SOVIET DELIVERY OF ARMS TO EGYPT DURING OCTOBER 1973

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-480-5-8-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 4, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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