transactions: dominated by tourism; in sumer months 20,000 to 30,000
foreigners visit San Marino every day; a number of hotels and restaurants
have been built in recent years to accomodate them; remittances from
Sanmarinese abroad also represent an important net foreign inflow; comodity
trade consists primarily of exchanging building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts,
wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, and ceramics for a wide variety of consumer
manufactures
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: about 65 mi.
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: none
Telecommunications: automatic telephone system serving 3,150 telephones; no
radiobroadcasting or television facilities, 3,000 radio and 600 TV receivers
(Italian broadcasts)
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LAND:
618,000 sq. mi. (boundaries are poorly defined); 1%
agricultural, 1% forested, 98% desert, waste, or
urban
Land boundaries: 2,820 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,560 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,688,000, average annual growth rate 2.8%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Arab, 10% Afro-Asian (est.)
Religion: 100% Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: 15% (est.)
Labor force: about 25% of population; 40% agriculture and herding, 12%
construction, 12% service, 12% government, 11% commerce
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Type: monarchy
Capital: Riyadh; foreign ministry and foreign diplomatic representatives located
in Juddah
Political subdivisions: 18 amirates
Legal system: largely based on Islamic law, several secular codes have been
introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: King Faysal (Al Saud, Faysal ibn Abd al-Aziz) rules in consultation
with ruling family, Council of Ministers, and religious leaders
Government leader: King Faysal
Communists: negligible
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IATA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IMF, ITU, OAPEC,
OPEC, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $3.6 billion (FY71 prelim.), $650 per capita
Agriculture: dates, grains, livestock; not self-sufficient in food
Major industries: petroleum production 5.8 million barrels per day (1972); est.
payments to Saudi Arabian Government, $2,100 million (est.), in
1971; cement production and small steel-rolling mill and oil refinery; several
other light industries, including factories producing detergents, plastic
products, furniture, etc.; PETROMIN, a semipublic agency associated with the
Ministry of Petroleum, has recently completed a major fertilizer plant
Electric power: 405,750 kw. capacity (1971); 1.38 billion kw.-hr. produced (1971),
250 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3,209 million (f.o.b., 1971); 99% petroleum and petroleum products
Imports: $909 million (c.i.f., 1971); manufactured goods, transportation equipment,
construction materials, and processed food products
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S., Western Europe, Japan; imports -- U.S.,
Japan, West Germany
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Saudi riya1=US$0.25 as of March 1972 (IMF par value,
freely convertible)
Fiscal year: follows Islamic year; the 1970-71 Saudi fiscal year covers the
period 2 September 1970 through 20 August 1971
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Railroads: 350 mi., 4'8 1/2" gage
Highways: 7,767 mi.; 5,282 mi. bituminous, 2,485 mi. gravel and improved earth,
undetermined mileage of earth roads and tracks
Pipelines: crude oil, 11435 mi.; refined products, 95 mi.; natural gas, 95 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 6 minor
Civil air: 24 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 229 total, 69 usable; 19 with permanent-surface runways; 11 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 41 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecomunications: excellent international radio cormiunications; poor domestic
wire service; 44,250 telephones; 87,000 radio and 120,000 TV receivers; 11
TV, 1 FM, and 4 AM stations; 2 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,347,000; 935,000 fit for military service;
about 69,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 10 August 1973, $952.2 million; about
29.9% of total budget
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LAND:
76,000 sq. mi.; 13% forested, 40% agricultural (12%
cultivated), 47% built-up areas, waste, etc.
Land boundaries: 1,665 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi. (fishing
122 n. mi.)
Coastline: 330 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,077,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY69)
Ethnic divisions: 36% Wolof, 17.5% Fulani, 16.5% Serer, 9% Tukulor, 9% Dyola,
6.5% Malinke, 4.5% other African, 1% Europeans and Lebanese
Religion: 80% Muslim, 15% animist, 5% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Language: French official, but regular use limited to literate minority; most
Senegalese speak own tribal language; use of Wolof vernacular spreading --
now spoken to some degree by nearly half the population
Literacy: 5-10% (est.) in 14 plus age group
Labor force: 1,732,000; about 80% subsistence agricultural workers; about 125,000
wage earners
Organized labor: majority of wage-labor force represented by unions; however,
dues-paying membership very limited
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Senegal
Type: republic; only one legal party since 1966
Capital: Dakar
Political subdivisions: 7 regions, each subdivided into 18 departments, 90
districts, and 34 communes
Legal system: based on French civil law system; laws dealing with marriage,
inheritance, succession, etc., based on Islamic law with elements of
traditional practices; constitution adopted 1960, revised 1963 and 1970;
judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court (which also audits
the government's accounting office); legal education at University of Dakar;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Government dominated by President who is assisted by Prime Minister,
appointed by President and subject to dismissal by President or censure by
National Assembly; 80-member National Assembly, elected for 5 years
(effective 1968); President elected for 5-year term (effective 1968) by
universal suffrage; judiciary headed by Supreme Court, with members appointed
by President
Government leaders: Leopold Sedar Senghor, President; Abdou Diouf, Prime Minister
Suffrage: universal adult
Political parties and leaders: Union Progressiste Senegalaise (UPS), ruling
party led by President Leopold Senghor, has absorbed all major opposition
parties; illegal parties include Communist-backed Parti Africain
de l'Independence (PAI) and Parti Communiste Senegalais (PCS) a splinter group
Elections: single party (UPS) presidential and legislative elections held
February 1973
Communists: a few Communists and sympathizers; PAI is pro-Moscow; PCS is pro-Peking
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, La
Francophonie, OCAM, Organization for the Development of the Senegal River
(OMVS), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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GDP: $746 million (1971); $190 per capita; real growth rate less than 1% (1966-71)
Agriculture: main crops ? peanuts, millet, sorghum, manioc, rice; peanuts
primary cash crop; production of food crops increasing but still
Insufficient for domestic requirements
Fishing: catch 220,000 metric tons (1971); exports $12 million (1971),
imports (not available)
Major industries: fishing, agricultural processing plants, light manufacturing,
mining
Electric power: 145,000 kw. capacity (1971); 6,804 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
1,195 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $125 million (f.o.b., 1971); approx. 33% peanuts and peanut products;
phosphate rock; canned fish
Inports: $218 million (f.o.b., 1971); food, consumer goods, machinery, transport
equipment
Major trade partners: France, EC (other than France), and franc zone
Aid: economic -- France (1966-70) $115 million; U.S. (1961-70) $39.1 million;
U.S.S.R. $6.7 million loan negotiated; EC (1962-71) $116.1 million;
military -- U.S. (FY61-71) $2.8 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Comnunaute Financiere Africaine franc=0.02 French
francs; 255.78 CFA francs=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 640 mi. meter gage; 40 mi. double track
Highways: 8,725 mi.; 1,335 mi. bituminous, 990 mi. gravel, 400 mi. improved
earth, 6,000 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 935 mi.
Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 4,600 GRT, 6,700
DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 tanker
Ports: 1 major, 4 minor
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft, including 1 leased to Air Mauritanie
Airfields: 41 total, 26 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 18 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecomnunications: relatively advanced for Africa; 29,300 telephones; 275,000
radio receivers; 1,500 TV receivers; 3 AM, no FM, and 1 TV stations;
3 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 961,000; 460,000 fit for military service;
45,000 reach military age (18) annually
Supply: primarily dependent on France
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1973, $19,289,000; about 8.7%
of total budget
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SEYCHELLES
LAND:
156 sq. mi.; 54% arable land, nearly all of it is under
cultivation, 17% wood and forest land, 29% other
(mainly reefs and other surfaces unsuited for
agriculture); 40 granitic and 43 coral islands
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 305 mi. (Mahe Island 58 mi.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 55,000, average annual growth rate 2.0% (FY69)
Ethnic divisions: Seychellois (admixture of Asians,
Africans, Europeans)
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic
Language: English official; Creole most widely spoken
Literacy: limited
Labor force: 22,000 agriculture
Organized labor: 3 major trade unions
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Colony of the Seychelles
Type: British crown colony
Capital: Victoria, Mahe Island
Legal system: based on English common law, French civil law system, and
customary law
Branches: Governor, Council of Ministers, Legislative Assembly
Government leader: Governor Sir Bruce Greatbatch
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: November 1970
Political parties and leaders: Seychelles Democratic Party (SDP), James R.
Mancham, President; Seychelles Peoples United Party (SPUP), France
Albert Rene, President
Voting strength: SDP won 4 seats on Governing Council with 52.8% popular vote
in 1970 election; SPUP won 5 seats with 47.2% of votes
Communists: negligible
Other political or pressure groups: trade unions which are appendages of
political parties
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: islands depend largely on coconut production and export of copra;
cinnamon, vanilla, and patchouli (used for perfumes) are other cash crops;
food crops -- small quantities of sweet potatoes, cassava, sugarcane, and
bananas; islands not self-sufficient in foodstuffs and the bulk of the
supply must be imported
Major industries: processing of coconut and vanilla, fishing, small-scale
manufacture of consumer goods, coir rope factory, tea factory
Electric power: 3,500 kw. capacity (1971); 9.2 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
171 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2.1 million (f.o.b., 1970); cinnamon (bark and oil) and vanilla account
for almost 50% of the total, copra accounts for about 40%, the remainder
consisting of patchouli, fish, and guano
Imports: $10.1 million (c.i.f., 1970); food, tobacco, and beverages account for
about 40% of imports, manufactured goods about 25%, machinery and transport
equipment, petroleum products, textiles
Major trade partners: exports -- India, U.S.; imports -- U.K., Burma, India,
South Africa, Kenya, Australia
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Aid: $1.2 million in aid in both 1965 and 1966 from U.K.
Monetary conversion rate: 5.4 Seychelles rupees=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 141 mi.; 62 mi. bituminous, 79 mi. crushed stone or earth
Ports: 1 minor port (Victoria)
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 2 total, 1 usable on Astove Island, 1 permanent surface 8,000-11,999
ft.; former RAF seaplane station at Victoria, Mahe Island, although not in
present use, could be used in emergency
Telecommunications: direct radiotelegraph cormiunications with other adjacent
islands and African coastal countries; 900 telephones; 12,000 radio sets;
no TV sets; 2 AM, no FM, and no TV stations; submarine cables extend to
Aden, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 13,000; 7,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of U.K.; no U.K. troops present
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SIERRA LEONE
27,900 sq. mi.; 65% arable (6% of total land area under
cultivation), 27% pasture, 4% swampland, 4% forested
Land boundaries: 580 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
(no fishing claim)
Coastline: 250 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,646,000, average annual growth rate 1.5%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: over 99% native African, rest European and
Religion: 70% animist, 25% Muslim, 5% Christian
Language: English official, but regular use limited to literate minority;
principal vernaculars are Mende in south and Temne in north; "Creole," a
form of pidgin English, is also widely spoken
Literacy: about 10%
Labor force: about 1.5 million; most of population engages in subsistence
agriculture; only small minority, some 70,000, earn wages
Organized labor: 35% of wage earners
Asian; 13 tribes
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Sierra Leone
Type: republic under presidential regime since April 1971
Capital: Freetown
Political subdivisions: 3 provinces; divided into 12 districts with 146 chief-
doms, where paramount chief and council of elders constitute basic unit of
government; plus western area, which comprises Freetown and other coastal
areas of the former colony
Legal system: based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local
tribes; constitution adopted April 1971; highest court of appeal is the
Sierra Leone Court of Appeals; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive authority exercised by President; parliament consists of 78
members, 66 of whom are elected representatives and 12 paramount chiefs
representing tribal councils in provincial districts; independent judiciary
Government leader: Siaka Stevens, President, heads APC government composed
of members of his political party
Elections: the maximum life of an elected parliament is 5 years, but it may be
dissolved earlier by the President; next parliamentary election in 1973;
President is elected by parliament for 5 year term; next presidential election
1976
Political parties and leaders: All People's Congress (APC), headed by Stevens;
Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) is the opposition party
Communists: no party, although there are a few Communists and a slightly larger
number of sympathizers
Member of: ADB, Commonwealth, ECA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU,
Seabeds Committee, U.N. , UNESCO, UPU , WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $425 million (FY70), approx. $170 per capita; real growth rate 1970, 2%-3%
Agriculture: main crops -- palm kernels, coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, millet,
cassava; much of cultivated land devoted to subsistence farming; food crops
insufficient for domestic consumption
Fishing: catch 23,000 metric tons (1971)
Major industries: mining -- diamonds, iron ore, bauxite, rutile; manufacturing
-- beverages, textiles, cigarettes, construction goods; 1 oil refinery
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 57,000 kw. capacity (1971); 154 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
58 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $107 million (f.o.b., 1971); 61% diamonds; iron ore, palm kernels, cocoa,
coffee
Imports: $122 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery and transportation equipment,
manufactured goods, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Major trade partners: U.K., EC, Japan, U.S., Comunist countries
Monetary conversion rate: 1 leone=US$1.30 (official); 0.768 leone=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June (since 1 July 1966)
COMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 370 route miles; 310 mi. narrow gage (2'6") Sierra Leone Government
Railroad (SLR), 60 mi. narrow gage (3'6") privately owned mineral line
operated by the Sierra Leone Development Company
Highways: 4,950 ml.; 450 mi. bituminous (including some bituminous treatment) ,
1,750 mi. laterite (some gravel), and 2,750 mi. earth
Inland waterways: 500 mi.; 372 mi. navigable year-round
Ports: 1 major, 2 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 15 total, 15 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 4 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecorrrnunications: telephone and telegraph are adequate; 6,500 telephones;
35,000 radio and 3,050 TV receivers; 1 AN, no FM, and 1 TV stations;
3 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 623,000; 300,000 fit for military service; no
conscription
Military budget: for year ending 30 June 1972, 6,122,000; 8.4% of total
budget
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SIKKim
2,800 sq. mi.
Land boundaries: 265 mi.
PEOPLE:
Ethnic divisions: 75% Nepalese; 25% Bhotias, Lepchas, and
a few tribal groups
Religion: Tibetan or Lamaist Buddhism (the state religion)
33.3%; Nepalese majority are primarily Hindu
Language: English, official; Nepali, lingua franca; Bhotias
and Lepchas speak Tibeto-Burman dialects
Literacy: probably less than 15%
Labor force: predominantly agricultural; minimal skilled
labor
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Sikkim
Type: autonomous protectorate of India ruled by a hereditary maharaja; according
to 1950 Indo-Sikkim Treaty, the ruler is responsible for internal affairs;
external relations, defense, and communications are conducted solely by
India
Political subdivisions: none known
Legal system: no constitution
Branches: 6-man Executive Council or cabinet appointed by ruler; 24 member State
Council with limited legislative functions; 6 members are appointed, with
remainder apportioned to various ethnic groups on basis of complex electoral
system
Government leader: Maharaja Paldem Thondup Namgyal, known as the Chogyal of
Sikkim
Suffrage: specifics unknown
Elections: popular elections held on an irregular schedule 4 times since 1958
Political parties and leaders: Sikkim National Congress Party; Sikkim National
Party; Sikkim State Congress; Janta Party
Communists: no overt presence
ECONOMY:
GNP: about $100 per capita
Agriculture: animal husbandry, cardamon, foodgrains, tea, and oranges
Industry: food processing and handweaving
Foreign trade: conducted and regulated by India
Electric power: 2,700 kw. capacity (1972); 8 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
40 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: cardamon and preserved fruits
Imports: consumer goods
Major trade partner: India
Aid: India (1955-66) $19.8 million committed and drawn; India (1967-71) $13.3
million committed (excludes $17.3 million spent on the development of
military roads)
Monetary conversion rate: 7.5 Indian rupees = US$1 (official rate); now floating
with U.K. pound
Fiscal year: 1 April stated year - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 575 mi.; 252 mi. paved, 129 mi. crushed stone or gravel, 194 mi. earth
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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SINGAPORE
LAND:
225 sq. mi.; 31% built up area, roads, railroads, and
airfields, 22% agricultural, 47% other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 120 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,163,000, average annual growth rate 1.6%
(FY68-71)
Ethnic divisions: 76.2% Chinese, 15% Malay, 7% Indians
and Pakistani, 3% other
Religion: majority of Chinese are Buddhists or atheists; Malays nearly all Muslim;
minorities include Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Confucianists
Language: national language is Malay; Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and English are
official languages
Literacy: 70% (1970)
Labor force: 474,718; 0.5% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 0.4% mining and
quarrying, 32.2% manufacturing, 30.4% services, 5.2% construction, 21.5%
commerce, 9.8% transport, storage, and communications; 6% other
Organized labor: 24% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Singapore
Type: republic within Commonwealth since separation from Malaysia in August 1965
Capital: Singapore
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution based on preindependence
State of Singapore constitution; legal education at University of Singapore;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: ceremonial President; executive power exercised by Prime Minister and
cabinet responsible to unitary legislature
Government leaders: President, Dr. Benjamin Sheares; Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew
Suffrage: universal over age 20; voting compulsory
Elections: normally every 5 years
Political parties and leaders: government -- People's Action Party (PAP), Lee
Kuan Yew; opposition -- Barisan Sosialis Party (BSP), Dr. Lee Siew Choh;
Workers' Party, J.B. Jeyaretnam; Communist Party illegal
Voting strength (1972 election): PAP won all 65 seats in parliament and received
70% of vote; remaining 30% to four opposition parties
Communists: 200-500; Barisan Sosialis Party infiltrated by Communists
Member of: ASEAN, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO,
WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $2.3 billion (1971), $1,100 per capita; 13% average annual real growth
(1965-71)
Agriculture: occupies a position of minor importance in the economy, self-sufficient
in pork, poultry, and eggs, must import much of its other food requirements;
major crops -- rubber, copra, fruit and vegetables
Fishing: catch 18,300 tons (1970), $6.5 million (1970)
Major industries: rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and
beverages, electronics, ship repair, entrepot trade
Electric power: 826,000 kw. capacity (1971); 3 billion kw.-hr. produced (1971),
1,395 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1971); 60% reexports; petroleum products, rubber,
manufactured goods
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Imports: $2.8 billion (c.i.f., 1971); 25% goods reexported; major retained imports
-- capital equipment, manufactured goods, petroleum
Major trade partners: exports -- Malaysia, Indonesia, U.S.,
imports -- Japan, Malaysia, U.S., U.K.
