1980
Survey of GDR Material Support for the PLO between 1974 and 1980
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Material Solidarity
1974
Palestine
Value 72,000.- [GDR] Mark
Bed Linen
Blankets
1 Hand Copy Apparatus
5 Sewing Machines
5 Copy Machines
10 Photo Cameras
5 Cassette Recorder
7 Tape Recorder
1 Binocular
2 Aspectoma [translator’s note: this is a GDR brand no longer produced, probably slide projectors.]
2 Photo Cameras
2 Binoculars
1 Typewriter
1 Film Camera
3 Flexography Presses
1975
Value 500,000.- Mark
Outerwear and Underwear
Shoes
Sewing Machines
1976
Value 400,000.- Mark
3 Typewriters
Blankets
Textiles (taken over by Council of Ministers, just freight costs)
1977
Value 10,000.- Mark
8 Typewriters
2 Sewing Machines
2 Hand Copy Apparatuses
1978
2 Solidarity Special Planes with Medicine, Blankets, Fabrics, Tents
Food of a value of 1.5 million Mark
Furthermore sent via ship:
1 Ambulance B-1000
Medical equipment
School and Sports Equipment
Sportswear of a value of 100,000.- Mark
1979
1 Solidarity Special Plane with Medicine, Food, and Clothes of a value of 1 million Mark
[handwritten note] In addition, all solidarity shipments, which were handed over to the PLO by the Solidarity Committee, were essentially funded by the FDGB [“Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund”: Free German Union Association, the mandatory GDR mass organization for workers.]
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Solidarity Committee of the GDR
Solidarity Services for the PLO
In the Year 1977
1. Material Solidarity | 9,577 Million Mark |
2. Cadre Training (Professional Training) | 18 Spots |
3. Medical Treatment of the Wounded | 104 Wounded |
In the Year 1978
Material Solidarity Plan Fulfillment as of March 1978 | 4.0 Million Mark 0.85 Million Mark |
2. Cadre Training (Professional Training) | 8 Spots |
3. Medical Treatment of the Wounded | 40 Wounded |
Solidarity Services for the PLO 1979/1980
1979
Material Solidarity
Overall Value: 4 million Mark
- Medicines, Tents, Fabrics, Clothes, Sportswear, Typewriters, Sewing Machines, Photo Paper, Binoculars, Yarn, Radios, Food
- Treatment of 36 Sick and Wounded
- 8 new PLO Cadres for Specialist Worker Training
1980
Material Solidarity
Overall Value: 2 million Mark
Actual: about 1 million Mark
- Sportswear, Typewriters, Sewing Machines, Sewing Threads, Tape Recorders, Medicines, Equipment for News Agency WATA
- 32 PLO Cadres Came to the GDR for Training in 1980
- 12 Patients of the PLO were Treated in the GDR
List of GDR material support for the PLO between 1974 and 1980. The form, quantity and value of the support are listed in detail for each year.
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