SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITES IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R000700010004-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 2, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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BIWEEKLY REPORT
SINO - SOVIET BLOC
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS
EIC-WGR-1 /4
2 April 1956
PREPARED BY THE WORKING GROUP
ON SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS
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THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECT-
ING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE LAWS,
TITLE 18, USC, SECTIONS 793 AND 794, THE TRANSMIS-
SION OR REVELATION OF WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO
AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
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CONTENTS
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I. Summary of Events, 13-26 March 1956 . . . . . . . . 1
II. Sino-Soviet Bloc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A. CEMA Agreements . . . . ..
B. Role of Mikoyan in Soviet Bloc Foreign Trade. . . .
A. India . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Technical Services . . . . . . . . . . .. . . At
2. Trade Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 6
C. Ceylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Trade Agreements .
2. Ceylon-Czechoslovakia
3. Ceylon-Rumania . . . .
D. Cambodia-Communist China . . . . . . . . . . . 8
E. Soviet Restrictions on Japanese Salmon Fishing . . . 9
F. Polish Shipments of Rice Silos to Burma . . . . . . 10
IV. Near East and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A. Egypt . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1. Chinese Communist Commercial Delegation . . 10
2. Reported Soviet Offer of Atomic Reactor . . . . 11
3. Shipment of Equipment for Ceramics Factory . 12
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B,. Syrian-Bulgarian Trade Agreement Negotiations . . 1:3
C. Czechoslovak Bid on Federation Hydroelectric
Project at Kariba Gorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
V. Europe: Increased Sino-Soviet Bloc Trade with Iceland . 14
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SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS"
I. Summary of Events, 13-26 March 1956.
During the period from 13 to 26 March 1956, the most significant
Sino-Soviet Bloc steps toward the expansion of economic relations with
underdeveloped areas in the Free World were the agreements reached
at the meeting of the Council of Economic Mutual Assistance (CEMA)
in East Berlin, the activities of Soviet Minister Anastas Mikoyan in
Pakistan, the Soviet pressure on the Japanese salmon industry, and
the increase of trade between Iceland and the Bloc,
Representatives of countries in CEMA, claimed by the Soviets as
their counterpart of the US Marshall Plan, meeting in East Berlin in
early March, reportedly agreed to strengthen the competitive posi-
tion of the Sino-Soviet Bloc in the markets of underdeveloped countries
and to cooperate in aiding any member of CEMA unable to meet its
economic commitments in the Free World,
The visit of Soviet Minister Mikoyan to Pakistan highlights the
Sino-Soviet Bloc activities in South and Southeast Asia and indicates
that the USSR is continuing its attempts to create closer economic
ties in the area. Mikoyan implied during his visit that the USSR
would gladly aid in the industrial and general economic expansion of
Pakistan.. In the same area, India concluded trade agreements with
Poland and Rumania, Ceylon with Czechoslovakia and Rumania, and
Cambodia with Communist China.
In the Far East the USSR announced limitations on salmon fishing
in the Sea of Okhotsk, presumably a move designed to exert pressure
on Japan to sign a peace treaty on Soviet terms.
Although the main emphasis of the Biweekly is on economic
activities of the Sino-Soviet Bloc in underdeveloped areas of the
Free World, significant Bloc activities of this nature in areas
not considered underdeveloped also will be discussed,
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