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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.

  • p. 83 …local coastal areas in conjunction with air and ground forces and for protection of Soviet interests…
  • p. 100 …A Soviet naval surface force conducted a goodwill cruise into the Indian Ocean which involved port…
Table .2-
Estimated Numbers of Soviet Tactical Aircraft
1 October 1968
Aircraft Inventory
MIG-17 MIG-19 MIG-21 SU-7 YAK-28 IL-28 YAK-28 YAK-2 28
- Mission Total Fresco Farmer Fishbed Fitter Firebar Beagle Brewer Man rove/ aestro
0/ Air defense 1,550. 130 65 1,330 25 p
Ground attack 1,040 550 490
Light bomber 360 190 170
Reconnaissance 550 20 120 260 1570d
Total 3,500 700 65 1,450 490 25 450 170 15
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