Estimate of the Optimum Time of Year for War to Commence, From the Soviet Viewpoint

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A000400050001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 3, 1949
• Content Type: MF

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Approv%d For Release 2001/08/28 : CIA-RDP78-01617A000400050001-8
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
Washington 25, D.
3 March 1949
T:
Estimate of the Optimum Time of Year for
War to Commence, From the Soviet Viewpoint
1. It is requested that CIA prepare an estimate for the
Joint Intelligence Group, indicating the optimum time of year
for war to commence from the Soviet point of view, considering
all factors other than purely military factors. It is to be
aseumed that simultaneous or nearly simultaneous campaigns
would be undertaken in
&. Western Europe, including Italy and Sicily but
eluding the Iberian Peninsula.
b, Scandinavia.
c. The Near East, including Turkey, Greece and
including the Suez-Cairo area.
A. The Far East, including China, Korea, Japan and
the Philippines.
2. This information is requested as a matter of priority.
M. D. LOSEY
Lt. Colonel, USA
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