INTELLIGENCE VIDAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY OBTAINABLE THRU AQUATONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R002500010080-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 80
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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eessfui operation of I&'! will yield photograptU s,
anci a.n army cases unique
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value bearing
2. *'bae results of i mated eiadLar operation in the past indicate that infer-
tion v:.z I. :.e obtain d that t l t
a. &xpa rni. and sari.?y c r r. a w ;,sd4e of existing Soviet offensive
pon.a ay-stems and orces . Th1.s -wi.il reduce the chance o surprise if
tk wee %y, te:rons hesa s to
our national security.
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4. Soviet Ctffensiwa s At present some of our highest priority
national Inia-MV ob jeetiv.s are eoz*erned 'with an seswats m iamwem ant at the
Soviet capability to strike into this oositinsntal United States. A sompe>reirive
photographic surrey of the home bases of this 8oriet Long Range Air Armies and maws
submarir* bases would permit a acre preeia+s asasursrsnt of this threat than is now
possible. It should be possible to obtain:
a. A census at leg rangy be bar aircraft by number
and type on operational basess
b. An assessment ')f the Present z psbility of the Soviet
base structure to support bomber operations. This would lead directly
to a ewe presise measurement of the *"I* of a meuciim effort att sk.
,,"he f o U vin airfields s.re ' llustrative of key loog rime baetber bases:
a. An assessment of 'present capability of Soviet nuclear powered
and,/or wed missile equipped submarine forces.
The f ollcrri.ng submarine bases are illustrative:
5. Essential to any comprehensive msssuaemsnt of Soviet strike eapsbilities
is aoewurte infOrsation sn its ?Ong rss s bomber and submarine parcdustien. P to.
graphy of a easparatirely sesall amber of key production fee litiee viii prori8s
accurate data spinat vhieh we can aksek the validity of existing prodnetisa estinaUs.
For Example t
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