U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS ARE CONVINCED THAT THE SOVIET UNION WILL NOT SEND ANY MORE TROOPS INTO AFGHANISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100200009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 9, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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U.S. intelligence officials are con-
vinced that the Soviet Union will not
send any more troops into Afghani-
stan for at least two months-to avoid
an international furor that might spur
more nations into pulling out of the
Moscow Olympics, due to end in ear-
ly August_
I1lan y top Pentagon - officials are con-
vinced that if Carter is re-elected, one
of his first moves will be to fire Di-
rector Stanfield Turner of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency. Cited as the
chief reason: Turner, a retired Navy
admiral, has been unable to get along
with either intelligence experts or
military leaders.
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