MILITARY PREPARATIONS FOR ATOMIC WARFARE IN EAST GERMANY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200070028-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION R~RORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT
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)xilitlir~ ~repli~ations for Atonic Msxt'sxs
in last R!1'Jd>~
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2. ~ ,tom ioxllet i~es~IlpatloiA l>r'q statiotud in hlst l!1'MIR17, Uatur~t oit #to>flda
~it~nst;o>~ li~pa? at ~S;+i>Ad o! 1953. Prssia>~a7T, ? osasrsional natures ? o>a
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this sxTi~et'tMrr si~ea, bttr-~h+ere xsre >ao re~Yar soar~tes. ? -lt pr~ssat, .~i~e
riiil:I~ s>rue~'ieslirn tc~ the troops _Q?ntains st lass{ t>drso lsatares on stolaic
pstara, dN~ial riths 25X1
s. )Natbais of protss~io>I~ aplllinst atonic walt,poas.
b. )Raoopttion of the attests of ratioactirit7 on personnel snd alstarial.
a. Mans aaA nsthods of tirst sid.
d. Taatioal ataaie xaspons ~dasaription and nsa~.
liti~ tli~ )>trsh~ >I-boii tests `i>Eh the 1113, the ~oYet lid I'oraesi da
">xN ltai~*w]r~rA p~lishsd tote low srticlss `rich Do~ular ~lsa~~ltoniT of
.. ... _.
}he 1-boa$, tM ~-bo>?b, Abemt >~~- peaeetal applicstioa ct ?itohi,c ~rtlrer
aiii~ ti~a >MS~ to ~istialiina ezaueratsd ` storl~s of .#-hs utlMl? ~stt'asts ~t
. .. _ .
1c>ks i-bot1. es o! this riApon ranAari>~g ifa~r lass laaA araliis t~atesssrp.
'i'bis;; is s ~ riaArlial~ls J etitnsi . Siae~ 1950, so~ist "aatiatoaa:a ~*taue bi s
innriabl~ sat e?nsista>atl~ ^inilaisad the slteats of tl-e atoaie alaspans.
epatt a (r t6f
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~. sovi~ets`~ rtsis~ehtal libraries bevs -beea~ provided rich pas~pb~,ess on etioa3c
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~'~Re;~'~l~~oA the L- ena ~ the E-barbs - butt .
bet sre oily arailatile to
ettla~rs is s~eoial resdiug roods tor. secret an~1 conti~e~ttieY"sees
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~ ~tfos[: ~[itlurte ~o iHaisl antiatot~i.c proteetiie~ elotliia~; nr
_ . ' ~ hwi~e "blsa `isend ind 3oviet renders ere drisN that ~ esti- -
. gas -~nshs are psrtsatl~ sdegvate for sntistoa~ie p~rposss.
ps slothes ani, ... __.
5? gent estu~ speeisl ezercisas ri atonic tactics Mill be held. `~tdging b~
~Le tastieel edvioe given during lectures on the use of tact+ieai atonic
lreap~s, the gain subjects of these ezereises Mill be:
a . Tlie tier a+~edsd for troops to get ready and aobili sa~st be shortened
1~o a bini~.
b. ~syidity, technique and orp:sization of the dispersal of the units.
s. ?atyods to aaintain operational cohesion of tlye dispersed units.
d. Dsteaue in a disperse4 condition.
lieaaeeatrti?a~ot tu:its, yrogressive amd offensive actions uadar atonic
trartrr=e conditions.
'thsiit~ot:t idrs five phases, individual protsatios cad detsnse as xe11 as the
evacuation of sasnalties, ?ad so on, are to be praatioed.
~. Pren intorsstion gathered on this sub~eet it seems that:
av , ~ 3oTisi; C~tAd _in~sa.~ aersr~ on11 began -to ,taiue aeeotint o~~t'-,~~aet3sal
~toalic vap~ns last atitro~a.
b, ~llw `li~ritt lee~~ is `b? aini~la? the effects of the atomic xespons in troop
~iue.ttaet1ton? ao as to avoid panic and criticise..
..
'~ Sm-iatis intend'to ase atosic xea na ri t` .fgom i~ue bs~g~,aniag of ,
jtilii~ry optrattotas.
?~jeeting i~i~ediete retelietion, theT intend to disperse their i~roops
iu Sa st dsras~ s t t1~e veg. ,begianiug,. ,
e.
'~? rih be lapt dispersed !e~^ ,tKo ~e three Sys,., entil the ,st! jar ei'!'eo1~
of tie atonic surprise shack 1rs been ach~,eved and can be evelmited.
DJs~ers~d''3oiet troops s,~st be kept read? for defense.
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S~ibsaqueatl~ reoo~cea#ratd, the 3oviet broops ~ri11 begin their offensive
tneti~r4 or fou~tb _daa~,. ;so !s t? pregreats s;. rsPidl~ as goes ble,
7. glatil last; xiaiisr~95~ the .Soviet. ~cors~.nd had been extremely asry in yr z
t~ieir aaa~sneers amli a~era,~i,es, to ass .to avoid ddtastion and ebsertation b6~. ~
.,
pie loon ~popaletion' cad ensip sg~nts. This Tear `,~~.951] their seem to have reached
sosclns?s tlswt the rat of being capght ~llrepared xas s greaterevll
f,1an of bels~ detected and obusrted.
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