Aid: U.K. -- (1960-September 1969) $254 million disbursed;
million extended; IBRD -- (1963-June 1970) $114 million
million disbursed
Monetary conversion rate: 2.82 Singapore dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: converted to 1 April - 31 March fiscal year on
formerly on calendar year basis
Japan, U.K.;
(1969-73) $120
committed, $61
1 April 1970;
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 24 mi. of meter gage
Highways: 1,226 mi.; 773 mi. paved, 243 mi. crushed stone, 210 mi. improved
earth
Ports: 3 major
Civil air: 13 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 5 total, 5 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: adequate domestic facilities; good international service;
good radio and television broadcast coverage; about 161,310 telephones;
est. 251,000 radio and 168,853 TV sets; 2 AM, 4 FM, and 2 TV stations; new
SEACOM submarine cable extends to Hong Kong via Sabah, Malaysia
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 575,000; 390,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1972, $201.2 million; 39% of
total budget
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SOMALIA
LAND:
246,000 sq. mi.; 13% arable (0.3% cultivated), 32%
grazing, 14% scrub and forest, 41% mainly desert,
urban, or other
Land boundaries: 1,406 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,880 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,963,000, average annual growth rate 2.3%
(FY66-71)
Ethnic divisions: 85%
800 Asians
Religion: almost entirely Muslim
Language: Somali (but no written form); Arabic,
Literacy: under 5%
Labor force: 965,000 (1968 est.); very few are skilled laborers; 70% pastoral
nomads, 30% agriculturists, government employees, traders, fishermen,
handicraftsmen, other
Organized labor: law providing for government-controlled labor union promulgated
in June 1971, but union so far not established
Hamitic, rest mainly Bantu; 30,000 Arabs, 3,000 Europeans,
Italian, English
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Somali Democratic Republic
Type: republic; under military rule since October 1969
Capital: Mogadiscio
Political subdivisions: 8 regions, 48 districts
Organization: the junta has assumed all authority, calling itself the Supreme
Revolutionary Council, membership of which consists of 18 army and 3 police
officers; the Council has abrogated the constitution, dissolved the parliament,
and banned political parties
Government leader: President of the Supreme Revolutionary Council, Gen. Mohamed
Siad Barre
Communists: possibly some Communist sympathizers in the government hierarchy
Member of: EAMA, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, UNICEF, UPU,
WHO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $137 million (1968 est.), about $50 per capita
Agriculture: mainly a pastoral country; main crops --
sugarcane, cotton, cereals
Major industries: a few small industries, including a
and beef canneries, iron rod plant
Electric power: 9,000 kw. capacity (1971); 18 million
6 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $39.3 million (f.o.b., 1971, est.); bananas,
Imports: $57.6 million (c.i.f., 1971, est.); textiles
equipment
Major trade partners: Italy and U.K.; Arab countries;
Communist countries (1970 est.)
bananas, livestock,
sugar refinery, tuna
kw.-hr. produced (1971),
livestock, hides, skins
, cereals, transport
$6.9 million imports from
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ECONOMY (contrd):
Monetary conversion rate: 6 9252 Somali shillings=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: 1 January - 31 December
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 8,414 mi.; 582 mi. paved; 478 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or
stablized soil; 7,354 mi. improved or unimproved earth
Inland waterways: Fiume Giuba navigable 345 mi. from May to mid-June and
August to late November
Ports: 4 major, 17 minor
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 107 total, 57 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 12 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 5 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: telephone poor, telegraph fair; 4,740 telephones; 50,000
radio receivers; 2 AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 715,000; 389,000 fit for military service; no
conscription
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAND:
472,000 sq. mi. (includes enclave of Walvis Bay,
434 sq. mi.); 12% cultivable, 2% forested, 86% desert,
waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 1,270 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 1,790 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 23,275,000, average annual growth rate 3.2%
(FY67-70)
Ethnic divisions: 17.8% white, 69.9% Bantu, 9.4% Colored, 2.9% Asian
Religion: primarily Christian except Asian and Bantu; 60% of Bantu are animists
Language: Afrikaans and English official, Bantu have many vernacular languages
Literacy: almost all white population literate; government estimates 35% of
Bantu literate
Labor force: 8.7 million (total of economically active, 1960); 53% agriculture,
8% manufacturing, 7% mining, 5% commerce, 27% miscellaneous services
Organized labor: about 5% of total labor force is unionized (mostly white
workers); nonwhites have no bargaining power
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of South Africa
Type: republic
Capital: administrative, Pretoria; legislative, Cape Town; judicial, Bloemfontein
Political subdivisions: 4 provinces, each headed by centrally appointed
administrator; provincial councils, elected by white electorate, retain
limited powers
Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; constitution
enacted 1961, changing the Union of South Africa into a Republic; possibility
of judicial review of Acts of Parliament concerning dual official languages;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: President as formal chief of state; Prime Minister as head of
government; Cabinet responsible to bicameral legislature; lower house
elected directly by white electorate; upper house indirectly elected and
appointed; judiciary maintains substantial independence of government
influence
Government leader: Prime Minister Balthazar J. Vorster
Suffrage: general suffrage limited to whites over 18 (17 in Natal Province)
Elections: must be held at least every 5 years; last elections April 1970
Political parties and leaders: National Party, B. J. Vorster, P. W. Botha,
C. Mulder, M. C. Botha, Jan De Klerk; United Party, Sir De Villiers
Graaff; Progressive Party, Colin Eglin, Helen Suzman; Herstigte Nasionale
Party, Albert Hertzog, Jaap Marais
Voting strength (1970 general elections): of 166 legislative seats, National
Party 118, United Party 47, Progressive Party 1
Communists: small Communist Party illegal since 1950; party in exile maintains
headquarters in London; Dr. Yasuf Dadoo, Michael Harmel, Joe Slovo
Other political groups: (insurgent groups in exile) African National Congress (ANC),
Oliver Tambo; Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), leadership in dispute
Member of: IAEA, IBRD. ICAO, IHB, IMF, ITU, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N.,
UPU, WHO, WMO
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GNP: $18.4 billion (1971), $840 per capita; real growth rate 3.6% (1971)
Agriculture: main crops -- corn, wool, dairy products, wheat, sugarcane,
tobacco, citrus fruits; self-sufficient in foodstuffs
Fishing: catch 1,519,000 metric tons (1970); exports $21 million (1971), imports
$10 million (1971)
Major industries: mining, automobile assembly, metal working, machinery,
textiles, iron and steel, chemical, fertilizer, fishing
Electric power: 57,000 kw. capacity (1971); 154 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 58 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1971 excluding gold); wool, diamonds, corn,
uranium, sugar, fruit, hides, skins, metals, metallic ores, asbestos,
fish products; gold output $1.3 billion (1971)
Imports: $14.0 billion (f.o.b., 1971); motor vehicles, machinery, metals,
petroleum products, textiles, chemicals
Major trade partners: U.K. and other Commonwealth nations, U.S., Germany, Japan
Aid: no substantial military or economic aid
Monetary conversion rate: 1 SA Rand=US$1.25 (South Africa's currency is linked
to the floating U.K. pound; the Rand exchange rate fluctuated in the range
of $1.24-$1.26 during July-September 1972); 0.800 SA Rand=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 12,318 mi.; 11,879 mi. 3'6" gage of which 1,323 mi. are multiple
track; 2,726 mi. electrified; 440 mi. 2'0" gage single track
Highways: 220,000 mi.; 27,300 mi. paved, 47,050 mi. crushed stone or gravel,
145,650 mi. improved and unimproved earth
Pipelines: crude oil, 520 mi.; refined products, 450 mi.; natural gas, 200 mi.
Ports: 5 major, 6 minor
Civil air: 49 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 743 total, 573 usable; 42 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
over 12,000 ft., 7 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 129 with runways 4,000-7,999
ft.; 4 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: the system, except for the lack of television, is the best
developed, most modern, and highest capacity in Africa and consists of
carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, radio-relay links, and
radiocommunication stations; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town,
Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria; 1.6 million telephones;
2.5 million radio receivers; 13 AM, 60 FM, and no TV stations; 4 submarine
cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,312,000; 3,250,000 fit for military service;
obligation for service in Citizen Force begins at 18; volunteers for service
in permanent force must be 17
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LAND:
318,000 sq. mi.; mostly desert except for interior
plateau and area along northern border
Land boundaries: 2,360 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 925 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 788,000, average annual growth rate 1.9%
(FY61-65)
Ethnic divisions: 14% white, 81% Africans, 5% Coloured
(mulattoes); almost half the Africans belong to Ovambo
tribe; Herero, Okavango, Nama, and Damara tribes have
about 30,000 members each
Religion: whites predominantly Christian, nonwhites either animist or Christian
Language: Afrikaans principal language of about 70% of white population, German
of 22%, and English of 8%; several African languages
Literacy: high for white population; low for nonwhite
Labor force: 75,000 African wage earners (1964 est.); 68% agriculture, 15%
railroads, 13% mining, 4% fishing
Organized labor: no trade unions, although some white wage earners belong to
South African unions
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Territory of South-West Africa
Type: administered as part of Republic of South Africa, under a League of
Nations mandate; U.N. formally ended South Africa's mandate, and status now
in dispute
Capital: Windhoek
Political subdivisions: police zone (police-protected area, consisting of 17
magisterial districts, in which all-white settlement and several Bantu
reserves are found), northern territories (exclusively Bantu magisterial
districts under control of officials of South African Department of Bantu
Administration and Development)
Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law
Branches: administrator, appointee of South African Government, principal
local executive; structure similar to that of a province of the Republic;
South-West Africa elects 4 Senators and 6 lower house members to the
Republic's legislature; judicial system patterned on that of Republic
Government leader: B.J. van der Walt, Administrator
Suffrage: limited to white adults
Elections: last general election, 1970
Political parties and leaders: white parties -- National Party (NP), led in
South-West Africa by A. H. du Plessis; United National South-West Party
(UNSWP), J. P. Niehaus; nonwhite parties -- South-West Africa People's
Organization (SWAPO), almost exclusively based on Ovambo tribe led by Sam
Nujoma, in exile; South-West Africa National Union (SWANU), primarily based
on Herero tribe, leaders in exile; National Unity Democratic Organization
(NUDO), primarily based on Herero tribe led by Clements Kapuuo
Voting strength: NP (1970 election) won all 10 seats in Republic legislature
and all 18 seats in South-West Africa Legislative Assembly
Communists: no Communist Party, but some influence by South African Communists
and other Communists on South-West African Bantu outside territory
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Agriculture: livestock raising (cattle and sheep) predominates, subsistence
crops (millet, sorghum, corn, and some wheat) are raised but most food
must be imported
Fishing: catch 586,600 metric tons (1971) (processed mostly in South African
enclave of Walvis Bay)
Major industries: meatpacking, fish processing, copper, lead, and diamond
mining, dairy products
Electric power: 95,200 kw. capacity (1971); 295 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
470 kw.-hr. per capita
Aid: South Africa is only major donor
Monetary conversion rate: 1 South African Rand=US$1.25 (South Africa's currency
is linked to the floating U.K. pound; the Rand exchange rate fluctuated in
the range of $1.24-$1.26 during July-September 1972); 0.800 SA Rand=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,454 mi., all 3'6" gage, single track
Highways: 21,000 mi.; 2,344 mi. bituminous treated, 220 mi. gravel and 18,436 mi.
earth road and tracks
Ports: 1 major, 1 minor
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft (registered in South Africa)
Airfields: 123 total, 95 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 39 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Teleconmunications: system is a meager combination of open-wire lines, a single
short radio-relay link, and scattered radiocorrrnunication stations; Windhoek
is the center; 33,400 telephones; unknown number of radio receivers; no
AM, 1 FM, and no TV stations
DEFENSE:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 190,000; about 110,000 fit for military
service
Defense is responsibility of Republic of South Africa
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LAND:
195,000 sq. mi., including Canary (2,900 sq. mi.) and
Balearic Islands (1,940 sq. mi.); 41% arable and
land under permanent crops, 27% meadow and pasture,
22% forest, 10% urban or other
Land boundaries: 1,180 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 3,085 mi. (includes Balearic Islands, 420 mi.,
and Canary Islands, 720 mi.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 34,675,000 (including the Balearic and Canary Islands; also including
Alhucemas, Ceuta, Chafarinas, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera),
average annual growth rate 1.1% (current)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Religion: 99% Roman Catholic, 1% other sects
Language: Castilian Spanish spoken by great majority; but 17% speak Catalan,
7% Galician, and 2% Basque
Literacy: about 90%
Labor force (1970): 12.7 million; 29.1% agriculture, 37.3% industry, 33.6%
services; registered unemployment is 1.5% of labor force
Organized labor: 90% of labor force in compulsory government-controlled
syndicates
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: (The) Spanish State
Type: nominally a monarchy, but without a king; actually a dictatorship under
Generalissimo Franco with Prince Juan Carlos designated to succeed him as
chief of state and become king
Capital: Madrid
Political subdivisions: metropolitan Spain, including the Canaries and Balearics,
divided into 50 provinces with governors appointed by the central government;
also 1 province and 5 places of sovereignty (presidios) in Africa; Ifni
province ceded by Spain to Morocco in June 1969; 2 former provinces com-
prising Equatorial Guinea were granted independence in October 1968
Legal system: civil law system, with regional applications of customary law;
7 basic laws including Organic Law of the State of January 1967 serve as
a constitution; legal education at 14 schools of law; does not accept
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive, with chief of government dominating all branches of
government through his appointive powers and authority to legislate by
decree; legislative with unicameral Cortes dominated by executive; judicial,
independent in principal but generally limited to interpretation of laws
Government leader: Generalissimo Francisco Franco -- who is also Chief of State,
Commander in Chief of the armed forces, and head of the National Movement
(formerly called the Falange)
Suffrage: universal in national referendums, over age 21
Elections: only two types of direct election other than referendum provided:
representatives to municipal councils for which only heads of households
vote (last election November 1970) and, under new constitutional law of 1967,
104 members of the Cortes elected by heads of households and married women
for a 4-year term (last election September 1971)
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GOVERNMENT (cont'd):
Political parties and leaders: National Movement (formerly called Falange) only
legally recognized party, headed by Franco; Torcuato Fernandez Miranda,
minister-secretary general of the movement; various semiclandestine opposition
groups include -- Christian Democratic factions under Jose Maria Gil Robles
and Joaquin Ruiz Gimenez; the Socialists, whose secretary general, Rodolfo
Llopis, is in exile; "Internal Socialists" under Enrique Tierno Galvan; the
Anarchists; Republicans; Monarchists; smaller regional and national splinter
groups; the Communist Party, whose secretary general, Santiago Carrillo
Solares, is in exile and is challenged by a small dissident pro-Soviet faction
led by exiled Enrique Lister Forjan; and some small pro-Chinese Communist
groups which appear and disappear under varying names; and a pro-Chinese
Communist faction Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Spain
Voting strength: 561 seats, but somewhat fewer members as some hold more than one
seat -- 19% representing the family elected directly; 45% representing
municipalities, syndicates, and professions elected indirectly under close
regime control; and 36% are appointed by regime or are ex officio
Communists: (inside and outside Spain, est.) 5,000; sympathizers up to 20,000
Other political or pressure groups: the state-controlled organization of
syndicates, comprising representatives of management and labor, an illegal
labor group called the Workers' Commissions, the Catholic Church, business
and land owning interests, Opus Dei, Catholic Action, university students
Member of: FAO. IAEA, IBRD. ICAO, ILO, IHB, IMF, ITU, OECD, Seabeds Committee
(observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU. WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $34.0 billion; $1,010 per capita (1971); 68.5% consumption, 24.3% investment,
10.4% government; -3.2% net export of goods and services (1969); 1971 (est.)
real growth rate 5.5%, in 1964 constant prices
Agriculture: main crops -- cereals, oranges, grapes for wine, potatoes, olives,
sugar beets; virtually self-sufficient in good crop years; caloric intake,
2,680 (1968-69) calories per day per capita
Fishing: catch 1.2 million tons, $326.8 million (1969); exports $67.2 million
(1969 fish and fish products); imports $41.1 million (1969 fish and fish
products)
Major industries: food processing, textiles and apparel (including footwear),
metal manufacturing, chemicals, shipbuilding
Shortages: crude petroleum
Crude steel: 7.4 million metric tons produced, 220 kilograms per capita (1970
Electric power: 18.8 million kw. capacity (1971); 59.9 billion kw.-hr. -produced
(1971), 1,734 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3,050 million (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- oranges and other
fruits, iron and steel products, textiles, wines, mercury, ships, canned
fruits, vegetables
Imports: $4,600 million (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- machinery and
transportation equipment, petroleum and petroleum products, grains, cotton,
iron and steel
Major trade partners: (1971) 16.0% U.S., 12.0% West Germany, 10.4% France,
8.4% U.K., 6.0% Italy, 3.5% Netherlands; 34.0% EC; 15.8% EFTA; 8.7% Latin
America; 1.5% Eastern European countries and U.S.S.R.
Aid:
economic -- U.S., $1,647.2 million authorized (FY49-70), $50.5 million
authorized (FY69), $64 million authorized (FY70); IBRD, $224 million
authorized (FY64-70), $37 million authorized (FY70);
military -- U.S., $771.4 million authorized (FY53-70), $130.9 million
authorized in FY70
Monetary conversion rate: 64.47 pesetas=US$1 (1971)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Railroads: 10,667 mi.; 8,427 mi.; (5'6" gage), 2,240 mi. other gages
(4'8 1/2" to 1111 5/8"), 1,318 mi., double track; 2,359 mi. electrified
Highways: 83,080 mi.; national -- 24,800 mi., bituminous, 22,940 mi. crushed
stone; provincial -- 32,860 mi., 80% crushed stone, 20% paved; 2,480 mi. other
Inland waterways: about 650 mi.; of minor importance as transport arteries and
contribute little to economy
Pipelines: crude oil, 230 mi.; refined products, 515 mi.; natural gas, 3 mi.
Ports: 23 major, 20 minor
Civil air: 173 major transport aircraft
Airfields (including Balearic and Canary Islands): 120 total, 81 usable; 45
with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways over 12,000 ft., 18 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 36 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 5 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: modern, well engineered, well maintained; 5.38 million
telephones; 7.7 million radio and 4.75 million television receivers; 190
AM, 221 FM, and 645 TV stations with numerous FM/TV repeaters; 4 coaxial
submarine cables; 3 communication satellite ground stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 8,460,000; 6,500,000 fit for military service;
275,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for biennium ending 31 December 1971, $1,255 million; 23% of
central government budget
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SPANISH SAHARA
LAND:
103,000 sq. mi., nearly all desert
Land boundaries: 1,296 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 690 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 76,000 (preliminary total from the census of
31 December 1970)
Ethnic divisions: 51.2% Arab, Berber, and Negro nomads;
48.8% Spanish
Religion: 51% Muslim, 49% Catholic
Language: Spanish (official), local Arabic or Hassania
Literacy: among Spanish, probably nearly 100%; among nomads,
Labor force: 12,000; 50% agriculture, 50% other
Organized labor: none
perhaps 5%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Province of Sahara
Type: province of Spain, subordinate to Ministry of the Presidency
Capital: El Aaiun
Political subdivisions: two regions -- Rio de Oro and Saguia el Hamra
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system and customary law
Branches: Provincial Council; 80 members, of whom half are elected natives
Government leader: Governor General responsible to Directorate General of the
Promotion of the Sahara (a division of the Ministry of the Presidency),
Br. Gen. Fernando de Santiago y Diaz de Mendivil
Suffrage: heads of families only
Elections: 40 members of Provincial Council, August 1967; half of municipal
councillors May 1969
Political party: National Movement
Communists: party proscribed; Communist sympathizers, few (if any)
Other political or pressure groups: none
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: practically none; some barley is grown in nondrought years; fruit
and vegetables in the few oases; food imports are essential; camels, sheep,
and goats are kept by the nomadic natives; cash economy exists largely for
the garrison forces
Major industries: confined to fishing and handicrafts; exploitation of huge
phosphate deposit is planned
Shortages: water
Electric power: 300 kw. capacity (1971); 0.2 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
3 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $445,600 (1968); dried fish, goatskins
Imports: $1,443,000 (1968); fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
Major trade partners: monetary trade largely with Spain and Spanish possessions
Aid: small amounts from Spain
Monetary conversion rate: 64.47 pesetas=US$1 (official)
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 3,790 mi.; 305 bituminous treated, 3,485 mi. unimproved earth roads
and tracks
Ports: 2 major, 2 minor
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COMMUNICATIONS (Coin t d) :
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 25 total, 17 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with
runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecorrimunications: telephone poor, telegraph poor to fair; 540 telephones;
1,500 radio receivers; I AN, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 15,000; 7,000-8,000 fit for military service
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yrormeriy Leyion)
LAND:
25,300 sq. mi.; 23% arable; 20% desert, waste, or urban;
54% forested; 3% inland water
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi. plus pearling in the Gulf of
Mannar)
Coastline: 835 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 13,107,000, average annual growth rate 2.3%
(July 63-October 71)
Ethnic divisions: 71% Sinhalese, 21% Tamil, 6% Moor, 2% other
Religion: 64% Buddhist, 20% Hindu, 9% Christian, 6% Muslim, 1% other
Language: Sinhala official, spoken by about 70% of population; Tamil spoken
about 22%; English commonly used in government and spoken by about 10%
of the population
Literacy: 82% (1970 est.)
