SUMMARY OF USCM OPERATIONS THRU 1200 E 11 APRIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00011A001000090043-0
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: April 11, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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11 April 1956
tM FOIE: MR. H299ILLL
St WWT 9WNW7 of UXX Operations Thru 1200 S U April
This is to satisfjr your request for a brief orandne concerning
USCM operations to date.
1. As you wt 13"paratioaas for the U8CM have been going on for
soar weeks. PrOPWati0im iced with the dwvsjOWft of
Cont"I P"Oodure Uwe s ual, ao of which has been farsrtabed you. Our Reports
Our Opemtl=s
first test was an a taceedmto , ~t to the *Its in aid March This
ftring
Wj3dh sevebe Points can.
c ii control asasm'.s were olarifjed
mat "An and Ata4gwz'tels agreed between beta .
P*r*OWAI. VPW return from the site we ran
5th 6th A" Weiss* for test and practice of p oceftra,s, on and pro" Our procedures, two actual flights to further
with the
weather ~j PlAmdag for the actual LLWM flights began
mission were Planned and MHN*r brief8 April. Tl t , inp Of caatrol was Used to both receive f~rft and were rbsiTMd. Our sTstem
A 1 d A". At the seven olclesk W"ther ~ OOntormer.
MandAWO first minion, 9 pri was flashed to Detachment "A" to "go" on their
Nags according to OW Reports Control Nauraj, has ocatlausd daily
"WIs of daily epMatione are
US= Flight tracks ladicated an the attached
attached map. (Attehat "P"are as indicated an the
As an over.aU aarsMnt# operations appear to be
All of our missions have net their =not take-off tins higUr
to the s?ainnte .
with but the one .xceptioe of a orae?mte and 800WA W
ith b except1" all our aircraft have c040et their flights as
brief ?h'* Ow *=Gptjm
to a fuel pave tsilur, caused br an aircraft that WIMM a s forced to abort clue
This particular flight did not lox" the
without incident. 10041 area and returned bye
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Reporting procedures developed arrd directed in nor Operational
Control Mesa' *am to be very adequate. At the present time we would
consider making a ly me or two insignitieaat changes. As far as
Headquarter. is oemcee-wed, we have been receiving all of the information
that we feel essential to our direction of the Missions. At this time
we asses oo"pl.te satisfaction as far as the detachment Is oancerned
since we have received no aaoeplaints or otter comment. It is hoped that
we can get together with the Detachment Costs - is tiatelp after this
wise to confira our opinion.
*Mau
Gernrally, the weather has been less thorn desirable. However, it
has been at least good enough to warrant dispatch of daily missions for
pttrp o... of the us=. we have sent flights in weather soeri+lrat marginal
irate a pbotogrtlphia atatsdpeiat. We have been fortunate in that weather
from a flight satoty viewpoint has not been a problem. The weather has
proved to be pretty mach as forecast. This is very imaging particu-
larly when you ooeatidee that the forecasters are required to furnish us
accurate let ormetlen nano
weather eendi t a the margin of
A&MG
diff restge between acceptable photographic weather and non-acceptable
Pete weather is very small. An over..all, evaluation of the
weather forecasting would indicate that it has been accurate. hioaerer,
we have 111 1 sons difficulty which Coed, extra planning work
because of a mowwbat wider than expected disparity between the longer
rang. feresa.ts (36 - 46 hour.) and the last weather briefing given
before dispatch of the take-off massage. While we had hoped for a
little better oentiority of weather an a forecast basis, we do not
consider this series. at the present time. We have every reason to
think that the people that are providing us with awe forecasts will be
able to do somewhat better when we get into am area of operations
since these particular forecaster. are specialists concerned with fore-
casting in that particular geographic area and are, therefore, somewhat
lea familiar with the vagarima of the weather here in the Us
Altogether caeeemications have been excelleett. We have received
saae rssagas in an mnusaell,y short time. ileum also had a smattering
of wasages that took sommikat longer than we would litre. The general
comment is that communications have been acceptable. This is due in
large degree to the extra effort rendered hw some, of the communications
persorseel. It news apparent that some personnel action will be required
in this area. Specific recoarmidatioms will be shade after completion of
the USCV .
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AMMMc
Hawed an inferrtiar- contained in owr reporting pros du res, I
oanrlyds that photographic .quipMent has been opera 1
sonmrAmt better than szpsct d. We have one soaeowt
rl* wed ors operation), that its a rather
posy io view. I think ar official opinion oauoeralft the
reliability of this equipment she d be mesa.. aatU completion
of the iMpestiae of the film t1as am% week. Arq- oonclusiOns
reached pr viaaoly world be prea&tuv..
Tbdogre s vpsrstion should complete sight aissions. We Intend to
fly few aor. for a total of twelve to aaeepleto the USCM.
Incloo (2) USC ~
1.
5 s ry
2. Kap
AMW/ aM
Dist.t
Cys 1 & 2 - addressee
Cr 3 - Ops "NO file
Cy 4 - Alain ehror*
Cy 5 - Ope throw
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Coleetisl, OW
Director of Opsr atioas
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