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CIA Assessments of the Soviet Union: The Record Versus the Charges
An Intelligence Monograph
Introduction
By: Douglas J. MacEachin
“Charges that CIA did not see and report the economic decline, societal deterioration, and political destabilization that ultimately resulted in the breakup of the Soviet Union simply are contradicted by the record.”
In this essay, former CIA senior officer Douglas MacEachin addresses the common public charges made about CIA analysis, refuting most and explaining others.