PROPOSED PERIPHERAL ELINT MISSIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000600020053-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: July 29, 1958
• Content Type: MF

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29 July 1956
EMORANDU FOR: Major General M. A. Preston
Director of Operations
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
Department of the Air Force
'f7tdi+C:H Colonel Leo P. Geary
Special Assistant to the Inspector General
for Projects
Department of the Air Force
Proposed Peripheral Elint Missions
1. Herewith is a short paper prepared for me within CIA. In
office on 24 July I promised to pass this to you through Colonel
eery. 1 have taken the liberty of banding a copy of this to
so that the Air Force Requirements Officer will be familiar with
25X1A
2. I am in full agreement with what I understood to be your view
that our organization should undertake peripheral enissi*ns of ibis
character only when (a) we have a superior or more readily available
capability and (b) a real requirement exists for the intelligence collection.
3. As to the first of these criteria, t am confident that for
reasons set forth in the attachment the so-called collection 25X1
device in the 13-2 aircraft does constitute a superior collection capability,
at least for l ioaeer reconnaissance. It should be noted that within several
ontbs, C will bare this equipment chucked out in their 1-2e and will
therefor* possess the same capability. A. of today, however, our arrange-
fn onto with are complete and we could move a stag
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are in better position to pe
se missions this seatson.
4. As to the secasad criteria. I b*Ueve the two missions discttssead
in the sttachaaaent I
I give promise of yielding a vaiale additisn
to presently available iatelligaace and justify whatever hazards are
involved providing that we wait for weather that would permit accurste
navigation.
5. 1 am sure you realis, that specific missions weld be
coordinated well in advance with your staff in accordance with a
procedures.
11CHARD M. (' ELL, JR.
Special Assistant to the Director
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