of Caetano's dictatorship.  In the closing session of the Portuguese
National Assembly at the end of I969, Colonel Sousa Meneses said
that NATO installations on Portuguese soil, completed or under
construction, were in the nature of £14,500,000 tov/ards which Portugal's
own contribution v/as less than £1,500,000.  He added that another
£750,000 had been spent on scholarships and. scientific research of
which Portugal's share was no more than £55? 000 e  It must be borne
in mind, however, that by no means all the foreign bases necessarily
fall under the heading of 'NATO installations' even though held by
NATO allies, and thus the total sums involved are undoubtedly far
greater.  Although the full extent of the value of and continued
investments in these bases is not known, a glance at just a few
of the figures available gives a good idea of the magnitude involved.
During the six years 1951 - 1957 > the United States invested /.
# 100 million in Lajes airbase (New York Times, 29 June, 1962).- In
I965 it was reported that American installations and personnel were
pouring #5 million per annum into the Azores economy alone. It is
not known what the Portuguese get out of the British and French
for their bases, or how much investments they are worth now,
although as long ago as 19^5 the Portuguese received weapons worth
approximately 04-5 million from the British in thc conditions of the
treaty regarding their base.
And the investment continues.  For example, the recent establishment
of the Polaris/.base entailed the large-scale'extension and deepening
of the harbour o  When the French Azores base was opened in I965 a
15 km road had to "be cut through rocks, the harbour of Santa Cruz
had to be extended and a hydro-electric power plant had to be
built«  About 100 French experts are employed at the base.  Under a
military treaty of October 19S3> West Germany obtained its military
base at Beja and a training centre for the army at Santa Margarida.
A West German military journal describes the base as consisting of
a huge airfield, hangars, v/orkshops, a hospital, barracks, pins living
quarters for approximately 500 families>  "Of an overall sum of
approximately #40 million, Bonn is to contribute #3? million and
Lisbon a little less .than £3 million".  (Wehrkunde 1965). The
journal also mentions a large air-force store near B'eja, a goods
depot at Castilloes, the construction of repair shops, an emergency
harbour and a communications centre.  In exchange for this, West
Germany is to assist Portugal in every way in the country's war
efforts including the provision in Germany of extensive medical facilities for soldiers wounded in the colonial wars, the construction of
hospitals in Portugal, the large-scale provision of arms, etc.
It is obvious from the foregoing that apart from the actual installations themselves, Portugal gains as much, if not more, in exchange
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