Documents / FOIA release
This is an October 1968 contribution by the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Strategic Research to National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-68 on Soviet and East European general purpose forces. It covers Warsaw Pact war plans for Central Europe, the effects of the Czechoslovak crisis, and the doubling of Soviet forces on the Chinese border since 1965. It also assesses ground, tactical air, naval and coastal defense forces. The text does not mention UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
“The Advance”9 pages
TOF}SECRET n anll:..This .ue supporueasoviet submarines of the E and F classes and possibly an N-class unit. Northern fleet submarines were observed in company with this group on six occasions. One E-II-class submarine was deployed with the group during its entire six-month deployment. This logistic support experiment was probably a feasibility test. If adopted opera- tionally, this type of support would extend the de- ployments of out-of-area submarines and reduce the time involved in transit from home bases. Out-of-area afloat support has been provided to the Mediterranean squadron by submarine tenders, oilers, water carriers, and repair and rescue ships. These ships have usually operated from the fleet anchorages established throughout the Mediter- ranean and Arab ports. Merchant fleet tankers have delivered oil to the Port Said naval oil storage depot and directly to fleet units. Some improvement in logistic support operations--such as the limited adoption of the alongside refueling technique used by Western navies--has been observed during the past year or so, but in general the effectiveness of the Soviet naval rear service has improved slowly and. it lags the US in underway replenishment techniques. -. 103 - TO5TLGRET
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 115 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.