§ 29. Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what evidence his Department has that the Soviets are continuing to practise deception known as maskirovka, as part of their general strategy.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe concept of Maskirovka ("masking") is strongly emphasised in Soviet military writings, where it is held to have contributed to their successes in world war II. It embraces all concealment and deception techniques at every level from the strategic to the tactical. Maskirovka continues to be a key element in Soviet military doctrine and we have no evidence that its importance has diminished.