CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces

CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces: The Importance of Clandestine Reporting

This study examines the role of clandestine reporting in CIA’s analysis of the Warsaw Pact from 1955 to 1985. The Soviet Union established itself as a threat to the West at the end of World War II by its military occupation of eastern European countries and the attempts of its armed proxies to capture Greece and South Korea. The West countered with the formation of NATO. While the West welcomed West Germany into NATO, the Soviets established a military bloc of Communist nations with the Warsaw Treaty of May 1955. This study continues CIA’s efforts to provide a detailed record of the intelligence derived from clandestine human and technical sources from that period. This intelligence was provided to US policy makers and used to assess the political and military balances and confrontations in Central Europe between the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the Cold War.

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VII-184 “Wartime Statute of the Combined Armed Forces,” CIA/DO Intelligence Information Special Repo

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1979-11-28.pdf	1006.72 KB

VII-193 Operational Planning in Warsaw Pact Combined Armed Forces, CIA/DO Intelligence Information S

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1980-08-21.pdf	291.77 KB

VII-200 Soviet Memorandum about the Issues to be Raised by the Hungarian Minister of Defense during

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1982-04-30a.pdf	486.54 KB

VII-201 The Organization of the Warsaw Pact, CIA/DO Intelligence Information Report, 30 July 1982 (D

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1982-07-30b.pdf	417.41 KB

VII-204 National and Multinational Polish Strategic, Operational, Tactical, Combined Division-level,

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1983-06-30.pdf	589.16 KB

VII-208 The Organization of Party Political Work in a Front Offensive Operation, by Col. Gen. I. Med

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1985-02-20.pdf	1.05 MB

VII-210 “US Intelligence Assessments and the Reliability of Non-Soviet Warsaw Pact Armed Forces, 194

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2007-12-01.pdf	1.96 MB

VII-219 “Armored Academy Training Text: The Offensive Operation of a Combined-Arms Army,” classified

Document Number: 5196457b993294098d5094a5

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1977-12-12.pdf	5.22 MB

VII-22 The Movement of Troops over Large Distances under Conditions of the Northeastern Part of the

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1973-10-17.pdf	825.44 KB

VII-224 “General Staff Academy Lessons: Table of Contents and Lesson No. 2: The Preparation and Crit

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1980-04-18.pdf	1.34 MB

VII-225 “General Staff Academy Lesson No.1c: Preparation and Reporting of Proposals of the Chief of

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1980-04-23.pdf	659.04 KB

VII-226 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 1f: Work of the Nuclear Planning Group Using the Calculati

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1980-05-01.pdf	566.49 KB

VII-227 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 3: The Preparation and Critique of the Front Operational D

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1980-05-09.pdf	227.51 KB

VII-228 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 4, The Making and Critique of the Decision of the Commande

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1980-05-23.pdf	837.84 KB

VII-23 Logistical Support of a Front Offensive Operation by Maj. Gen. A. Muzychenko, Military Though

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1973-12-21.pdf	786.44 KB

VII-232 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 6: Study of the Basic Diagram of the Mathematical Model of

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1980-06-20.pdf	650.53 KB

VII-233 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 19: Preparation and Critique of the Plan for the Front Off

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1980-07-03.pdf	1.89 MB

VII-234 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 9: Preparation and Critique of the Plan for Reconnaissance

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1980-07-25b.pdf	1.64 MB

VII-235 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 1b: The Organization of the Work of the Front Field Headqu

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1980-07-25c.pdf	1.23 MB

VII-236 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 5: Study and Critique of The Decision of the Commander of

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1980-08-07.pdf	632.29 KB

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