美国中央情报局关于“共产党对第三世界军事和经济援助”的年度报告中,评述了苏联在1954～1979二十五年间出售给第三世界的武器情况。在过去二十五年(1954～1979)中,苏联共给予五十四个第三世界国家的军事援助,价值达四百七十亿美元。苏联优先为中东和北非 The CIA’s annual report on “Communist’s military and economic assistance to the Third World” commented on the arms sold by the Soviet Union to the Third World during the 1954-1979 period of 25 years. In the past twenty-five years (1954-1997), the Soviet Union has given military assistance to 54 third world countries for a total value of 47 billion U.S. dollars. The Soviet Union gives priority to the Middle East and North Africa