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.
“Headquarters”5 pages
Table 1 Warsaw Pact General Purpose Forces Available for Central Europe a/ Armies Divisions Currently Available Combined Tactical Category Estimated Wartime Str ngth Forces Arms Tank Air I II Men Tanks Air raft GSFG and East German Army 5 2 1 26 -- 350,000 6,500 30 Czechoslovak Front 3 -- 1 8 4 200,000 3,000 50 Polish Front 3 -- 1 11 b/ 4 250,000 3,700 00 Carpathian Front 2 1 1 7 5 200,000 2,800 50 Belorussian Front 1 2 1 4 c/ 9 180,000 3,100 50 Northern Group of Forces in Poland -- -- 1 2 -- 30,000 600 90 C Baltic Military District 1 -- 1 2 c/ 3 50,000 900 60 - Total 15 5 7 60 25 1,260,000 20,600 2, 30 Strategic Reserve (Kiev Military District) 0 2 1 0 9 90,000 2,400 80 Total Available 15 7 8 60 34 1,350,000 23,000 2, 10 a. Forces existing prior to the Czechoslovak crisis, b. Includes an airborne division and an amphibious assault division. c. Includes one airborne division.
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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.