POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR OVERSEAS HANDLING, PROCESSING AND REPORTING ON ELINT COLLECTED BY AQUATONE, (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000300180019-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 22, 1957
• Content Type: REQ

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SUBJECT: Policy and Procedures for Overseas Handling, Processing
and Reporting on EL1NT collected by AQUATONE,
l? PURPOSE: To define responsibilities for overseas handlings
processing and reporting on ELINT collected by AQUATONE,
'operations,. both in Europe and the
Fax East, and to establish policy and procedures pertaining
thereto.
11. DEFINITIONS%
A. Detachments: AQUATONE operational or Project units
stationed at the following places are identified by letter:
At Giebelstadt ** Detachment A
At Adana op Detachment S
At Atsugi w Dets,chment C
Detachment Commander: The individual designated as
the commander of an AQUATONE field unit or detachment
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at Base A, B, and CI
C, IPC USAFF4 The European intermediate ELINT
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processing center established by AFL?200.11 at the
Headquarters USAFE Wiesbaden, Germany, which
processes, analyzes and reports on ELINT to meet
theatre needs. By virtue of this SOP, this facility will
also process, analyze and report on the ELINT products
of AQUATONE
to meet theatre needs and
to meet ZI needs as required. Representatives of CIA,
Army and Navy will be invited to participate in the analysis
of AQUATONE
products,
IPC FEAFt The Far Eastern intermediate ELINT
processing center established,b16-17~ at Yokota,
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Japan, under-supervision of-flealiquarters-FEAP- which
processes, analyzes and reports on ELINT products
to meet theatre needs, By virtue of this SOP, this
facility will also process, analyze and report on the
ELINT products of AQUATONE
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theatre needs and to meet ZI needs as required.
Representatives of CIA, Army and Navy will be invited
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to partici ate in the analysis of AQUATONE
products.
E. It is understood that the term FEAF as used herein
will be replaced by the title AFPAC after implementation
of the Far East Command Plan. For the purposes of
this paper, the terms FEAF and AFPAC are considered
synonymous.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Detachment Commander:
1 The Detachment Commander at Base A and B
AQUATONE will be responsible for the repro*
duction of duplicate tapes at the base and promptly
delivering to IPC USAFE one duplicate. The
Detachment Commands
will be responsible
for delivering the original tape promptly to the
Commander IPC USAFE for reproduction of
duplicate tapes. The Detachment Commander
at Bases C
will be responsible for the
reproduction of duplicate tapes and the delivery
of a duplicate tape to the IPC FEAF,
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The Detachment Commanders at Bases A, B,
will be responsible for delivery of the
original tape as soon as possible to Headquarters
AQUATONE.
In all cases, the Detachment Commanders are
responsible for transmitting to the appropriate
IPC such data as are essential for the analysis
of tapes,
B, IPC MATE will be responsible fort
The preparation of duplicate tapes from the
original as provided by the Commander
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Such ELINT readeout and analysis as required
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by the Theatreir CommanderAand, in addition,
shall provide to the Detachment Commander
such ELINT results as required in order
to meet that Detachment Commandoes operational
needs, In addition, the Commander IPC USAFE
will provide such special EL1NT studies as may
be required by CINCUSAREUR and CIITCNELM
as Sr. feasible,
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3. The custody of the duplicate tape for future
theatre needs.
4. Delivery of the original tape as soon as possible
after duping to an authorised AQUATONE repro*
sentative who will be responsible for transmittal
of the original to AQUATONE Headquarters.
C. IPC FEAT will be responsible fort
Upon receipt of a duplicate tape from the Detach*
meat Commander Base C
the preparation of
such analyses and studies as required by the
-ThilliteeEthir Commander FEAF.
In addition, the preparation of such ELINT analysis
for the Detachment Commander as is
essential for his operational use.
D. The TALENT Control Officer Headquarters USAFE and
FEAT is responsible for establishing the necessary
control of the reports produced from the tapes in the
respective IPC centers in accordance with the TALENT
Control Manual,
IV. LIAISON BETWEEN IPC. AND NSA FIELD ITNITSt
As Daily Mission Reports will be distributed under secure
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procedures by the 6901st and the 6902nd to IPC USAFE
and IPC FEAT respectively.
B. IPC USAFE and IPC FEAT will provide to 6901st and
6902nd respectively as required duplicate tapes of
nork.ELINT signals encountered in analysis of System
Four tapes.
The 6901st and the 6902n4 pr?1e to t1IIIC IAFE
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and the IPC FE,AF respectiVely dup cM* taped of n
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COMINT signals found in Unalysis Of System hree
tapas as required.
V. PERSONNEL:
A. Genera; The Army, Navy and CIA are invited to
participate in the IPCs (MATE and FEAT) by placing
personnel on duty with each center.
B. Support:
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1. CIA wilL-41dailtairtoraride-t-ELIN-T?teinlqet at
USAFE.
2, The Array will provide per sonnet in accordance
with specific arrangements between the Commanding
Officer of the USASA Theatre Field Activity and the
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3. The Navy will provide personnel in accordance
with specific arrangements between CINCISIELIvl
or CINCPAC and the appropriate Air Force
Commander, USAFE or FEAF respectively.
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Messages or correspondence initiated by the parent
participating agency at the Washington level to IPC
USAFE or IPC FEAF, which are of a policy nature
or which pertain to processing procedures, will be
coordinated with all agencies concerned prior to dies
patch and will be prefaced with the following phrases
"Coordinated IPC Instructions Message". Such messages
or correspondence may be transmitted to the IPCs over
either CIA or USAF channels.
The above requirement does not preclude any participating
agency from conducting unilateral liaison with its repro*
sentatives stationed in the IPCs as necessary so long as
such liaison does not constitute an involvement in the
administration of the IPCs themselves.
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Guidance from the ZI for prompt analysis and report
to meet current intelligence requirements in the ZI will
be transmitted in accordance with paragraph A. above.
VII.
SECURITY'
Those participating in the analysis of AQUATONE.
ELINT product must have a TALENT
clearance.
Those already
cleared for TALENT prior to
entering AQUATONE.
operational bases
must be certified as cleared as required* Such clearance must
be obtained by the Base Commander through his appropriate
channel. This will be accomplished by submission of names of
those to be assigned to IPCs through the Headquarterst parent
agency and to the Headquarters AQUATONE. Notification of
AQUATONE certification vrill be made to those requesting
through the parent agency ZI to the Commander IPC in question
as well as to the Detachment Commander or his representative
who will in fact be responsible for proper indoctrination of
such cleared individuals.
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