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  1. AFGHANISTAN: ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND DISSIDENCE

    Afghanistan: Ethnic Diversity and Dissidence Confidential GC 80-10025 March 1980 Copy Approved For Release ... Afghanistan: Ethnic Diversity X1 and Dissidence A Research Paper Research for this report was completed ... December and heightened interest in Afghanistan, this report is being reprinted. It reflects new ...

  2. NOTE TO DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE FROM BRUCE C. CLARKE, JR.

    on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Aberration or Symptom prepared The paper was requested ... 10 April 1980 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Aberration or Symptom? SUMMARY ... We believe that Afghanistan is neither an aberration which, when behind us, will see the Soviet Union revert ...

  3. SOVIET ACCESS TO WARM-WATER PORTS FROM AFGHANISTAN

    From Afghanistan The Soviet military movement into Afghanistan positions USSR armed forces little ... century-old Russian quest for a warm-water port. Between Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean lies Baluchistan, ... months. Access Routes Access to the Baluchi coast from Afghanistan is limited to an eastern and western ...

  4. USSR-AFGHANISTAN

    FOR: Director, Strategic Warning Staff SUBJECT: USSR-Afghanistan The performance of your Staff ... during the period pre- ceding massive Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was exemplary. Through your attendance ... For Release 2005/11/23: CIA-RDP81 800401 R000600230016-7 SUMMARY USSR-Afghanistan Memoranda from Strategic ...

  5. USSR-AFGHANISTAN BREZHNEV SEEKS BORDER GUARANTEE, CONCEDES U.S. OIL CONCERNS

    AF4.HA#! Approved For Releasq QQ?JaI4a? uQ QP81 B004M@OQkQQ8a0005-9 27 FEBRUARY 1980 USSR- AFGHANISTAN ... from Afghanistan once a halt to "outside interference" is guaranteed may signify interest in working ... interests in Afghanistan as well as U.S. concerns in the Persian Gulf. The impression that Moscow is seek- ...

  6. THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN

    For Release 1 / 3 1 DP. 0401 R000600230013-0 '9 sear The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan On 27 December ... that the new regime retains power. The open-ended nature of the USSR's commitment to control Afghanistan ... with the regime's ability to hold onto power. Moscow recognized that the Afghanistan military was becoming ...

  7. THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFTHANISTAN: ABERRATION OR SYMPTOM?

    Security Affairs SUBJECT: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Aberration or Symptom? 1. A short time ago ... we were discussing the implications of the Soviet move into Afghanistan. We asked whether this was an aberration ... I asked our Soviet experts to look at these two possible explanations for Soviet behavior in Afghanistan ...

  8. SOVIET OPTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN

    NIO/NESA, NIO/CF SUBJECT: Soviet Options in Afghanistan 0 1. In the accompanying memo, the Director, SWS ... recommends issuance of an Alert Memorandum on Soviet options in Afghanistan. I concur with 2. ... Options in Afghanistan 1. We believe that the Soviets must choose between one of the following three ...

  9. MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM STANSFIELD TURNER

    in Afghanistan: The Cultural Roots of Instability." Although originally drafted in October, it has now ... in Afghanistan today. (c) Attachment: SI 80-10001 Copy 141- Brzezinski 140- Defense 139- State 138- Vice ... Assessment Center Tribalism Versus Communism in Afghanistan: The Cultural Roots of Instability Secret SI ...

  10. THE AFGHAN REFUGEES: AN IRRITANT TO SOVIET-PAKISTANI RELATIONS

    in Afghanistan by Afghan refugees in the border zones of Pakistan could provoke retaliatory action by Soviet ... forces in Afghanistan. Afghan male refugees reenter Afghanistan from Pakistan to defend their tribal ... them of being among the "foreign elements" responsible for the widespread dissidence in Afghanistan ...

