Northern (N): Czechoslovakia (NC). Army

A file containing the Annual Report on the Czechoslovak Army for 1957. The report has been compiled by the British military attaché, Colonel G.L. Nicholls, and provides a general overview of the army's capabilities, its organisation, and the influence of Soviet forces. Further details concern the army's deployment, the order of battle, equipment, training, manpower and reserves, discipline, moral, political influence, clothing and personal equipment, accommodation and messing, and the paramilitary forces. The report concludes that a planned reduction of manpower has not yet been implemented and despite being well-equipped, the army's fighting capacity is limited.