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In this editorial note, Svend Aage Christensen and Frede P. Jensen (Danish Institute for International Affairs, DIIS) analyze two CIA Information Reports about Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Zhukov of March and April 1957. The report of 29 March 1957 is seen as the only authoritative contemporary statement on Soviet considerations about developing a capacity to reach the English Channel in a pre-emptive strike already on the second day of war. The authors compare a reliable summary and a KGB propaganda version of a speech given by Zhukov to the Soviet military elite in East Germany during a visit in March 1957.
Collection: War Plans and Alliances Read Document... |
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Journal Article Language of Original Document: English Number of Pages: 13 Cold War Period: 1950s Persons: Zhukov, Popov, Blake, Gromyko, Khrushchev |
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Document Companion: Footnote 13 |
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