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NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATE
Soviet Strategic Objectives
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1
E 11-4-77
January 1977
APPROVED FOR JOPY N2 16
23-Sep-2008
NIE 11-4-77
SOVIET STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
StKKET
THIS ESTIMATE IS ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE.'
THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD CONCURS, EXCEPT
AS NOTED IN THE TEXT, AS FOLLOWS;
The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of