PROJECT ON "SOVIET PREPARATIONS FOR DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR WAR WITHIN THE

Created: 12/7/1950

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oo "Soviet Proparatiooa for Direct Involvement

In Uajor Bar within the Bext Six Months"

To review briefly the moat pertinent available evidence Indicating whether or not the USSR plans or expects to become directly involved in war with the Hastern Powers within tho next six months. Tnis survey assumes that tne USSR has alreadyigh degree of war readiness, as concluded byf0 andf

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c=l^ The conclusions and diacussion put fortho considered as valid as of tnis date, (generally,

USSR^arxanynuing to prepare for the eventualitylobal war.

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<Th6^avallable evidence accumulated since0 does notconclusions, other than thoso found infctobern the cjuestloos of whether tbe USSR is or is noti

Fu^a. Directing its ofEirts toward short term, as opposed G? long term, war readiness;

long tern plana and programs in theof short range achievements of strategic importance;

measures which, because of their expensedisruption effects on tne economy, tbe USSR couldunless early hostilities wars expected;

in any "last minute" type of war

The available evidence docs indicate, to some extent at least, that tne urgent effort of the USSR to be ready in case of majorarly as the oeginning1 has bean successful, but doee not reveal any indications of the Soviet intentionsajor war in the immediate future*

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