More Documents on U.S. Military and Police Assistance Programs

...IV (May-June 1970), pp...

...military rn countries assistance under various disguises...

...The General Accounting ;ame as his Office, which is an arm of the U.S...

...MAP spending were made at the recent hearings of the Joint Congressional Economic subcommittee investigating American military aid programs...

...PSO) Andrew Gussie (PSA) Carlos Lopez (PSA) EL SALVADOR Roland R. Kelley (PSO) Jess A. Ojeda (PSA) GUATEMALA Jack M. Forcey (PSA) Charles C. Guzman (PSA) Herbert O. Hardin (PSO) James E. Henry (PSA) Alfred W. Naurocki (PSA/ES) GUYANA Donald C. Harrison (PSO) HONDURAS Jose R. Cisneros (PSA) Arthur L. Russell (PSO) JAMAICA Edward McK...

...Military Assistance Program (MAP) that appeared in the November 1970 issue of the NEWSLETTER ("The Mercenarization of the Third World," pp...

...Staats told the subcommittee the Food s are only for Peace program had allowed other couns particular tries to buy 693 million in military equipment in the past five years...

...ground troops from Asia...

...To Senator Proxmire, this issue is not whether this should be done...

...1970), pp...

...1187.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~126=., 11487 D-02!Note: Totals may not add due to rounding...

...IV (Nov...

...Government statistics without question...

...er Both Mr...

...11-23), we reported, with some reservation, the Pentagon's figure of $350 million MAP expenditures annually...

...Staats and Senator Fulbright were testifying before a joint congressional titor subcommittee on economics chaired by Sen...

...Xu E v * OO t X CZf 0 0 S~ v > I4 4 0 8 Y 1-. - I I I viApal...

...sources: Military assistance and outright gifts...

...For more information and data on the Public Safety program in Latin America, see: "U.S...

...The subcommittee, chaired by Senator William Proxmire, has already disclosed the fact that the United States had permitted other countries to use the Food for Peace program (Public Law 480) to purchase $693 million in military equipment in the past five years...

...m. - million...

...u]s$3.4-Billion Surplus Arms Given to Allies in 1 9 Years By PETER GROSE asi to Tma mw T*t qlma WAJHTOMNI Mr1hk 1 - The State Department disclosed today that used military equipment valued originally at $3.4billion had been given to allied governments over the last 19 years...

...The New York Times reported earlier (April 1, 1970) that equipment originally valued at $3.4 billion had been given away in this manner in the past 19 years...

...programs is expected to hobble the subcomf about 5.1 inittee's work...

...Every year Congress routinely around $400 million for the mi tance program...

...28-31, and "The Mercenarization of the Third World - U.S...

...And it probably is just beginning...

...1970, p. 8...

...MAP - Military Assistance Program...

...Observers say the Pentagon will be coming under increased fire from Capitol Hill for its foreign military-assistance role, in both officer-training programs and arms aid...

...PSO - Public Safety Officer (head of Public Safety mission...

...a Xss than $50,000...

...BOLIVIA David Delatorre (PSA) Anthony A. Ruiz (PSO) BRAZIL Brasilia: Robert L. Barnes (PSA) Theodore D. Brown (PSO) Desiderio L. Crisostomo (Dep...

...military aid spending in 1970 would amount to about $7 billion - or 20 times the Pentagon figure A somewhat more conservative estimate of $4.9 billion was provided by Armistead I. Selden Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs...

...Of course, NACLA is not prone to accept U.S...

...sales for credit and cash to foreign nations...

...They disputed Congression- al complaints that this military assistance had been given secretly...

...The new estimates of U.S...

...1969 Portugal 1 Destroyer escort displacement: 1700 t. Supplied by MAP 1968 Turkey 25 F-102 Delta Dagger fighter aircraft Supplied by MAP from .. Oct...

...The assessed, or utility, value of the materiel supplied to all recipients in the last fiscal year was $112-million, although bought new the equipment would have cost three times that much...

...Congress, g. is expected to help...

...2. At least six members of the Public Safety mission in the Dominican Republic in 1967 were CIA agents (see NACLA NEWSLETTER, Nov...

