1. THEORY CONCERNING US/BRITISH PLAN OF ATTACK 2. SOVIET MILITARY DEFENSE PLANS

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• Publication Date: September 12, 1947
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JO. 947 E 1.4 01911 81 DUO.
COUNTRY USSR
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SUBJECT' 1. Theory Concerning US/British Plan of Attack
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Comments Althouch the Colonel Rladko quoted below has not been
1!!!!!!!!!! !land the circumstances under which he gave his speech are not known?
the intelligence information oontained in this report is beliyed to be of
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The following was contained in a speech goaven int/arch 1947 bj CrIenel Bladko,
member of the Soviet Army General Staff and of thoAll.Union -ist Party,
British Plan of Attack
1. Soviet leaders believe that US and British political and.operatio 1 plans for
attack on the USSR include the following military operations;
(a)
Action on several fronts, with the main attack through Turk; and Iran, where
troop comentrations will cut off Soviet access to oil and Vtrainian food and
industrial resources, Every effort will be made to hold thc %erritories
guaranteeing free movement along the Mediterranean?
(b) Simultaneous engagement of the Chinese masses and .launching. f a complementary
attack from the north. The latterts aim will be to out the 7SR off from the
Baltic, take Leningrad and drive to Moscow to meet the soutrA prong, The
Soviet Army consequently will be put in a pocket,
20 The US will strike hard and fast, using all-out tactics to secure
in the Soviet defense. The Americans and British are counting on
because they realize the expenditure of time, men and materiel nn
the vast distances in the USSR. Upon successful accomplishment
and the US and British General Staffs do not doubt this eventual
Party will be liquidated and a Government established from demoo
outside the Soviet Union.
quick break
n. short mar
ssary to cover
this plan.--
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,:Ze elements now
S. Europe will be left to its own fate, but as changes occur on othr- fronts the
European nations' fifth columns Will disorganize the Soviet Army' , lines of
communication and of retreat,
Another US/British plan is based on exhaustion of the USSR throw.", a long-drawn-out
civil war in China, prolonged by extensive US aid to Chiang Kai-skek in the form el'
equipment and instructors.
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Soviet Milittg Defense Plans
5. Preparing defense of the USSR necessitates securing these two mr,a invasion routes
(a) The southern route through Baku, Batum and the Don Basin, ad
(b) the Scandinavian and Arctic Route threatened by the US. Strong bases for
ice-breakers and specially prepared ships and aircraft are being built.
Docks and shops are being constructed at Navy Port on the (:)1 River, Igarka
on the Yenesei, and Tiksi on the Lena. To protect this strtegic line
farther, the USSR desires greater access and facilities in t:,),?itsbergen.
6. Fortifications are being built under the guise of industrial entprises; the
local populations are being deported to the Soviet interior.
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