CIA, PENTAGON DISAGREE ON SOVIET ARMS SPENDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505230009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 21, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
21 September 1983
CIA, Pentagon disagree
on Soviet arms spending
Washington
The CIA and the Defense Depart
-
ment disagree over whether Soviet
military spending is increasing, ac-
cording to a report by the Congres-
sional Joint Economic Committee. The
report was released Tuesday by Sen.
William Proxmire (D) of Wisconsin,
who said it raised questions about the
accuracy of US assessments-of Soviet
military strength.
The CIA estimated Soviet miktary
spending grew at a yearly rate of 2 -
percent during 1978-81, compared
with an annual rate of 4 to 5 percent
during the previous'10 years'
The Defense Department's Defense
Intelligence Agency said there was no
slowdown in Soviet military spending,
and it estimated annual increases of 6
to 7 percent during the last decade,
according to the report. Senator
Proxmire said the CIA estimates
seemed more accurate because they
were adjusted for inflation and the de-
fense agency's were not.
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