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-008 “Reductions in Officer Strength in the Soviet Army,” CIA/DP Information Report, 8 November 195

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1954-11-08.pdf	76.09 KB

I-035 “Soviet and East German Propaganda on the Status of Berlin,” FBIS Radio Propaganda Report, 19

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1956-01-19.pdf	185.28 KB

I-036 “The Soviet October Revolution Slogans,” Radio Propaganda Report, 29 October 1956.

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1956-10-29.pdf	1.17 MB

I-039 “Zhukov address to GSFG Senior Troop Commanders,” CIA/DP Information Report, 29 March 1957 (DO

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60919

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1957-03-29.pdf	1.43 MB

I-046 “Zhukov’s Position after the Presidium Purge; Impact of the Purge on the Soviet Armed Forces a

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a6091d

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1957-07-27.pdf	289.67 KB

I-050 “Joint Army Maneuvers,” CIA/DP Information Report, 27 August 1957 (DOI, mid-August 1957).

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a6090c

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1957-08-27.pdf	284.31 KB

I-056 “CC/CPSU Secret Letter Criticizing Political Work in the Soviet Army,” CIA/DP Information Repo

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60907

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1957-11-03a.pdf	221.4 KB

I-057 “CC/CPSU Letter Concerning Removal of Zhukov as Minister of Defense,” CIA/DP Information Repor

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60915

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1957-11-03b.pdf	94.63 KB

I-059 “Soviet Army and Air Force Units in the Belorussia and Kiev Military Districts and East German

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60913

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1957-11-21a.pdf	247.24 KB

I-060 “Reprimand of Grechko by Zhukov and Other Criticisms of Zhukov,” CIA/DP Information Report, 21

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60912

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1957-11-21b.pdf	400.52 KB

I-061 “Some Issues in the Purge of Marshal Zhukov,” CIA/DI/FBIS Radio Propaganda Report, 20 December

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1957-12-20.pdf	2.41 MB

I-063 “GSFG Communist Party Conference Attended by Marshals Malinovskiy and Golikov,” CIA/DP Informa

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60931

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1958-02-21.pdf	299.55 KB

I-066 “Reassignment of Zhukov,” CIA/DP Information Report, 27 February 1958 (DOI, late 1957).

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60930

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1958-02-27.pdf	83.72 KB

I-067 “TO&E of a new Soviet Division—Heavy Tank Division,” CIA/DP Information Report, 4 March 19

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60928

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1958-03-04.pdf	240.17 KB

I-07 New Assignments for Soviet Generals, CIA/DP Information Report, 7 September 1954 (DOI, midsumme

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1954-09-07.pdf	46.41 KB

I-074 “Rumor of a Personnel Reduction in the Soviet Ministry of Defense,” CIA/DP Information Report,

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60921

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1958-07-24.pdf	100.55 KB

I-077 “CC/CPSU Plenum Decree on the Need for Increased Security in the Handling of Classified Inform

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60922

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1958-11-13.pdf	203.2 KB

I-081 “Principles of Combat Utilization of Atomic, Heavy Rocket, and Missile Artillery in an Offensi

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a607d2

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1961-12-13.pdf	666.02 KB

I-081a “Principles of Combat Utilization of Atomic, Heavy Rocket, and Missile Artillery in an Offens

Document Number: 5166d4f999326091c6a60953

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1962-04-16.pdf	1.46 MB

I-082 “The Question of Fire Control of Missile Artillery,” Information Collection of the Artillery,

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1961-12-21.pdf	531.26 KB

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