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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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“Certain Questions in the Combat Utilization of Artillery in an Offensive Operation of an Army Being
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 1962-01-26.pdf | 2.22 MB |
“Characteristics of the Organization of Communications in Combined Exercises of Allied Troops,” a Wa
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| 1977-11-17b.pdf | 883.25 KB |
“Chronology of Events Concerning the Berlin Situation since 27 June 1961” with an Annex addressing S
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| 1961-07-25a.pdf | 1.92 MB |
“CIA Report (CSDB-3/648,173) on Soviet Plans and Policies Related to the German Situation,” Blind Me
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| 1961-09-28.pdf | 134.41 KB |
“Clarification of Zhukov address to GSFG Senior Troop Commanders,” CIA/DP Information Report, 21 May
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| 1957-05-21.pdf | 182.03 KB |
“Combat Actions by a Tank Division Separated from the Main Forces of a Combined-Arms Army“ by Maj. G
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| 1976-10-27.pdf | 1.06 MB |
“Combat Actions of Front Aviation in an Offensive Operation on a Maritime Axis Carried Out without N
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| 1973-06-22.pdf | 1.2 MB |
“Combat against Enemy Missile Submarines,” by R. Adm. O. Zhukovskiy, special collection Military Tho
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| 1962-05-29.pdf | 1.3 MB |
“Combat Potentials of the Armament and Combat Equipment of the Ground Forces and Aviation of the USS
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| 1980-08-25.pdf | 514.21 KB |
“Combat Readiness of Ground Forces Air Defense Troops,” by Maj. Gen. of Artillery V. Gatsolayev, Mil
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| 1973-11-30.pdf | 676.96 KB |
“Combat with Enemy Air Defense Means to Support Flights by Military-Transport Aviation to Drop Troop
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| 1973-07-13.pdf | 869.16 KB |
“Combat with Tactical Nuclear Weapons,” by Lt. Gen. of Tank Troops M. Shaposhnikov, special collecti
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| 1962-07-24.pdf | 476.84 KB |
“Command Structure and Personnel of the Soviet Ministry of Defense,” CIA/DP Information Report, 26 A
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| 1957-08-26.pdf | 489.93 KB |
“Comments by Soviet Officials on the Results of the Hungarian Revolt,” CIA/DP Information Report, 19
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| 1957-07-19.pdf | 273.16 KB |
“Comments of the Commander-In-Chief of the Combined Armed Forces on Two Warsaw Pact Command-Staff Ex
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| 1976-12-09.pdf | 283.58 KB |