CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces

CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces: The Importance of Clandestine Reporting

This study examines the role of clandestine reporting in CIA’s analysis of the Warsaw Pact from 1955 to 1985. The Soviet Union established itself as a threat to the West at the end of World War II by its military occupation of eastern European countries and the attempts of its armed proxies to capture Greece and South Korea. The West countered with the formation of NATO. While the West welcomed West Germany into NATO, the Soviets established a military bloc of Communist nations with the Warsaw Treaty of May 1955. This study continues CIA’s efforts to provide a detailed record of the intelligence derived from clandestine human and technical sources from that period. This intelligence was provided to US policy makers and used to assess the political and military balances and confrontations in Central Europe between the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the Cold War.

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I-27 Training Course on Guided Missiles at Rostov-on-the-Don; Soviet Installations in the Far North,

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605b6

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1955-08-08.pdf	96.65 KB

I-28 Soviet Doctrine and Surprise Attack, CIA/DI Current Intelligence Weekly, 11 August 1955, p.1-4.

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1955-08-11.pdf	378.32 KB

I-29 Rumored Destination of Soviet Central Group of Forces Withdrawn from Austria, CIA/DP Informatio

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605b0

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1955-08-16.pdf	57.55 KB

I-30 Recent Developments in Political Status of Soviet Armed Force, CIA/DI Soviet Staff Study, Caesa

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605b9

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1955-09-20.pdf	3.43 MB

I-31 Atomic Weapons and Actions under Conditions of Their Employment, A Manual for Sergeants, CIA/DP

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605b7

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1955-09-27.pdf	7.36 MB

I-31a Photographs and illustrations of Atomic Weapons and Actions under Conditions of Their Employme

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605ab

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1955-11-03.pdf	4.52 MB

I-32 Miscellaneous Information on the Trans-Baykal Military District, CIA/DP Information Report, 7 D

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605bc

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1955-12-07a.pdf	46.72 KB

I-33 Soviet Radar Schools, CIA/DP Information Report, 7 December 1955 (DOI, fall 1955).

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a605b5

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1955-12-07b.pdf	44.88 KB

I-38 Termination of War Footing of Soviet Forces in East Germany, CIA/DP Information Report, 12 Dece

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a6082c

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1956-12-12b.pdf	412.5 KB

I-39b Supplement to Zhukov address to GSFG Senior Troop Commanders, CIA/DP Information Report 1(DOI,

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a6090b

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1957-04-17.pdf	442.76 KB

I-4 Soviet Officer’s Views on Intentions of the USSR, CIA/DP Information Report, 12 August 1954 (DOI

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60838

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1954-08-12.pdf	50.23 KB

I-40 Marshal Zhukov on the Nature of a Future War, FBIS Radio Propaganda Report, 5 April 1957

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60916

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1957-04-05.pdf	2.45 MB

I-41 Soviet Satellite Press Treatment of the Warsaw Treaty Anniversary, FBIS Radio Propaganda Report

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60906

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1957-05-31a.pdf	551.55 KB

I-42 Official Warning to GSFG of Expected Disorders on or about 23 June 1957, CIA/DP Information Rep

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a6091c

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1957-07-05.pdf	271.63 KB

I-42 Official Warning to GSFG of Expected Disorders on or about 23 June 1957, CIA/DP, 31 May 1957 (D

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60909

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1957-05-31b.pdf	182.54 KB

I-47 The Power Position of the Soviet Armed Forces and Factors behind Zhukov’s Support of Khrushchev

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1957-08-07.pdf	542.05 KB

I-52 Soviet Policy on Production of Weapons, CIA/DP Information Report, 11 September 1957 (DOI, spr

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1957-09-11.pdf	241.83 KB

I-53 Soviet Propaganda on Tactical Atomic Weapons and Limited War, CIA/DI/FBIS Radio Propaganda Repo

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60911

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1957-10-01.pdf	819.32 KB

I-55 Soviet Officer Reaction to Removal of Zhukov as Defense Minister; Current Activities of Grechko

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60908

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1957-10-28.pdf	252.34 KB

I-6 Soviet Officer’s Attitude toward Rearmament of Western Germany, CIA/DP Information Report, 30 Au

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60833

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1954-08-30.pdf	47.29 KB

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