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.
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TOP SEGRET Contents Page Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. The Soviet Problem . . . . . . . ,. . . . 3 II. Policy and Plans . . . . 5 A. The Warsaw Pact Mission. . . . . . . . 5 B. Extension of Soviet Power. ...... 9 C. The Soviet Buildup Against China . . 11 III. The Buildup Against China . . . . -. . . .. 12 IV. Capabilities . ....... . ....... 16 A. Ground Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1. General. . ... ........ 16 .2. Organization . . .. ......... 17 a. Divisions . . . . . . . . . . 17 b.. Armies . . . . . . . . . ... 19 - c. Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. Combat Readiness. ........ 22 a. Order of Battle and Equipment Levels ... . . . . . . . . . 22 b. Manning Levels and Combat Readiness . . . . . 24 4. Current Forces . . ........ 31 a. Soviet Front in Germany . . . . 31 b. Czechoslovakian Front.. . . . 35 c. Polish Front . . .- . . . . . . 37 d. Carpathian Front . . . . . . . 39 e.. Belorussian Front . . .. . .. 41 f. Baltic Military District . . . 42 g. Soviet Forces in Poland . . . . 42 h.. Strategic Reserve . . . . . . . 42 TOP'SECET
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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.