An Example Analysis Of Military And Economic Intelligence Of The Soviet Far East By The CIA During The Eisenhower Period

The Soviet Far East is one of the forefront of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union.This region has very important strategic location.The Asia-Pacific military system of the United States had been established in Eisenhower period.The CIA collected a large amount of military and economic intelligence about the Soviet Far East,and some of these documents have been declassified and released on the Internet in recent years.The number of Eisenhower period CIA military and economic intelligence documents directly relate to the Soviet Far East posted on the CIA website is small.However,the content of these documents is relatively comprehensive and involving military,source of energy,transportation,society and other fields.These CIA information documents have certain reference value to us for understanding the development of military and economy of Soviet Far East,as well as the intelligence capability of CIA.During the Eisenhower years,the CIA collected a great deal of military and economic intelligence information about this region.This paper will take some military and economic intelligence documents of the CIA on the Far East of the Soviet published by the website of the CIA during the Eisenhower period as examples,to explain the types and data sources of these documents.And combine with the contents of selected intelligence documents,to analyze and discuss the military and economic information of the Soviet Far East during the Eisenhower period.These intelligence documents initially showed the excellent intelligence acquisition ability of the CIA,and reflected the increasing military strength in Soviet Far East at that time,as well as the problems in oil,transportation,society,ethnicity and other aspects.