TOP SECRET (e) The main change in the Soviet forces in Germany has been with withdrawal of the IL28 force, which has undoubtedly weakened Soviet air strength in that area. We can offer no satisfactory explanation for this. (f) There is nothing in the developments in East Germany since June to suggest that there has been any fundamental change in Soviet policy, such as that the Russians plan to abandon their Zone in the hope of forcing the Allies to leave West Germany and thus securing a neutral Germany.