(DELETED) USSR- EASTERN EUROPE: WITHDRAWALS, REDUCTIONS CONTINUE (DELETED)

Created: 9/26/1990

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

THE PACE OF SOVIET ORAWOQWM IN THE AUANTIC-TO-THE-URAIS (ATTU) ZONE INDICATES MOSCOW WILL SATISFY BOTH THE GOALS GORBACHEV ANNOUNCEO IN LATE8 AND ITS BILATERAL COMMITMENTS TO BUDAPEST AND PRAGUE. THE TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT TO SITES EAST OF THE URALS INDICATES MOSCOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN RESTRUCTURING ITS FORCES FOR THE POST-CFE ENVIRONMENT.!

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SOVIET FORCE WITHDRAWALS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND HUNCART WILLOMPLETED BY NEXT JULY, IN ACCORDANCEATERALNE0 THIS SPRING. MOSCOW PROBABLY WILL WITHDRAW AT LEAST TWO TANK DIVISIONS FROM EASTERN GERMANY THIS FALL, BUT THE REMOVAL OF ALL SOVIET UNITS AND MATERIEL REMAINING THERE WILL POSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR THE GERMAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AS WELL AS FOR THE SOVIETS' ABILITY TO ABSORB THE PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS. MOSCOW HAS AGREED_TQ_IHi_fit>.QVAL OF ALL ITS FORCES FROM EASTERN GERMANY BY 1fl95.

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