  11. AFGHAN-PAKISTAN TENSION

    Afghan-Pakistan Tension Tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan has recently increased as a result of troop ... which would justify the extravagant counter- measu.res adopted by Afghanistan, The Afghan Government has belatedly ... Government will reportedly refuse to consider this proposal unless Afghanistan adopts effective measures ...

  12. THE POSSIBILITY OF SOVIET CROSS-BORDER ACTIONS DIRECTED AT AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN (U)

    in Pakistan as a source of provocation and possible retaliatory action by Soviet forces in Afghanistan ... IA-ktiP81B00401R000600220003-2 Afghan Refugees in Pakistan: Potential for Soviet Intervention? Support for rebels in Afghanistan ... in Afghanistan. Afghan male refugees re-enter Afghanistan from Pakistan to defend their tribal homelands ...

  13. CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 11 MARCH 1980

    FOR THE DIRECTOR V 5 MAR 1888 Per your request for information about the number of Soviet tanks in Afghanistan ... MI-24 helicopter which is being Soviet forces in Afghanistan F sed bv Since Secretary Brown requested ... of the capabilities of the Soviet MI-24 helicopter which are currently being used by the Soviets in Afghanistan ...

  14. SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS

    and Afghanistan during Soviet President Brezhnev's recent visit to Afghanistan. One agreement was related ... to the exploitation of Afghanistan's natural gas reserves, and the other to a joint Afghan-Soviet survey ... of the Ab-i-Panja River, which forms the border between the USSR and northeastern Afghanistan. Poland and Hungary ...

  15. THE PAK-AFGHAN PROBLEM

    The Pak-Afghan Problem to Tho chronically troifoled relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have boon ... World transit route to Afghanistan and by the consequent disruption of the US aid program ... in Afghanistan,, the likelihood of increased Afghan dependence on the USSR,, and the consequences for US r0.ations ...

  16. THE AFGHAN INSURGENTS AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS FOR ISLAMABAD AND MOSCOW

    of the invasion of Afghanistan is that Soviet operations against rebellious tribesmen there will lead to Soviet ... Strongholds 0 Area of insurgent activity anal Ka Pesha Afghanistan?+ National capital 0 Province capital-- ... of the rebellion. Almost all insurgent operations have been launched from within Afghanistan, and much rebel action ...

  17. PAKISTANI-AFGHAN RELATIONS (INTERNAL O/NE WORKING PAPER CIA DISTRIBUTION ONLY)

    Working Paper- CIA Distribution Only) 1. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been troubled ... issue-- Afghanistan's demand that some five million Pathans in Pakistan be given a chance to opt ... sulates and expelled Afghan consulates and trade agencies a few weeks ago, Afghanistan broke ...

  18. STRATEGIC WARNING STAFF'S PERFORMANCE

    up to massive Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Starting in August, the Staff attended meetings, wrote ... SECRET Approved For Release 2005/11/23: CIA-RDP81 800401 R000600180002-8 USSR-Afghanistan Memoranda ... to Afghanistan is accurate. (to NIO/W) 21 September: Following is a chronology of Soviet military activities ...

  19. THE PUSHTUNS OF THE AFGHAN-PAKISTANI BORDERLANDS

    of the Afghan-Pakistani Borderlands 160010-1 25X1 25X1 Numbering about 15 million-8 million in Afghanistan and 7 million ... insurgency in Afghanistan. The effectiveness of the tribes, however, is blunted by their preoccupation ... Pushtunistan?the land of the Pushtuns?either as an independent unit or as part of Afghanistan or Pakistan. Divided ...

  20. WEEKLY SUMMARY SPECIAL REPORT AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT DAOUD'S FIRST SIX MONTHS

    For Release 2005/06/09: CIA-RDP85T00875R001500060003-3 Secret Weekly Summary Special Report Afghanistan ... has diminished. At present Daoud appears to make the major decisions in Afghanistan, assisted by men he knows ... Afghanistan's Pushtun tribes have acquiesced in the change in government. Almost half of the country's ...

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