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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.
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and torpedo boats, and the first unit of the East German built Kondor-class medium minesweeper was completed in 1967. East Germany has also built subchasers and torpedo boats, but these programs have probably ended. The only non-Soviet Warsaw Pact naval air arm consists of about 65 obsolescent IL-28 Beagle light bombers based in Poland. These air- craft have a limited capability for reconnaissance and light strike operations in the Baltic in support of Warsaw Pact naval forces. 6.. . Future Developments a.. Submarines Force levels and capability of the nuclear submarine force will be markedly improved by the programs now under way--the result of decisions reached in .the early 1960's on production of new classes of attack and ballistic-missile submarines and their force levels. Although the highest prior- ity has been assigned the ballistic-missile program, production priority for the attack submarines is al- most as high. In view of the heavy investment being made in submarine-producing shipyards, the Soviets clearly intend to continue this emphasis on submarine forces into the future. We believe that the new Gor'kiy- built nuclear-powered attack submarine, designated C class, is designed for surveillance duty against the Western Polaris submarine fleet. Because of the size of the Polaris force and the location of Soviet submarine bases, we estimate that 50 to 70 submarines will be required to fulfill this task. The other new nuclear-powered attack submarine, the V class, appears to be a successor to the N class. It probably will be used for recon- naissance' duty and for antishipping attacks. Both of these tasks would be carried out on the high seas away from Soviet peripheral waters. The present construction rate at Leningrad indicates that the Soviets will probably have a force of about 15 V-class submarines by 1974. 107 - TDP ECRET
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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.