...All the materiel, which in- cluded aircraft, artillery, tanks, trucks and ammunition, had been officially designated as surplus, in excess of the needs of the United States, and had a depreciated value of about one-third the acquisition cost, qualified officials said...

...such as have been supplied to the other three allies, are not available to Greece under the terms of the embargo...

...and on Deliveries of Excess Defense Articles, 1950-68 (both of these tables appear in the new NACLA pamphlet, U.S...

...as about $7 But Senator Proxmire finds it "Orwellian," an example of "double-think" in which "Fnnd fnr Ppnec h hn convPrtC into ooa or war...

...in this case, however, we were far wide of the mark...

...In addition, we are including a table of U.S...

...24 Countries Received Aid Last year, 24 countries re- ceived some aid through the military-assistance program, of- ficials said, though three- fourths of the supplies went to only four countries-Greece, Turkey, Nationalist China, and South Korea, Consistent with the embargo Af s-A a mtiiftr ctljlJae 4am.- v% ilCGVy JIIIA&IIUOL O pL:JP 1111' posed against Greece after the military coup in 1967, grant aid to Greece consisted only of trucks, ammunition and small arms...

...The SIPRI "Arms Trade Register," from which this chart has been compiled, is based on newspaper articles and other public sources of information and excludes secret arms transfers...

...1968 1969-70 16 NA-Rockwell OV-1OA Bronco COIN aircraft .. 1970 .. Bell 205 Iroquois helicopter .. 1969- 21 - Date Date recipient No...

...held up 1965 (1970) since 1966 because of Vietnam shortages 14 Hughes 269 1HM helicopter .. (1969: 6) 5 Piper Turbo-Navajo transport aircraft .. (1969) Bolivia 12 Hughes 500 M helicopter for COIN .. (1968) 10 F-51 Mustang fighter aircraft refurbished...

...and the use of foreign currencies generated by the Food for Peace program...

...1968 1969-70 .. Bullpup missile A/S missile cash, remainder spread Sparrow missile A/A missile over 5 years 128 Hawk missile S/A missile .. 1968 7 Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter Used to capture .. 1969 Egyptian radar station Jordan 18 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter fighter aircraft $100 m. paid with cred- May 1968 1969 it from Saudi Arabia, 100 M-47 Patton tank Kuwait B Libya March 1968 1968-69 18 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter fighter aircraft Refurbished ex-Taiwan May 1968 1970 air force .. Hawk missile S/A missile . . . . Saudi Arabia 2 Lockheed C140 Jet Star transport aircraft for VIP transport Nov...

...COIN - counterinsurgency...

...1968 1968-69 4 for COIN 6 Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter Armed for COIN 1968 1969 4 Sikorsky SH-3D helicopter for ASW 1968 1969-70 25 Cessna T-37C trainer/ground attack for COIN...

...Item Description Comment Ordered Delivered MIDDLE EAST Iran 24 F-5A/B Freedom Fighter fighter aircraft 1967 1968 2 Cessna 310L cabin monoplane MAP funded 1968 32 F-4D Phantom (Mc-D) jet fighter $80 m. for 16 April 1967 1968-69 Sparrow Sidewinder missile A/A missile armament for Phantoms April 1967 1968-69 6 Kaman HH-43F Huskie helicopter Jan...

...these U.S...

...M. Klare I- 18 - By William C. Selove Staff correspondent of The Christian Science Mon The Senate's concern about U military-aid spending for foreign is being confirmed here these da impeccable source - the U.S...

...1969 2 NA-Rockwell Courser Commander transport aircraft $424,000 cost (1969) Mar...

...Officials explained the absence of public an- nouncements of each grant and the refusal to provide an item- ized breakdown by saying that this would constitute informa- tion of intelligence value about a country's armed forces...

...Indicates negative amounts...

...McD - McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Co...

...ex-U.S...

...Arms Transfers to the Third World, 1968-69 (based on data compiled by the Swedish International Peace Research Inst...

...peace movement, German Federal Republic- 20 - U.S...

...Cessna A-37 ground support aircraft .. 1969 (S) F-5 Freedom Fighter fighter aircraft .. 1968 (L6) Fairchild C-119 Packet transport aircraft .. 1968 500,000+ M-16 rifle .. 1968-69 300 helicopter Includes 80 UH-1H .. 1969 Iroquois at cost of $44.4 m. Patrol boats, gunboats, Perhaps 200...

