U.S. Military and Police Assistance Programs
NACLA first published detailed information on U.S. military and police assistance programs abroad in the November 1970 issue of the Newsletter under the heading, "The Mercenarization of the...
...Bolivia...
...10,000 Seventh Fleet...
...Saudi Arabia...
...Greenland & Iceland...
...Turkey...
...52,000 Total...
...Uruguay...
...13,000 Total...
...32,000 Navy, offshore...
...213 57 270 aSource: U.S...
...Luxembourg...
...1, 1972 SOUTHEAST ASIA EUROPE South Vietnam...
...Turkey...
...bFigures given represent the "utility value" of such items (set by law as 33 percent of acquisition cost...
...Greece...
...1-31...
...NEAR EAST & SOUTH ASIA Greece...
...In order to provide our readers with an advance look at some of the tables and charts that will appear in the new pamphlet, we are including here some of the updated charts on U.S...
...215 122 337 China, Rep...
...Pakistan...
...Japan...
...Morocco...
...Military Advisory Group, Thailand (JUSMAGTHAI), and covert U.S...
...42,238 8,204 50,442 Afghanistan...
...Arm Now - Pay Later -- U.S...
...Liberia...
...21,000 West Germany...
...58 Total 279 6 1,244 337 1,581 Total...
...38 103 17 5 33 6 44 34 137 5 22 1 6 7 40 LATIN AMERICA HQ, Southern Command .. Argentina...
...Germany...
...Antarctica...
...Total...
...Tunisia...
...5,415 Congo...
...Senegal...
...Jordan...
...215,000 20,000 9,000 7,000 10,000 3,000 2,000 21,000 287,000 4,000 4,000 3,000 1,700 1,000 1,500 34,800 Total...
...Guatemala...
...1-12.25 U.S...
...i * iia 995 64 1 MMOMMOM J26 U.S...
...Germany (West...
...of Indochina/1946-54d Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia New Zealand Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam, Rep...
...Netherlands...
...Morocco...
...Total...
...Figures in parentheses represent unclassified funds only...
...372 32 404 Jordan...
...8,110 2,994 11,104 Vietnam, Rep...
...France...
...Foreign Personnel Personnel Total Region and country U.S Foreign Total EAST ASIAb HQ, European Command .. Belgium/Luxembourg...
...1,035 218 1,253 Syria...
...29-31...
...18,000 Guam...
...Ethiopia...
...Paraguay...
...Spain...
...Norway...
...Denmark...
...5 - 5 Classified countries c .. 4,189 563 4,752 EUROPE, Total...
...naval vessels, deliveries of military equipment from "excess" U.S...
...The response to this initial documentation was tremendous: the original data and accompanying article were translated and published in newspapers and magazines throughout Latin America and elsewhere in the Third World...
...2,740 731 3,471 Total...
...Nicaragua...
...Classified countries 393 3,768 3,836 12,600 1,190 8,144 63 4,744 4,049 2,106 6,868 3,719 625 465 22 11 1,430 874 1,742 434 1,219 113 1,553 1,483 609 1,233 148 219 404 5,198 4,710 14,342 1,624 9,363 176 6,297 5,532 2,715 8,101 3,867 844 465 22 Region & country Number trained in U.S...
...bInclude Laos, Burma...
...El Salvador...
...207,000 LATIN AMERICA Panama Canal Zone...
...3,000 Other countries...
...Iran...
...Arms Sales to the Third World," NACLA's Latin America Report, January 1972, pp...
...43,000 Japan...
...8,729 4,845 13,574 Thailand...
...Since then, NACLA has received many requests for additional information on this subject as well as corrections and comments on the original data...
...Guinea...
...50,000 GRAND TOTAL...
...9,000 Philippine Islands...
...Department of Defense press release, August 13, 1971...
...Information on the new pamphlet itself will appear in a future issue of the Report...
...AID Police Programs for Latin America, NACLA Newsletter, July-August 1971, pp...
...30,000 Okinawa...
...Panama...
...89,342 54,551 143,893 Cambodia...
...212 70 282 68 37 105 9 7 16 204 24 228 14 3 17 10 8 18 137 4 141 181 101 282 623 184 807 AFRICA Congo (Kinshasa...
...AFRICA, Total...
...Cuba (1950-60...
