> North Korea and the DDR didn't receive any aid
> from the Soviets?
According to this the PRC and USSR gave $1.4 billion a yr. in aid to the DPRK in the 80's. http://www.google.com/search?q=soviet+union+aid+to+DPRK This is G o o g l e's cache of http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rtanter/S96PS472_Papers/BOUTERSE.JASON.KOREA -- Michael Pugliese