DEFENSE BUDGET OF SELECTED NEAR EAST COUNTRIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00875R001900010165-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 165
• Publication Date: February 6, 1974
• Content Type: MF

 'Approved For Release 2006/09/ ?-!:.q?4-; T00875RO01900010 5-5
Defense Intelligence Agency
Arlington Hall Station
SUBJECT s Defense Budc,et of Selected
Near Last countries
1. The attached table is in response
to your telephone request for data on selected
countries.
2. Because of the possible interest in
this subject of other components of the Wash-
ington aconcric co:wuznity, this office ray send
the table to other interested official-.
3. ^urthex questions may be addressn
to
Chief. Mar ?r ce Branch
Developing Nations Divizion
Office of Economic Perearch
Attachment:
As st"ted above
Distribution: (S-Project 5911)
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Defense Budgets of Selected Near East Countries
a. Includes 500 million in normal US military assistance but excludes a probable $800
million for the October 1973 war.
b. Excludes $40 million of US military assistance and $43 million from Abu Dhabi and
Qatar.
Appvoveq drhRe 20961MZ8t CIA-RDP85T,+Q~Q , S O ,11 CIA/OER cur; U TO 1 % 6 Februarv 1974
Country
Conversion Rate
Fiscal Year Period
Value Percentage of:
(Million US $) National Budget
GNP
Bahrain
dinar=$2.50
1/73
- 12/73
4.6
5
2
Iran
68.17 rials=$1
4/73
- 3/74
3,643
22
12
Israel
4.2 pounds=$1.
4/74
- 3/75
2,381 a /
NA
NA
Jordan
1 dinar=$3.04.
1/74
- 12/74
-153 b /
43
19
Lebanon
1 pound=$0.39
1/74
- 12/74
118
10
5
Morocco
4.195 dirhams=$l
1/74
- 12/74
206
10
4
Qatar
1 rial=$0.25
3/70
- 2/71
8.2
9
4
1 rial=$0.25
2/71
- 2/72
9.7
8
3
1 rial=$0.25
2/72
- 1/73
16
10
6
1 rial=$0.25
2/73
- 1/74
47
23
9
Saudi Arabia
1 riyal=$0,27
8/71
- 7/72
728
26
14
1 riyal=$0.27
8/72
- 7/73
:1,067
30
NA
1 riyal=$0.27
8/73
- 7/74
??1,600
27
NA
Syria
3.8 poiunds-$l
1/74
- 12/74
394
23
13
Tunisia
0.435 dinars=$1
1/74
- 12/74
35
6 c/
2
Yemen (Sana)
1 rial=$0.22
7/71
- 6/72
19
38
10
1 rial=$0.22
7/72
- 6/73
22
36
7
1 rial=$0.22
7/73
- 6/74
30
41
10