LETTER TO MR. STANFIELD TURNER FROM EUGENE F. TIGHE, JR.

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: April 21, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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EP.',RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
H _ADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
2 1 APP 1977
Mr. Stanfield Turner
Director, CIA
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Mr. Turner
It is a pleasure to send you Volume 12 of the Air Force's
"Soviet Military Thought" series. This book was written by
the late Minister of Defense, Marshal A.A. Grechko, and is
entitled The Armed Forces of the Soviet State. As suggested
by the high position of the author and t e de scope of the
title, it is an authoritative and comprehensive examination
of Soviet military power. It is for this reason that it has
been included in the series. Although the book contains
many long, pedantic, and repetitive passages, it is
nevertheless an important work and contains judgments which
can be used as benchmarks against which to compare future
Soviet statements on military developments.
For your convenience, i am also enclosing an Executive
Summary. In the Introductory Note to that Summary, you will
discern some of the travail which went into obtaining the
necessary copyright release from the Soviets. I hope that,
after perusing the book, you will agree that the successful
conclusion of these negotiations and the publication of this
volume will contribute to a better understanding of Soviet
military policy.
Warm regards
Asst/Chief o
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Dear General Tighe:
Many thanks for sending along a copy of
your Volume 12 in the "Soviet Military Thought"
series. A number of us here will read it with
great interest.
Yours sincerely,
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