SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: September 10, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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BIWEEKLY REPORT
S1NO - SOVIET BLOC
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS
EIC WGR 1/172
10 September 1962
PREPARED BY THE WORKING GROUP
ON SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS
SECRET
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Summary of Events*
24 August - 6 September 1962
A joint Soviet-Cuban communique issued on 2 September publicly
acknowledged the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. About 3, 000
Soviet technicians are estimated to have arrived in Cuba during the
past month in conjunction with the delivery of these missiles and other
military aid. The communique also reaffirmed previously promised
Soviet assistance to expand the capacity of Cuban steel rolling mills.
Communist China and Indonesia have signed an agreement provid-
ing textile weaving equipment and technical assistance under the $30
million textile credit extended to Indonesia in 1961. Construction of
six spinning mills is to begin in 1963.
Pursuant to a recently signed Soviet-Ethiopian contract, construc-
tion of the Assab oil refinery is scheduled to begin early in 1963. A
total of $10. 5 million of the $11. 5 million project will be financed under
the Soviet credit of $100 million extended to Ethiopia in 1959, and the
remainder will be financed by the Ethiopian Government.
On 30 July the Burmese Defense Services Institute signed a contract
with Czechoslovakia for the purchase of a large number of tractors and
some other agricultural implements. The equipment, reportedly valued
at $3.4 million, will be sent in three shipments between October 1962
and early 1963. The same contract calls for the eventual assembly of
tractors in Burmese army ordnance shops (with Czechoslovakia provid-
ing training and parts). Meanwhile, a tire factory reportedly will be
financed under the $84 million Chinese Communist credit to Burma of
January 1961.
* An unclassified table showing the number of Bloc economic technicians
in underdeveloped countries during the second half of 1961 and the first
half of 1962 is included in this issue on p. 5.
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I. Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Arrival of Soviet Missiles in Cuba .
II. Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Signing of a Contract for Soviet Construction of an Oil
Refinery in Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
III. Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A. Recent Bloc Economic Activity in Burma . . . . . 3
B. Agreement on the Use of the Chinese Communist
Textile Credit to Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . 4
IV. Brief Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 4
Table
Bloc Economic Technicians in Underdeveloped Countries,
July-December 1961 and January-June 1962 . . . . . . . 5
Surface-to-Air Missile Activity in Cuba, 5 September 1962
(Map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Komar-Class Motor Boats Armed with Surface-to-Surface
Missiles (Photographs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Bloc Economic Technicians in Underdeveloped Countries a/
July-December 1961 and January-June 1962
1962
1961
Area and Country
(January-June)
(July-December)
9,620
8,475
1,015
820
Argentina
45
50
Brazil
10
10
Chile
5
5
Cuba
950
750
Ecuador
5
5
Middle East
2, 950
2, 520
Greece
5
0
Iran
20
70
Iraq
830
625
Syrian Arab Republic
425
415
Turkey
55
45
United Arab Republic
960
725
Yemen
655
640
1,785
2,005
Ethiopia
30
100
Ghana
255
250
Guinea
1,080
1,445
Mali
170
125
Morocco
5
10
Somali Republic
50
15
Sudan
25
15
Tunisia
170
45
a. Minimum estimates (rounded to the nearest five) of the number of
persons present for a period of 1 month or more. Personnel engaged
solely in commercial or military activities are excluded.
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Bloc Economic Technicians in Underdeveloped Countries
July-December 1961 and January-June 1962
(Continued)
1962
1961
Area and Country
(January-June)
(July-December)
Asia
3,870
3,
130
Afghanistan
2,320
1,
920
Burma
60
35
Cambodia
170
170
Ceylon
35
25
India
665
560
Indonesia
410
315
Nepal
130
75
Pakistan
80
30
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