SOVIET OPTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN (NI IIM 79-10022J)

Director of Central Intelligence Top Secret CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE AS SANITIZED Soviet Options in Afghanistan Interagency Intelligence Memorandum Top-Seeret- NI IIM 79-100221 TCS-3267-79- 28 September 1979 Copy 246 Top-Secret-RUFF SOVIET OPTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN KEY JUDGMENTS Moscow probably views the situation in Afghanistan as even more unstable after the fall of Taraki. While the Soviets may have previously decided to implement new mili- tary measures to support Taraki against...