ECONOMIC DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00328A000100360001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 9, 1956
• Content Type: REQ

E " . i 2 iIC P F F E N I N - M S IGENCE CO .
Intelligence Requci=t No,. 25
Control xo. 460233
9 November 1956
lkyeat Geri Saipereonic Testing F. .print
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Lair er ce/SFC 23 October 19%
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PROPOSED USE.
To evaluate the etratoga.c ix,:.port nce of, and Soviet int sx et
supersonic testing equipment of the type manufactured in West
Germany,,
Air Intelligence Int= ,tion Report IR=195-56 (BO.NN 1)21a37 of E :, 4)
reports Soviet and Satellite interest in supersonic sheet- ste# 1.
testing devices manufactured in West German ,, On the basis of this
report,, the Departme;it of Conaaor?ce identified the device as f& : Ung
under Ue-15O2 and r"eco endcd that steps be taken to prevent c ,"port
to the Bloc. (See WG I -1502,,1 dated 1.? September 1956)
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BACKGROUND
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IR?=195-56 contains i fo: r t .on of a st ~errsonic
ehoet-steel testing ;isv-=noc s=, io is ein ; pro uce Reetern ter ny.
The report also evta ii Thee that the USSR and various Satell .t :~s have
expressed great inter?es in this device,, and that negotiation- are
under wra., for the possible Maic of 20 pieces of this equipment. to
the So%Aet Bloc,,
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Intelliget1co Stec;. aet No. 25
FDIC is requested to deterin.e whether additional and more ctrr nt
intelligence r lating to the strategic importance oft, and Soviet
Inte.re3t in, this c1svica can be developed,
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Acting Chair?;
Distiib ica
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