AD HOC REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE ON PROJECT AQUATONE (ARC)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000200070062-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: January 1, 1957
• Content Type: MIN

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AD HOC REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE ON PROJECT AQUATONE (ARC)
Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 328
Administration Building, Central Intelligence Agency
at 1Ot00 am., , 8 May 1957
James Q. Reber
Chairman
Cola. James H, Macia, Jr,, AFOIN
Col, William A. Dodds, OACSI
Col, Erwin F. Forsythe, OACSI
Comdr. Victor A, Moitoret.? O
Major Donald Conroy, USMC
Mission
1. The members agreed that the following advice should be provided the
Project AQUATONE with regard to Middle Last requirementst
The Ad Hoc Requirements Committee continues to attach greater
priority of importance to targets set forth in lists approved by it
covering Western USSR and the Far East as compared to the Middle
East. Within the Middle East, and because of the long interval since
the last coverage of Egypt and because of rumored buildup at certain
key points through Soviet aid, the Ad Hoc Requirements Committee
recommends that coverage of Egypt be undertaken as soon as feasible.
In equating the extent of importance, it is not believed from available
sources that this alleged. buildup portends an imminent new move by
Egypt in the Middle East situation, but accurate information obtainable
by AQTJATONE means could be extremely useful in estimating possible
future Egyptiarn moves.
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Proposed Additions to heat Priority Target List
2, It was the view of the Ad Hoc Requirements Committee that the OCI
recommendations for the inclusion of NOV'OKAZALINSK/DZKIUSALT Area/
ORl7At R.AI A, and SOVETSKATA OAV'Al Airfield should be trans.
witted to AQUATONZ for guidance in Far East planning ranking higher than all
.ority Targets" but less than the "'Highest Priority Targets",
Tar ete for Use in Connection with the C Confi gur action
5, On the basis of the exhibit recently held by RTAUTOMAT showing
comparisons of C configuration photography with B and ,fig,, the Committee
*affirmed its feeling that the C configuration should be used only on targets
erto subjected to either S or A-Z photography. The Chairman will explore
with Operations what C configuration targets it finds essential for training
urposes in view of the present state of permission for conducting operations,
6, The Air Force representative noted that upon receipt of Far East
photography in the ZI it would be desirable for a dupe to be sent to the Far East
Theatre for reproduction of such materials as were
e commands. Accordingly, he proposed that
this purpose, recognizing that if at a later date it
original film
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be activated for 25X1A
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a could be readily auccomplished, It was suggested
ring this a iod it might be valuable for a technician from HTAUTOMAT
to proceed to to examine the technical capabilities of the facility for
handling AQUATONE product.
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7. The Chairman requested ce representative to submit the
Air Force proposal for activation of for the purpose noted above to the
Agency for concurrence.
94 The Chairman said that a letter would be sent to each of the intelligence
chiefs informing them of this plan and soliciting their assistance to make an
inspection possible.
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