LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE J. KEEGAN, JR., USAF FROM PAUL V. WALSH

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 11, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
11Of1974
Major General George J. Keegan, Ji., USAF
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Department of the Air Force
Washington, D. C. 20330
Dear George:
In response to your letter of' 7 October 1974
to Ed, I am pleased to inform you that it will be
possible to send a copy of SR RP 74-6, "Soviet
Commentary on the Capabilities of US General Purpose
Forces," to the following CONUS commands:
General Russell E. Dougherty
Commander
Strategic Air Command
Offutt AFB, NE 68113
General Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
Commander
Aerospace Defense Command
Ent AFB, CO 80912
General Paul K. Carlton
Commander
Military Airlift Command
Scott AFB, IL 62225
General Samuel C. Phillips
Commander
Air Force Systems Command
Andrews AFB, DC 20034
Major General H. P. Smith
Commander
USAF Security Service
San Antonio, TX 78243
USAF review(s) completed.
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Major General Henry B. Kucheman, Jr.
Commander
Armament Development and Test Center
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
Major General Thomas W. Morgan
Commander
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Kirtland AFB, NM 87115
Attached are seven copies of the document for you
to transmit to them. When you send them, I ask that
you attach a letter to each of the recipients which
notes that the research paper is intended for their
use and the use of their immediate staff on a strict
need-to-know basis. The report is not to be duplicated
or distributed further within their commands. We also
request that these copies be returned by the recipients
through you to us.
I am also pleased to inform you that it will be
possible to send a copy of the memorandum originally
drafted for Andrew W. Marshall, Director of Net
Assessment, and entitled "Soviet Attitudes Towards
US General Purpose Military Capabilities" to:
General Louis L. Wilson
Commander-in-Chief
Pacific Air Forces
APO San Francisco 96553
Major General Jack K. Gamble
Commander
Alaskan Air Commaid
APO Seattle 98742
Attached are two copies of the document for you
to transmit to them. When you send them, I ask that
you attach a letter incorporating the restrictions
on use which are outlined above.
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As you requested, I am also arranging to send a
copy of this memorandum to:
General John W. Vogl"-
Commander-in-Chief
US Air Forces in Europe
APO New York 09012
A sanitized version of the report is being
prepared and will be ready for dissemination shortly.
Sincerely,
Paul V. Walsh
Acting Deputy Director
for Intelligence
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 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20330
Mr. Edward W. Proctor
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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(S/NFD) Your expeditious response in providing General
Dixon with a special copy of the research study entitled
"Soviet Commentary on the Capabilities of the US General
Purpose Forces" was sincerely appreciated.
(S/NFD) This study is a most useful compendium of substantive
data on the thinking of the Soviet military planners. How-
ever, its intrinsic value needs to be exploited to the fullest
by all intelligence consumers. As a consequence, my action
officer, Mr. E. Walter Polivka, has been pursuing with your
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the possibility of wider dissemination of the basic stu y
and of reducing the study to a collateral level in order that
it may be disseminated to the greatest number of intelligence
consumers.
(S/NFD) Your staff has offered an informal proposal which
would permit me to distribute the basic unsanitized report
to the list of addressees within the US (listed in Section
I of Attachment 1). Your office would distribute the so-
called "distilled" version (recently prepared for Dr. Andrew
Marshall) to overseas commanders (listed in Section II of
Attachment 1) and your staff subsequently would produce a
follow-up sanitized version which would satisfy the remainder
of the consumers previously denied the document.
(U) Dr. Schlesinger discussed the basic study with General
Dixon and General Jones while on a recent visit to TAC
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because of its bearing on tactical operations. Needless
to say, the pressure for access to such studies by major
commanders has been mounting.
(U) Your staff has been most helpful in arriving at a
workable solution and I appreciate it.
Warmest regards
rG == EEGAN, JR.
- lajor General, USAF
Asst Chief of Staff, Intelligence
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
Per our telephone conversation. How
do we respond?
9 Oct 74
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I. CONUS COMMANDS
General Russell E. Dougherty
Commander
Strategic Air Command
Offutt AFB, NE 68113
General Robert J. Dixon
Commander
Tactical Air Command
Langley AFB, VA 23665
General Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
Commander
Aerospace Defense Command
Ent AFB, CO 80912
General Paul K. Carlton
Commander
Military Airlift Command
Scott AFB, IL 62225
General Samuel C. Phillips
Commander
Air Force Systems Command
Andrews AFB, DC 20334
Major General H. P. Smith
Commander
USAF Security Service
San Antonio, TX 78243
Major General Henry B. Kucheman, Jr.
Commander
Armament Development & Test Center
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
Major General Thomas W. Morgan
Commander
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Kirtland AFB, NM 87115
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II. OVERSEAS
General John W. Vogt
Commander-in-Chief
U.S. Air Forces in Europe
APO New York 09012
General Louis L. Wilson
Commander- in- Chief
Pacific Air Forces
APO San Francisco 96553
Major General Jack K. Gamble
Commander
Alaskan Air Command
APO Seattle 98742
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