...The issue is whether Congress has full knowledge it is being done...

...S/A - suface-to-air S/S - surface-to-surface...

...PSO) Carlos R. Eckert (PSA) Gerald G. Greeley (PSA) Robert H. Jackson (PSA) Charles A. Redlin (PSA/ES) Carlton A. Rood (PSA) Stanley H. Sheldon (PSA) Richard C. Willig (PSA, Belem) Fred Lee Zumwalt (PSA, Recife) Albert L. Bryant (PSA, Sao Paulo) CHILE Joseph A. Vasile (PSA/ES) COLOMBIA William L. Bartreau (PSO) Dudley R. Burris (PSA) Roy W. Driggers (PSA) Mark R. Seaton (PSA/ES) William W. Winn (PSA) COSTA RICA Andrew J. Best (PSA) Thomas H. Guffain (PSA) James E. Scoggin (PSA) Stephen D. Vermillion Jr...

...Ames (PSA) PANAMA Robert J. Mann (PSA) Adolph B. Saenz (PSO) URUGUAY Richard D. Biava (PSA) Lee E. Echols (PSA) Richard R. Martinez (PSA) Dan Mitrione (PSA, deceased) VENEZUELA David L. Laughlin (PSO) Rex D. Morris (PSA) Michael M. Salseda (Dep...

...Questions about the military- assistance program were raised by an article in The New York Times Sunday listing aircraft, destroyers and artillery equip- ment, valued originally at $157million, given to Nationalist China last year...

...The head of the General Accour Elmer B. Staats, says the gove no clear idea about the amounts s foreign powers with American He guesses it is in the range o billion for this year-about the hunch about last year's spendin But not even the Defense knows for sure...

...total cost of Nothing illegal seen ays Sen...

...iys from an Senator Proxmire also hopes his unpreceComptroller dented study will determine the effectiveness of the assistance and measure the economic impact to both the U.S...

...Aircraft and tanks...

...1970 Peru 1 C-54 transport aircraft MAP-supplied .. 1968 1 Gunboat displacement: 145 t. Being built under MAP EUROPE Greece S Lockheed F104 Starfighter fighter aircraft (1969) 56 Northrop F-SA/B Freedom fighter/reconnaissance (1964) (1969) Fighter aircraft 2 Bell 47G helicopter $224,000 cost (1968) Feb...

...J. Mr...

...Public Safety Advisors stationed in Latin America...

...and the recipient nting Office, country...

...Finally, we have compiled a list of U.S...

...The officials confirmed, however, that a joint Defense and State Department control group had been established one year ago to examine each proposed grant, both in terms of overall foreign policy interests and to certify that the equipment was legitimately designated as surplus...

...Such "in-country" advisors provide training to local police agencies, oversee A.I.D.'s police subsidization program, and arrange for specialized technical advisory services in the areas of police communications, logistics, intelligence, etc...

...Selden's figure included $2.4 billion in direct cash grants (primarily to nations in Southeast Asia), $518 million in supporting assistance to the defense budgets of client regimes, $108 million through the use of local currencies obtained by the 'Food for Peace' program, $1.4 billion in foreign military sales, and $224 worth of military equipment supplied from excess U.S...

...for coast- .. 1968-69 riverine craft al and riverine patrol LATIN AMERICA Argentina 4+ Bell Uh-lD Iroquois helicopter for COIN 1968 1968 7 Bell 206A Jet Ranger helicopter Cost: $626,500 (1968) 8 Hughes OH-6A helicopter .. 1968 11 Aero Commander light aircraft $1.5 m. May 1968 1968: 4 25 Mc-D A-4B Skyhawk fighter aircraft Refurbished...

...On the contrary, department officials said, full details of all grants are provided every year as a matter of routine to the Congresional committees overseeing military spending...

...19 - o C rc -4 -4 -I ~-k E 1`4 M 0) 0) z Ev 1'.4 0 H NIXON TALKS PEACE Poster from-th...

...Abbreviations: A/A - air-to-air...

