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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TO W RET) Tables Page 1. Warsaw Pact General Purpose Forces Available for Central Europe . . . . . . . 30 2. Estimated Numbers of Soviet Tactical Aircraft, 1 October 1968 . . . . . . . . . 56 3. Estimated Numbers of Eastern European Tactical Aircraft, 1 October 196.8 . . . . 76 4. Estimated Soviet General Purpose Submarine Force, Mid-1968--Mid-1970 . . . 82 5. Estimated Soviet Surface Ship Force, Mid-1968--Mid-1970 . . . . . . . . . 85 6. Estimated Numbers of Combat Aircraft in Soviet Naval Air Forces, Mid-1968--Mid-1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Figures 1. Warsaw Pact War Plan for Central Region of Europe (map) . . . . . . . . 7 2. USSR: Combatant Strength of Mediterranean Squadron, June 1964- August 1968 (chart)... . . . . . . . 10 3. Sino-Soviet Border Area: Soviet Combat Units. (map)... . . . . . . 13 4. Ground Forces Buildup on Sino-Soviet Border (chart) . . . ... . . . 12 5. Equipment Holdings of Western USSR Divisions (chart) . . . . . . . . . . 23 6. Soviet and Northern Tier Warsaw Pact Forces (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7. Soviet Tactical Aviation: Aircraft Inventory (chart) . . . . . . . . 57 8. Soviet Submarine Out-of-Area Patrols (chart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 -iv- fib~v~s- iv -
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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.