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    "ocrText": "SECRET\n8. Sociological: this covers the relations of the two major power structures to each\nother and to third states in terms of the psychological reactions of individuals and\ngroups and of the possible effects of these reactions on the social organization of the\nstates involved. Since distance, artificial barriers, and cultivated antagonisms insulate\nthe individuals, groups, and social institutions of the US and USSR from significant\nmutual influences, sociological security problems develop primarily in those intermedi-\nate regions where competitive influence of the US and the USSR is still possible. Secu-\nrity interests arise in this category in connection with-\na. The development of mass attitudes favorable or unfavorable to the objectives\nand policies and relative power positions of the two major power structures.\nb. The organization of the attitudes of politically effective groups in ways which\nidentify the interests of these groups with the objectives and policies of one or the other\nof the two major power structures.\nC. The bringing of influence to bear on key policy-making individuals for the pur-\npose of persuading them that their responsibilities and objectives can best be served if\nthey are coordinated with the objectives and policies of one of the major power\nstructures.\nGenerally speaking, a US or a USSR security interest develops in the states of the inter-\nmediate region in connection with the extent to which such states identify or can be\npersuaded to identify their interests with what are understood to be the purposes of the\nUS or the USSR. The desirable end product of protecting a security interest of this\ntype is clearly to improve a relative power position by assuring the availability of the\npower resources of an intermediate state.\n9. Domestic Social Organization: this covers all internal US and USSR problems\nconnected with the maintenance of their respective societies as \"Going Concerns.\"\nTheir relative power positions are directly related to the productive capabilities and\nstability of their domestic social organizations. US security interests within this cate-\ngory are beyond the province of this analysis; but their existence is clearly indicated by\nthe attention which both the US and the USSR give to the possibility of tensions devel-\noping in the social structure of the other.\n10. The preceding definitions suggest that the security interests of the US and the\nUSSR have not developed in isolation and of their own accord, but are closely related\nand simultaneously arise out of the global power situation in which the two states\nequally are involved. Theoretically, this is the correct analytical approach to the\nproblem of national security in a world where power has become essentially bipolarized.\nHowever, when particular situations are examined, some significant differences appear\nin the basic security problems of the US and the USSR. These differences are noted as\nfollows:\na. US security interests are widely dispersed in both the geographical and sociologi-\ncal categories. Geographically they have developed along the entire perimeter of the\ncontinent of Europe-Asia. Sociologically they have to be protected DECLASSIFIED in a wide variety of\nSECRET\nE. O. C.Iva 11652, Sec. and or (E) 3\nletter, 3(3) 1974\nBy NLT. NARS Date 4-14-77"
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