§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total debt of the countries of the Warsaw Pact to Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development countries; and by what amount it has risen annually since 1974.
§ Mr. LawsonData are not available on debt owed only to OECD countries. The best estimates of debt of countries of the Warsaw Pact to non-Communist countries, mainly covering commercial bank borrowing and Government guaranteed export credit, are:
Gross Debt $ billion Net Debt $ billion 1974 20 14 1975 34 28 1976 45 37 1977 S5 47 1978 67 56 1979 77 63