EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MILITARY EQUIPMENT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500810022-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 22
• Content Type: REPORT

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DEC 1951
Approved For Release 2006/09/27: CIA-RDP80-00809A000500810022-4
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Syria/Germany (Federal Republic)
5XISUBJECT Efforts to Obtain Military Equipment
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1. In recent days various Syrian military attaches in Europe havesreceived urgent
orders from Damascus to obtatn tanks, special artillery and mounts, as well as
-are paz-mb, especially for the German weapons delivered by France.
2. The orders were that this materiel must reach Syria by the beginning of July
LT95_7. Instructions were that if the materiel were not available in West
Germany it must be obtained from the East Zoue Republic. bInnconnectioncoith
economic negot_,.tions a delegation from East Germany i
to Lebanon jic7.
3. The at'-ac:.ds in Holland, Belgium and Franc..: got in touch with the German
East Lone government by way of Hemb1xrg, in an effort to obtain the materiel
- in time.
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