Labor force: 4 million; 17% unemployed; employed persons -- 53.4% agriculture,
14.8% mining and manufacturing, 12.4% trade and transport, 19.4% services
and other
Organized labor: 43% of labor force, over 50% of which employed on tea, rubber,
and coconut estates
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GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Sri Lanka
Type: independent state since 1948
Capital: Colombo
Political subdivisions: 9 provinces, 22 administrative districts, and four
categories of semiautonomous elected local governments
Legal system: a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch,
Muslim and customary law; new constitution 22 May 1972; no judicial review
of legislative acts; legal education at Sri Lanka Law College and University
of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: unitary parliamentary form of government; unicameral legislature
and independent judiciary
Government leader: Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Suffrage: universal over age 18, but most Indian Tamils, who comprise 10.6% of
population, are not enfranchised
Elections: national elections, ordinarily held every 6 years; must be held more
frequently if government loses confidence vote; last election held May 1970,
but new constitution postpones deadline for next election until May 1977
Political parties and leaders: Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias
Bandaranaike, President; Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Trotskyite), N. M.
Perera, President; Tamil United Front, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, leader; United
National Party, Dudley Senanayake, President; Communist Party/Moscow, S. A.
Wickremasinghe, General Secretary; Communist Party/Peking, N. Shanmugathasan,
General Secretary; Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front), M. B.
Ratnayaka, President
Voting strength (1970 election): 37% Sri Lanka Freedom Party, 38% United
National Party, 9% Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 3.5% Communist Party/Moscow,
5% Federal Party, minor parties and independents accounted for remainder
Communists: approximately 169,000 voted for the Communist Party in the May 1970
general election; Communist Party/Moscow approximately 2,000, Communist
Party/Peking 532 (1968 est.)
Other political or pressure groups: Buddhist clergy, Sinhalese Buddhist lay
groups; far-left violent revolutionary groups; labor unions
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(cont'd):
Member of: ADB. Colombo Plan, Connonwealth, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO,
IMCO, IMF. ITU, Seabeds Connittee, U.N., UNESCO. UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $2.13 billion (1971 current prices), $170 per capita; real growth rate 0.9%
(1971)
Agriculture: agriculture accounts for about 35% of GNP; main crops -- rice,
rubber, tea, coconuts; 60% self-sufficient in food; food shortages -- rice,
wheat, sugar, fish
Fishing: catch 190,000 metric tons, $64 million (1970); exports $0.6 million,
imports $11.7 million (1969)
Major industries: processing of rubber, tea, and other agricultural commodities;
consumer goods manufacture
Electric power: 323,000 kw. capacity (1972); 950 million kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 73 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $327.2 million (f.o.b., 1971); tea, rubber, coconut products
Imports: $333.6 million (c.i.f., 1971), machinery and equipment, sugar, flour,
rice, textiles, and clothing
Major trade partners: (1971) exports -- U.K. 19.8%, China 12.9%, U.S. 8.6%,
Australia 3.5%, Canada 1.9%, Japan 2.8%, U.S.S.R. 5.0%; imports -- U.K. 22%,
China 9.6%, India 7.9
Australia 3.4%, U.S. 5.3%, Japan 7.2%, USSR 3.2%
Monetary conversion rate: 5.95 rupees=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 938 mi.; 851 mi. 5'6" gage, 87 mi. 2'6" gage; 63 mi. double track;
no electrification; government owned
Highways: 25,580 mi.; 11,700 mi. paved (mostly bituminous treated), 11,500 mi.
crushed stone or gravel, 530 mi. improved earth, 1,850 mi. unimproved earth;
in addition several thousand mi. of tracks, mostly unmotorable
Inland waterways: 270 mi.; navigable by shallow-draft craft
Ports: 3 major, 9 minor
Merchant marine: 3 cargo ships (1000 GRT or over) totaling 22,100 GRT, 31,900 DWT
Airfields: 17 total, 13 usable; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway 8,000-11,999 ft., 7 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Teleconmunications: an inadequate telephone and a less extensive but more
efficient telegraph system serves most areas, with greatest concentration
around Colombo and Kandy; all areas are served by radio and/or wire
broadcast; excellent international service; 62,954 telephones; 500,000 radio
sets, no TV sets; 1 AM (plus 4 repeater stations), no FM, and no TV stations;
submarine cables extend to India, Malaysia, Seychelle Islands, and Aden
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,120,000; 2,340,000 fit for military service;
143,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $31.6 million, 3.1% of
total budget
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SUDAN
LAND:
967,000 sq. mi.; 37% arable (3% cultivated), 15% grazing,
33% desert, waste, or urban, 15% forest
Land boundaries: 4,850 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 530 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 16,695,000, average annual growth rate 2.5%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: 39% Arab, 6% Beja, 52% Negro, 2%
foreigners, 1% other
Religion: 73% Sunni Muslims in north, 23% pagan, 4% Christian (mostly in south)
Language: Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic,
and Sudanic languages, English; program of Arabization in process
Literacy: 5% to 10%
Labor force: 5.8 million; 85% agriculture, 15% industry, commerce, services,
etc.; labor shortages exist for almost all categories of employment
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Democratic Republic of the Sudan
Type: republic under military control since coup in May 1969
Capital: Khartoum
Political subdivisions: 9 provinces, provincial and local administrations
controlled by central government; limited regional autonomy in 3 southern
provinces
Legal system: based on English common law and Islamic law; some separate
religious courts; constitution adopted 1956, suspended 1958, restored on an
interim basis in 1964; suspended with military coup in May 1969; temporary
constitution established by Republican order in August 1971; the following
constituent assembly expected to complete draft of permanent constitution
in 1973; Revolutionary Command Council established in 1969 dissolved in
October 1971 with the installation of Ja'far al-Numayrias president and
chief executive; Numayri has reorganized government through a series of
Republican decrees; legal education at University of Khartoum and Khartoum
extension of Cairo University at Khartoum; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations
Government leader: President and Prime Minister Ja'far al-Numayri
Suffrage: universal adult but franchise has not been exercised under present regime
Elections: parliamentary elections, first after 6 years of military rule held
in April and May 1965 in 6 northern provinces; latest elections in April
1968; presidential plebescite held in September 1971 elections to constituent
assembly held in September-October 1972
Political parties and leaders: all parliamentary political parties outlawed since
May 1969; the ban on the Sudan Communist Party was not enforced until after
abortive coup in July 1971; the government's mass political organization, the
Sudan Socialist Union, was formed in January 1972
Voting strength: not tabulated by party
Communists: party decimated following July 1971 coup and counter-coup, several
top leaders including Secretary-General Mahjub executed; actual hard-core
membership down to lowest point in years; party control over labor unions,
professional groups and university student groups ended; Communists purged
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from government; party is being reorganized underground under leadership of
Secretary-General Muhammad Nijud
Other political or pressure groups: Ansar Muslim sect, at odds with the military
regime since the May coup, defeated in fighting in spring 1970; Sudan Opposition
Front, composed of former political party elements and other disgruntled
conservative interests, operates in exile
Member of: Arab League, IAEA, IND. ICAO, IDA. IFC, ILO, IMF. ITU, OAU, Seabeds
Committee, U.N., UPU, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1.6 billion (1969 provisional), under $100 per capita; 8% growth at
current prices 1968-69
Agriculture: main crops -- sorghum, millet, wheat, sesame, peanuts, beans,
barley; not self-sufficient in food production; main cash crops -- cotton,
gum arabic
Major industries: cotton ginning, textiles, brewery, cement, edible oils, soap,
distilling, shoes, pharmaceuticals
Electric power: 197,000 kw. capacity (1971); 453 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
28 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $313 million (f.o.b., FY71); cotton (63%), gum arabic, peanuts,
sesame; $102 million exports to Communist countries (FY71)
Imports: $316 million (c.i.f., FY71); textiles, petroleum products, vehicles,
tea, wheat; $75 million imports from Communist countries (FY71)
Major trade partners: U.K., West Germany, Italy, India, U.S.S.R., China
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Sudanese pound=US$2.87 (official); 0.348 Sudanese
pound=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,950 mi.; 2,730 mi. 3'6" gage, 440 mi. 2' gage plantation line
Highways: 6,550 mi.; 680 mi. crushed stone or gravel, 190 mi. bituminous-treated,
and 5,680 mi. improved and unimproved earth roads; in addition, there are an
undetermined number of tracks
Inland waterways: 3,300 mi. navigable
Ports: 1 major, 7 minor
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 87 total, 67 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 29 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: large system by African standards, but still barely adequate
for size of country; consists of open-wire lines, radio-relay links, multi-
conductor cables, radio communication stations and a tropospheric scatter
link; principal center of Khartoum, secondary centers at Al Fashir and
Port Sudan; 46,400 telephones; 650,000 radio and 40,000 TV receivers; 2 AM,
no FM, and 1 TV stations; 5 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,789,000; 2,255,000 fit for military service;
average number reaching military age (18) annually, 160,000
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1971, $133.3 million; 30.8% of
total budget
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SURINAM
LAND:
55,100 sq. mi.; negligible amount of arable land, meadows
and pastures, 76% forest, 8% unused but potentially
productive, 16% built-on area, wasteland, and other
Land boundaries: 970 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 240 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 440,000, average annual growth rate 3.5%
(FY65-70)
Ethnic divisions: 35.5% Creole (Negro and mixed), 34.7% Hindustani (East Indian),
14.9% Javanese, 8.5% Bush Negro, 2.2% Amerindian, 1.6% Chinese, 1.3% Europeans,
1.3% other and unknown
Religion: Muslim, Hindu, Moravian, Roman Catholic, other -- in order of size
(% figures unknown)
Language: Dutch official; English widely spoken; Taki-Taki (Surinam Creole)
is native language of Creoles and lingua franca; Hindi; Japanese
Literacy: 70% to 75%
Labor force: 80,190 (1964); 24.9% agriculture, 6.9% mining, 10% industry, 2.8%
building trades, 13.5% trade and transport, 6.7% services, 22.2% government
employees, 13% other
Organized labor: approx. 10% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Surinam
Type: territory within Kingdom of the Netherlands, enjoying complete domestic
autonomy
Capital: Paramaribo
Political subdivisions: 9 districts, each headed by district commissioner
responsible to Minister of Internal Affairs
Legal system: Dutch civil law system; country statute of 1955 serves as
constitution
Branches: Council of Ministers headed by a Minister-President, which constitutes
the Cabinet; 39-member legislative council (Staten) popularly elected for
4-year term; court system administered by Attorney-General under Minister
of Justice and Police
Government leader: Minister-President, Jules Sedney
Suffrage: universal over age 23
Elections: every 4 years or earlier upon request of Minister-President
Political parties and leaders: National Party of Surinam (NPS), (temporary
leader M. Ch. Calor); Party of the People's Welfare (VHP), J. Lachmon; Action
Group (AG), R. Janki; Progressive National Party (PNP), Frank E. Essed;
Surinam Democratic Party (SDP), B. F. J. Oostburg; United Indonesian People's
Party (SRI), F. Karsowidijojo; Javanese Farmers' Party (KTPI), H. I. Soemita;
Nationalist Republic Party (PNR), Edward Bruma (principal leftist party)
Voting strength (1969): 27.7% NPS, 35.1% VHP, .2% AG, 23.3% PNP, 1.1% SDP, 3.4%
SRI, 8.8% other
Communists: no overt Communist Party; PNP believed to have Communist sympathizers
Member of: EC (associate), WHO
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GNP: $300 million (1971 est.); $720 per capita; real growth rate 1971, 4% est.
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, sugarcane, bananas; self-sufficient in major
staple (rice); caloric intake 2,350 calories per day per capita (1968)
Major industries: bauxite mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering,
food processing
Electric power: 220,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.3 billion kw.-hr. production
(1971), 3,260 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $172 million (f.o.b., 1971 prelim.); bauxite, alumina, aluminum, wood and
wood products, rice
Imports: $126 million (c.i.f., 1971); capital equipment, petroleum, iron and
steel, cotton, flour, meat, dairy products
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 39%, Canada 2%, Netherlands 14%; imports
-- U.S. 35%, Netherlands 22%, Europe 18% (1971)
Aid: economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY53-71), $5.0 million loans, $4.7 million
grants; from international organizations (FY49-71) , $33.5 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1.79 Surinam guilders (S. fl.)=US$1 (27 December 1971)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 104 mi.; 54 mi. 313 3/8" gage (government owned) and 50 mi.
narrow gage (industrial lines); all single track
Highways: 1,550 mi.; 300 mi. paved, 130 mi. gravel, 370 mi. improved earth,
750 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 2,850 mi.; most important means of transport; oceangoing
vessels with drafts ranging from 14 to 23 ft. can navigate many of the
principal waterways while native canoes navigate upper reaches
Ports: 1 major, 6 minor
Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 31 total, 29 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 4 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: international facilities good; domestic radio-relay
system; 11,000 telephones; 95,000 radio and 31,000 TV receivers, 5 AM,
1 FM, and 3 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 105,000; 60,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of the Netherlands; the Netherlands maintains an army
force in Surinam; also available are naval, marine corps, and naval air
personnel located in the Netherlands Antilles
Ships: none
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LAND:
6,700 sq. mi.; most of area suitable for crops or
pastureland
Land boundaries: 270 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 441,000 (African population only), average
annual growth rate 3.2% (current)
Ethnic divisions: 96% African, 3% European, 1% mulatto
Religion: 43% animist, 57% Christian
Language: English and siSwati are official languages;
government business conducted in English
Literacy: about 25%
Labor force: 120,000; about 60,000 engaged in subsistence agriculture; 55-60,000
wage earners, many only intermittently, with 31% agriculture, 11% government,
11% manufacturing, 12% mining and forestry, 35% other (1968 est.); 7,900
employed in South African mines (1969)
Organized labor: about 15% of wage earners are unionized
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Swaziland
Type: constitutional monarchy, under King Sobhuza II; independent member of
Commonwealth since September 1968
Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)
Political subdivisions: 4 administrative districts
Legal system: based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory courts,
Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts; constitution
adopted in 1968; legal education at University of Botswana, Lesotho, and
Swaziland (located in Lesotho); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive authority vested in King but exercised through Prime Min-
ister and cabinet; cabinet appointed by King from legislative majority;
House of Assembly (24 elected, 6 appointed by King plus Speaker and Attorney
General) and Senate (6 elected by House of Assembly, 6 appointed by King,
Speaker) -- 17 Swazi courts administer customary law for Africans, High
Court and Subordinate Courts have criminal jurisdiction over all residents,
Court of Appeal has appellate jurisdiction
Government leader: Head of State King Sobhuza II; Prime Minister Makhosini
Dalmini
Suffrage: universal for adults
Elections: first elections for Legislative Council held in June 1964; latest
in May 1972
Political parties and leaders: Imbokodvo, the traditionalist party, controlled
by King Sobhuza II; Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC), led by
Dr. Ambrose Zwane, is only active opposition
Voting strength: in 1972 elections, Imbokodvo won 21 seats, NNLC won 3 seats in
the House of Assembly
Communists: no Communist Party; opposition party slogans have vague Marxist tone
Member of: OAU, U.N.
