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-RDP61S00750A000300180020-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: March 15, 1957
• Content Type: REQ

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SUBJECT: Policy and Procedures for Overseas Handling, Processing
and Reportin on ELINT Collected by AQUATONE,
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PURPOSE: To define responsibilities for overseas handling,
rocess ? g on ELINT collected by AQUATONE,
operations, both in Europe and the
Far East, and to establish policy and procedures pertaining
thereto.
U. DEFINITIONS:
A. Detachments: AQUATONE operational or Project units
stationed at the following places are identified by letter:
At Giebelstadt Detachment A
At Adana Detachment B
At Atsugi Detachment C
B. Detachment Commander: The individual designated as
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C. IPC USAFE: The European intermediate processing
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center established by 1h3 UC- at the Headquarters
USAFE Wiesbaden, Germany, which processes,
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analyzes and and reports on ELINT Ler-therbose444 of
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. Representatives of CIA, my and
Navy will be invited to participate in the analysis of
AQUATONE
products.
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IPC FEAF: Far Eastern intermediate processin.g
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center estabUshed by USAF at Yokota, Japan, under
supervision of Headquarters FEAF which processes,
analyzes and reports on ELINT products to rnee
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addit prbductis collected by AQUA.TONE
operations Far Eastern theatre. Participation in
IPC FEAF is open to represents of Army and
Navy.
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
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this paper, the terms FEAF and AFPAC are considered
synonymous.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Detachment C0332M ander:
1. The Detachment Commander at Base A and B
AQUATONE will be responsible for the reprow
duction of duplicate tapes at the base and promptly
delivering to IPC USAFE one duplicate. The
Detachment COIT1m ander ill be responsible 50X1
for delivering the original tape promptly to the
Commander IPC US AF E 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.
2. The Detachment Commanders at Bases A, B.
will be responsible for delivery of the
original tape as soon as possible to Headquarters
AQUATONE.
3. In all cases, the Detachment Commanders are
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responsible for transmitting to the appropriate
IPC such data as are essential for the analysis
of tapes.
B. IPC USAFE will be responsible for:
1. The preparation of duplicate tapes from
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original as provided by the Commander
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Such EL1NT read?out and analysis as required
by the Theatre Mr Commander and, in addition,
shall provide
to the Detachment Commander
such ELINT results as required in order
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to meet that Detachment Commander's operational
needs. In addition, the Commander IPC USAFE
will provide such special EL1NT studies as may
be required by CINCUS.AREUR and CINCNELM
as are feasible.
3. The custody of the duplicate tape for future
theatre needs.
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4. Delivery of the original tape as soon as possible
after duping to an authorized AQUATONE
representative who will be responsible for
transmittal of the original to AQUAL'ONE Headquarters.
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C. IPC FEAF will be responsible for;
1. Upon receipt of a duplicate tape from the Detach.,
ment Commander Base C
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of such analyses and studies as required by the
Theatre Air Commander FEAF.
,2. In addition, the preparation of such ELINT analysis
for the Detachment Commande as is
essential for his operational use.
D.
The TALENT Control Officer Headquarters USAFE
and FEAF is responsible for establishing the necessary
control of the reports produced from the tapes in the
respective IPC centers in accordance with the TALENT
IV. LIAISON BETWEEN IPCs AND NSA FIELD UNITS:
A. Daily Mission Reports will be distributed under secure
procedures by the 6901st and the 6902nd to IPC USAFE
and IPC FEAF respectively.
B. IPC USAFE and IPC FEAF will provide to 6901st and
6902nd respectively is.4.4. as required duplicate tapes
of non-ELINT signals encountered in analysis of
System Four tapes.
C. The 6901st and the 6902nd will provide to the IPC
USAFE and the IPC FEAF respectively duplicate tapes
of non-COMINT signals found in analysis of System Three
tapes as required.
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The Army will provide personnel in accordance
with specific arrangements betweeniCommanding
Officer of the USASA Theatre Field Activity and the
Commanding General of the Air Force Command
in the Theatre.
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with specific arrangements between CINCNELM
and USAFE.
V: VI COMMUNICATIONS:
A? 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 dis.
patch and will be prefaced with the following phrase:
"Coordinated IPC Instructions Message". Such messages
or correspondence may be transmitted to the IPCs over
either CIA or USAF channels.
B. The above requirement does not preclude any participating
agency from conducting unilateral liaison with its repre.
sentatives stationed in the 'PCs as necessary so long as
such liaison does not constitute an involvement in the
administration of the IPCs themselves.
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C. Guidance from the =for prompt analysis and report
to meet current intelligence requirements in the ZI
will be transmitted in accordance with paragraph A. above.
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Those participating in the analysis of AQUATONE.
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TALENT prior to entering AQUATONE operationalbases
must be certified as IteihetZOXE-elearedn.his
accomplished by submission of names of those to be
assigned to IPCs through the Headquarters' parent agenc
and to the Headquarters AQUATONE. Notification of
AQUATONE certification will be made to those requestin
through the parent agency ZI to the Commander LPC 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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