NEW EMPHASIS ON STRENGTHENING SOVIET STRATEGIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A029400380001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 25, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUBJECT . New Emphasis on Strengthening Soviet Strategic
Missile Capabilities
1. A certain "evolution" has taken place in the policies of
Khrushchev and his government. Unable to resolve the Berlin problem
to his taste and wishes by means of shouting threats and similar
pressures, Khrushchev continues to fight to win time, which he will
use for a further frantic missile and atomic arms race.
2. Khrushchev has decided to complete the production of the
required number of strategic missiles with nuclear warheads this
year, so that when they are added to the mans of mass destruction
already available, he will have the capability of covering all
NATO countries and bases with these weapons. Such missiles are
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already targeted against West Germany and France in large numbers,
and to some extent against England, Italy, and the USA; ballistic
weapons have been brought to combat readiness. A large number of
launching sites targeted against West Germany are located in the
Carpathians.
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3. A final decision has been made in favor of Marshal of the
Soviet Union Kirill S. Moskalenkots forces (strategic missiles).:
His headquarters and directorates will not be combined with the
headquarters of Chief Marshal of Artillery Sergey S. \arentsov
(tactical missiles).1 Infantry and tanks will no longer receive
as great attention and appropriations as was the case last year.
Moskalenko's forces will be built up rapidly; and an enormous part
of the budget is allotted to them. In the immediate future new
units (chast) will be deployed (razvertyvatsy ,) under Moskalenko's
commando It is considered that the tanks and other ground troops'
weapons already available in large numbers are sufficient for the
present time, and that it is necessary to effect a major shift of
the material and technical potential of the country to production
of weapons for Moskalenko's forces. This does not mean that the
production of missiles and other armament for the ground army will
be stopped completely, but its scale will be cut down.
4. The decision has already been made, and has begun to be
carried out, to release 400,000 soldiers and sergeants; The release
of these men was held up several months ago. This demobilization
will also result in great savings, which will be applied to
strategic weapons.
(possibility that the
commarics 0 os a e o an Varentsov would be combined under
Varentsov.
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