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OSR Contribution to NIE 11-14-68, Soviet and East European General Purpose Forces, CIA/DI/OSR, October 1968.

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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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  • p. 5 …Capabilities . . . . 102 a. Afloat Support 102 C. Sea ift . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 5. Eastern European Naval Forces…
  • p. 83 …Naval Forces The Soviet Navy's historic .missions-- defense against seaborne attack, interdiction of sea lines…
  • p. 91 …about 60 aircraft --based in the Baltic Sea area where their limited range is not a…
  • p. 92 …helicopter carrier Moskva, which is now undergoing trials in the Black Sea. - 89 - TOP-Si CRETZ
  • p. 95 …In the Baltic and Black Sea fleet, the primary reconnaissance capability is represented by the two…
  • p. 98 …bases--Soviet submarines based in the Black Sea are making patrols in the Mediterranean for as…
  • p. 100 …the Baltic, and 53 in the- Black Sea. Such forces how- ever, have limited antiair and…
  • p. 107 …but about two-thirds are in the Baltic and Black seas. Because of the - 104 - TOPSEGRFT
  • p. 108 …Only limited convoy defense exercises have been noted, in the Northern and Black Sea fleet areas…
  • p. 109 …and is very low in the Black Sea, where, the Soviet Navy carries the main responsibility…
  • p. 110 …Both of these tasks would be carried out on the high seas away from Soviet peripheral…
  • p. 112 …These carriers, designed primarily to provide a sea- borne platform for ASW helicopters, could presage the…
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 115 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.