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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000200030014-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: July 1, 1959
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2001/09127 : CIA-RDP61-00549R000200030014 `6
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Assistaai ireotor,
Offioe of National Eetiisttee
?hp most obvious d for the longer term estimates stns
from, thnt!'equire ent to fftiah the p' -mmners and the programmera
with an ?ntelligence basie":for designs: th.' future force struc-
ture. L'i, Otte Air Force, I ^m surf- it is true- with the other
services, the pl inners m`rind r,ore ex:ir, isle the strstcr.ent of the
"Threat" Provide by Intelligence before devolopinr the r, quiz ente
for the t Ms aid quantity-of weapons eystmo to be prograromod. Our
Force tstia:ates Bo--rd and-Air Council di--mnd that the "Threat" cover
ear peria #`or this purpose. At the same time, our
at least Ytem_y
civilian basses and senior`"air officers increasingly want to know
it our Os notes - f cxnpd ible with t e PIIE~s. They are fully
aware of the fact it -t a d nation?l intelligence is a pore con-
4 . ~' to r^.1 in tr 11 i Pn c e
vincing support `. = rya -nning than if,;
. ~.i.
Another vitil requirakent for lonzer tern eatimmtes results
from the Reee^rch end Development people's n ed to know the prob-
eblo hostile enrirorront which h future 1m3'wn5 systo 1;-ill
operate; so as to be able to design into the systc effective
pe foimnee ch?racter istice tc reduce its vulnm:rabil-ity. Since
the developr.:ent tine for most ~.eapon ysters nom,,^_lly c ccod
five years, it ie -, ,parent that the sntrplliFefce which = fccts the
syster.-i should ro t.5.::nd five rears.
r'hile I r cG ,,, ' e the difficulty{ 4; in p;^cvidi.rif uc an
r:.ate of the .izr shape of the Se i.ot, thrc t in 1969, .ae believe
that such an estivate must be ^aade and intelligence houid make it.
*USAF Declass/Release Instructions On File*
Sincerely,
/e/
L. A 101 HALL
Colorie , USI!
totirig`:p!t c;,c f Est=.,.,
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