Czechoslovakia is shipping some $30,000,000 worth of weapons and ammunition to Syria at bargain prices, it was reported here today in the Daily Telegraph, a leading British newspaper. The Telegraph said the shipment was agreed on six weeks ago and that some arms already are believed to have been unloaded in the Syrian port of Latakia.
Equipment being shipped to the Arab nation includes 100 tanks, 50 of German and 50 of Russian design; nearly 100 armored cars; heavy anti-aircraft guns and field artillery in undisclosed quantities; 25 Russian-made MIG jets, naval munitions and other ammunition of various kinds, the newspaper said. It reported that Communist exports are being sent to Syria to train troops in the use of the new weapons, and some Syrian officers will receive special training in Czechoslovakia.
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