ECONOMY:
GDP: approx. $75 million (1968), about $190 per capita; real growth rate about
8% (1967)
Agriculture: main crops -- maize, cotton, rice, sugar, and citrus fruits
Major industry: mining
Electric power: 63,300 kw. capacity (1971); 204 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
490 kw.-hr. per capita
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ECONOMY (cant a)
Exports: $70 million (f.o.b., 1970); iron ore, asbestos, sugar, wood and forest
products, citrus, meat products, cotton
Imports: $60 million (f.o.b., 1970); food products, manufactured goods, machinery,
fertilizer, fuel
Major trade partners: Japan, U.K., South Africa
Aid: economic aid -- U.K. $14.7 million (budgeted, 1971-73), others approximately
$1.3 million; no military aid
Monetary conversion rate: 1 South African Rand=US$1.25 (Swaziland uses the South
African Rand, which is linked to the U.K. pound; the Rand exchange rate
fluctuated in the range of $1.24-$1.26 during July-September 1972); 0.800
SA Rand=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 139 mi., 316" gage, single track
Highways: 2,059 mi.; 140 mi. paved; 838 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized
soil; 685 mi. improved or unimproved earth
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 29 total, 26 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway; 2 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecorrrnunications: the system consists of a few open-wire lines and low-powered
radiocommunication stations; Mbabane is the center; 5,100 telephones; 35,000
radio receivers; 1 AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 100,000; 50,000 fit for military service
None, police only
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173,000 sq. mi.; 8% arable, 1% meadows and pastures, 55%
forested, 36% other
Land boundaries: 1,365 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 4 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 2,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 8,150,000,
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white
Religion: 92% Evangelical Lutheran,
Orthodox, 1% other
Language: Swedish, small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 3.5 million; 11.8% agriculture, forestry, fishing; 33.5% mining
and manufacturing; 9.6% construction; 15 5% commerce; 7.2% transportation
and communications; 20.9% services; 2.8% unemployed
Organized labor: 70% of labor force
average annual growth
rate 0.4%
population; small Lappish minority
7% other Protestant, Roman Catholic,
Eastern
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Sweden
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Stockholm
Political subdivisions: 24 provinces, 624 communes, 224 towns
Legal system: civil law system influenced by customary law; Acts of 1809,
1886, 1910, and 1949 serve as constitution; judicial review of legislative
acts in Supreme Court; legal education at Universities of Lund, Stockholm,
and Uppsala; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown and parliament (Riksdag);
executive power vested in Crown but exercised by cabinet responsible to
parliament; Supreme Court, 6 superior courts, 152 lower courts
Government leaders: King Gustav VI Adolf; Prime Minister Olof Palme
Suffrage: universal, but not compulsory, over age 20
Elections: every 3 years (next in 1973)
Political parties and leaders: Moderate Coalition (conservative), Gosta Bohman;
Center, Thorbjorn Falldin; Liberal, Gunnar Helen; Social Democratic, Olof
Palme; Communist, Carl-Henrik Hermansson; Communist League of Marxists-Leninists
(KFML), Gunnar Bylin
Voting strength (1970 election): 11.5% Conservative, 19.9% Center, 16.2% Liberal,
45.3% Social Democratic, 4.8% Communist, 0.4% KFML, 1.8% other
Communists: 17,000; a number of sympathizers as indicated by the 236,700
Communist votes cast in 1970 elections; an additional 21,200 votes cast for
Maoist KFML
Member of: Council of Europe, EC (Draft Free Trade Agreement), EFTA, FAO, GATT,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, Nordic Council, OECD,
Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $37.8 billion, $4,650 per capita (1971); 53.5% consumption, 22.1% investment,
23.3% government; 1.1% net exports of goods and services; 1971 growth rate
0.3% in constant prices
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Agriculture: animal husbandry predominates with milk and dairy products
accounting for 40% of farm income; main crops -- grains, sugar beets,
potatoes; 90% self-sufficient; food shortages -- oils and fats, tropical
_products; caloric intake, 2,880 calories per day per capita (1967-68)
Major industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and
telephone parts, armaments), shipbuilding, wood pulp and paper products,
processed foods, textiles, chemicals
Shortages: coal, petroleum, textile fibers, potash, salt
Crude steel: 5.3 million metric tons produced (1971), 650 kilogram per capita
Electric power: 16.5 million kw. capacity (1971); 66.5 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 8,164 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $7,932 million (f.o.b., 1971); machinery, motor vehicles
and ships, wood pulp, paper products, iron and steel products, metal ores
and scrap, chemicals
Imports: $7,524 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and
petroleum products, textile yarn and fabrics, iron and steel, chemicals, food,
and live animals
Major trade partners: (1971) West Germany 15.0%, U.K. 13.8%, U.S. 7.2%, Norway
8.3%, Denmark 9.0%; EFTA 42.4%; EC 29.7%; Communist countries 4.8%
Aid: economic -- U.S., $206.4 million authorized (FY46-71); $18.5 million in 1971;
net official aid to less developed countries and multilateral agencies, $662.4
million (1960-70), $71.4 million in 1968, $120.8 million in 1969, $154.6
million in 1970, $180 million in 1971
Monetary conversion rate: 4.81 kronor=US$1 (central rate, 1971)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 7,578 mi.; Swedish State Railways (SJ) 7,004 mi. standard
gage (4'8 1/2"), 4,373 mi. electrified, 725 mi. double tracked; 165 mi. narrow
gage (3'6" and 21111), and 311 mi. standard gage (4' 8 1/2") and 98 mi. narrow
gage (211111) are privately owned and operated
Highways: 61,000 mi.; 44,550 mi. are crushed stone, gravel, or improved
earth; and 16,395 mi. are bitumen, concrete, stone block, or cobblestone
Inland waterways: 1,268 mi. navigable for small steamers and barges
Ports: 17 major, and 23 minor
Merchant marine: 345 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,181,580 GRT, 7,940,600
DWT; includes 13 passenger, 150 cargo, 49 tanker, 47 bulk, 86 specialized
carrier
Civil air: 66 major transports registered
Airfields: 216 total, 186 usable; 95 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 65 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 9 seaplane
stations
Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international facilities; 4,636,000
telephones; 42 AM, 85 FM, and 196 TV stations; 5 million radio and 2.7
million TV receivers; 10 submarine cables, 4 coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,894,000; 1,660,000 fit for military service;
56,000 reach military age (19) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1973, $1.47 billion;
about 12% of central government budget
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16,000 sq. mi.; 10% arable, 42% meadows and pastures, 21%
waste or urban, 24% forested, 3% inland water
Land boundaries: 1,171 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 6,394,000, average annual growth rate 0.9%
(January 71-72)
Ethnic divisions: total population -- 69% German, 19%
French, 10% Italian, 1% Romansch, 1% other; Swiss
nationals -- 74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian,
1% Romansch, 1% other
Religion: 53% Protestant, 46% Roman Catholic
Language: Swiss nationals -- 74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian, 1% Romansch,
1% other; total population -- 69% German, 19% French, 10% Italian, 1%
Romansch, 1% other
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: 3.0 million, about one-fifth foreign workers, mostly Italian;
16% agriculture and forestry, 47% industry and crafts, 20% trade and
transportation, 5% professions, 2% in public service, 10% domestic and
other; no significant unemployment shortage of both skilled and
unskilled labor -- 4,400 unfilled vacancies in January 1971
Organized labor: 20% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Swiss Confederation
Type: federal republic
Capital: Bern
Political subdivisions: 22 cantons (3 divided into half cantons)
Legal system: civil law system influenced by customary law; constitution adopted
1874, amended since; judicial review of legislative acts, except with
respect to Federal decrees of general obligatory character; legal education
at Universities of Bern, Geneva and Lausanne, and four other university
schools of law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: bicameral parliament has legislative authority; federal council
(Bundesrat) has executive authority; justice left chiefly to cantons
Government leader: Roger Bonvim (1-year term as president begins on January 1973),
President
Suffrage: universal over age 20
Elections: held every 4 years; next elections 1975
Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party (SPS), Arthur Schmid,
president; Radical Democratic Party (FDP), Henri Schmitt, president;
Christian Conservative People's Party (CVP), Franz Josef Kurmann, president;
Farmer, Artisan, and Middle Class Party (BGB), Hans Conzett, president;
Communist Party (PdA), Jean Vincent, leading Secretariat member; Republican
Movement (REP)-National Action (N.A.), James Schwarzenbach
Voting strength (1971 election): 49 seats FDP, 44 seats CVP, 46 seats SPS, 23
seats BGB, 5 seats PdA, 4 seats N.A., 7 seats REP, 22 seats others
Communists: 3,500; 50,831 votes in 1971 election
Member of: Council of Europe, EFTA, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, OECD, U.N. (permanent
observer), WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $26.2 billion (1971), $4,110 per capita; 57% consumption, 29% investment,
12% government, net foreign balance 2% (1971); 1971 growth rate 4%, 1958
constant prices
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Agriculture: dairy farming predominates; less than 50% self-sufficient; food
shortages -- fish, refined sugar, fats and oils (other than butter), grains,
eggs, fruits, vegetables, meat; caloric intake, 2,990 calories per day per
capita (1967-68 est.)
Major industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments
Shortages: practically all important raw materials except hydroelectric energy
Crude steel: 453,000 metric tons produced (1969), 70 kg. per capita
Electric power: 10.6 million kw. capacity (1971); 32.8 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 5,145 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $6.2 billion (f.o.b., 1971); principal items -- machinery and equip-
ment, chemicals, precision instruments, textiles, foodstuffs
Imports: $7.7 billion (c.i.f., 1971); principal items -- machinery and trans-
portation equipment, metals and metal products, foodstuffs, chemicals,
textile fibers and yarns
Major trade partners: West Germany 23%, France 11%, U.S. 8%, Austria 5%, Italy
9%, U.K. 8%; EC 50%; EFTA 20%; Coninunist countries 4% (1971)
Aid: some disbursed; none received
Monetary conversion rate: 3.84 Swiss francs=US$1 (central rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 3,040 mi.; 2,195 mi. 4'8 1/2" gage, 780 mi. double track; 845 mi.
narrow gage (810 mi. at 3'3 3/8", 35 mi. at 2'7 1/2"); 3,040 mi. electrified
Highways: 37,158 ml., all paved
Pipelines: crude oil, 195 mi.
Inland waterways: 41 mi.; Rhine River-Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to
Constanz; in addition, there are 12 navigable lakes ranging in size from
Lake Geneva to Hal lwilersee
Freight carried: rail -- 34.8 million metric tons (1963); 4.59 billion ton/km.
(1963)
Ports: 1 major, 2 minor
Merchant marine: 28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 214,600 GRT, 308,300
DWT; includes 25 cargo, 3 bulk; fleet is registered in Basel, operates
mainly out of Genoa, Hamburg, and Rotterdam
Civil air: 60 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 89 total, 73 usable; 35 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 6 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 11 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: excellent domestic, international, and broadcast services;
3.27 million telephones; 1.92 million radio and 1.52 million TV receivers;
6 AN, 81 FM, and 247 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,520,000; 1,315,000 fit for military service;
45,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $546.2 million; 24%
of central government budget
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LAND:
78,700 sq. mi.; 47% arable, 29% grazing, 2% forest,
21% desert
Land boundaries: 1,365 (1967) (excluding occupied area
1,340 mi.)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 120 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 6,775,000, average annual growth rate 3.3%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 90.3% Arab; 9.7% Kurds, Armenians, and other
Religion: 70.5% Sunni Muslim, 16.3% other Muslim sects, 13.2% Christians
various sects
Language: Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian; French and English widely understood
Literacy: about 40%
Labor force: 1.2 million; 53% agriculture, 17% industry, 30% miscellaneous
services; majority unskilled; shortage of skilled labor
Organized labor: 5% of labor force
of
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Syrian Arab Republic
Type: republic; under left-wing military regime since March 1963
Capital: Damascus
Political subdivisions: 13 provinces and city of Damascus administered as
separate unit
Legal system: based on Islamic law and civil law system; special religious courts;
provisional constitution promulgated in 1964; legal education at Damascus
University and University of Aleppo; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: legislative and executive powers vested in President and Council
of Ministers; seat of power is the Ba'th Party Regional (Syrian) Command
Government leaders: President Hafiz Al-Asad
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: no electoral laws in force; last elections in December 1961; presidential
referendum in 1971; local councils elected in March 1972
Political parties and leaders: ruling party is the Arab Socialist Resurrectionist
(Bath) party; a "national front" cabinet formed in March 1972, dominated by
Ba'thists, includes independents and members of the Syrian Arab Socialist
Party (ASP), Arab Socialist Union (ASU), and Syrian Communist Party (SCP)
Communists: mostly sympathizers, numbering 10,000 to 13,000
Other political or pressure groups: non-Ba'th parties have little effective
political influence; Communist Party ineffective; greatest threat to Ba'thist
regime lies in factionalism in Bath Party itself
Member of: Arab League, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, U.N.,
UNESCO. UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
NDP: $2.279 billion (1972), $340 per capita; real GNP growth rate 10-13% est.
Agriculture: main crops -- cotton, wheat, sugar beets and barley; sheep and goat
raising; self-sufficient in food in years of average weather
Major industries: textiles, cement, glass, petroleum (118,000 bpd. production,
refining capacity 54,000 bbls. per day, 1971) food processing, soap
Electric power: 360,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.2 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 193 kw.-hr. per capita
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Exports: $180 million (1971) ; cotton, fruits and vegetables, grain, wool, and
livestock
Imports: $375 million (1971); machinery and metal products, textiles, fuels,
foodstuffs
Monetary conversion rate: 3.82 Syrian pounds=US$1 (controlled rate); 4.32 Syrian
pounds=US$1 (free rate) (January 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 649 mi.; 459 mi. standard gage, 190 mi. narrow gage (3'5 3/811)
Highways: 7,150 mi.; 4,300 mi. paved, 810 mi. gravel or crushed stone, 1,540 mi.
improved earth, 497 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 420 mi.; of little importance
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,810 mi.; refined products, 320 mi.; natural gas 140 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 3 minor
Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 87 total, 26 usable; 22 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
over 12,000 ft., 17 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 4 with runways 4,000-
7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: fair international raclioconnunication service; fair domestic
telecormiunication service; 115,000 telephones; 1,000,000 radio and 118,000 TV
receivers; 5 TV and 5 AM stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,563,000; 845,000 fit for military service;
about 73,000 reach military age (19) annually
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TANZANIA
LAND:
362,800 sq. mi. (including islands of Zanzibar and Pemba,
1,020 sq. mi.); 6% inland water, 15% cultivated, 31%
grassland, 48% bush forest, woodland, on mainland; 60%
arable, of which 40% cultivated on islands of Zanzibar
and Pemba
Land boundaries: 2,413 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 885 (this includes Mafia Island, 70; Pemba
Island, 110; and Zanzibar, 132)
PEOPLE:
Population: 14,195,000, average annual growth rate 2.7%
Ethnic divisions: 99% native Africans consisting of well
Asian, European, and Arab
Religion: Tanganyika -- 40% animist, 30% Christian, 30%
almost all Muslim
Language: Swahili English and official English primary 1
administration and higher education; Swahili widely
used for communication between ethnic groups; first
is one of the local languages
Literacy: 15%-20%
Labor force: under'400,000 in paid employment,
Organized labor: 15% of labor force
(FY71)
over 100 tribes; 1%
Muslim; Zanzibar --
anguage of commerce,
understood and generally
language of most people
over 90% in agriculture
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: United Republic of Tanzania
Type: republic; single parties dominate both on the mainland and on Zanzibar
Capital: Dar es Salaam
Political subdivisions: 22 regions -- 18 on mainland, 4 on Zanzibar islands
Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic law, customary law, and German
civil law system; interim constitution adopted 1965; judicial review of
legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; legal education at
University College, Dar es Salaam; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President Julius Nyerere has full executive authority on the mainland;
National Asssembly dominated by Nyerere and the Tanganyika African National
Union (TANU), consists of 120 elected members, 18 ex officio members, and up
to 25 appointed members from mainland, and 3 ex officio members and up to 52
appointed members from Zanzibar; First Vice President Aboud Jumbe and the
Revolutionary Council still run Zanzibar despite the efforts of Nyerere to
integrate the islands into the political system of the mainland
Government leader: President Julius Nyerere
Suffrage: universal adult
Political party and leaders: Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), only main-
land political party, dominated by Nyerere with Second Vice President Rashidi
Kawawa as his top lieutenant; Afro-Shirazi Party, the only party in Zanzibar,
is supposed to merge with TANU eventually
Voting strength (October 1970 national elections): 5 million registered voters;
Nyerere received 95% of 3.6 million votes cast
Communists: a few Communists and sympathizers
Member of: Commonwealth, EAC, FAO, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU,
Seabeds Committee, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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Mainland:
GDP: $1,138 million at 1966 prices (1971), about $80 per capita; growth rate in
constant 1966 prices for 1970-71 4.5%
Agriculture: main crops -- cotton, coffee, sisal on mainland; largely self-
sufficient in food
Fishing: catch 195,000 metric tons, $15.7 million; exports $2.2 million, imports
$554,000 (1970)
Major industries: primarily agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes,
sisal twine), diamond mine, oil refinery, shoes, cement, textiles, wood
products
Electric power: 119,500 kw. capacity (1971); 460 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
34 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $279 million (f.o.b., 1971); coffee, cotton, sisal, cashew nuts, meat,
diamonds, cloves, tobacco, tea
Irrports: $382 million (c.i.f., 1971); manufactured goods, machinery and transport
equipment, cotton piece goods, crude oil, foodstuffs (mainly for Zanzibar)
Major trade partners: exports -- China, U.K., Hong Kong, India, Kenya, U.S.;
imports -- U.K., China, Kenya, West Germany, U.S., Japan
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Tanzanian shilling=US$0.14; 7.143 Tanzanian
s hi llings=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Zanzibar:
GNP: $35 million (1967)
Agriculture: main crops -- cloves, coconuts
Industries: agricultural processing
Electric power: see Tanganyika (above)
Exports: $12.6 million (1968); cloves and clove products, coconut products
Imports: $5.6 million (1968); mainly foodstuffs and consumer goods
Major trade partners: imports -- China, Japan, and mainland Tanzania;
exports -- Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Pakistan
Aid: U.K. principal source of aid until 1964; China is currently major source
Exchange rate: 1 Tanzanian shilling=US$0.14; 7.143 Tanzanian shillings=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
CONKUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,950 mi.; 312 mi. 3'6" gage; 1,638 mi., meter gage, 4 mi. double track;
Tanzania portion of Tan-Zam Railroad currently under construction
Highways: total 30,000 mi., including 390 mi. on Zanzibar Island and 277 mi. on
Pemba and Mafia Islands; about 1,400 mi. bituminous treated, (370 mi. on
Zanzibar and Pemba); 28,600 mi. gravel, crushed stone, or unimproved earth
Pipelines: refined products 610 mi.
Inland waterways: 730 mi. of navigable streams; several thousand mi. navigable
on Lakes Tanganyika, Victoria, and Nyasa
Ports: 4 major, 8 minor
Merchant marine: 3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,000 GRT, 22,100
DWT
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 103 total, 91 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000 to 11,999 ft., 39 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 4 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph good in main centers, only fair
outside main towns; 36,100 telephones; 200,000 radio receivers; 4 AM, no FM
or TV stations; 4 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,263,000; 1,810,000 fit for military service
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LAND:
198,000 sq. mi.; 24% in farms, 56% forested, 20% other
Land boundaries: 3,025 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 2,000 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 36,714,000, average annual growth rate 2.7%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 75% Thai, 14% Chinese, 11% minorities
Religion: 95.5% Buddhist, 4% Muslim, 0.5% Christian
Language: Thai; English secondary language of elite
Literacy: 70%
Labor force: 88% agriculture, 9% commerce, 3% industry
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Thailand
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Bangkok
Political subdivisions: 71 centrally controlled provinces
Legal system: based on civil law system, with influences of common law; new
constitution promulgated in 1968, suspended 17 November 1971; legal education
at Thammasat University; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: King is head of state with nominal powers; Chairman heads a 16-man
national executive council, a caretaker body, pending an appointment of a
new cabinet under a provisional constitution; judiciary relatively independent
except in important political subversive cases
Government leaders: King Phumiphon Adundet; Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn,
Chairman; General Praphat Charusathien, Deputy Chairman
Suffrage: universal
Elections: suspended
Political parties and leaders: dissolved under the revolutionary order 17
November 1971
Communists: strength of illegal Communist Party is about 1,000; Thai Communist
insurgents throughout Thailand total about 5,500
Member of: ADB, ASA, ASEAN, ASPAC, Colombo Plan, ECAFE, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, IDA,
IFC, IHB, ILO, ITU, Seabeds Committee, SEAMES, SEATO, U.N., UNESCO, UNICEF,
UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $6.9 billion (1971 est. in current prices), $190 per capita; estimated 7%
real growth in 1970
Agriculture: world's second largest rice exporter; main crops -- rice, rubber,
corn; almost 100% self-sufficient in food
Fishing: catch 1.63 million tons, (1971)
Major industries: agricultural processing, textiles, wood and wood products,
cement, tin mining; non-Communist world's third largest tin producer
Shortages: fuel sources, including coal and petroleum
Electric power: 1,566,000 kw. capacity (1972); 6.2 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 171 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $833 million (f.o.b., 1971); rice, corn, rubber, tin, cassava, kenaf
Imports: $1,288 million (c.i.f., 1971); excluding U.S. military imports;
machinery and transport equipment, textiles, fuels and lubricants, base
metals, chemicals
Major trade partners: exports -- Japan, U.S., Singapore, Hong Kong, Netherlands,
Malaysia; imports -- Japan, U.S., West Germany, U.K.; about 1% or less trade
with Communist countries
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 20.8 baht=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 2,382 mi. riveter gage; 60 mi. double track
Highways: 12,590 mi.; 5,440 mi. paved, 4,820 mi. crushed stone or gravel, 2,330
earth and laterite
Inland waterways: 2,485 mi. principal waterways; 2,300 mi. with navigable depths
of 3 ft. or more throughout the year; numerous minor waterways navigable by
shallow-draft native craft
Ports: 2 major, 16 minor
Merchant marine: 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 79,700 GRT, 116,700 DWT;
includes 14 cargo, 8 tanker, I specialized carrier
Airfields: 223 total, 180 usable; 45 with permanent-surface runways; 10 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 21 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecorrmunications: service to general public being improved, but still inadequate;
bulk of service to government activities provided by numerous radiocomunica-
tion stations and radio-relay network; satellite ground station connects to
Intelsat II and will connect to Indian Ocean satellite; 152,959 telephones;
2,800,000 radios; 230,000 televisions; estimated 50 AM, 5 FM, and 6 TV
stations in two government-controlled networks; U.S. military submarine
cable to South Vietnam
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 9,336,000; 5,685,000 fit for military service;
about 410,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 September 1972, $254,000,000; 18% of
central government budget
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TOGO
LAND:
22,000 sq. mi.; nearly half total is arable, under 15%
cultivated
Land boundaries: 940 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 35 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,102,000, average annual growth rate 2.6%
(FY68-71)
Ethnic divisions: some 40 tribes; largest and most
important are Ewe in south and Cabrais in north; under 1%
Syrian-Lebanese
Religion: about 20% Christian, 5% Muslim, 75% animist
Language: French, both official and language of commerce; major African languages
are Ewe and Mina in south and Dagoma, Tim, and Cabrais in north
Literacy: 5% to 10%
Labor force: over 90% of population engaged in subsistence agriculture; about
30,000 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors
Organized labor: less than half of wage earners divided among 2 major and several
minor unions
European and
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Togo
Type: republic; under military rule since January 1967
Capital: Lome
Political subdivisions: 18 circumscriptions
Legal system: based on French civil law and customary practice; no constitution;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: military government, with civilian participation in the cabinet, took
over on 14 April 1967, replacing provisional government created after
January coup; no legislature; separate judiciary including State Security
Court established 1970
Government leader: Brig. Gen, Etienne Eyadema, President
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: presidential referendum of January 1972 elected Etienne Eyadema for
indefinite period
Political parties: single party formed by President Eyadema in September 1969;
Rassemblement de Peuple Togolais, structure and staffing of party closely
controlled by government
Communists: no Communist Party; possibly some Communists and sympathizers
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, ENTENTE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, La Francophonie,
OAU, OCAM, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $290 million (1971), about $140 per capita; estimated real growth 1966-70, 5.3%
average annual rate
Agriculture: main cash crops -- coffee, cocoa; major food crops -- yams, cassava,
corn, beans, rice, fish; must import some foodstuffs
Major industries: phosphate mining, agricultural processing, handicrafts,
textiles, beverages
Electric power: 18,750 kw. capacity (1971); 63 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
30 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $49.2 million (f.o.b., 1971); phosphates, cocoa, coffee, palm
kernels, and cassava
Imports: $70.2 million (c.i.f., 1971); consumer goods,
fuels, machinery, tobacco, foodstuffs
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Major trade partners: mostly with France and other EC countries
Aid: (1970 disbursements) France $2.3 million, West Germany $2.0 million, U.S.
