The CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU Papers
Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis of Soviet and Chinese Policy and Decision Making, 1953-1973
This collection of declassified analytic monographs and reference aids, designated within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Intelligence (DI) as the CAESAR, ESAU, and POLO series, highlights the CIA's efforts from the 1950s through the mid-1970s to pursue in-depth research on Soviet and Chinese internal politics and Sino-Soviet relations. The documents reflect the views of seasoned analysts who had followed closely their special areas of research and whose views were shaped in often heated debate. Continuing public interest in the series, as reflected in numerous requests through Freedom of Information and Executive Order channels, led CIA's Office of Information Management Services (IMS) to conduct a search of Directorate of Intelligence record systems for documents in this series and then undertake a declassification review of all the documents we located. The 147 documents in this collection, amounting to over 11,000 pages of analysis, were written between 1953 and 1973. The collection includes a large number of newly declassified monographs as well as some studies that have been previously declassified and released to individual requesters. The continuing sensitivity of some documents in the series required that they be withheld from declassification.
This index, in printable form
Overview
CAESAR Documents
POLO Documents
ESAU Documents
Document Title |
Date |
1. |
Origins of the Chinese "Commune" Program |
17-Jul-59 |
2. |
The Commune: Conception and Experimentation, Spring 1958 |
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3. |
The Soviet Attitude Toward "Communes" |
12-Jun-59 |
4. |
Soviet Positions on the "Transition to Communism" - Prior to the Chinese Commune Program |
28-Aug-59 |
5. |
The Commune: Revelation and Initial Organization, Summer 1958 |
4-Sep-59 |
6. |
Indications of Soviet Awareness of Chinese Plans for the Communes, Spring-Summer 1958 |
16-Oct-59 |
7. |
The Chinese Communist Impact on East Germany |
15-Apr-60 |
8. |
The Commune, The "Great Leap Forward," and Sino-Soviet Relations (August-December 1958) |
15-Jun-60 |
9. |
Mao Tse-Tung on Strategy, 1926-1957 (The Background of the Sino-Soviet Dispute of 1957-1960) |
8-Aug-60 |
10. |
The Sino-Soviet Dispute on World Communist Strategy (Autumn 1957-Autumn 1959) |
23-Sep-60 |
11. |
The Sino-Soviet Dispute on World Communist Strategy (Its Development from Autumn 1959 to Summer 1960) |
23-Jan-61 |
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12. |
The Sino-Soviet Dispute (June 1960 to November 1960) |
20-Feb-61 |
13. |
The Sino-Soviet Dispute (The 6 December Declaration, and Soviet and Chinese Presentations of It) |
17-Mar-61 |
14. |
Sino-Soviet Competition in North Korea |
5-Apr-61 |
15. |
The Indian Communist Party and Sino-Soviet Dispute |
7-Feb-62 |
16. |
The New Stage of the Sino-Soviet Dispute (October 1961-January 1962) |
26-Feb-62 |
17. |
North Vietnam and Sino-Soviet Relations |
4-Mar-62 |
18. |
Summary -"Implications of the Sino-Soviet Dispute for US Policy" |
29-Mar-62 |
19. |
Soviet-Albanian Relations, 1940-1960 |
22-Jun-62 |
20. |
The State of Sino-Soviet Relations at the New Year |
7-Jan-63 |
21. |
The North Vietnamese Party and the "New Situation" in South Vietnam |
10-Jul-63 |
22. |
The Sino-Soviet Struggle in Cuba and the Latin American Communist Movement |
1-Nov-63 |
23. |
The Japanese Communist Party 1955-1963 |
20-Mar-64 |
24. |
The Sino-Soviet Conflict in the Fronts - September 1962-December 1963 |
12-Jun-64 |
25. |
Prince Sihanouk and the New Order in Southeast Asia |
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26. |
The Showdown on Soviet Authority in the "Movement" |
8-Feb-65 |
27. |
The 1965 Sino-Soviet-Vietnamese Controversy Over Soviet Military Aid to North Vietnam |
20-Dec-65 |
28. |
Zanzibar: The Hundred Days' Revolution |
21-Feb-66 |
29. |
The Positions of Hanoi, Peking, and Moscow on the Issue of Vietnam Negotiations: 1962 to 1966 |
31-Oct-66 |
30. |
Asian Communist Employment of Negotiations as a Political Tactic |
Nov-66 |
31. |
The Disintegration of Japanese Communist Relations with Peking |
28-Dec-66 |
32. |
The Sino-Soviet Dispute Within the Communist Movement in Latin America |
15-Jun-67 |
33. |
The Sino-Soviet Struggle in the World Communist Movement Since Khrushchev's Fall (Part 1) |
Sep-67 |
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34. |
The Sino-Soviet Struggle in the World Communist Movement Since Khrushchev's Fall (Part 2) |
Sep-67 |
35. |
The Sino-Soviet Struggle in the World Communist Movement Since Khrushchev's Fall (Part 3) |
Sep-67 |
36. |
The Attitudes of North Vietnamese Leaders Toward Fighting and Negotiating |
25-Mar-68 |
37. |
The Sino-Soviet Dispute on Aid to North Vietnam(1965-1968) |
30-Sep-68 |
38. |
Annex: The Sino-Soviet Dispute on Aid to North Vietnam (1965-1968) |
25-Nov-68 |
39. |
Kim Il-Sung's New Military Adventurism |
26-Nov-68 |
40. |
Indonesia-1965, The Coup that Backfired |
Dec-68 |
41. |
The Struggle in the Polish Leadership and the Revolt of the Apparat |
5-Sep-69 |
42. |
The Committed Church and Change in Latin America |
10-Sep-69 |
43. |
Czechoslovakia: The Problem of Soviet Control |
16-Jan-70 |
44. |
The Evolution of Soviet Policy in Sino-Soviet Border Dispute |
28-Apr-70 |
45. |
The Prussian Heresy: Ulbricht's Evolving System |
29-Jun-70 |
46. |
Yugoslavia: The Outworn Structure |
20-Nov-70 |
47. |
Fedayeen - "Men of Sacrifice" |
Dec-70 |
48. |
The Growth of the Soviet Commitment in the Middle East |
Jan-71 |
49. |
The Fedayeen (Annex to ESAU XLVII: Fedayeen - "Men of Sacrifice") |
Jan-71 |
50. |
Soviet Thinking about the Danger of Sino-U.S. Rapprochement |
Feb-71 |
51. |
The Polish Question: East Germany |
Jul-71 |
52. |
Peking and the Burmese Communists: The Perils and Profits of Insurgency |
Jul-71 |
53. |
Communism and Cambodia |
Feb-72 |
54. |
Communism and Cambodia |
May-72 |
55. |
"Finlandization" In Action: Helsinki's Experience With Moscow |
Aug-72 |
56. |
Soviet Expectations of a European Security Conference |
Oct-72 |