...6 m. cost 1968 1969-70 aircraft 5 Lockheed T-33 trainer aircraft MAP-supplied Fairchild Hiller PH-1100 helicopter several on order 1968 15 Mc-D A-4F Skyhawk fighter aircraft (1969) 1 Destroyer, "Fletcher" class displacement: 2100 t. Ex-U.S...

...11-23 (both of these articles are included in the new NACLA pamphlet, U.S...

...The subcommittee has also heard testimony on the Pentagon's practice of turning over "excess" defense articles to favored regimes...

...gifts from the $17 billion stockpile of "excess" arms...

...foodstuffs to purchase military equipment...

...A/S - air-to-surface...

...1968 excess U.S...

...Arms DELIVERY OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES AT ACQUISITION COST BY FISCAL YEAR - 22 - (Dollars in Millions) Country FT 1950 - 1963 FT 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FT 1967 FT 1968 FT 1950 - 1968 East Asia Cambodia 12.8 - - - - 12.8 China 391.7 1.6 5.1 18.3 3.1 32.1 451.9 Indo-China 21.9 - - - - 21.9 Indonesia 6.1 - - .1 6.2 Japan 171.1 2.4 * * .3 2.2 176.0 Korea 194.1 13.4 46.1 15.6 3.5 6.7 279.5 Philippines 52.6 .8 .7 1.6 3.1 5.5 64.3 Thailand 52.7 2.2 2.0 2.6 5.7 - 65.2 Vietnam 90.0 16.0 63.4 1.6 * - 171.1 East Asia Area** 28.1 3.6 10.4 4.0 2.6 48.8 East Asia Total 1,021.0 4O.0 127.8 43.8 18.4 46.6 1,297.7 Near East and South Asia Greece 111.4 3.9 17.0 8.1 12.8 7.6 160.8 India 2.3 - Iran 50.5 4.0 1.0 1.0 .2 1.5 58.1 Iraq 3.3 - - - - 3.3 Jordan .9 6.6 .3 3.7 3 12.0 Lebanon - - - - .3 Nepal - Saudi Arabia 1.5 .1 - .2 - 1.9 Turkey 92.6 6.1 13.1 38.8 77.2 51.9 279.6 NESA Area 22.8 14.4 . 2.9 aL5.6 NESA Total 283.3 28.6 41.O 51.1 96.3 61.3 561.7 Eure EuB-elgium 17.4 .5 .1 .9 - - 18.9 Denmark 20.9 a * - .1 a 20.9 France 289.8 - 289.8 Germany .7 - .7 Italy 162.4 34.o 9.1 a 2o.5 Luxembourg .2 . - -. 2 Netherlands 43.9 .1 - a- 44.0 Norvay 39.5 1.3 2.6 .2 .1 .3 44.o Portugal 19.0 .5 .1 .2 2.4 .5 22.7 Spain 32.0 4.4 1.0 .1 3.0 1.8 42.4 United Kingdom 72.2 - .8 - - - 73.0 Yugoslavia 27.5 - 27.5 Europe Area* 8.2 -8.2 Europe Total 733.6 40.9 4.6 10.5 5.6 2.7 797.9 Country FY 1950 - 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 FY 1950 - 1968 Africa Cameroon - - - - Congo - .2 3.5 8 .8 a Ethiopia 10.3 2.9 .7 2.1 1.6 2.2 19:9 Toines - - - - .1 - .1 Liberia .1 * a * a a .2 Libya .6 .1 .5 .3 .3 .2 1.9 Mali - * a .2 - .2 Mrocco 2.0 .4 .1 5.1 4.0 .1 11.5 Senegal a - a - - a a Tunisia .4 i.1 _ .1 Africa Total 13.3 3.6 4.8 8.2 7.0 2.6 39.6 Latin America Argentina .3 - .9 .3 .7 .7 3.0 Bolivia 1.0 .9 .4 .3 .5 .4 3.4 Brazil 71.7 .2 1.7 2.0 3.0 4.0 82.5 Chile 19.5 2.7 .6 .5 .1 .3 23.6 Colombia 10.3 .6 .7 .8 1.0 1.0 14.6 Costa Rica .1 a- - .1 Cuba 5.5 - - - 5.5 Dominican Republic 2.1 .2 .1 .1 - 3 .1 2.9 Ecuador 5.0 .1 1.4 1.6 1.0 .3 9.4 El Salvador .2 .1 .2 a .1 a .6 Guatemala 1.2 .2 .8 .1 .4 .2 2.9 Haiti .2 - - - - - .2 Honduras .5 a .1 .E .4 .1 1.2 Jamaica * Mexico .1 - - ; .1 Nicaragua .4 * .2 a a .6 Panama a * a - * a a Paraguay .4 .4 a * .5 .1 1.5 Peru 13.8 2.7 .6 .3 .2 .6 18.2 Uruguay 6.1 .4 .3 .2 .1 .1 7.2 Venezuela .3 - - - - - .3 Latin America Total 138.7 8.8 7.8 6.6 8.2 7.8 177.8 Non-Regional 282.4 2.0 10.9 ( . 6) (1.4) 24.4 312.7 Grand Total 2,472.4 123...

