![]() ![]() According to the recollections of a Soviet general who was present, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev "trembled" when he was asked to push a button, asking Soviet defense minister Grechko "this is definitely an exercise?" This story appears in a recently released two-volume study on Soviet Intentions, 1965-1985, prepared in 1995 by the Pentagon contractor BDM Corporation, and published today for the first time by the National Security Archive. attack would kill 80 million Soviet citizens and destroy 85 percent of the country's industrial capacity. Washington, DC, SeptemDuring a 1972 command post exercise, leaders of the Kremlin listened to a briefing on the results of a hypothetical war with the United States. ![]() Marshall Sergei Fyodorovich Akhromeev (1923-1991), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, photo taken during 1988 visit to the United States. First StrikeĮdited by William Burr and Svetlana Savranskaya Analysts Exaggerated Soviet Aggressiveness and Understated Moscow's Fears of a U.S. Strategic Intelligence Failure Over Decadesġ995 Contractor Study Finds that U.S. ![]() Previously Classified Interviews with Former Soviet Officials Reveal U.S. ![]()
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