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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 3
Estimated Numbers of Eastern European Tactical Aircraft
1 October 1968
MIG-15 Fagot/ MIG-19 MIG-21 MIG-21 SU-7 IL-28 YAK-27 Mangrove
MIG-17 Fresco Farmer Fishbed C/E Fishbed D/F Fitter Beagle L-29 Maya Total
SBulgaria 190 75 10 25 10 - 310
Czechoslovakia 240 65 65 115 85 a/ 20 20 610
East Germany 115 15 40 200 b/ j 370 Ul)
Hungary 40 10 60 45 15 I 170
Poland c/ 670 15 20 130 20 65 p 920
. Rumania - 130 30 40 45 - 10 255
Total 1,385 210 235 560 120 105 20 2,635
a. About 30 additional Fitter aircraft are believed to have been delivered to Czechoslovakia, but they
have not yet been identified in operational units.
b. About 70 additional Fishbed D/F aircraft are believed to have been delivered to East Germany, but
they have not yet been identified in operational units.
c. Includes the Naval Air Force.

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