...Incorporates figures for classified countries ** Less than $50,000...
...Brazil...
...France...
...Paraguay...
...AID Police Programs for Africa and Asia, Newsletter Supplement, August 1971...
...Liberia...
...I30 DEPLOYMENT OF U.S...
...716 Philippines...
...19-28...
...stocks, local currencies generated under the "Food for Peace" program (Public Law 480), and funds awarded our allies and mercenaries in Southeast Asia from the regular Department of Defense Appropriation (Military Assistance, Service-Funded - MASF...
...Government for the purchase of American arms through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program and by the Export-Import Bank (Eximbank), indefinite loans of U.S...
...Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), Joint U.S...
...23 - 23 Turkey...
...Mike Klare *These documents include: "U.S...
...military activities abroad...
...Dominican Republic...
...Classified data...
...213,465 Number trained Abroad Total number trained 1,363 6,778 126 116 41 5 929 8 138 341 2,832 118 4 420 477 69 1,699 326 17 126 329 20 30,392 54,270 426 2,808 2,248 2,658 847 6,856 1,821 4,374 2,503 4,629 496 529 214 521 1,984 2,593 2,746 4,284 886 1,071 1,654 2,280 60 504 1,389 1,578 202 595 3,379 3,994 3,110 3,148 753 1,040 2,117 5,007 790 1,723 2,767 4,078 105,578 319,043 aSource: U.S...
...171,000 Thailand...
...Military Assistance Programs - Combined Totals from All Sources," NACLA Newsletter, April 1971, pp...
...29 TRAINING OF FOREIGN MILITARY PERSONNEL Students Trained in the United States and at U.S...
...Bases Abroad, 1950-70 Number trained Number trained Total number Region & country in U.S...
...Portugal...
...bExcludes the U.S...
...operations in their country--particularly since such information was not available from local sources...
...Nicaragua...
...Libya...
...Cambodia...
...Peru...
...Chile...
...CSource: Department of State Bulletin, February 22, 1971, p. 226...
...Yugoslavia...
...Overseas Loans and Grants, July 1, 1945 - June 30, 1970 (Washington, D.C., 1971...
...News & World Report, January 3, 1972...
...EUROPE & CANADA, Total 15,884.5 1,247.8 308.6 278.5 9.9 - 17,729.3 Austria 97.5 47.1 - 2.7 - 147.3 Belgium 1,245.8 7.8 - 7.2 - 1,260.8 Canada - - 13.1 - - 13.1 Denmark 617.9 - 1.2 7.0 - - 626.1 France f 4,153.1 80.4 25.3 96.6 - - 4,355.4 Germany, est f 900.8 - 50.7 0.2 - - 951.7 Italy 2,290.2 153.3 22.7 71.5 - - 2,537.7 Netherlands 1,217.0 2.2 21.3 14.7 - - 1,255.2 Norway 894.1 - 5.9 14.7 - - 914.7 Portugal 319.7 - 8.4 7.9 - - 336.0 Spain 601.2 122.3 47.9 20.1 9.9 - 801.4 United Kingdom f 1,034.5 809.9 - 24.3 - - 1,868.7 Yugoslaviag 693.9 1.5 - 9.2 - - 704.6 Region* 1,818.8 23.3 112.1 2.4 - - 1,956.6 NON-REGIONAL 1,140.5 112.2 - 98.4 - - 1,351.1 aSource: U.S...
...China (Taiwan...
...United Kingdom...
...Ecuador...
...Many people have written us from abroad to say that they were very happy to receive "hard" information on U.S...
...408 26 434 Indonesia...
...By fiscal year...
...Brazil...
...Upper Volta...
...Military Missions Abroad Authorized personnel strengths of United States Military Assistance Advisory Groups (MAAG's), Military Missions, and Military Groups abroad, as of July 1, 1 9 7 1 a Region and country EUROPE U.S...
...Belgium...
...15,479 2,435 17,914 Yemen...
...23,878 Argentina...
...Sudan...
...fNo grants since 1965...
...Morocco...
...Other (includes Australia, Azores, Bahrein, Crete, Laos, New Zealand...
...Venezuela...
...2,873 414 3,287 Japan...
...Italy...
...Ghana...
...Spain...
...Guatemala...
...Ethiopia...
