REVIEW OF REQUIREMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: October 24, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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24 October 1957
MEMORANDUM FOR: Project Director
SUBJECT : Review of Requirements
1. In considering timely specific requirements proposals which
require political approval and which are discussed below.. the Ad Hoc
Requirements Committee has reaffirmed that it believes it to be of utmost
importance that every effort be made to obtain political permission for
broad authority to pursue the. requirements not forth in our recommendations
of 9 October 1957,1 see Tab A), In that connection. I quote
paragraph 5t
"5. In the event that political authorities will permit some
activity but less than the total of the program outlined in this paper,
it is recommended that permission be sought at least to cover the
targets relevant to an appraisal of the Soviet long range heavy
bomber program (Category B on Attachment A). In the event that
permission can only be granted for limited geographic coverage,
then it is recommended that permission be obtained for covering
the Urals, which includes VERKHNE NEYVINSKIe KYSHTYM,
NIZHNYAYA TURA? SARATOV/ENGELS, KUYBYSHEV, and KAZAN,
(The Navy believes that this area should be subordinated to
MOLOTOVSK and SEVEROMORSK, )tt
2. Developments since the launching of Sputnik strongly suggest
that probable vital intelligence may be secured by the recoverage of
TYURA TAM, a target not included in our broad program proposed on
9 October 1957. At Tab B is an argument for such coverage in early
November at which time it is anticipated the Russians will cause an event
to occur or make announcements bearing on further advances in space
satellite or missile development. It is the view of the Ad Hoc Requirements
Committee that if operationally feasible coverage of TYURA TAM should
include both photographic and System Four configurations, An explanation
of the benefits in the latter case are indicated at Tab C.
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3. Since the Ad Hoc Requirements Committee views stated in
the quotation above in paragraph SEVEROMORSK has been covered.
Attention is now called to the fact that the quality of film on SEVEROMORSK
has sustained our assumption that it would be high enough to discern critical
characteristics though admittedly a categoric statement on this awaits
further exploitation. We do believe, however, that critical factors relevant
to MOLOTOVSK would be revealed by coverage in the time remaining in
(4 or 5 November 1957).
Therefore, If MOLOTOVSK is to be covered this season, that mission
must be accomplished in the very near future. Whether or not political
permission currently exists for MOLOTOVSI we are unaware.
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Chairman
Ad Her Requirements Committee
Attachments
Tab A
Tab B
Tab C
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