POSSIBLE SOVIET RESPONSES TO A LIBERALIZED US POLICY ON GRAIN SALES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R001000010013-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: June 11, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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CONFIDENTIAL
11 JUN 1982
MEMORANDUM: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM: I
Director o Soviet Analysis
SUBJECT: Possible Soviet Responses to a Liberalized US
Policy on Grain Sales
1. Action. None - for your information only. ^
2. Background. In view of recent US policy discussions
about sales of grain to the USSR, SOVA and OGI analysts have
taken a new look at Soviet import needs. This memorandum
examines the benefits that the Soviets might derive from the
offer of large amounts of American grain on liberal terms and
the limits to the leverage that such an option might provide
the United States.
Attachment:
As stated.
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