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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.
“Headquarters”5 pages
TOP'8ERET c. Sealift The Soviet maritime fleet encompasses a growing reserve of ships that could be available for sealift operations. Of the total fleet of about 10.5 million deadweight tons, some 350 ships are considered suitable for sealift operations in sup- port of military forces. These selected ships have cranes with at least a 40-ton lift capacity, and more than 125 have large hatches. They provide a maximum capability for transporting about 17 motorized rifle divisions, or about 15 motorized tank divisions, as follows: Approx. No. of MRD's Fleet That Could Be Sealifted Baltic 5.0 Black 7.0 Northern 1.5 Pacific 3.5 Actual transport capacity normally would be considerably less than maximum for several reasons. The distribution of ships is widely spread among the various fleet areas, but about two-thirds are in the Baltic and Black seas. Because of the - 104 - TOPSEGRFT
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