AD HOC REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PROGRAM FOR AQUATONE COVERAGE IN THE USSR

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• Publication Date: January 7, 1958
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AD HOC REQUIREMENTS CONNITTEE RECOMMIEDAT/ONS
FOR
A PROGRAM FOR AQUATONE COVERAGE /N THE USSR
1. Highest priority targets for a broad program for AQUATONE
coverage in the USSR remain those connected with the Soviet capability
attack the United Statea. These are the Priority National Intelligence
Objectives bearing on guided missiles, long range bomber force, and
nuclear energy. The specific targets in each field are arranged by these
categories at Tab A.
2. The President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence
Activities on 24 October 1957 called attention to the need for hard facts
to fill gaps in our information on the Soviet missile program and the Soviet
strategic air arm and called for au all-out effort to aupplement present
knowledge. On 30 November 1957, the Intelligence Advisory Committee
concurred with this recommendation, calling attention to the need for
permission to utilise certain collection efforts available to it.
3. Whereas the Ad Hoc Requirements Committee does not presume
to judge the life expectancy of AQUATONE, it cannot fail to note that the
risk factor is constantly increasing and will likely continue to do so. This
adds strong emphasis to the urgency of obtaining critical information out-
lined in this paper, particularly with reference to missile sites, nuclear
energy sites, or other installations under construction.
4. It must be pointed out that there are clearly great possibilities
that highly significant targets, unknown to us, bearing upon our principal
objectives are hidden in the areas of the Soviet Union where we recommend
coverage. We believe that search is essential but that the search must be
systematic. Furthermore, we believe that the way to search systematically
is by proceeding to the known highest 'berets in such a way as to explore
most likely areas for highly significant but unknown targets. This is
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Committee recommends that a% least pairaission be sought for
Areas 1, 2, mad 3 (noted in Veb B) 1 Weatern USSR which contain
minimum critical target related .3itd issiles, long range bomber
force, and nuclear energy, (lt is gas -Pointed out that while the Ad Roc
Requirements Committee bike sot concluAad its study of guided. missile
launa sites it Is deems. probehle *hat Areas 1, 3, and 11 will contain
critical information on thaw*, r,elysom also.)
6. At ib C is a separate paper which outlines our argurnnt
ing up the urgency of =ATONE coverage, taking into ccouit the
of national estimates, TAUNT materials available, and remaining
of ignorance.
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