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September 23, 1982

CPSU CC Report on Economic Aid to Poland (1980-81)




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SPECIAL DOSSIER

Secret
I N F O R M A T I O N
about Soviet assistance to Poland in freely convertible currency in 1980-1981*
I. Credits Provided Millions of $
1. For the purchase of sugar 30
By order of the USSR Council
of Ministers on 1 August 1980
No. 1518 rs (P207 from 1.8.1980)
2. For the settlement of accounts 250
with capitalist countries.
By order of the USSR Council of
Ministers on 23 August 1980, No.
1192-rs (P201/30 from 23.VI.80)
3. For the establishment of a consor- 70
tium of banks to help the PPR.
Decision of the CPSU CC on 6 June
1980. No. P199/2
4. For the settlement of accounts 150
with capitalist countries
By order of the USSR Council of
Ministers on 11 November 1980
No. 1019-247 (P224/70
from 11.XI.1980)
5. For the purchase of grain 190
and food stuffs.
By order of the USSR Council
of Ministers
No. 1019-347 (P224/70
from 11.XI.1980)

Total 690
II. Deferred Payments
1. Deferral of payments to 219
Soviet banks. Decision of the
CPSU CC on 6 June 1980
(P199/II from 6.6.1980)
2. Deferral of payments to 280
Soviet banks. By order of the
USSR Council of Ministers on
11 September 1980
No. 1840 rs (P214/XI
from 11.XI.1980)
3. Deferral of payments to 280
Soviet banks. By order of the
USSR Council of Ministers on
11 November 1980
No. 1019-347 (P224/70
from 11.XI.1980)
4. Deferral of payments on the basic debt
up to 1,000
from all credits extended previously.
By order of the USSR Council of Ministers
on 16 August 1981.
No. 1630 rs (P23/14 from 16.8.81)

Total 1,779
III. Grant Aid
1. Joint grant aid from the USSR, 465
Hungary, Bulgaria, the GDR,
and Czechoslovakia supplied via a
reduction of oil deliveries to the
CMEA countries.
Decision of the CPSU CC on
28 November 1980
No. P227/21
Total 2,934

*) According to data from USSR Gosplan


1. Translator's Note: The classification was upgraded to "top secret" (sovershenno sekretno) by a handwritten notation of sov. next to the original sekretno. A stamped imprint just under the classification said that this was CPSU CC Document No. 2931, prepared on 23 September 1982, and that it should be returned to the CPSU CC General Department.



Top Secret Dossier from the CPSU CC to Poland listing amount of economic aid in 1980-1981 that is classified for specific purchases such as grain and foodstuffs, as well as for the repayment of loans to other countries.


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