INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT ON SOVIET CIVIL DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003300180055-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: January 4, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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4 January 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Intelligence Assessment on Soviet Civil Defense
1. I have just read the overview of the intelligence assessment
on Soviet civil defense tr ng for the general public. I'm afraid
I don't get the message.
2. In the penultimate paragraph we state, "This renewed program
is more vigorous and visible than previous efforts but reflects only
a marginal improvement from the standpoint of training effectiveness."
This leaves me confused. I can only conclude that this more vigorous
and visible activity is so poorly organized that they are making only
marginal improvements.
3. I asked for this assessment because I wanted to know whether
there is substantial or very little training going on in the Soviet
public civil defense sector. Perhaps we just don't know. I read the
key sentence as saying yes, there is, but it doesn't m a much, and
that doesn't mean much to me. Can you clarify this?
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