ARMING CASTRO: A TOP-SECRET CIA REPORT NOTES A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN SOVIET MILITARY AID TO CUBA IN RECENT YEARS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150069-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: August 19, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
19 AUGUST 1982
Arming Castro: A top-secret CIA
'report notes a significant develop-
ment in Soviet military aid to Cuba
in recent years. Until about 1978,
the Russians shipped an average of
11,000 tons of military hardware' to
Cuba each year.,
The bulk of military - tonnage
consisted of small . arms, mortars and
ammunition," the CIA reported, add-
ing that there was "no evidence of a
shift since 1968 in the basic Soviet
policy of replacing Cuban military
supplies and equipment, but with a
minimum of upgrading."'
But in 1978, the shipments.began
to include more sophisticated weap-
onry. And the volume has also: in-
creased. Last year, the. Russians sent,
Cuba 63,000 tons of war materiel,
twice as much as in 1980, and three
times the amount sent in any single
year since 1962.
Intelligence agencies estimate.the
total value of Soviet arms shipped to
Cuba so far at some $2.5 billion, and
one-fifth of that arrived in 1981...
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/29: CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150069-3