...stocks fighter aircraft 1965 1969 Bell OH-13 helicopter (1965) 1968 2 Destroyer $1.5 m. cost (1969) 5 Gunboat displacement: 117 t. Being built in U.S...

...Military and Police Operations in the Third World, described on back cover...

...William Proxmire (D) of Wisconsin...

...stocks 50 Medium tank 120 Howitzers 4 Destroyers Thailand 36+ Hawk missile S/A missile Jan...

...But those who believe this, s W. Fulbright (D) of Arkansa "dimly perceiving the tip of thi iceberg...

...Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Affairs, Military Assistance Facts (Washington, D.C., 1969), pp...

...PSA/ES . Public Safety Advisor, Electronics Specialist...

...rnment has But the failure in the federal government spent to arm to keep tabs on the whole range of such weapons...

...The State Department con- firmed the news article, but it dented the implication that in- formation on military assist- ance was being withheld from Congress...

...military advisory missions...

...Source: U.S...

...Military and Police Operations in the Third World, described on the back cover of this Newsletter...

...Defense Department funded aid for Southeast Asia...

...PSO) Felipe Sandoval (PSA) Nicholas Yantsin (PSA) Abbreviations: PSA - Public Safety Advisor...

...They conceded that the des- ignation was flexible and rela-{ tive, but said that responsible civilian officials of both the State and Defense Departments reviewed each such designation under procedures laid down last August by David Packard, Dep- uty Secretary of Defense...

...These men--most of whom were recruited from the FBI, CIA, Military Police, or regular police--are responsible for implementation of the Agency for International Development's Public Safety program...

...State Department experts ex- plained that the designation of surplus for any item of war materiel depended on its age,' state of repair, estimated cost of rehabilitation to acceptable standards of use and the actual needs of United States units at any given time...

...Department of State, Foreign Service List (Washington, .C., October 1970...

...Many congres the impression this covers the t all American military aid...

...Department What disturbs and shocks Senator Proxmire most in the early revelations about Ly approves such spending is the amount of military aid litary-assis- going to countries under the Food for Peace smen have program...

...Senator J. William Fulbright estimated in January that total U.S...

...I General...

...Police Assistance Programs in Latin America," NACLA NEWSLETTER, vol...

...1968 1969 $100 m. supplemental MAP appropriation 2 Coastal minesweeper displacement: 320 t. Being built under MAP * .. Bell UH-1D helicopter For internal security .. (1969) 700,000 M-1 and other rifle To arm militia .. (1969) Malaysia 10 Sikorsky S-61 A4 helicopter 1967 1967-69 Philippines 2 Patrol boat for ASW .. 1969-70 Taiwan 1 Fleet minesweeper displacement: 650 t. MAP-provided...

...Senator Proxmire expects to explore all the weapons aid that comes from...

...Figure estimated Senator Fulbright, chairman ate Foreign Relations Committ 'he total figure for this year we .lilion...

...18-19 International -- 23 - U.S...

...is a mass The program-set up under Public Law , sales, and 480 in 1954-specifically allows using foreign ie Food for currency accumulated from selling U.S...

...SenaWashington tor Proxmire has just opened a series of nited States hearings into the extent of U.S...

