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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VII-237 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 8: Study and Critique of the Plan of the Amphibious Landin

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1980-08-14a.pdf	258.11 KB

VII-238 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 7b: Preparation and Critique of the Plan of the Combat Emp

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1980-08-14b.pdf	1.03 MB

VII-239 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 7a: Preparation and Critique of the Plan of the Combat Emp

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1980-06-06.pdf	1.09 MB

VII-239 “General Staff Academy Lesson No.1d: Operational Calculations with the Use of an Electronic

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1980-08-22a.pdf	802.36 KB

VII-24 The Modern Theory of Tactics and Some of its Problems by Maj. Gen. of Tank Troops P. Gudz, Mi

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1974-01-14.pdf	1.1 MB

VII-241 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 20b: The Transition of Front Troops to the Offensive with

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1980-08-29.pdf	1.89 MB

VII-242 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 1e: Decision-Making and Critique of the Front Commander’s

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1980-09-10.pdf	2.95 MB

VII-243 General Staff Academy Lesson No. 26d: Controlling Front Troops during the Commitment to Batt

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1980-09-19.pdf	839.63 KB

VII-244 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 26c: Organizing Air Defense when Committing the Front’s Se

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1980-09-26a.pdf	961.25 KB

VII-245 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 26e: Engineer Support of the Movement Forward and Commitme

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1980-09-26b.pdf	359.69 KB

VII-246 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 26a: Organizing the Commitment of the Front’s Second Echel

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1980-10-03.pdf	1.49 MB

VII-247 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 1a: The Making and Critique of the Decision of the Front C

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1980-10-24.pdf	3.9 MB

VII-248 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 26b: Organizing the Combat Employment of the Rocket Troops

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1980-10-31b.pdf	2.13 MB

VII-249 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 26f: Rear Services Support of Troops in the Course of an O

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1980-10-31c.pdf	1.53 MB

VII-250 “General Staff Academy Lesson: Reconnaissance in Front Offensive Operations,” CIA/DO Intelli

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1980-10-31d.pdf	1.16 MB

VII-251 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 13: Preparation and Critique of the Plan of Protection of

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1980-11-07a.pdf	907.7 KB

VII-252 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 21c: Combat Actions of Front and Army Aviation in the Brea

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1980-11-07b.pdf	474.39 KB

VII-253 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 22b: Combat Actions of Front and Army Aviation when Develo

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1980-11-14.pdf	705.69 KB

VII-254 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 14: Planning the Engineer Support for an Offensive Operati

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1980-11-21.pdf	1.03 MB

VII-255 “General Staff Academy Lesson No. 15: Organizing the Control of Front Troops in an Offensive

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1980-11-28.pdf	940.19 KB

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