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Approved Forgelease 2003/08i6 GAR FRDP80-010654900300040063-2 “ecurity Information B. Soviet Official Representatives o 1. Diplomatic and official representatives stationed abroad. 2. TASS and similar categories of Soviet personnel stationed abroad, 3. Dependents of the Soviet personnel stationed abroad. 4, Soviet representatives on temporary assignments to the UN and other international organizations, C. Soviet Population Inside the USSR Borders 1. Great Russian ethnic group. 2. Non-Great Russian ethnic groups. IV. ASSUMPTIONS In addition to the basic assumptions listed in the PSB plan, the following assumptions should be included: A. It is assumed that the new Soviet leadership is acting within the framework of a comprehensive plan designed to assure the orderly transfer of power after Stalin's death. B,. It is assumed that within the framework of such a plan, the new Soviet regime will initiate a series of provocative military, diplomatic, psychological and economic warfare measures, short of starting a general war, designed to throw off balance western efforts to interfere with or impede the consolidation of the regime's power. C. It is assumed that the new Soviet regime will undertake specific measures designed to test the reaction of the West to the new regime. These measures will be aimed at exacerbating the disunity of the West and prevent- ing the formation of a united western effort against the new Soviet leader- shipe D, Finally, it is assumed that the new Soviet regime will make tactical peace overtures to the West for the purpose of exploiting the neutralist sentiment in many countries and gaining the time required for consolidation of its rule. Approved For Release essen UP aapay-0105500009000400692