...1968 1969 AFRICA Liberia 1 Motor gunboat displacement: 100 t. Being built under MAP Libya 10 Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter fighter aircraft 1967 1968-9 6-8 Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft $17 m. (includes pilot .. 1970 training costs) 1 Lockheed C-140 Jet Star transport aircraft .. 1969 Uganda 1 Bell 206A Jet Ranger helicopter .. 1968 ASIA Burma .. Cessna T-37C trainer aircraft for training and COIN...

...1968 2 Gunboats Being built under MAP Colombia 2 Lockheed C-130E Hercules transport aircraft $6 m. cost 1968 1968 12 Hughes OH-6A helicopter (1966) 1968-69 30 Cessna T-41D trainer aircraft $3+ m. cost sustained 1968 1969 10 Cessna T-37 trainer aircraft by MAP Ecuador 1 Cessna 177 Cardinal cabin monoplane for training and patrol .. 1968 1 Cessna 320 Executive Skynight cabin monoplane Ordered by Navy . El Salvador 1 DC-4M transport aircraft .. 1968 6 F-51 Mustang fighter aircraft $1.5 m. cost 1967 1968 Mexico Beech Muskateer Sport cabin monoplane .. Jan...

...342-54...

...1969) 1 Frigate, "Bostwich" class displacement: 1240 t. MAP-provided . (1969) 1 Coastal minesweeper displacement: 335 t. Being built 70 Northrop F-5 fighter aircraft 1969 20 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter fighter aircraft supplied without charge 35 F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft to MAP from surplus [. 1969 30+ Fairchild C-119 Packet transport aircraft U.S...

...230-40) and 1969/70 (pp...

...The amounts spent on some of these items are not recorded anywhere, according to Mr...

...A voice from the accounting house of the Senee, thought There is nothing illegal about the procedure...

...MAP- .. 1968 provided Brazil 5 Lockheed C-130E Hercules transport aircraft- $15 m. cost 1968 1969 11 Hughes 500 helicopter $978,375 cost 7 Bell 206A Jet Ranger helicopter 3 for VIP transport...

...stocks...

...1 Patrol boat, "Akhizar" class displacement: 280 t. Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament, volumes for 1968/69 (pp...

...Military and Police Assistance Programs," NACLA NEWSLETTER, vol...

...ARMS TRANSFERS TI TE THIRD WSIR 1BI-I Date Date Recipient No...

...Staats...

...1968 1968 2 Patrol boat displacement: 85-107 t. Being built under MAP 2 Corvette displacement: 900- MAP supplied .. 1968-69 1,135 t. Israel 73 Douglas A-4H Skyhawk fighter aircraft 1968 1968-69 50 F-4 Phantom (Mc-D) jet fighter $300 m., two thirds in Dec...

...In order to compensate for our insufficiently uncritical reportage of Pentagon MAP statistics in the November NEWSLETTER, we are here reproducing some articles on the Proxmire subcommittee hearings and related matters...

...1968 MAP-funded 12 Kaman HH-43B Huskie helicopter .. 1968 (12) F-86F Sabre fighter aircraft MAP-provided .. 1968 Indonesia 3 Lockheed C-140 Jet Star transport aircraft .. 1968 Korea, South 18 Mc-D F-4 Phantom jet fighter $52 m. cost part of Feb...

...XE...

...Public Safety Advisors In Latin America' Listed below are the names of the U.S...

...Deputy 1. Source: U.S...

...Item Description Comment Ordered Delivered Vietnam, So...

...Public Safety Advisors' Stationed in Latin America...

...What lies beneath the surface of other sources-through grants roundabout methods, such as ti Peace program...

...ASW - antisubmarine warfare...

...PSA) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 Donald L. Ackerman (PSA) Lloyd C. Burnett (PSA) Ernest J. Chiocca (PSA) Joseph F. Fernandez (PSA) Richard Perez Raugi (PSA) Gunther O. Wagner (PSO) ECUADOR John H. Doney Jr...

...t. - ton.Giveaways Of Excess I.S...

...This figure did not include the value of facilities transferred to the Vietnamese and Thai military as part of the Nixon Doctrine withdrawal of U.S...