Cynthia M. Grabo, "Soviet Deception in the Czechoslovak Crisis", Studies in Intelligence Vol. 14 No. 1
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There were any number of observations by Western sources of the Soviet troops along the Czechoslovak border, and the start of the massive movement into Poland in late July of troops from the Baltic and Belorussian Military Districts was fortuitously witnessed and promptly reported to the US Embassy by several US tourists and other travelers.
Cynthia M. Grabo — CIA-CSI-GRABO-14-1, CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1970-01-01 · The collection was there. OCR-rendered; not byte-verified.
Some analysts believe that the USSR conducted a deliberate and fairly successful political and military deception campaign…which was intended to conceal the scale and purpose of the military movements, and to deceive the Czechoslovaks and others into believing that there would not be an invasion.
Cynthia M. Grabo — CIA-CSI-GRABO-14-1, CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1970-01-01 · OCR-rendered; not byte-verified
Document metadata
| Reference | CIA-CSI-GRABO-14-1 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence — Cynthia M. Grabo |
| Date | 1970-01-01 |
| Document type | report |
| Archive | CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence — Studies in Intelligence (US) |
| Provenance | Approved for release 22 September 1993 under the CIA Historical Review Program |
Claims this document bears on
CIA's own account: the movements were seen and reported.
Soviet denial and deception materially shaped the Western assessment.
Note the hedge in the original: "Some analysts believe".
Soviet denial and deception materially shaped the Western assessment.
The same article records that the movements were observed and reported — deception did not hide them.