...Libya...
...15 8 7 14 55 3 18 6 14 5 12 7 21 21 76 Korea...
...39 - 39 Greece...
...military and police aid.* Now, all of this new material plus new editions of the original documents will be collected in a new NACLA pamphlet, America's Worldwide Military Establishment, to be published in May...
...2,382 410 6,009 2,553 2,126 33 307 609 1,538 185 626 444 189 393 615 38 287 2,890 933 1,311 WORLDWIDE, Total...
...Sixth Fleet...
...215 2,716 118 4 420 436 64 770 326 17 118 191 20 LATIN AMERICA, Total...
...Indonesia...
...Aid Shapes the Dominican Police," NACLA Newsletter, April 1971, pp...
...Mexico...
...292 - 292 Ceylon...
...Spain...
...Portugal...
...Costa Rica...
...Colombia...
...2 Tunisia...
...21,063 9,374 30,437 Malaysia .225 18 243 Philippines...
...15 1 3 3 18 GRAND TOTAL...
...El Salvador...
...56 0 56 8 6 14 8 6 14 8 7 15 33 9 42 HQ, Pacific Command...
...Iran...
...Mali...
...Venezuela...
...Italy...
...6,000 Guantanamo Bay (Cuba...
...Military and Police Assistance Programs - Additional Documentation," NACLA Newsletter, January 1971, pp...
...United Kingdom...
...Abroad trained EAST ASIA, Total...
...9,643 5,637 15,280 Korea...
...3 e Value of "excess" defense articles delivered b 1,377.7 609.1 4.5 236.9 7.3 2.6 58.3 164.9 22.9 22.5 68.2 21.0 312.1 111.1 20.6 1.1 I s l 11 11 1,~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Funds provided thru "Food for Peace" program 1,511.3 1,285.5 106.8 30.5 597.2 9.4 541.6 212.0 11.3 10.5 Military Assistance ServiceFundedc 8,097.3 8,097.3 8,097.3 =. Total aid 51,220.3 22,068.7 736.7 100.5 3,250.2 716.9 114.8 1,123.2 3,848.5 16.6 59.5 600.0 19.0 (615.9) (2,092.2) 8,097.3 8,435.3 4.0 0.5 2,142.4 1,365.6 47.8 # Israel # #27 U;H*oru, Aaaiafar%^A% - Ship Excess Food for Region & country Grant aid Credits loans items Peace MASF Total Jordan 53.2 - 4.2 - (57.4) . Lebanon 9.0 - - 0.1 - - 9.1 Pakistan 7.8 79.3 - (87.1) Saudi Arabia 35.1 - 0.6 - (35.7) Turkey 2,939.4 - 1 9 3 . 0 e 158.1 110.9 - 3,401.4 United Arab Rep...
...191 1,188 1,379 Saudi Arabia...
...Belgium...
...28 0 28 33 6 39 38 7 45 60 30 90 28 5 33 50 6 56 4 1 5 33 2 35 16 2 18 27 3 30 14 3 17 17 2 19 7 1 8 17 3 20 7 4 11 19 5 24 50 3 53 448 83 531 Nigeria...
...Ethiopia...
...Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Military Assistance and Foreign Military Sales Facts (Washington, D.C.: 1971...
...TROOPS OVERSEAS American Soldiers Stationed Abroad, Jan...
...Netherlands...
...dollars in millions] Region and country GRAND TOTAL EAST ASIA, Total Australia Cambodia China, Rep...
...dRepresents aid to French forces during the Indochina War of Independence...
...11,538 2,037 13,575 Iran...
...Agency for International Development, Office of Statistics and Reports, U.S...
...8,597 1,719 10,316 Iraq...
...Haiti...
...of Region* NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA, Total Afghanistan Ceylon Greece India Iran Iraq Military Assistance Program grant aid 34,856.3 10,494.8 96.0 2,565.4 709.6 81.7 855.1 3,029.7 1.0 434.8 588.8 1,476.3 656.4 6,279.0 4.0 0.2 1,569.7 830.4 46.7 FMS and Eximbank credit for purchases of US arms 3,639.6 990.1 736.7 127.5 34.8 15.6 56.5 19.0 1,001.1 0.3 20.0 504.1 Value of naval vessels delivered 1,738.1 591.9 213.6 175.0 56.7 3.0 132.9 4.6 6.1 631.1 430...
