DIA SYMPOSIUM ON SOVIET MILITARY DOCTRINE AND STRATEGY

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• Publication Date: January 8, 1975
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8 January 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
Director of Current Intelligence
Director of Strategic Research
Deputy Director.for Science and Technology
Director of Weapons Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
Chief, SE Division
Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Com-
munity
NIO/Strategic. Programs
NIO/Conventional Forces
NIO/USSR
SUBJECT DIA Symposium on Soviet Military Doctrine
and Strategy
1. Attached. is a.31 December memorandum to the
DCI from General Graham describing a symposium. DIA is
organizing. in two parts: an analyst/action officer level
session on 22-24 January and a later senior level dis-
cussion of the agenda developed in the action officer
session.
2. To some extent, this . symposium. is the outgrowth
of a briefing I was given on. warning by the EUCOM J-2 staff
during my November visit to Stuttgart. The-J.-2 staff pre-
sented some views on Warsaw Pact Strategic Doctrine and
Planning (basically involving initiation of hostilities with
the forces already deployed and without prior reinforcement
from the Soviet Union). The thoughts of the EUCOM J-2 staff-
are in some respects similar to those independently developed
by some able members of OSR with whom I had held a-similar
discussion prior to my departure from Washington. I there-
fore suggested that it might be useful for knowledgeable
working-level officers dealing with such matters in EUCOM,
in DIA and in the Agency to get together in one room to
compare thoughts, interpretations and evidence.
immediately seconded the idea but In a
way that c ear y suggested that he was planning _to partici-
pate. I stalled him by saying I would take the matter up
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with General Graham. upon my return and emphasizing (I
thought successfully) that it would be far more useful
for working-level analysts steeped in the details of
the subject to get together rather than their seniors..
I did indeed mention this thought to General Graham.
after my. return and he too endorsed the concept. The
end result is a far more complex undertaking than the
one I had initially envisaged. t _...
3. Although the-..game.has gotten slightly out
CO 0
of hand, I still think the subjects General Graham pro-
poses to address are ones of-common interest to all of
this memorandum's recipients. I would therefore appre
ciate it if any of you who are interested in having your
associates participate would let me know. 1Ye: will make
contact with the persons mentioned in the last paragraph
of General Graham's memorandum and I will have an appro-
priate response prepared after receiving your thoughts.
and reactions.
gear,, L Csrrer, h.
George A..Carver, Jr.~.
Deputy for National Intelligence Officers-
GACarver, Jr./kes
Distribution:
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