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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Kybartai Army Barracks, Kybartai, Kaliningrad Oblast, USSR, Baltic MD, Photographic Interpretation R

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1965-03-01c.pdf	458.55 KB

Lectures and Exercises of the General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces of the USSR, CIA/DO Intellig

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1977-10-28-A.pdf	3.45 MB

Leonid Brezhnev: The Man and His Power, CIA/DI/SRS Caesar Series, 5 December 1969.

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1969-12-05a.pdf	2.14 MB

Lepel Army Barracks Northeast, Lepel, USSR, Belorussia MD, Photographic Interpretation Report, NPIC,

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a606bf

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1964-06-01q.pdf	239.79 KB

Lepel Army Barracks, Zaslonovo Stantsiya, Lepel, USSR, Belorussia MD, Photographic Interpretation Re

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1964-07-01q.pdf	456.01 KB

Lida Army Barracks Northeast, Lida, USSR, Belorussia MD, Photographic Interpretation Report, NPIC, J

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a6064c

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1964-06-01r.pdf	341.64 KB

Lida Training Area, Southeast Lida, USSR, Belorussia MD. Photographic Interpretation Report, NPIC, J

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1964-07-01p.pdf	384.12 KB

Liepaja Army Barracks North, Liepaja, Leningrad, USSR, Baltic MD, Photographic Interpretation Report

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1965-03-02k.pdf	363.58 KB

Liepaja Barracks North and Liepaja Training Area North, Liepaja, Latvia, USSR, Baltic MD, Photograph

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1965-04-01a.pdf	472.15 KB

Line Divisions of the Polish Army: Size and Capabilities, CIA/DI/OSR Intelligence Report, September

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60899

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1970-09-01.pdf	2.15 MB

Lipetsk Ammunition Depot Krasny Luch 737, Lipetsk, USSR, Moscow MD, Photographic Interpretation Repo

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1965-06-01x.pdf	456.52 KB

List of Call-Signs for a Warsaw Pact Staff Training Exercise in the Western and Southwestern Theater

Document Number: 5196457b993294098d509477

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1978-05-31b.pdf	439.51 KB

List of Troops and Commanders to take part in Operation “Anadry,” prepared for General of the Army I

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a6065b

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1964-06-20.pdf	169.23 KB

Logistic Posture of Soviet Forces in East Germany, CIA/DI/OSR Intelligence Report, July 1973.

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a60586

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1973-07-01.pdf	1.27 MB

Lozovaya Ammunition Depot Railroad Station Northeast Lozovaya, Kharovskaya Oblast, USSR, Kiev MD, Ph

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1964-12-02k.pdf	577.38 KB

Lubny Army Barracks Sula River, Lubny, Poltavsk Oblast, USSR, Kiev, MD, Photographic Interpretation

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a60615

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1964-11-01v.pdf	470.07 KB

Lugansk Army Barracks Northwest and Lugansk Ordnance Park Northwest, Lugansk, USSR, Kiev MD, Photogr

Document Number: 5166d4f899326091c6a60659

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1964-12-01t.pdf	474.23 KB

Main Trends in Soviet Capabilities and Policies 1957-1962, NIE 11-4-57, 12 November 1957.

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1957-11-12.pdf	5.09 MB

Main Trends in Soviet Capabilities and Policies 1958-1963, NIE 11-4-58, 12 December 1958.

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1958-12-23.pdf	6.01 MB

Main Trends in Soviet Capabilities and Policies, 1960-1965, NIE 11-4-60, 1 December 1960.

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1960-12-01b.pdf	6.54 MB

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