SYRIAN ARMS PURCHASES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005500200002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Syria
SUBJECT Syrian Arms Purchases
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Arms ordered by the Syrian Government from France include the followings
50 Tiger tanks
20-30 Panther tanks
Heavy artillery
Armored cars
2. Terms for these orders call for payment in ten years.
3. A number of the Tiger tanks already have arrived..*
~Co?nment. Some Tiger tanks were observed beint; driven in the
streets of Damascus (prior t( 19 July 1950).
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