§
No observers were invited by the USSR or Czechoslovakia to a joint exercise held in May 1985 in Czechoslovakia. In mid-June, notice was given, with minimum details, of a joint Soviet/ GDR exercise involving more than 25,000 troops to be held in July in the GDR. No observers were invited. Observers from certain countries (including smaller NATO countries) were, however, invited by the Soviet Union at the end of June to an exercise to be held from 15–21 July in the south of the USSR.