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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.
“The Advance”9 pages
- 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…
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HR70-14
APPROVED FOR RELEASE -
HISTORICAL COLLECTION
DIVISION HR70-14 DATE:
07-18-2012
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
Office of Strategic Research
CONTRIBUTION TO NIE 11-14-68:
SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES
Copy No 6
SR SP 68-9
October 1968
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