GUARD TOP SECRET before them they could select from the many competing demands for resources those, and only those, which it was essential to meet. He pointed out that as the fighting went on and Soviet casualties increased, strategic priorities would have more and more effect on the weight and direction of the Soviet effort. It was for these reasons that the Committee had considered that the paper should concentrate on estimating Soviet intentions although he agreed that eventually this might have some effect on the estimates of the Soviet scale of attack.