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This is a CIA Office of Research and Reports contribution to National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-64, dated 6 October 1964, on the capabilities of Soviet general-purpose forces from 1964 to 1970. It updates evidence on Soviet doctrine for theater warfare, the effect of low wartime birth rates on military conscription and the labor supply, tactical missile systems, the Soviet and Satellite tactical air forces, and Soviet naval submarine, surface and air forces. The report does not mention unidentified flying objects.
TOP SECRET Table 2 Number of Soviet Conscripts Implied by the Estimated Force Levels a/ 1959-64 Thousand Persons Midyear Force Level Conscripts 1959 3,950 2,960 1960 3,550 2,660 1961 3,225 2,420 1962 3,525 2,640 1963 3,525 2,640 1964 3,525 2,640 a. Military and security forces. b. Conscripts-normally comprise about 75 per- cent of the combined Soviet military and security forces. A constant relationship of 75 percent conscripts and 25 percent cadre is assumed in this contribution, although during periods of variation in force levels the ratios may be altered temporarily. major class sizes of about 990,000 men are implied by the figure of 2.96 million. However, the USSR uses varying sizes of conscript classes as one means of changing the level of the military and security forces. in view of the reductions probably accomplished in 1957 and 1958, the numbers of men in the conscript classes in mid-1959 were approximately as follows: Year of Service Class Year Thousand Persons First 1958 880 Second 1957 870 Third 1956 1,060 Fourth 1955 150 Total 2,960 - 8- TOP ,CRET
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 53 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.