REQUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000300150034-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: August 1, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
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MEMORANDUM FOR
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SUBJECT: Request for Intelligence Information
1. The Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF is
responsible for estimating the air defense capabilities of the
Sino-Soviet Bloc. Talent operations present an unprecedented
opportunity to study these capabilities in critical areas of the
Soviet Union.
The above requirements
2. Some Comint reaction material on track and altitude of
intruder aircraft and attempted intercepts have been received.
This information has been of limited value since intruder actual
route positions, times and altitudes have been lacking.
3. The Directorate of Intelligence can provide the urgently
needed reaction estimates providing the following information on
Talent operations is provided:
a. Mission number and date flown.
b. Flight profile from take-off to landing including true
courses, altitudes and air speeds (true or indicated).
c. Pilot observations to include:
(1) Fighter attacks (coordinates, time,altitude,
number and type of aircraft, weather and
visibility, tactics and armament involved).
(2) Non-attacking aircraft (coordinates, time,
altitude, number and t e of aircraft and
weather and visibility).
(3) Ground-to-air missile attack (coordinates,
numbers, altitude, color and size of burst,
proximity of burst or missile)
e essential minimum to satisfy
1J
JAMES H. MACIA, JR.
Colonel, USAF
AFOIN-1A
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