HIGHEST AND HIGH PRIORITY TARGETS FOR WESTERN USSR, THE FAR EAST AND EUROPEAN SATELLITES

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 136
• Publication Date: April 4, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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4 April 1957
MEMORANDUM FOR: Project Director
SUBJECT: Highest and High Priority Targets for
Western USSR, the Far East and
European Satellites
1. The Ad Hoc Requirements Committee has prepared for the
guidance of AQUATONE Operations a revision of Highest and High
Priority Targets for Western USSR, for the Far East and for
European Satellites in separate lists.
2. Highest Targets: These are thirty-five in number and
are selected with the greatest of care, having been weighed against
vital needs to solve three intelligence problems, namely,
a. Targets which relate to the Soviet guided missile
capability against the United States.
b. Targets which relate to the Soviet long range
aircraft capability.
These targets are marked by an asterisk in the Western USSR and
Far East target lists for ready reference.
3. High Priority Lists for Western USSR and the Far East:
These lists should be used in the content of the Judgment of the
Ad Hoc Requirements Committee that as between them the Western
USSR list is more important. The Ad Hoc Requirements Committee
feels strongly that) .from the point of view of intelligence needs,
the Western USSR target list as a whole justifies the risk in-
volved in penetration much more than the priority target list for
the Far East.
k. High Priority Targets for the European Satellite Area:
Section A of this list is made up of priority targets which have
been selected by the Theatre Commanders Europe as the most important
from a targeting point of view. This list does not include any
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targets heretofore covered in the course of earlier missions. These
objectives, while of high priority, are not considered'to compare
in importance to most of the targets on the Western USSR. Therefore,
the Ad Hoc Requirements Committee does not recommend coverage of this
list except incident to penetration of the Western USSR, Section B
of this list includes targets which have previously been covered ,
but on which repeat coverage is required and lower priority targets
which have not yet been covered. The Ad Hoc Requirements Committee
recommends that Operations be guided in its mission planniingby
Section A. in the first instance and Section B insofar as`feasible.
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