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SOVIET VULNERABILITIES
Soviet capability to prosecute successfully its struggle against the
US contains a number of vulnerabilities.
The USSR is immediately most vulnerable in its control over its
expanding empire; opposition of the subject state, as a state, to the
master state; opposition of peoples against unrepresentative and alien
satellite governments; conflict within the national Communist parties;
and possible satellite party deviations.
Internally the Soviet Union must guard against popular dissatisfaction
caused by such things as the low standard of living, harsh labor laws,
repressive administrative measures, and police brutality. The persist-
ent desire of the peasant to own his own land and his discontent with
collectivization are another major source of unrest. Further, the lack
of freedomfor intellectuals and the basic antagonism of minority groups
(40%) are potentially troublesome, as are individual and factional strug-
gles within the Communist hierarchy.
Finally, the discrepency between Soviet myths of a Communist
Utopia and Soviet reality threatens the effectiveness of Sovietpropaganda
Revelations of Soviet escapees and disillusioned foreign Communists,
and the exposure of Soviet methods by Marshal Tito indicate that inte-
sified efforts on the part of the US might produce further effects.
The Soviet Union, however, has shown acute awareness of these
vulnerabilities and has taken necessary precautions. These vulnerabili-
ties cannot be expected spontaneously to produce results. They are,
however, of such nature as to suggest that systematic exploitation through
external pressure might bring about a weakening in the Soviet power
position and possibly a reversal in Soviet policies.
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