DIRECTIVE ON THE COMBAT READINESS OF THE TROOPS AND NAVAL FORCES ALLOCATED TO THE WARSAW PACT ARMED FORCES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: DIRECTIVE
• Keywords: WARSAW PACT
• Collection: CIA Analysis of the Soviet Navy
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005479503
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 19
• Document Creation Date: June 19, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2017
• Case Number: SC-2007-00006
• Publication Date: March 13, 1978

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
13 March 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
FROM
SUBJECT
John N. McMahon
Deputy Director for Operations
Directive on the Combat Readiness of the
Troops and Naval Forces Allocated to the
Warsaw Pact Armed Forces
I. The enclosed Intelligence Information Special Report is
a translation from Russian of a 1971 directive of the
Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Pact Combined Armed Forces which
defines the levels of combat readiness to be maintained by the
troops and naval forces to be allocated to the Combined Armed
Forces in wartime. The document describes in general terms the
notification procedures and the steps to be taken in shifting to
increased and full combat readiness levels in the armed forces as
a whole and in the individual branches. The directive was to
become effective in 1972, superseding a 1968 directive.
2. Because the source of this report is extremely
sensitive, this document should be handled on a strict
need-to-know basis within recipient agencies.
HE
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zlohn N. McMahon
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The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director of Intelligence and Research
Department of State
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Department of the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence
Department of the Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence
U. S. Air Force
Director, National Security Agency
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Director of the National Foreign Assessment Center
Director of Strategic Research
Director of Weapons Intelligence
Director, Strategic Warning Staff
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Intelligence Information Special Report
COUNTRY USSR/WARSAW PACT
DATE OF
INFO. 27 December 1971
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? Directive of the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Armed
Forces on the Combat Readiness of the Troops and Naval
Forces Allocated to the Combined Armed Forces
SOURCE Documentary
Summary:
The following report is a translation from Russian of a 1971
Combined Armed Forces directive which defines the levels of
combat readiness to be maintained by the troops and naval forces
to be allocated to the Combined Armed Forces in wartime. The
document describes in general terms the notification procedures
and the steps to be taken in shifting to increased and full
combat readiness levels in the armed forces as a whole and in the
individual branches. The directive was to become effective in
1972, superseding a 1968 directive.
TC,I,BEL