...Panama...
...16,364 5,196 21,560 Classified countriesb .. 1,980 21,837 23,817 NEAR EAST & SOUTH ASIA, Total...
...CInclude Israel, Egypt...
...1,000 Total...
...eIncludes so-called "Greek-Turkish" aid of Truman Doctrine era...
...Dominican Republic...
...478 12 490 Lebanon...
...45,000 Taiwan...
...In response to this feedback, we've published several additional documents and related materials on U.S...
...216,000 FAR EAST & PACIFIC South Korea...
...Region* 791.3 476.7 - 16.3 - - 1,284.3 AFRICA, Total 279.8 35.6 5.9 16.5 3.9 - 341.7 Congo (Kinshasa) 25.8 - - 1.6 3 9 - 31.3 Ethiopia 152.5 - 5.9 7.7 - 166.1 Ghana 0.2 - - - 0.2 Guinea 0.9 - - 0.9 Liberia 7.3 1.1 - 0.1 8.5 Libya 17.4 - - 0.7 - 18.1 Mali 2.8 - - 0.1 - 2.9 Morocco 37.2 29.7 - 5.0 - - 71.9 Nigeria 1.2 0.3 - - - 1.5 Senegal 2.8 - - ** - 2.8 Sudan 0.7 1.5 - - 2.2 Tunisia 30.3 3.0 - 1.3 - - 34.6 Other nations 0.7 - - ** - - 0.7 LATIN AMERICA, Total 777.7 252.8 200.6 63.1 - 1,294.2 Argentina 44.0 48.6 37.0 1.4 - - 131.0 Bolivia 23.9 - - 1.4 - - 25.3 Brazil 221.0 72.7 57.1 27.6 - - 378.4 Chile 93.9 20.1 29.9 8.0 - - 151.9 Colombia 94.1 - 14.5 5.5 - - 114.1 Costa Rica 1.8 - - **- - 1.8 Cuba (1946-60) 10.6 - - 1.8 - - 12.4 Dominican Rep...
...Peru...
...19,732 4,088 23,820 Indochina (1950-54...
...Chile...
...military missions in Laos and Burma...
...25.9 - 1.0 1.1 - - 28.0 Ecuador 42.9 0.7 10.0 3.4 - - 57.0 E1 Salvador 6.6 - - 0.3 - - 6.9 Guatemala 17.1 0.5 - 1.1 - - 18.7 Haiti (1946-63) 3.2 - 1.1 0.1 4.4 _ J I!11111 fil~ K1.11--~ Ifil IEmC II*wlllllW III Ib I 1/ M | lk/llml - IlV V28 Military Assistance Ship Excess Food for Region & country Grant aid Credits loans items Peace MASF Total Honduras 8.1 - - 0.5 - - 8.6 Jamaica 1.1 - - ** - - 1.1 Mexico 1.8 4.4 4.4 ** - 10.6 Nicaragua 12.8 - - 0.3 - 13.1 Panama 4.0 - - 0.1 - 4.1 Paraguay 9.4 0.2 1.4 0.6 - 11.6 Peru 88.5 20.1 32.8 6.4 - - 147.8 Uruguay 42.3 0.3 0.1 3.2 - 45.9 Venezuela 9.3 85.2 11.3 0.3 - 106.1 Region 15.4 _ - - - - 15.4...
...Honduras...
...Bolivia...
...Honduras...
...military and police assistance programs abroad in the November 1970 issue of the Newsletter under the heading, "The Mercenarization of the Third World...
...Colombia...
...Nigeria...
...Denmark...
...Uruguay...
...Norway...
...How U.S...
...NATO Agencies...
...82 113 216 49 10 0 82 0 113 26 242 20 69 6 16 Italy...
...17-31...
...Total...
...52,592 11,068 63,660 Austria...
...OTHER AREAS Canada & Bermuda...
...Costa Rica...
...India...
...781,000 Source: U.S...
...Military Assistance Programs Combined Totals From All Sources, 1946-1970' Includes grants furnished under the Military Assistance Program (MAP), credit provided by the U.S...
...11,000 Puerto Pico...
...gCredits only since 1962...
Vol. 6 • March 1972 • No. 3