$1.0 million (FY60-70 total cormnitments $18.3 million), EC $5.5 million,
U.N. $1.0 million, others $1.1 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Coninunaute Financiere Africaine franc=0.02 French
francs; 255.78 CFA francs=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 275 mi. meter gage, single track
Highways: approx. 4,475 mi.; 235 mi. paved, 120 mi. gravel, 910 mi.
improved earth, 3,210 mi. unimproved
Inland waterways: section of Mono River and about 30 mi. of coastal lagoons
and tidal creeks
Ports: 1 major, 1 minor
Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 10 total, 10 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runway 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: Togo has poor system based on skeletal network of open-wire
lines, supplemented by a few radiocommunication stations; only center is
Lome; 4,600 telephones; 45,000 radio receivers; I AM, no FM or TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: mal es 15-49, 435,000; 220,000 fit for military service;
no conscription
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TONGA
LAND:
385 sq. mi. (150 islands); 77% arable, 3% pasture, 13%
forest, 3% inland water, 4% other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 260 mi. (est.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 92,000, average annual growth rate 2.9%
(FY68-70)
Ethnic divisions: Polynesian, about 300 Europeans
Religion: Christian; Free Wesleyan Church claims over
30,000 adherents
Language: Tongan, English
Literacy: 90%-95%; compulsory education for children
Labor force: agriculture 10,303; mining 599
Organized labor: unorganized
between ages of
6-14
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Kingdom of Tonga
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Nukualofa
Political subdivisions: 3 main island groups (Tongatapu, Haapi, Vavau)
Legal system: based on English law
Branches: Executive (King and Privy Council); Legislative (Legislative Assembly
composed of 7 nobles elected by their peers, 7 elected representatives of
the people, 7 Ministers of the Crown; the King appoints one of the 7 nobles
to be the speaker); Judiciary (Supreme Court, magistrate courts, Land
Court)
Government leaders: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV; Premier, Prince Tu'ipelehake
(younger brother of the King)
Suffrage: granted to all literate adults over 21 years of age who pay taxes
Elections: held triennially
Communists: none known
Member of: Commonwealth
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: largely dominated by coconut production with subsistence crops of
taro, yams, sweet potatoes, and bread fruit
Electric power: 3,500 kw. capacity (1972); 10.4 billion kw.-hr. produced (1972),
114 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3.8 million (f.o.b., 1969); copra, coconut products 71%, bananas 20%
Imports: $5.7 million (c.i.f., 1969)
Major trade partners: (1969) exports -- 30% New Zealand, 30% Norway, 15%
Netherlands; imports -- 32% New Zealand, 25% Australia, 13% U.K.
Monetary conversion rate: 0.893 Tonga dollar=USS1
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 365 mi.; 132 mi. metalled all-weather, 233 mi. earth
Ports: 5 minor
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) tonling 1,800 GRT, 2,700
DWT
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 3 total; 1 usable, with grass runway 7,000 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: 931 telephones; 8,000 radio sets; no TV sets; 1 AM station
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LAND:
1,980 sq. mi.; 41.9% in farms (of which 25.7% cropped or
fallow, 1.5% pasture, 10.6% forests, 4.1% unused or
built-on), 58.1% outside of farms, including
grassland, forest, built-up area, and wasteland
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 225 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 980,000, average annual growth rate 1.3%
(April 60-70)
Ethnic divisions: 43% Negro, 36% East Indian, 16% mixed, 2% white, 3% other
Religion: 26.8% Protestant, 31.2% Roman Catholic, 23% Hindu, 6% Muslim, 13%
Language: English
Literacy: 80%
Labor force: about 368,400 (June 1969), about 20.4% agriculture, 18.3% mining,
quarrying, and manufacturing, 15.8% commerce; 14.6% construction and
utilities; 6.9% transportation and communications; 20.8% services,
3,270 other (1965)
Organized labor: 24% of labor force
unknown
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Trinidad and Tobago
Type: independent state since August 1962; recognizes Elizabeth II as chief
of state
Capital: Port-of-Spain
Political subdivisions: 8 counties (29 wards, Tobago is 30th)
Legal system: based on English common law; constitution came into effect
1962; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: legislative branch consists of 36-member elected House of
Representatives and 24-member Senate (13 nominated by Prime Minister,
4 by opposition leader, 7 at discretion of Governor General); executive is
cabinet led by the Prime Minister; judiciary is Supreme Court
Government leader: Prime Minister, Dr. Eric Williams
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: last election 24 May 1971, PNM won all seats (constitutionality of
situation is under review)
Political parties and leaders: People's National Movement (PNM), Dr. Eric
Williams; Democratic Labor Party (DLP), Vernon Jamadar; Democratic Liberation
Party (DLIBP); United National Independence Party, (UNIP) James Millette;
Democratic Action Congress (DAC), Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson
Voting strength (1971 election): 32.9% of registered voters cast ballots, 83.7%
PNM, 16.3% other
Communists: not significant
Other political pressure groups: Tapia House Group (headed by Lloyd Best);
National Youth Congress (NYC); Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU), pro-
Marxist leadership; National Joint Action Committee (NJAC), antigovernment,
extremist organization; United Revolutionary Organization (URO), Marxist-led
amalgam
Member of: CARIFTA, Commonwealth, GATT, IBRD. ICAO, IDB, IMF, OAS, Seabeds
Committee, U.N.
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GDP: $957 million (1971 est.), $990 per capita; real growth rate 1971, 1.4% est.
Agriculture: main crops -- sugarcane, cocoa, coffee, rice, citrus, bananas;
largely dependent upon imports of food
Fishing: catch 4,000 metric tons (1970); exports $2.4 million (1970),
imports $2.5 million (1970)
Major industries: petroleum, tourism, food processing, cement
Electric power: 288,000 kw. capacity (1971); 1.2 billion kw.-hr. produced (1971),
1,155 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $563 million (f.o.b., 1971 est.); petroleum and petroleum products,
sugar, cocoa
Imports: $713 million (c.i.f., 1971 est.); crude petroleum, machinery,
transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food
Major trade partners: exports -- U.S. 47%, U.K. 9%, CARIFTA 11%; imports --
Venezuela and ColorriDia 25%, U.S. 17%, U.K. 13%, CARIFTA 2% (1971)
Aid: economic -- from U.S. (FY56-70) $24.7 million loans, $40.2
million grants; from international organizations (FY53-71), $64.1 million
Monetary conversion rate: TT$1.84=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 4,200 mi.; 2,500 mi. paved, 1,700 mi. gravel or otherwise improved
Pipelines: crude oil, 240 mi.; refined products, 12 mi.; natural gas, 130 mi.
Ports: 3 major, 6 minor
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 12 total, 6 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: excellent international service via tropospheric scatter
links to Barbados and Guyana; good local service; satellite ground
station; 61,400 telephones; est. 2503000 radio and 64,000 TV receivers;
2 AM, 2 FM, and 3 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 241,000; 157,000 fit for military service
Supply: mostly from U.K.
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1969, $2,500,000;
about 1.5% of central government budget
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LAND:
63,400 sq. mi.; 28% arable land and tree crops, 23% range
and esparto grass, 6% forest, 43% desert, waste or
urban
Land boundaries: 875 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi. follows 50 meter isobath in
south; maximum extent 80 n. mi.)
Coastline: 710 mi. (includes offshore islands)
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,423,000, average annual growth rate 2.2%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 98% Arab, 1% European, less than 1% Jewish
Religion: 98% Muslim, 1% Christian, less than 1% Hebrew
Language: Arabic (official), Arabic and French (commerce)
Literacy: about 30%
Labor force: 1.5 million; 70% agriculture, 10% manufacturing and construction
20% other; 25% underemployed; shortage of skilled labor
Organized labor: 10% of labor force; General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT)
subordinate to Destourian Socialist Party
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Tunisia
Type: republic
Capital: Tunis
Political subdivisions: 14 governorates (provinces)
Legal system: based on French civil law system and Islamic law; constitution
patterned on Turkish and U.S. constitutions adopted 1959; some judicial
review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session; legal
education at Institute of Higher Studies and Ecole Superieure de Droit of the
University of Tunis; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: executive dominant; unicameral legislative largely advisory; judicial,
patterned on French system and Koranic law
Government leader: President Habib Bourguiba; Prime Minister Hedi Nouira
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: national elections held every 5 years; last elections 2 November 1969
Political party and leader: Destourian Socialist Party, Habib Bourguiba
Voting strength (1969 election): 100% Destourian Socialist Party
Communists: 100 est.; a few sympathizers; Tunisian Communist Party proscribed in
1962
Member of: Arab League, EC (association until 1974), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, OAU, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU,
WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1.2 billion (1971 provisional, 1966 constant prices), $230 per capita;
3.1% average annual growth rate 1965-71
Agriculture: cereal farming and livestock herding predominate; main crops --
wheat, barley, olives, fruits (especially citrus), viticulture, vegetables,
dates
Major industries: mining, food processing, textiles and leather, light
manufacturing, construction materials, chemical fertilizers
Electric power: 270,000 kw. capacity (1971); 680 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
127 kw.-hr. per capita
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Exports: $181 million (f.o.b., 1971); 26% petroleum, 21% phosphates, 9% olive
oil, 16% other agricultural products, 28% other
Imports: $346 million (c.i.f., 1971); 36% raw materials, 23% machinery and
equipment, 14% consumer goods, 19% food and beverages, 3% energy, 5% other
Major trade partners: exports -- France 24%, other EC 33%; imports -- France
35%, U.S. 17%, other EC 20% (1970)
Monetary conversion rate: 0.48 dinar=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,273 mi.; 309 mi. standard gage (4'8 1/2"), mi. double 964
mi. meter gage (3'3 3/8")
Highways: 10,000 mi.; 4,560 mi. mostly bituminous treatment, 465 mi. gravel,
2,050 mi. improved earth, 2,925 mi. unimproved earth
Pipelines: crude oil, 495 mi.; refined products, 6 mi.; natural gas, 45 mi.
Ports: 4 major, 8 minor
Merchant marine: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 25,800 GRT, 34,400 DWT;
includes 6 cargo, 1 tanker, 3 specialized carrier
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 60 total, 36 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 18 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: the system is above the African average in amount and
capacity of facilities which consist of open-wire lines with multiconductor
cable or radio relay on trunk routes; key centers are Safaqis, Susah, Bizerte,
and Tunis; 76,400 telephones; 400,000 radio and 75,000 TV receivers; 3 AM,
3 FM, and 7 TV stations; 2 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,173,000; 630,000 fit for military service;
about 58,000 reach military age (20) annually
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LAND:
296,000 sq. mi.; 34% cropland, 34% meadows and pastures,
23% forested, 9% unproductive
Land boundaries: 1,600 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
except in Black Sea where it is 12 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 4,475 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 37,717,000, average annual growth rate 2.6%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Turkish, 7% Kurd, 3% other
Religion: 99% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 1% other (mostly Christian and Jewish)
Language: Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, English
Literacy: 55%
Labor force: 13.8 million; 68% agriculture, 16% industry, 16% service;
substantial shortage of skilled labor; ample unskilled labor
Organized labor: 10% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Turkey
Type: republic
Capital: Ankara
Political subdivisions: 67 provinces
Legal system: derived from various continental legal systems, with remnants of
Islamic law; constitution adopted 1961; judicial review of legislative acts
by Constitutional Court; legal education at Universities of Ankara and
Istanbul; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: President elected by parliament; Prime Minister appointed by President
from members of parliament; Prime Minister is effective executive; cabinet,
selected by Prime Minister and approved by President, must command majority
support in lower house; parliament bicameral under constitution promulgated
in 1961; National Assembly has 450 members serving 4 years; Senate has
150 elected members, one-third elected every 2 years, 15 appointed by the
President to 6-year terms (one-third appointed every 2 years), and 18 life
members; highest court for ordinary criminal and civil cases is Court of
Cassation, which hears appeals directly from criminal, commercial, basic,
and peace courts
Government leaders: President Cevdet Sunay, Acting Prime Minister Ferit Melen
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: National Assembly (1973); Presidential (1973)
Political parties and leaders: Justice Party (JP), Suleyman Demirel; Republican
People's Party (RPP), Bulent Ecevit; Democrats Party (DP), Ferruh Bozbeyli;
Reliance Party (RP), Turhan Feyzioglu; New Turkey Party (NTP), Yusuf Azizoglu;
Nationalist Movement Party (NMP), Alparslan Turkes; Nation Party (NP), Osman
Bolukbasi; Unity Party (UP), Mustafa Timisi; Republican Party (RP), Kemal
Satir (formed in 1972); Communist Party illegal
Voting strength: 1969 National Assembly elections -- 46.6% JP, 27.5% RPP, 3.3%
NP, 2.2% NTP, 2.6% TLP, 5.7% independent, 6.4% RP, 3.1% NMP, 2.5% UP; 1968
Senatorial elections (1/3 of Senate seats) -- 49.9% JP, 27.1% RPP, 6.0% NP,
8.5% Reliance Party, 4.7% TLP, 2.0% RPNP
Communists: strength and support negligible
Other political or pressure groups: military overthrew government in 1960, forced
resignation of Demirel government in March 1971 and remains the dominant
force behind the new government
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GOVERNMENT (cont'd):
Member of: CENTO, Council of Europe, EC (associate member), ECOSOC, FAO, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NATO, OECD, Regional
Cooperation for Development, Seabeds COflUti ttee (observer), U.N., UNESCO,
UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $12,016 million (1971), about $330 per capita; 9.2% average annual real
growth 1971
Agriculture: cotton, tobacco, cereals, sugar beets, figs, raisins, silk, olives,
fruits, nuts, opium, and livestock products; self-sufficient in food in
average years
Major industries: textiles, food processing, mining (coal, chromite, copper,
boron minerals), steel, petroleum
Crude steel: .68 million tons produced (1970), 20 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 2,6 million kw. capacity (1971); 9,724 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 267 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $616.5 million (f.o.b., 1971); cotton, tobacco, fruits, nuts, metals,
livestock products
Imports: $1,171 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, transport equipment, metals,
mineral fuels, fertilizers, chemicals
Major trade partners: exports -- West Germany 19%, U.S. 10%, Switzerland 10%,
USSR 5%; imports -- West Germany 18%, U.S. 15%, U.K. 10%, Italy 10%
Monetary conversion rate: 14 Turkish liras=1JS$1 (official rate)
Fiscal year: 1 March - 28 February
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 4,991 mi.; 4,940 mi. 4'8 1/2" gage, 51 mi. double track; 45 mi.
electrified; 20 mi. 2'5 1/2" gage
Highways: 37,282 mi.; 13,049 mi. bituminous, 17,398 mi. gravel or crushed stone,
1,553 mi. improved earth, 5,282 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: approx. 1,050 mi.
Pipelines: crude oil, 402 mi.; refined products, 1,277 mi.
Ports: 10 major, 35 minor
Merchant marine: 88 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 596,300 GRT, 829,500 DWT;
includes 12 passenger, 52 cargo, 11 tanker, 11 bulk, 2 specialized carrier
Civil air: 17 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 119 total, 96 usable; 48 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 18 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 25 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Teleconnunications: excellent international radioconnunication and fair domestic
telecommunication services; 577,000 telephones; 3.1 million radio and 50,000
TV receivers; 39 AM, 2 FM, and 7 TV stations; comunications satellite ground
station to be operational in 1972
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 9,585,000; 5,655,000 fit for military service;
about 402,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 28 February 1973, $599.7 million;
about 19% of central government budget
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LAND:
91,000 sq. mi.; 21% inland water and swamp, including
territorial waters of Lake Victoria, about 21%
cultivated, 13% national parks, forest, and game
reserves, 45% forest, woodland, and grassland (1970)
Land boundaries: 1,665 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 10,615,000, average annual growth rate 3.2%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 98.7% African, 1.3% European, Asian,
Arab
Religion: about 60% nominally Christian, rest Muslim or
pagan
Language: English official; Luganda and Swahili widely used;
Nilotic languages
Literacy: about 20%-40%
Labor force: estimated 4.5 million, of which 256,799 in paid
in subsistence activities
Organized labor: 123,284 union members
other Bantu and
labor, remaining
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Uganda
Type: republic independent since October 1962
Capital: Kampala
Political subdivisions: 20 districts (being revised)
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; constitution
adopted 1967; judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at
Makerere University, Kampala; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Branches: Gen. Amin rules by decree; assisted by Council of Ministers and Defense
Council, a group of military officers
Government leader: Gen. Idi Amin, President
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: none scheduled by military government
Political party and leader: Uganda People's Congress (UPC), principal party
before 1971 coup, not banned but inactive
Communists: possibly a few sympathizers
Member of: Commonwealth, EAC, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, WHO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $1,017 million (1970), $100 per capita; 7.3% real growth between 1965 and
1970
Agriculture: main cash crops -- coffee, cotton; other cash crops -- sugar,
tobacco, fish, tea, livestock; self-sufficient in food
Fishing: catch 129,000 metric tons (1970), $19.5 million (1970)
Major industries: agricultural processing (textiles, sugar, coffee, plywood,
beer), cement, copper smelter, corrugated iron sheet, shoes, fertilizer
Electric power: 156,000 kw. capacity (1971); 768 million kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 142 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $261.4 million (f.o.b., 1970); coffee, cotton, copper, tea; $7.6 million
to Communist countries (c.i.f., 1968)
Imports: $204.8 million (c.i.f., 1970); petroleum products, machinery, cotton
piece goods, metals, transport equipment; $7 million from Communist countries
(c.i.f., 1968)
Major trade partners: U.K., U.S., Kenya (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania form
East African Economic Community)
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Monetary conversion rate: 7.143 Uganda shillings=US$1; I Uganda shilling=US$0.14
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 760 mi.; all meter gage, single track
Highways: 31,330 mi. total; 940 mi. bituminous surface treatment; 10,390 mi.
crushed stone, gravel, laterite, and improved earth; 20,000 mi. unimproved
earth roads and tracks
Inland waterways: Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, and
Lake Edward (6,010 mi.); Kagera River and Victoria Nile (380 mi.)
