SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS

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• Publication Date: October 8, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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BIWEEKLY REPORT
SINO - SOVIET BLOC
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS
EIC WGR 1/174
8 October 1962
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Summary of Events*
21 September - 4 October 1962
After prolonged negotiations an agreement has been concluded for
the first direct sale of 10, 000 tons of Chilean copper to the USSR.
On 25 September an agreement was signed between the USSR and
Cuba providing for the construction of a fishing port in Havana Bay and
for technical assistance and cooperation in the development of the Cuban
fishing industry. The cost of building and equipping the port facilities,
which now are to be completed during 1963, is to be covered by Soviet:
loans of $12 million, of which $6 million to $7 million will be made avail-
able in the form of credits to cover the foreign exchange components and
$6 million in the form of Soviet goods to be sold in Cuba to raise funds to
defray local construction costs. Not only are there potentially clear eco-
nomic benefits to be derived from the new port, but also there is little
doubt that the use of the port by Soviet fishing trawlers will enhance Soviet
intelligence collection capabilities off US shores.
The presence of 16 surface-to-air (SA-2) and 3 surface-to-surface
(coastal--defense) missile sites has now been confirmed in Cuba, and al-
though no specific information on the content of recent Soviet military
shipments to Cuba is avail"able, the bulk of these deliveries probably con-
sists of equipment for these missile sites. In addition, Cuba now has
between 25 and 30 MIG-21's and 16 Komar-class patrol boats.
The government of Iran has notified the Soviet Government of its
decision-not to permit the construction of missile bases on Iranian ter-
ritory by any foreign power. In spite of persistent Soviet efforts to con-
clude a more comprehensive nonaggression pact with Iran, the USSR
accepted the Iranian statement with "satisfaction. "
An unclassified table summarizing the number of academic and tech-
nical students from underdeveloped countries trained in the Bloc,
January 1956 through June 1962, is included in this issue on p. 11.
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The departure of Syrian and Iraqi military delegations to witness
mid-September Soviet army maneuvers suggests that Syria and Iraq
may be considering the purchase of more Soviet materiel.
A group of Syrian pilots and technicians is now receiving training
in the USSR on MIG-21 jet fighters. Syria probably will receive
MIG-21's early next year.
Cameroon, a member of the 12-nation Union Africaine et Malgache
(UAM), has signed a trade agreement with the USSR, its first such agree-
ment with a Bloc country. Under the bilateral deal, Cameroon is to
supply cocoa beans, timber, and "traditional goods" in return for Soviet
machines and equipment, cement, chemical fertilizers, and other com-
modities. Soviet-Cameroon economic, technical, and cultural agreements
were signed at the same time.
Czechoslovakia reportedly is delivering 730 agricultural tractors
and other farm machines to Ghana this month under the $10. 4 million
Czechoslovak line of credit extended in October 1961. Ghana plans to
use the equipment, valued at about $2. 5 million, to set up four farm
machine and tractor stations.
On 11 August and 6 September the USSR signed contracts with Indian
officials for the supply of equipment and services for two powerplants.
The first contract concerned a 200, 000-kw thermal electric installation
(at Korba in Madhya Pradesh), a part of whose function will be the pro-
vision of power to the Bhilai steel plant. The contract signed on 6 Sep-
tember covers the supply of equipment for a .400, 000-kw thermal elec-
tric plant in Bihar state.
The Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav Air Force has confirmed a-report
that Yugoslavia will soon receive a small number of MIG-19 and MIG-21.
jet fighters.
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A. Resumption of Soviet Pressure on Bolivia . . . . 1
B. First Direct Sale of Chilean Copper to the USSR 1
C. Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. Further Cuban Military Buildup . . . . . . . 2
2. Agreement for a Soviet-Built Fishing
Port in Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A. Famagusta, Cyprus, Port Project . . . . . . . 5
B. Soviet-Iranian Notes on Missile Bases . . . . . . 5
C. Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1. Syrian and Iraqi Military Delegations
in the USSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. MIG-21 Training for Syrian Pilots . . . . . . 6
A. Trade Agreement Between Cameroon and
the USSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Czechoslovak Tractors and Farm Machines
for Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indian-Soviet Contracts for Two Powerplants . . .
V. Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Soviet Fighters for Yugoslavia . . . . . . .
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VI. Brief Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table
Academic and Technical Students from Underdeveloped
Countries, Trained in the Bloc, January 1956 Through
June 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Academic and Technical Students from Underdeveloped Countries
Trained in the Bloc a/*
January 1956 Through June 1962
Area and Country
Bolivia
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
Other b/
Academic Technical
Students Students
7,495
2, 240
95
70
1, 700
60
315
2, 910
3,830 1,960
Iraq 2,500
Syrian Arab Republic 380
United Arab Republic 770
Yemen 100
Other b/ 80
2,455 610
Algeria 255
Cameroon 155
Ghana 275
Guinea 430
Kenya 160
Mali 165
Morocco 60
Nigeria 110
* Footnotes for the table follow on p. 12.
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Academic and Technical Students from Underdeveloped Countries
Trained in the Bloc a/
January 1956 Through June 1962
(Continued)
Area and Country
Africa (Continued)
Academic Technical
Students Students
Somali Republic 275
Sudan 195
Togo 60
Uganda 80
Other b/ 235
1, 205 2,015
Afghanistan 50
Burma 70
Cambodia 60
India 195
Indonesia 690
Nepal 100
Other b/ 40
a. Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.
b. Countries from which less than 50 students have been trained in
the Bloc are included in the category "Other. "
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