The March "War Scare" of 1948

The document, in full, I drew my information from, for this post, can be read by going to the CIA's online library, and putting this link into the search engine: DOC 0000609096. I put together an edited version by way of jpg files that demonstrate the salient points.

Note, please, that Colonel Riley F. Ennis is seen as an important contributor to the over-all image presented that shows NO Soviet invasion plans. It was written by William R. Harris, in 1966. The stress seems to have begun with a message written by General Clay, where he puts forth the information that the Soviets are poised to strike, on 5 March, 1948. It leads to the CIA's Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE) beginning a series of studies on Soviet intentions.