Ports: 1 major (Port Bell on Lake Victoria)
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,500 GRT, 9,100 DWT
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 50 total, 43 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways
8,000-11,999 ft., 11 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 3 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph services fair to good, intercity
connections based on 3 or 12 channel carrier systems; 30,200 telephones;
260,000 radio and 15,000 TV receivers; 2 AM, no FM, and 6 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 2,420,000; about 1,370,000 fit for military
service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1972, $42.7 million; 16.6% of
total budget
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LAND:
8,600,000 sq. mi.; 9.3% cultivated, 37.1% forest and
brush, 2.6% urban, industrial, and transportation,
4h 16.8% pasture and natural hay land, 34.2% desert,
swamp, or waste
Land boundaries: 12,595 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 29,000 mi. (incl. Sakhalin)
PEOPLE:
Population: 248,726,000, average annual growth rate 1%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 74% Slavic, 26% among some 170 ethnic groups
Religion: 70% atheist, 18% Russian Orthodox, 9% Muslim, 3% other
Language: more than 200 languages and dialects (at least 18 with more than 1
million speakers); 76% Slavic group, 8% other Indo-European, 11% Altaic,
3% Uralian, 2% Caucasian
Literacy: 98.5% of population (ages 9-49)
Labor force: 126 million (1971), 32% agriculture, 68% industry and other non-
agricultural fields, unemployed not reported, shortage of skilled labor
not reported, no shortage of unskilled labor
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Type: Communist state
Capital: Moscow
Political subdivisions: 15 union republics, 20 autonomous republics, 6 krays,
114 oblasts, and 8 autonomous oblasts
Legal system: civil law system as modified by Communist legal theory; constitution
adopted 1936; no judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at 18
universities and 4 law institutes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Council of Ministers (executive), Supreme Soviet (legislative), Supreme
Court of U.S.S.R. (judicial)
Government leaders: Leonid I. Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party; Aleksey N. Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of
Ministers; Nikolay V. Podgornyy, Chairman of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R.
Supreme Soviet
Suffrage: universal over age 18; direct, equal
Elections: to Supreme Soviet every 4 years; 1,517 deputies elected in 1970;
72.3% party members
Political parties and leaders: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) only
party permitted
Voting strength (1970 election): 153,237,112 persons over 18; claimed 99.96%
voted
Communists: nearly 14,500,000 party members
Other political or pressure groups: Komsomol, trade unions, and other organizations
which facilitate Communist control
Member of: CEMA, IAEA, ICAO ILO, IMCO, ITU, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, Warsaw Pact, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: principal food crops -- grain (especially wheat), potatoes; main
industrial crops -- sugar beets, cotton, sunflowers, and flax; degree of
self-sufficiency depends on fluctuations in crop yields; given normal yields,
U.S.S.R. is self-sufficient; caloric intake, 3,000-3,200 calories per day
per capita in recent years
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Fishing: catch 7,811,100 tons (1971); exports 277,200 tons (1971), imports
22,200 tons (1971)
Major industries: diversified, highly developed capital goods industries; consumer
goods industries comparatively less developed
Shortages: natural rubber, bauxite and alumina, tantalum, tin, and tungsten
Crude steel: 130 million metric ton capacity as of 1 January 1972; 120.7
million metric tons produced in 1971, 490 kilograms per capita
Exports: fuels (particularly petroleum and derivatives), metals, agricultural
products (timber, grain) and a wide variety of manufactured goods (primarily
capital goods); $13,806 million (f.o.b. 1971)
Imports: specialized and complex machinery and equipment, textile fibers, consumer
manufactures, and any significant shortages in domestic production (for
example, wheat imported following poor domestic harvests); $12,479 million
(f.o.b., 1971)
Major trade partners: $26.3 billion (1971); trade 65% with Communist countries,
21% with industrialized West, and 14% with less developed countries
Official monetary conversion rate: 0.82 rubles=US$1; 1 ruble=US$1.2195
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 84,008 mi.; 81,400 mi. broad gage, 2,609 mi. narrow gage; 58,608 mi.
broad gage single track; 21.064 mi. electrified; does not include industrial
lines (1970)
Highways: 934,000 mi.; 99,000 mi. paved, 266,000 mi. gravel, crushed stone,
569,000 mi. improved or unimproved earth (1970)
Inland waterways: 90,000 mi. navigable, exclusive of Caspian Sea; 27,100 mi.
principal routes (1972)
Pipelines: crude oil, 21,500 mi.; refined products, 5,500 mi.; natural gas,
44,000 mi.
Ports: 63 major (most important: Leningrad, Murmansk, Odessa, Novorossiysk,
Vladivostok, Nakhodka); 122 selected minor (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- 3,192.3 million short tons, 1,708.6 billion short
ton/mi. (January 1971); highways -- 17,388.0 million short tons, 167.0
billion short ton/mi. (January 1971); waterway -- 419.6 million short tons,
119.2 billion short ton/mi. (January 1972)
Merchant marine: 1,459 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,548,750 GRT,
12,321,900 DWT; includes 64 passenger, 695 cargo (includes dry cargo,
refrigerated cargo, combination cargo-passenger, combination cargo-training),
266 tanker, 104 bulk container, 320 timber carrier, 12 specialized carrier;
145 dry cargo ships have long hatches ranging from 53 ft. to 79 ft. in length;
530 merchant ships based in Black Sea, 332 in Baltic Sea, 410 in Soviet Far
East and 193 in Barents/White Seas
Airfields: over 3,200 total; 547 with permanent-surface runways; 36 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 432 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 813 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Nuclear weapons: satisfies major requirements of Soviet forces
Supply: fully supplies own needs
Military budget: estimated military expenditures for 1971 were 16.6 billion rubles,
approximately 5% of estimated GNP, or equivalent to about $60.4 billion; -these
expenditures exclude research and development
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UN I TED ARAB EMIRATES
LAND:
32,000 sq. mi.; almost all desert, waste or urban
Land boundaries: 680 mi. (does not include boundaries
between adjacent U.A.E. states)
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): Abu Dhabi 3 n. mi.,
Sharjah 12 n. mi., others not available
Coastline: 900 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 179,000 (census of 15 March - 16 April 1968)
Ethnic divisions: Arabs 72%; others include Iranians,
Pakistanis, and Indians
Religion: Muslim 96%, Christian, Hindu and other 4%
Language: Arabic
Literacy: 20% est. (1968)
Labor force: 77,000 (1968)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: United Arab Emirates (comprised of former Trucial States)
Type: federal system; constitution signed December 1971, which delegated
specified powers to the United Arab Emirates central government and
reserved other powers to member sheikhdoms
Capital: Abu Zaby
Legal system: secular codes are being introduced by the U.A.E. government and
in several member sheikhdoms; Islamic law remains very influential
Branches: Supreme Council of Rulers (7 members), from which a President and Vice
President are elected; Prime Minister and Council of Ministers; National
Consultative Council; federal judiciary provided for in constitution but not
yet activated
Government leaders: Sheikh Zayid of Abu Dhabi, President; Sheikh Rashid of Dubai,
Vice President; Sheikh Maktum of Dubai, Prime Minister
Member states: Abu Dhabi; Ajman; Dubai; Fujairah; Ras al Khaimah; Sharjah; Umm
al Qaiwain
Member of: Arab League, U.N.
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: food imported, but some dates, alfalfa, vegetables, fruit, tobacco
raised
Major industries: fishing, trading, oil production; oil production began in Abu
Dhabi in 1962, and in 1972 reached 1,100,000 bbls. per day; oil revenues
accruing to Abu Dhabi estimated $600 million in 1972; Dubai has best port
and is commercial center -- oil was discovered in commercial quantities in
1966; production began in 1969, 1971 production 125,000 b.p.d.; oil revenues
for 1971 estimated at $50 million; small fishing, some boat building,
handicrafts, animal husbandry, pearling throughout area
Electric power: 36,000 kw. capacity (1970); 90 million kw.-hr. produced (1970),
676 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: crude petroleum, pearls, fish; Abu Dhabi crude exports $624 million (est.
1971) and Dubai $32 million total, of which $30 million reexports (1972)
Imports: food, consumer and capital goods; Abu Dhabi $108 million (est.
1972) and Dubai $249 million total (1972)
Major trade partners: Japan, U.K., India
Aid: multilateral annual average (1967-69) $1.17 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Qatar-Dubai riya1=US$0.23; Abu Dhabi, 1 Bahrain
dinar=US$2.27 (as of March 1972)
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Railroads: none
Highways: 175 mi. bituminous, undetermined mileage of earth tracks
Pipelines: crude oil, 160 mi.
Ports: 2 major, 4 minor
Merchant marine: 3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,700 GRT, 11,900 DWT
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 89 total, 38 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
over 12,000 ft., 1 with runway 8,000-11,999 ft., 14 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: telephone system in Dubayy and Ash Sharigah, also links
these towns; Abu Dhabi Petroleum operates a telecom system throughout
the sheikhdom; key centers are at At Tarif, Habshan, and Az Zannah; 6,800
telephones; 22,000 radio and 10,000 TV receivers; 3 AM, 1 FM, and 2 TV
stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 43,000; about 22,000 fit for military service
Aircraft: Abu Dhabi, 28 (11 jet, 7 prop, 10 helicopters)
Supply: mostly from U.K.
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UPPER VOLTA
106,000 sq. mi.; 50% pastureland, 21% fallow, 10%
cultivated, 9% forest and scrub, 10% waste and other
uses (1967)
Land boundaries: 2,055 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 5,659,000, average annual growth rate 2.0%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: more than 50 tribes; principal tribe
is Mossi (about 2.5 million); other important groups
are Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani
Religion: majority of population animist, about 20%
Muslim, 5% Christian (mainly Catholic)
Language: French official; tribal languages belong to Sudanic family, spoken
by 50% of the population
Literacy: 5%-10%
Labor force: about 95% of the economically active population engaged in animal
husbandry, subsistence farming, and related agricultural pursuits; about
30,000 are wage earners; about 20% of male labor force migrates annually to
neighboring countries for seasonal employment
Organized labor: 3 primary and several small specialized unions
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Upper Volta
Type: republic; transitional military regime in power since January 1966, will
rule until 1974
Capital: Ouagadougou
Political subdivisions: 5 departments consisting of 44 cercles
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution
adopted 1970; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: President is an army officer; 57-man National Assembly was elected in
December 1970; 4 year transition period will follow during which President
will rule over 15-man cabinet, one-third of which will be military; separate
judiciary
Government leader: President Gen. Sangoule Lamizana
Suffrage: universal for adults
Elections: National Assembly elections held in late December 1970; RDA-UDV holds
38 seats, ,PRA 12, MLN 5, Independent 2
Political parties and leaders: 7 legally recognized parties; Voltan Democratic
Union-African Democratic Rally (UDV-RDA), Gerard Kango Ouedraogo; African
Regroupment Party (PRA), D. Pale Welte Issa; Movement for National Liberation
(MLN), Joseph ki-Zerbo; People's Action Group (GAP), Nohoun Sigue; Union for
the New Voltaic Republic (UNR), Blaise Bassoleth; Party of National Regroupment
(PRN), Francois Bassolet; Party of Voltan Workers (PTV), George Kabore
Communists: no Communist party; possibly some sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: labor organizations are badly splintered
Member of: ADB, EAMA, ECA, ENTENTE, FAO, ICAO, ILO, ITU, Niger River Commission,
OAU, OCAM, U.N., UNESCO, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $325 million (1971 est.), $60 per capita
Agriculture: cash crops -- peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, cotton; food crops --
sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock; largely self-sufficient
Fishing: catch 5,000 metric tons (1969), $2.7 million
Major industries: agricultural processing plants, brewery, bottling, and brick
plants; a few other light industries
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ECONOMY (cont'd):
Electric power: 13,530 kw. capacity (1971); 33 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
6 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $17 million (f.o.b., 1971); livestock (on the hoof), peanuts, shea
nut products, cotton, sesame
Imports: $55 million (c.i.f., 1971); textiles, food, and other consumer goods,
transport equipment, machinery, fuels
Major trade partners: volume understated because much regional trade is unrecorded;
Ivory Coast and Ghana; overseas trade mainly with France and other EC
countries; preferential tariff to EC and franc zone countries
Aid:
economic -- France (1964-September 1970) $46 million; EC (1960-70) $56.7
million; U.S.S.R., Ghana, West Germany, and Israel have also extended aid;
U.S. (FY62-71) $268 million; international organizations (1960-70) $12.1 million;
military -- France, $3.7 million (1964-70); U.S., $0.2 million (1962-70)
Monetary conversion rate: 255.785 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs=US$1
(official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 728 mi., 320 mi. meter gage, single track; Ouagadougou to Abidjan,
Ivory Coast line
Highways: 10,380 mi.; 200 mi. paved, 3,550 mi. improved, 6,630 mi. unimproved
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 59 total, 51 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 2 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: all services generally poor; 2,600 telephones; 88,000 radio
receivers; 6,000 TV receivers; 2 AM, no FM, and 1 TV stations (broadcasts
temporarily suspended)
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,344,000; 640,000 fit for military service; no
conscription
Supply: dependent on France
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $5.0 million; 11.8% of
total budget
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URUGUAY
LAND:
72,200 sq. mi.; 94% agricultural land (73% pasture, 11%
cropland) 16% forest, urban, waste and other
Land boundaries: 840 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 200 n. mi.
Coastline: 410 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 2,974,000, average annual growth rate 1.2%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: 85%-90% white, 5% Negro, 5%-10% mestizo
Religion: 66% Roman Catholic (less than half adult population
regularly)
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 90.5% for those 15 years of age or older
Labor force: 1,015,500 (1963 census); of those employed in important sectors --
25% government; 34% industry; 10% service; 13% other; 8% agriculture, forestry,
fishing and mining; no shortage of skilled labor
Organized labor: about 25% of labor force (largely Communist influenced)
attends church
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Type: republic
Capital: Montevideo
Political subdivisions: 19 departments with limited autonomy
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; new constitution implemented
1967; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court, legal education
at University of the Republic at Montevideo; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: executive, headed by President; bicameral legislature (30 Senators
plus Vice President who presides and has voice and vote, and 99-member
Chamber of Deputies) elected by popular vote under a complicated system
using proportional representation; national judiciary headed by Supreme
Court
Government leader: President Juan Maria Bordaberry
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: every 5 years; next in 1976
Political parties and leaders: National (Blanco) Party, President of Party
Directorate Homero Murdoch, main factions include Martin Echegoyen's "Alianza"
faction, List 400 (Washington Beltran), Rocha Movement (Alberto Gallinal),
Orthodox Herreristas (Alberto Heber Usher), and Por La Patria (Wilson Ferreira
Aldunate); Colorado Party, main factions include Colorado and Batllista Union
(Juan Maria Bordaberry), List 15 (Jorge Batlle), List 315 (Amilcar Vasconcellos);
Broad Front (Frente Amplio), leftwing coalition of Leftist Liberation Front
(FIDEL), Communist Front and dissident factions from both the Blanco and
Colorado parties, and including FIDEL, the Christian Democrats, and other
splinter groups
Voting strength (1971 elections): 41% Colorado, 40.2% Blanco, 18.3% Frente Amplio,
0.5% Radical Christian Union
Communists: 35,000-40,000 including Communist youth group (6,000-8,000)
Other political or pressure groups: Communist Party (PCU), Rodney Arismendi;
Christian Democratic Party (PDC); Socialist Party of Uruguay (PSU); Revolu-
tionary Movement of Uruguay (MRO) pro-Cuban Communist Party; National
Liberation Movement of Uruguay (MRO) pro-Cuban Communist Party; National
Liberation Movement (MLN-Tupamaros) Marxist Revolutionary terrorist group
Member of: IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, LATTA, OAS, U.N.
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GNP: $3.3 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971); $1,130 per capita;
74% private consumption, 12% public consumption, 14% gross investment (1969);
real growth rate 1971, -0.7%
Agriculture: large areas devoted to extensive livestock grazing (22 million
sheep, 8 million cattle); main crops -- wheat, rice, corn; self-sufficient
in most basic foodstuffs; caloric intake, 3,000 calories per day per capita,
with high protein content
Major industries: meat processing, wool and hides, textiles, footwear, cement,
petroleum refining
Crude steel: 24,000 metric tons produced (1966), 10 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 555,000 kw. capacity (1971); 2 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971 est.), 700 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $206 million (f.o.b., 1971); beef, wool, hides
Imports: $222 mill ion ( c . .f . , 1971) ; fuels, metals, machinery, transportation
equipment
Major trade partners: exports -- EC 27%, U.K. 25%, U.S. 12%, LAFTA 11%;
imports -- LAFTA 26%, U.S. 22%, U.K. 14%, EC 13% (1968)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-71), loans $119 million, grants
$23.9 million; from international organizations, IBRD $130.5 million, IDB
$87.3 million, U.N. $9.9 million; $6 million credit from East Germany (1966),
$10 million credit from Hungary (1970), $20 million credit from U.S.S.R.
