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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. 7 …the traditional NATO - Warsaw Pact arena, the Soviets have begun to seek ways of - advancing their…
  • p. 11 …the plan (see Figure 1, foldout map following this page) envisions a broad rapid advance through…
  • p. 12 …The Front from Czechoslovakia has the mission of advancing as far as the west bank of…
  • p. 21 …It was from these areas that the Soviets made their most successful advances against the Japanese…
  • p. 64 …been re- pulsed, the air units are to move forward.with the advancing ground forces. A…
  • p. 73 …Considerable discussion was devoted to the use of advanced reconnaissance aircraft to- gether with strike aircraft…
  • p. 77 …At least two advanced air- craft will have entered service by this time, and the older…
  • p. 100 …Surface forces are hampered generally by the small number of units in the fleet with advanced…
  • p. 111 …second generation, but it remains to be demonstrated that sufficient advances have been made over the…
Table 4
Est-t s°oS eiTdGe68 -Pp ir-s7ba0 iiTTFe
Mid-1968 -- Mid-1970
Mid-1:968 Mid-1969 Mid-1970
Cruise Missile 58 60-61 61
Nuclear 33 33 33
E-I 5 5 5
E-II 28 28 28
Diesel 25 27-28 28
J 1.3 15-16 16
W-Conversion 12 12 12
Attack 266-270 263-267 264-268
Nuclear 14-18 17-21 21-25
N 12-15 12-15 12-15
C 1 2 4
v 1-2 3-4 5 6
Diesel 252 246 243
B 1 2 4
F 45 45 45
Z 20 20 20
R 14 14 14
W a/ 157 150 145.
Q 15 15 15
Total 324-328 323-328 325-329
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picket submarines.
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