MEMORANDUM(Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: July 29, 1970
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(S) NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
July 29, 1970
MEMORANDUM FORI DIRECTOR
STRATEGIC RESEARCH, CIA
I have read with great interest your report
,
Soviet Missile Facilities... The Process of Identificati
on.
The report demonstrates and explains very well the remark-
ably successful intelligence program which has resulted in
a sound evaluation of Soviet missile forces.
Nevertheless, as one concerned with evaluating and plan-
ning future collection programs I am convinced that it is
prudent to recognize past and potential shortcomings. For
example, you state on page 18 that the construction of SS-11
silos adjacent to operational MRBM and IRBM sites aided detec-
tion because these complexes were already being monitored.
While that must be true it should be recalled that we missed
the first year of that construction for two reasons. One,
the weather was very bad and, two, was not often
operated against those targets because they were assigned a
lower priority than other nearby targets, The low priority
was simply due to the fact that ICBMs were not predicted to
be there. That circumstance is somewhat similar to the delay
in identifying the Wu Chai site. Photographic coverage there
was adequate but photo interpreters had emphasized search of
rail-served areas. Surely, we should not become over-confi-
dent.
CON ER
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