(1969), $5 million credit from Czechoslovakia (1970), $.4 million credit from
Bulgaria (1969); military -- U.S. (FY53-71), grants $47.4 million, $4.4 million
credits
Monetary conversion rate: trade (selling) -- 647 pesos=US$1; financial -- floating
(875 pesos=US$1 on 21 September 1972)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 1,870 mi., all standard gage and government owned (1970)
Highways: 32,200 mi.; 3,700 mi. paved, 4,600 mi. otherwise surfaced, 9,600 mi.
improved earth, 14,300 mi. earth tracks
Inland waterways: 1,068 mi.; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft
Freight carried: highways 80% of total cargo traffic, rail 15%, waterways 5%
Ports: 4 major, 6 minor
Merchant marine: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 139,800 GRT, 219,500
DWT; includes 6 cargo, 7 tanker; includes 2 naval tanker sometimes used
commercially
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 86 total , 62 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway
8,000-11,999 ft., 10 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; 220,000
telephones; 1.1 million radio and 250,000 TV receivers; 65 AM, 3 FM, and 21
TV stations; 2 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 724,000; 565,000 fit for military service; no
conscription
Supply: dependent on U.S. for current supplies, with few exceptions
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $26.7 million; 9.5%
of central government budget
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Land boundaries: 2 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,000 (official estimate for 1 July 1964)
Ethnic divisions: primarily Italians but also many
other nationalities
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language: Italian, Latin, and various modern languages
Literacy: virtually complete
Labor force: approx. 700; Vatican City employees divided
into 3 categories -- executives, officeworkers,
and salaried employees
Organized labor: none
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: State of the Vatican City
Type: monarchical-sacerdotal state
Capital: Vatican City
Political subdivisions: Vatican City includes St. Peter's, the Vatican Palace
and Museum and neighboring buildings covering more than 13 acres; 13
buildings in Rome, although outside the boundaries, enjoy extraterritorial
rights
Legal system: Canon law; constitutional laws of 1929 serve some of the functions
of a constitution
Branches: the Pope possesses full executive, legislative, and judicial powers;
he delegates these powers to the governor of Vatican City, who is subject
to pontifical appointment and recall; high Vatican offices include the
Secretariat of State, the College of Cardinals (chief papal advisers), the
Roman Curia (which carries on the central administration of the Roman
Catholic Church) the Presidence of the Prefecture for the Economy, and
the synod of bishops (created in 1965)
Government leader: Supreme Pontiff, Paul VI, (Giovanni Battista Montini, born
26 September 1897, elected Pope 21 June 1963)
Suffrage: limited to cardinals aged 80 or younger
Elections: Supreme Pontiff elected for life by College of Cardinals
Communists: none known
Other political parties and pressure groups: none (exclusive of influence
exercised by other church officers in universal Roman Catholic Church)
Member: IAEA
ECONOMY:
The Vatican City, seat of the Holy See, is supported financially by contributions
(known as Peter's pence) from Roman Catholics throughout the world; some
income derived from sale of Vatican postage stamps and tourist mementos,
fees for admission to Vatican museums, and sale of publications; industrial
activity consists solely of printing and production of a small amount of
mosaics and staff uniforms
The banking and financial activities of the Vatican are worldwide; the Institute
for Religious Agencies carries out fiscal operations and invests and transfers
funds of Roman Catholic religious communities throughout the world; the
Cardinal's Commission controls the administration of ordinary assets of the
Holy See and a Special Administration manages the Holy See's capital assets
Electric power: obtained from Rome city grid; standby diesel powerplant with
2,100 kw. capacity
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Railroads: none
Highways: none (city streets)
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: none
Telecommunications: I AM and 1 FM radiobroadcasting stations; 2,000-line
automatic telephone exchange
DEFENSE FORCES:
Defense is responsibility of Italy
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VENEZUELA
LAND:
352,000 sq. mi.; 4% cropland, 18% pasture, 21% forest,
57% urban, waste, and other
Land boundaries: 2,598 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 1,740 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 11,370,000 (excluding Indian jungle population
estimated at 32,000 in 1961), average annual growth
rate 3.6% (FY70)
Ethnic divisions: 67% mestizo, 21% white, 10% Negro, 2% Indian
Religion: 94% nominally Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 74% (claimed, 1970 est.)
Labor force: 3 million (1969); 24% agriculture, 6% construction,
6% transportation, 18% commerce, 25% services, 4% petroleum, utilities, and
other
Organized labor: 45% of labor force
17% manufacturing,
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Venezuela
Type: republic
Capital: Caracas
Political subdivisions: 20 states, 1 federal district, 2 federal territories
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system with influence of U.S. law;
constitution promulgated 1961; judicial review of legislative acts in
Cassation Court only; dual court system, state and federal; legal education
at Central University of Venezuela; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: executive (President), bicameral legislature, judiciary
Government leader: President Rafael Caldera
Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18
Elections: every 5 years; next 9 December 1973
Political parties and leaders: Accion Democratica (AD), Carlos Andres Perez, and
Gonzalo Barrios; Social Christian Party (COPEI), Rafael Caldera, and Lorenzo
Fernandez; People's Electoral Movement (MEP), Jesus Angel Paz Galarraga;
Cruzada Civica Nacionalista (CCN), Marcos Perez Jimenez, leader;
Union Republicana Democratica (URD), Jovito Villalba; Partido Comunista de
Venezuela (PCV), Secretary-General Jesus Faria; Fuerza Democratica Popular
(FDP), Jorge Dager; Frente Nacional Democratico (END), Pedro Segnini La Cruz;
Movement to Socialism (MAS), Jose Vincente Rangel, Teodoro Fetkoff, and
Pompey Marquez
Voting strength (1968 election): 25.6% AD, 24.1% COPEI, 13% MEP, 10.9% CCN, 9.3%
URD, 5.3% FDP, 2.8% Union for Advancement (Communist front), 2.6% END, 2.3%
PR IN
Communists: minuscule in numbers and effectiveness
Member of: FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDB, IFC, ILO, ITU, OAS, Seabeds Committee
(observer), U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $12.3 billion (purchasing power parity estimate, 1971), $1,140 per capita;
64% private consumption, 14% public consumption, 22% gross investment (1970),
real growth rate 1971 est. 5%
Agriculture: main crops -- cotton, sugarcane, corn, coffee, rice; self-sufficient
in rice and chicken, imports wheat (U.S.) and meat (Colombia); caloric
intake 2,600 calories per day per capita (1964)
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Fishing: catch 126,300 tons metric, $33.8 million (1970); exports $5.7 million
(1969 est.), imports $4.6 million (1969)
Major industries: petroleum, iron-ore mining, construction, food processing,
textiles
Crude steel: 923,000 metric tons produced (1970), 90 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 3.2 million kw. capacity (1971); 13.4 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 1,300 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $3,129 million (f.o.b., 1971); petroleum $2,783 million (1971), iron
ore, coffee, cocoa
Imports: $1,891 million (c.i.f., 1971); industrial machinery and equipment,
chemicals, manufactures, wheat
Major trade partners: U.S. 41%, Canada 9%, U.K. 5% (1969)
Aid:
economic -- extensions from U.S. (FY46-70),4360.1 million loans; $59.7
million grants; from international organizations (FY46-70), $574.5 million;
from Communist countries (1954-71), $10 million;
military -- assistance from U.S. (FY53-71), $115.6 million
Monetary conversion rate: 4.40 bolivares=US$1 (selling rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 233 mi. 4'8 1/2" gage; all single track; 107 mi. government owned,
126 mi. privately owned
Highways: 34,600 mi.; 11,200 mi. paved, 9,200 mi. gravel, 4,200 mi. improved
earth, 10,000 unimproved (including trails)
Inland waterways: 4,450 mi.; Orinoco River and Lake Maracaibo accept oceangoing
vessels
Pipelines: crude oil, 3,800 mi.; refined products, 250 mi.; natural gas,
1,550 mi.
Ports: 6 major, 17 minor
Merchant marine: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 349,200 GRT, 514,300 DWT;
includes 20 cargo, 13 tanker, 3 bulk, 2 specialized carrier
Civil air: 59 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 451 total, 238 usable; 89 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 72 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: extensive radio relay; local telephone systems greatly expanded;
satellite ground station; over 445,000 telephones; est. 3 million radio and
900,000 TV receivers; 150 AM, 50 FM, and 36 TV stations; 3 submarine cables,
1 coaxial
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,457,000; 1,685,000 fit for military service;
120,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $292 million;
about 9% of central government budget
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VIETNAM, NORTH
LAND:
61,300 sq. mi.; 14% cultivated, 50% forested, 36% urban
inland water, and other
Land boundaries: 1,850 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 490 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 20,324,000, average annual growth rate 1.1%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 85%-90% predominantly Vietnamese; ethnic
minorities include Muong, Thai, Meo, and Man
Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism
Language: closely corresponds to the breakdown of ethnic
Literacy: claimed to be 95% (1964)
Labor force: (1 January 1970) 9.6 million, not including
agriculture and 10% industry
groups
military; about 70%
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Democratic People's Republic of Viet-Nam
Type: Communist state
Capital: Hanoi
Political subdivisions: 2 autonomous regions (of 3 and 5 provinces, respectively),
17 other provinces, 2 centrally governed municipalities, 1 special zone
Legal system: based on Communist legal theory and French civil law system;
constitution enacted 1960
Branches: constitution provides for a National Assembly and highly centralized
executive nominally subordinate to it
Party and government leaders: Le Duan, First Secretary; Ton Duc Thang, President
of DRV; Pham Van Dong, Premier; Truong Chinh, Chairman, Standing Committee
of National Assembly; Vo Nguyen Giap, Minister of National Defense
Suffrage: over age 18
Elections: pro forma elections held for national and local assemblies
Political parties: ruled by Lao Dong Party with no organized opposition;
membership approximately 900,000 (about 4% of population)
Member of: no international bodies
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: mainly subsistence; main crops -- rice, corn, sweet potatoes,
manioc, sugarcane; food shortages -- rice, meat, sugar; caloric intake,
1,700-2,200 calories per day per capita
Major industries: food processing, textiles, machine building, mining, cement
Shortages: petroleum, complex machinery and equipment, fertilizer, foodstuffs
Monetary conversion rate (nominal): 3.7 dong=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 602 usable route mi., consists of about 25 mi. of standard gage
(4'8 1/2"), 438 mi. of meter gage (3'3 3/8"), and 139 mi. of dual gage
(4'8 1/2" and 3'3 3/8"); all single track, none electrified; all government
owned and operated; new rail line under construction between Kep and port
of Hon Gai
Highways: 9,100 mi., plus about 1,600 mi. of seasonally motorable tracks; 900 to
1,000 mi. bituminous surface-treated, remainder gravel, crushed stone, or earth
Inland waterways: 4,200 mi.; 1,800 mi. navigable perennially by craft drawing 6 ft.
Ports: 3 major, 12 minor
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Merchant marine: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,100 GRT, 14,400 DWT;
includes 3 cargo,
Airfields: 16 total; 11 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runway 8,000-
11,999 ft., 12 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
DEFENSE FORCES:
Supply: dependent chiefly on China and U.S.S.R. for virtually all
equipment; smaller amounts from other Communist countries; produces negligible
quantities of infantry weapons, ammunition, and explosive devices
Military budget: no recent data available; for fiscal year ending 31 December
1962, estimated defense expenditures 382 million dongs; about one-fifth of
total budget (estimated value $103 million); military aid from U.S.S.R. and
China now so extensive that actual allocation of North Vietnam's domestic
resources to defense would not be indicative of total military effort
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LAND:
66,000 sq. mi.; 35% arable (17% cultivated), 32% forested,
33% other
Land boundaries: 1,025 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
(fishing, 10.8 n. mi.)
Coastline: 1,650 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 19,550,000, average annual growth rate 2.6%
(FY70)
Ethnic divisions: 87.7% Vietnamese, 6% Chinese, 3.2%
mountain tribesmen, 2.9% Khmer, 2% Cham
Religion: 70% Buddhist (at least 5% Hoa Hao), 5% Cao Dai, and 10% Catholic; others
include animist, and small numbers of Protestant, Muslim and Hindu; most
Buddhists are of Mahayana school or practice combination of Buddhism, Taoism,
and Confucianism
Language: Vietnamese, French, Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal languages
(Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian), Cham (Malayo-Polynesian dialect)
Labor force: civilian work force 5.8 million (not including armed forces);
67% agriculture, fishing, and forestry; 17% industry and commerce; 3%
domestic and personal services; 3% employed by U.S.; 5% government; 5%
unemployed
Organized labor: unknown
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Viet-Nam
Type: republic
Capital: Saigon
Political subdivisions: 4 regions (corresponding to 4 military regions), 1 special
region (corresponding to Capital Special Zone), divided into 44 provinces
and 11 autonomous municipalities
Legal system: based on French civil law system; legal education at Universities
of Saigon and Hue
Branches: constitution provides for modified presidential system with executive,
legislative, and judicial branches
Government leaders: President Nguyen Van Thieu; Vice President Tran Van Huong;
Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem
Elections: senate elections scheduled for 1973; next presidential elections
scheduled for 1975
Political parties and leaders: numerous small parties reflecting an emphasis on
personal leadership rather than ideological content; parties supporting
government and opposition groups are fragmented and poorly organized; An
Quang Buddhists are the most important opposition group, while several
Catholic parties usually back the government; other significant parties
include two old-line political parties (Revolutionary Dai Viet and Vietnamese
Nationalist-VNQDD), the Progressive Nationalist Movement, and the labor
union-based Farmer-Worker Party; Hoa Hao and Cao Dai politico-religious sects
exert strong influence in local areas
Communists: The People's Revolutionary Party operates through and within the
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) and the Alliance of
National, Democratic, and Peace Forces (ANDPF), and the Provisional Revolu-
tionary Government (PRG) designed to rival the legal government
Member of: Colombo Plan, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, ITU, U.N. (certain specialized
U.N. agencies and maintains observer team), UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $2.3 billion (est. 1972), $120 per capita; no real growth rate estimated
for 1972
Agriculture: main crops -- rice, rubber, peanuts, corn, sugarcane, sweet potatoes,
copra; major food imports -- rice, dairy products, sugar, wheat flour
Fishing: catch 587,400 metric tons (1971); 1 growing trade in fish and fish
products
Major industries: manufacturing on small scale, mainly light manufacturing and
processing of local agricultural and forest products; factories produce
textiles, beer, cigarettes, glass, tires, sugar, paper, cement, soft drinks;
there are also limited mining operations
Shortages: capital goods
Electric power: 900,000 kw. capacity (1972); 1.9 billion kw.-hr. produced (1972),
99 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $14 million (f.o.b., 1971); major commodities -- rubber, scrap metal,
duckfeathers
Imports: $825 million (c.i.f., 1971); major commodities -- machinery and trans-
portation equipment, rice, textile fabrics and yarn, petroleum products, base
metals and manufactures
Major trade partners: exports -- France, U.K., West Germany, Japan; imports --
U.S., Japan, Taiwan; no trade with Communist countries
Monetary conversion rate: multiple exchange rate system with flexible rates; as
of 1 October 1972 rates were as follows: 300 piasters=US$1 for U.S.-financed
merchandise imports; 435 piasters=US$1 for other merchandise imports
and most invisible transactions such as personal currency conversions, foreign
investment, and government transfers; 500 piasters=US$1 for most commodity
exports; average black market rate of 427 piasters=US$1 during third quarter
of 1972
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 770 mi.
Highways: 12,200 mi.; 3,000 mi. bituminous, 1,717 mi. gravel and crushed stone,
1,483 mi. improved earth, 6,000 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: about 6,800 mi. navigable; more than 1,400 mi. navigable at all
times by vessels up to 6 ft. draft
Ports: 6 major, 20 minor
Merchant marine: 34 ships totaling 34,900 GRT, 50,300 DWT; includes 29 cargo, 3
tanker, 2 bulk; only 8 ships over 1,000 GRT
Airfields: 341 total, 172 usable; 66 with permanent-surface runways, 8 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 19 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 4 seaplane stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 4,519,000; 3,025,000 fit for military service;
143,000 reach military age (18) annually
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LAND:
1,100 sq. mi.; comprised of 2 large islands of Savai'i and
Upolu and several smaller islands, including Manono
and Apolima; 65% forested, 24% cultivated, 11% industry,
waste, or urban
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi.
Coastline: 250 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 147,000, average annual growth rate 1.8%
(December 66-71)
Ethnic divisions: Polynesians, about 12,000 Euronesians (persons of European
and Polynesian blood), 700 Europeans
Religion: 99.7% Christian (about half of population associated with the London
Missionary Society)
Language: Samoan (Polynesian), English
Literacy: 85%-90% (education compulsory for all children from 7-15 years)
Labor force: agriculture 19,148; mining and manufacturing 1,716 (1961)
Organized labor: unorganized
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: The Independent State of Western Samoa
Type: constitutional monarchy under native chief; special treaty relationship
with New Zealand
Capital: Apia
Legal system: based on English common law and local customs; constitution came
into effect upon independence in 1962; judicial review of legislative acts
with respect to fundamental rights of the citizen; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: Head of State and Executive Council; Legislative Assembly; Supreme
Court, Court of Appeal, Land and Titles Court, village courts
Government leaders: Head of State, Malietoa Tanumafili II; Prime Minister,
Tupua Tamasese Leaofi IV
Suffrage: 45 Samoan members of Legislative Assembly are elected by holders of
matai (heads of family) titles (about 5,000); 2 European members are elected
by universal adult suffrage
Elections: held triennially
Political parties and leaders: no clearly defined political party structure
Communists: unknown
Member of: ADB, Commonwealth, ECAFE, WHO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $36 million (1970), $240 per capita
Agriculture: cocoa, bananas, copra; staple foods include coconut, bananas, taro,
and yams
Electric power: 6,800 kw. capacity (1972); 17 million kw.-hr. produced (1972),
114 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $6.3 million (1971); copra, cocoa, bananas
Imports: $12.8 million (1971); machinery and equipment, manufactured goods, food
Major trade partners: exports -- New Zealand, West Germany, the Netherlands; imports
-- New Zealand, Australia, US
Aid: New Zealand, $2.5 million committed; U.S., $2 million extended (FY67-70)
Monetary conversion rate: WS$1=US$1.48
Major industries: timber, tourism
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Railroads: none
Highways: 477 mi.; 80 mi. bituminous, remainder mostly gravel, crushed stone,
or earth
Inland waterways: none
Ports: 1 principal (Apia), 1 minor
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft (includes 1 leased)
Airfields: 4 total, all usable; 1 with runway 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane
station
Telecommunications: 1,960 telephones; 32,000 radio receivers; 1 AM station
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YEMEN (ADEN)*
LAND:
112,000 sq. mi. (border with Saudi Arabia undefined); only
about 1% arable (of which less than 25% cultivated)
Land boundaries: 1,060 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 860 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 1,535,000*, average annual growth rate 2.7%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: almost all Arabs; a few Indians,
Somalis, and Europeans in Aden
Religion: Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: probably no higher than 10%; Aden 35% (est.)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Type: republic
Capital: Aden; Madinat ash Sha'b, administrative capital
Political subdivisions: 6 provinces
Legal system: based on Islamic law (for personal matters) and English common
law (for commercial matters); highest judicial organ, Federal High Court,
interprets constitution and determines disputes between states
Branches: Presidential Council; cabinet; Supreme People's Council
Government leaders: Chairman of Presidential Council, Salim Rubay Ali; Prime
Minister All Nasir Muhammed al-Hasani; NF Secretary General Abd Al-Fattah
Ismail
Political parties and leaders: National Front (NF), only legal party
Communists: few known
Member of: U.N.
ECONOMY:
GNP: $100 per capita
Agriculture (all outside Aden): cotton is main cash crop; cereals, dates, kat
(qat), coffee, and livestock are raised and there is a growing fishing
industry; large amount of food must be imported (particularly for Aden);
cotton, hides, skins, dried and salted fish are exported
Major industries: petroleum refinery (production 150,000 bbls. per day) mid 1971;
capacity 178,000 bbls. per day at Little Aden operates on imported crude; oil
exploration activity
Exports: $13 million (f.o.b., 1971)
Imports: $169 million (c.i.f., 1971)
Electric power: 108,000 kw. capacity (1971); 378 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
290 kw.-hr. per capita
Major trade partners: Yemen, East Africa, but some cement and sugar imported from
Communist countries; crude oil imported from Persian Gulf, exported mainly
to U.K. and Japan
Monetary conversion rate: 1 S. Yemeni dinar=US$2.61
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: none
Highways: 3,350 mi.; 120 mi. bituminous treated, 30 mi. crushed stone and gravel,
3,200 motorable track
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COMMUNICATIONS (cont'd):
Ports: 1 major
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,600 GRT, 2,500 DWT
Pipelines: refined products, 20 mi.
Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 138 total, 78 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 41 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications: excellent international radioconnunications; excellent
domestic wire facilities; 9,400 telephones; 250,000 radio receivers; 25,000
TV receivers; 5 TV and 1 AM stations; 4 submarine cables
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 372,000; 200,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1971, $15,816,000; about 34.4%
of total budget
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LAND:
about 75,000 sq. mi. (parts of border with Saudi Arabia
and Southern Yemen undefined); 20% agricultural,
1% forested, 79% desert, waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 950 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 325 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 6,164,000, average annual growth rate 2.9%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Arab, 10% Afro-Arab (mixed)
Religion: 100% Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: 15% (est.)
Labor force: almost entirely agriculture and herding
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Yemen Arab Republic
Type: republic
Capital: San'a'
Political subdivisions: 8 provinces
Legal system: based on Turkish law, Islamic law, and local customary law; first
constitution promulgated December 1970; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Branches: President, Prime Minister, Republican Council, Consultative Council
Government leaders: President Abd al-Rahman Iryani; Prime Minister Muhsin al-Ayni
Communists: few known
Member of: Arab League, FAO, ICAO, ITU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY:
Agriculture: sorghum and millet, qat (a mild narcotic), cotton, coffee, fruits
and vegetables; largely self-sufficient in food
Major industries: cotton textiles and leather goods produced on a small scale;
handicraft and some fishing; small aluminum products factory
Electric power: 4,000 kw. capactiy (1971); 14 million kw.-hr. produced (1971),
2 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: about $6 million (1970), qat, cotton, coffee, hides, vegetables
Imports: about $88 million (1970), textiles and other manufactured consumer goods,
petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, and cement
Major trade partners: trade with Aden 25% of total, others include U.S.S.R ,
Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, France
Aid:
economic -- $340 million credits extended through August 1972, $170 million
drawn through 1970; major donors include U.S.S.R., China, U.S., West
Germany, Saudi Arabia;
military -- $77 million from U.S.S.R.; $36 million from Eastern Europe;
$7 million through 1971, western military aid
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Yemeni ria1=US$0.20 as of March 1972
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
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Railroads: none
Highways: 2,160 mi.; 290 mi. bituminous; 270 mi. crushed stone and gravel;
1,600 mi. earth, sand, and light gravel
Ports: 3 major, 2 minor
Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 35 total, 25 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 6 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 12 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: systems among mideast's worst; consists of meager open-wire
lines and low-power radio communication stations; principal center Sana,
secondary centers Al Hudaydah and Taizz; 3,550 telephones; 25,000 radio
receivers (approx.); 1 AM radio-broadcast station
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,488,000; 790,000 fit for military service;
about 65,000 reach military age (18) annually; univeral military conscription
law (10 January 1963) makes military service obligatory for all Yemeni
males 18-30
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YUGOSLAVIA
LAND:
98,700 sq. mi.; 32% arable, 25% meadows and pastures,
34% forested, 9% urban, waste, and other
Land boundaries: 1,865 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 10 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 945 mi. (mainland), plus 1,500 mi. (offshore
islands)
PEOPLE:
Population: 20,841,000, average annual growth rate 1.0%
(current)
Ethnic divisions: 43% Serb, 23% Croat, 8% Slovene, 6% Macedonian, 3% Montenegrin,
5% Albanian, 3% Hungarian, 9% other (1971 census)
Religion: 41% Serbian Orthodox, 32% Roman Catholic, 12% Muslim, 3% other, 12%
none (1953 census)
Language: Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Albanian, Hungarian, and Italian
Literacy: 80.3% (1961)
Labor force: 13.5 million (1970); 49.6% agriculture, 16% mining and manufacturing,
34.4% other nonagricultural activities; reported unemployment averaged 8%
of registered labor force (social sector) in 1967
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Type: Communist state, federal republic in form
Capital: Belgrade
Political subdivisions: 6 republics with 2 autonomous provinces (within the
Republic of Serbia)
Legal system: mixture of civil law system and Communist legal theory; constitution
adopted 1963 and amended in 1967, 1968, and 1971; in early stage of development
is a system of judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court
(a quasi-judicial body); legal education at several law schools; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: parliament (Federal Assembly) constitutionally supreme; executive
includes cabinet (Federal Executive Council) and the Federal Administration;
independent judiciary; the State Pesidency is a collective policymaking body
based on proportional representation of all the republics and provinces, Tito
presides as President of the Republic
Government leader: Josip Broz Tito, President of Republic and President of
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: Federal Assembly elected every 4 years
Political parties and leaders: League of Communists of Yugoslavia (ICY) only;
leaders are President Tito and influential presidium members Edvard Kardelj,
Veljko Vlahovic, Mijalko Todorovic, Vladimir Bakaric, Krste Crvenkovski,
and Stane Dolanc
Voting strength: Voter participation in national elections has declined, as
follows -- 1963, 95.5%; 1965, 93.6%; 1967, 89%; 1969, 88%
Communists: 1,025,000 party members (1971)
Other political or pressure groups: Socialist Alliance of Working People of
Yugoslavia (SAWPY), the major mass front organization for the LCY;
Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia (CTUY), Union of Youth of
Yugoslavia (UYY), Federation of Yugoslav War Veterans (SUBNOR)
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d) :
Member of: CEMA (participates in certain commissions), EC (trade agreement with
EC initiated 3 Feb 1970), FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IHB, ILO, IMCO,
IMF, ITU, OECD (participant in some activities), Seabeds Committee, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $21.2 billion (est.) in 1971 (at 1970 prices), $1,020 per capita; 1971 growth
rate approx. 9%
Agriculture: diversified agriculture with many small private holdings and large
agricultural combines; main crops -- corn, wheat, tobacco, sugar beets, and
sunflowers; generally a net exporter of foodstuffs and live animals; self-
sufficient in food except for tropical products, cotton, wool, and vegetable
meal feeds; caloric intake, 3,210 calories per day per capita (1967)
Major industries: metallurgy, machinery and equipment, textiles, wood
processing, food processing
Shortages: fuels, steel, textile fibers, chemicals
Crude steel: 2.7 million metric tons produced (1971), 130 kg. per capita
Exports: $1,816 million (f.o.b., 1971); 18% foodstuffs and tobacco; 17% raw
materials, fuels, and chemicals; 24% machinery and equipment; 41% other
manufactures
Imports: $3,253 million (c.i.f., 1971); 9% foodstuffs and tobacco; 26% raw
materials, fuels, chemicals; 31% machinery and equipment; 34% other
manufactures
Major trade partners: $5,069 million (1971); 71% non-Communist countries (35%
EC, 6% U.S., 30% other non-Communist countries), 29% Communist countries
Aid: postwar credits extended mainly by the U.S. (about $3 billion, including grants
and $700 million in military aid); Western Europe (over $950 million); IBRD
($585 million); IMF (over $400 million); Communist countries extended credits
totaling $464 million in 1956 ($125 million drawing balance suspended in 1958)
and $576 million during 1962-70 and $130 million in 1971; Yugoslavia has
extended credits totaling about $600 million to 27 less developed countries
of Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Monetary conversion rate: 16.65 ND=US$1
Fiscal year: same as calendar year (all data refer to calendar year or to middle
or end of calendar year as indicated)
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 6,393 route mi.; 5,709 mi. standard gage, 684 mi. narrow gage;
463 mi. double track (1970)
Highways: 56,565 mi.; 14,850 mi. paved, 25,715 mi. gravel, crushed stone, 15,600
mi. improved earth, 400 mi. unimproved earth (January 1971)
Inland waterways: 1,231 mi. (1972)
Freight carried: rail -- 88.0 million short tons, 14.2 billion short ton/mi. (1971);
highway -- 64.7 million short tons, 4.5 billion short ton/mi. (1971);
waterway -- 25.4 million short tons, est. 4.8 billion short ton/mi. (1971)
Pipelines: crude oil, 200 mi.; natural gas, 1,000 mi.
Ports: 9 major (most important: Rijeka, Split), 24 minor (1972)
Merchant marine: 190 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,504,500 GRT, 2,196,900
DWT; includes 4 passenger, 144 cargo, 16 tanker, 26 bulk in addition Yugoslavia
owns 4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,600 GRT, 60,000 DWT which
appear under Panamanian flag
Airfields: 194 total, 90 usable; 34 with permanent-surface runways; 18 with
runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 29 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane
stations
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Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,605,000; 4,525,000 fit for military service;
201,000 reach military age (19) annually
Supply: produces general transport trucks, jet aircraft, weapons and ammunition
up to medium artillery, explosives, small quantities of offensive and defensive
chemical warfare materiel, signal equipment, and a small number of armored
personnel carriers; builds small submarines, fast patrol boats, and units up
to PC size; other materiel now obtained primarily from U.S.S.R.
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 11,731 million new
dinars; about 48.4% of the central government budget
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LAND:
905,000 sq. mi.; 22% agricultural land (1% cultivated),
45% forested, 33% other
Land boundaries: 6,153 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 n. mi.
Coastline: 23 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 23,918,000, average annual growth rate 4.2%
(FY71)
Ethnic divisions: over 200 African ethnic groups, the
majority are Bantu; four largest tribes -- Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu),
and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
Religion: 51% Christian, 45% animist, 4% other
Language: French, English, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, and Chiluba are all
classified as official languages
Literacy: 5% fluent in French, about 35% have an acquaintance with French
Labor force: about 8 million, but only about 13% in wage structure
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Zaire (until October 1971 known as Democratic Republic
of the Congo)
Type: republic; constitution establishes strong presidential system
Capital: Kinshasa
Political subdivisions: 8 regions and federal district of Kinshasa
Legal system: based on Belgian civil law system and tribal law; new constitution
promulgated 1967; legal education at National University of Zaire;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: president elected 1970 for seven-year term; National Legislative
Council of 420 members elected for five-year term; the official party is
the supreme political institution
Government leaders: Lt. Gen Mobutu Sese Seko, President
Elections: presidential and legislative elections in October and November 1970
Political parties and leaders: Mouvement Populaire de la Revolution (IMPR), only
legal party, organized from above with actual grassroots popularity not
clearly definable
Communists: no Communist Party, but some politicians are subject to Communist
influence
Member of: EAMA, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, IHB, ILO, ITU, OAU, UDEAC, U.N., UNESCO,
UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GDP: $2.1 billion (1971), about $90 per capita; real growth rate
6.5% p.a. 1968-71
Agriculture: main cash crops -- coffee, palm oil, rubber; main food crops --
manioc, bananas, root crops, corn; some provinces self-sufficient
Fishing: catch 122,000 metric tons (1970); imports $15.4 million (1969)
Major industries: mining, mineral processing, light industries
Electric power: 751,380 kw. capacity (1971); 3.23 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1971), 143 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $669 million (f.o.b., 1971); copper, cobalt, diamonds, other minerals,
coffee, palm oil
Imports: $698 million (c.i.f., 1971); consumer goods, foodstuffs, mining
and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
Major trade partners: Belgium, U.S., and West Germany
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ECONOMY (cont 'c).:
Aid: economic -- U.S. (FY61-70) $449 million; (1970 estimated disbursements)
Belgium, $27.4 million; France, $6.9 million; other bilateral aid $3 million;
U.N., $7.1 million; EC, $14.1 million military -- U.S., $39.2 million (FY62-71)
Monetary conversion rate: 1 zaire=US$2
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 3,218 mi.; 2,419 mi. 316'' gage, 78 mi. 3' 3 3/8" gage, 85 mi.
2' 0 1/4" gage, 636 mi. l' 11 5/8" gage; 421 mi. of 3'6" gage electrified
Highways: 86,930 mi.; 1,095 mi. bituminous, 10,427 mi. gravel or crushed stone,
75,408 mi. earth
Inland waterways: comprising the Zaire, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes,
the waterway system affords over 9,329 mi. of navigable routes
Ports: 2 major, 1 minor
Merchant marine: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,900 GRT, 45,700 DWT;
includes 1 passenger, 3 cargo
Pipelines: refined products, 460 ml.
Civil air: 26 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 486 total, 319 usable; 19 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 2 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 55 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 5 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: limited, barely adequate telephone service, telegraph service
good; 23,000 telephones; 75,000 radio receivers; 7,100 TV receivers;
12 AM, 1 FM, and 2 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,854,000; 2,805,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, $89,528,400; about
13.6% of total proposed budget
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ZAMBIA
LAND:
288,000 sq. mi.; 5% under cultivation, 5% arable, 10%
grazing, 13% dense forest, 6% marsh, 61% scattered
trees and grassland
Land boundaries: 3,730 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 4,400,000, average annual growth rate 2.4%
(May 63-August 69)
Ethnic divisions: 98.7% African, 1.1% European, .2% other
Religion: 82% animist, about 17% Christian, and under
1% Hindu and Muslim
Language: English official; wide variety of indigenous
languages
Literacy: 28%
Labor force: 402,000 wage earners; 375,000 Africans, 27,000 non-Africans;
15% mining, 9% agriculture, 9% domestic service, 19%
construction, 9% commerce, 10% manufacturing, 23% government and miscellaneous
services, 6% transport
Organized labor: 100,000 wage earners, primarily in industrial sector, are
unionized (early 1968)
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Zambia
Type: republic since October 1964
Capital: Lusaka
Political subdivisions: 8 provinces
Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; constitution adopted
1972; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional
council; legal education at University of Zambia in Lusaka; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Branches: modified presidential system; unicameral legislature; judiciary
Government leader: President Kenneth Kaunda; prime minister to be appointed
by President
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: last general election December 1968
Political parties and leaders: United National Independence Party (UNIT)),
Kenneth Kaunda
Voting strength (1968 election): UNIP had 73% of vote, but 30 of its candidates
were unopposed; strength probably would have been over 80% if these seats
had been contested; adopted single party system of government in 1972
Communists: no Communist Party, but sympathizers of socialism in upper levels
of government, UNIP, and labor unions
Member of: Commonwealth, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, OAU, U.N.,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1.7 billion (1970 est.), $410 per capita; real growth rate 11% between 1965
and 1970
Agriculture: main crops -- corn, tobacco, cotton; net importer of all major
agricultural products
Fishing: catch 48,400 metric tons, $4.2 million (1970); imports $5.2 million (1969)
Major industries: copper mining and processing
Electric power: 788,200 kw. capacity (1971); 4,430 million kw.-hr. consumed
(1971), 1,030 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $679 million (f.o.b. 1971 provisional); copper, zinc, cobalt, lead,
tobacco
Imports: $553 million (f.o.b., 1971 provisional); consumer goods, machinery,
transport equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
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Major trade partners: U.K., South Africa, Japan, Western Europe
Aid:
economic -- China $200 million credit for Tanzam railroad (1970);
(1964-67) U.K. $63 million; IBRD $99 million (1970); U.S. $17 million (FY62-71);
U.S.S.R. $6 million;
military -- $9 million (1964-69), mainly U.K. and Canada
Monetary conversion rate: 1 Zambia kwacha=US$1.40 (official), 0.714 Zambia
kwacha=USS1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 664 mi., government owned, all narrow gage (3'6"); 8 mi. double track
Highways: 21,220 mi.; 1,600 mi. paved, 3,020 mi. crushed stone, gravel, or
stabilized soil; 16,600 mi. improved and unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 1,409 mi. including Zambezi River, Luapula River, Lake Kariba,
Lake Bangweulu, Lake Tanganyika; principal port on Lake Tanganyika is Mpulungu
Pipelines: 450 mi. refined
Civil air: 11 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 193 total, 162 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runway over 12,000 ft., 1 with runway 8,000-11,999 ft., 20 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.
Telecommunications: all services being modernized and increased; presently
adequate but must be expanded to permit growth; high-capacity wire and
radio relay connect centers of Kitwe in northern mining region and Lusaka
along axial north-south route; 56,000 telephones; 100,000 radio and
18,500 TV receivers; 4 AM, 1 FM, and 2 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,015,000; 485,000 fit for military service
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1970, $26,400,000; about
4.8% of total budget
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UNITED STATES
This "Factsheet" on the U.S. is provided solely as a service to those
wishing to make rough comparisons of foreign country data with a U.S.
"yardstick." Information is from U.S. open sources and publications
and in no sense represents estimates by the U.S. intelligence community.
LAND:
3,615,211 sq. mi. (contiguous U.S. plus Alaska and Hawaii); 19% cultivated,
27% grazing and pasture, 32% forested, 22% waste, urban, and other
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 n. mi. (fishing, 12 n. mi.)
PEOPLE:
Population: 209,648,000, average annual growth rate 1% (current)
Ethnic divisions: population basically of West European extraction, modified
by subsequent waves of immigration
Religion: total membership in religious bodies, 128,470,000; Protestant
69,424,000, Roman Catholic 47,873,000, Jewish 5,780,000, other religions
5,393,000
Language: English, predominantly
Literacy: almost complete
Labor force: 86 million (1972)
Organized labor: 28.8% of total
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: United States of America
Legal system: based on English common law; dual system of courts, state and
federal; constitution adopted 1789; judicial review of legislative acts;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Voting strength (1968 presidential election): Republican Party [Nixon).,
31,770,237; Democratic Party (Humphrey), 31,270,533; Independent (Wallace),
9,897,141; minor parties, 239,910
Communists: Party membership, 10,000-11,000 (est.); General Secretary, Gus Hall
Member of: ADB, ANZUS, CENTO, Colombo Plan, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IDB, IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NATO, OAS, OECD, SEATO, Seabeds Committee,
U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
ECONOMY:
GNP: $1,050 billion (1971); 63% consumption, 15% private investment, 22% government;
$5,070 per capita; 1971 growth rate 2.7% (constant 1958 dollars)_
Fishing: catch 2.7 million metric tons (1970); imports $832 million (1970); exports
$112 million (1970)
Crude steel: 119 million metric tons produced (1970), 530 kg. per capita
Electric power: 367.4 billion kw. capacity (1971); 1.7 billion kw.-hr.
produced (1971), 8,255 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $44,130 million (f.o.b., 1971); machinery and transport equipment,
chemicals, cereals, mineral fuels
Imports: $45,563 million (c.i.f., 1971); transport equipment, machinery, mineral
fuels, steel, nonferrous metals, metal ores
Major trade partners: (1970) Canada 24%, EC 18%, Japan 13%, U.K. 6%
Official development assistance (aid): obligations and loan authorizations C1971),
economic $4,811 million, military $4,436 million
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 207,000 mi. (1969)
Highways: 3,730,000 mi. (1970); 2,411,000 mi. surfaced C1970)
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COMMUNICATIONS (contid):
Inland waterways: 25,260 mi. of navigable inland channels, exclusive of the
Great Lakes; freight carried 951 million short tons (1970)
Pipelines: petroleum, 176,000 mi.
Ports: 25 major
Merchant marine: 1,478 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,474,000 DWT (1971)
Civil air: 3,000 major transport aircraft (1969)
Airfields: 11,261 (1970)
Telecommunications: 4,370 AM, 2,722 FM, 1,035 TV operating stations (1970);
120,155,000 telephones (1970), 58.6 telephones per 100 population (1970)
DEFENSE FORCES:
Personnel: army 1,570,186, navy 765,232, air force 904,759, marines 307,252 (1968)
Military budget: $80.5 billion (1968)
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