SOVIET PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE, 1972-1982

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001102690027-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: April 28, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/03/19: CIA-RDP84BO
28 April 1982
Soviet Presence and Influence, 1972-1982
During the last decade the Soviets succeeded in significantly expanding
their presence and influence throughout the world. In contrast to 1972:
-- Eight vice seven countries are under total Soviet domination
add Afghanistan).
-- Six vice three countries activeTy act- as Soviet` proxies (adcr
Libya, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua). In addition, North Vietnam
annexed South Vietnam.
Eighteen vice sixteen countries are under a significant degree
of Soviet presence andLor influence_ despite the. fact. that four
countries turned away from the USSR. (Add Benin, Angola, Zambia,
Mozambique, Tanzania, Laos, and Kampuchea. Subtract Egypt,
Somalia, Sudan, and FRttri-tania- p-Iu-s- Afgh-an'istan-, which- carte- uhder..
complete Soviet domination).
Twelve vice eight countries are facing insurgency supported by the
Soviets and/or one or more of their proxies in one degree or `
another. (Add El Salvador, Guatemala, Morocco/Western Sahara,
Chad, Zaire, Sudan, Somalia, and Pakistan. Subtract Angola,
Mozambique, Laos, and Kampuchea, which are now under heavy Soviet
influence).
-- Three vice two countries are rated as highly unstable and vulnerable
to Soviet influence (Iran, Ghana, and Madagascar vice Uganda and
Libya).
Ten vice three countries, in addition to being in one of the
above categories, have a treaty of friendship and cooperation
with the Soviets. (Add Vietnam, Afghanistan, Syria, PDRY,
Ethiopia, Mozambique, Angola, and Congo. Subtract Egypt, which
abrogated its treaty).
The above shows that the Soviets have lost influence in some countries
and have switched sides in some regional conflicts. On the whole, however,
Soviet influence and control and Moscow's ability to make trouble for the U.S.
have grown over the past decade.
Approved For Release 2007/03/19: CIA-RDP84B00049RO01102690027-9