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-280 The Experience of Organizing Communications in a Combined Operational-Tactical Exercise by M

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1975-05-15.pdf	483.33 KB

VII-285 “Certain Problems in the Conduct of Tactical-Special Exercises by Communications Troops,” a

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VII-286 The Organization and Conduct of a Ground Forces and Aviation Operational-Tactical Exercise w

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1975-08-26.pdf	1.28 MB

VII-287 “The Preparation and Conduct of Command-Staff Exercises, Based on the Experience of the Poli

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1975-08-27.pdf	626.78 KB

VII-29 On the Question of the Initial Period of a Modern War by Col. Gen. M. Povally, Military Thoug

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1974-07-08.pdf	1.47 MB

VII-291 Tactical Exercises of Air Defense Large Units with Field Firing by Maj. Gen. Y. Remek, Infor

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1976-02-25.pdf	307.1 KB

VII-292 “The Preparation and Conduct of Large-Scale Operational-Tactical Exercises of the Combined A

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1975-04-15.pdf	1.14 MB

VII-299 Locations of Polish National Air Defense, Antiaircraft, Air, and Naval Forces Participating

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1977-04-14.pdf	188.16 KB

VII-301 The Experience Gained in Conducting Combined Exercises by Lt. Gen. F. Shtreletts

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1977-06-09.pdf	684.79 KB

VII-303 “Regarding the Publication of the “Guide On The Organization and Conduct of Combined Exercis

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1977-06-20.pdf	488.14 KB

VII-304 “Our Experience in Conducting Command-Staff Exercises,” a Warsaw Pact journal article, by Co

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1977-08-04.pdf	447.75 KB

VII-306 Special Features of the Preparation and Conduct of Command-Staff and Tactical Exercises by G

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1977-09-15d.pdf	567.24 KB

VII-307 Operations Groups from the Staffs of Formations and Large Units of the Ground Forces During

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1977-10-13.pdf	520.45 KB

VII-308 The Methodology of Preparing and Conducting a Command-Staff Exercise of Allied Forces, a War

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1977-10-18.pdf	614.06 KB

VII-310 The Conduct of a Tactical Exercise with Field Firing, Based on the Experience of the Czechos

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1977-11-08a.pdf	566.12 KB

VII-313 “Warsaw Pact Combined Staff Training Exercise April 1978,” CIA/DO Intelligence Information

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1978-08-08.pdf	283.51 KB

VII-315 “The Warsaw Pact Soyuz-78 Exercise,” CIA/DO Intelligence Information Special Report, 22 Sept

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1978-09-22.pdf	555.78 KB

VII-316 “Certain Matters in Preparing and Conducting the Soyuz-77 Combined Operational Command-Staff

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1979-03-09.pdf	974.47 KB

VII-317 “Some Conclusions from the Experience of Conducting the Shield-76 Operational-Tactical Exerc

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1979-03-28A.pdf	1.51 MB

VII-318 Methods of Studying the Probable Enemy during Exercises by General of Arms E. Molczyk 29 Mar

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1979-03-29.pdf	617.23 KB

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