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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. 13 …areas long the domain of the ______ - US and British navies is one example of this evolution…
  • p. 14 …ranean would severely strain the Soviet Navy. For the last 15 months the Soviets have maintained…
  • p. 93 …The Soviets are continuing their close surveillance of US naval formations, particularly carrier operations, but. monitor…
  • p. 99 …The reaction of the Soviet Navy and its submarine force to the Middle East crisis reflects…
  • p. 106 …adoption of the alongside refueling technique used by Western navies--has been observed during the past…
  • p. 108 TOP-SEORF , normal peacetime use of ships in civilian trade, many would be unavailable on short…
  • p. 112 …It is apparent that the success of US aircraft carrier operations is keeping alive an internal…
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Contents
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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
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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.