CORONA PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WAR PLAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000600180106-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 106
• Publication Date: March 20, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT:
U . FO&: Acting Chief, I A)
CORONA Participatioxe it the National
1erjency War Plan
C : A. l en orandur , to AC/ OPU frorr,
UP. /C/$P$; subject as above; dated
January 1962 (COR 1491)
.5. A nee orandmn to L3D7/.P" fro g
AC/DPD; subject as above; dated
1=y January 1962 (COR. 149Z)
I. I recorr :mend the subject of CORONA.Is participation ire the
National :f rii?emev war rasa,. ~L., --
, TAIS action is
warranted because severat ter=perta,re eveate 144v e tra spired mince
the Proposal was srevl a$, c
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a. Doctor Scoville has replaced Ai
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.+e putt' .t)ir.ctor (Research). a! the
b. In the inspectors re
port there th
wase reconI er4e,aattjOn
for the devetsepr -;ent of a quick reaction capability within the
CORONA +rog ra.
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2. Valuable as the E WP capability to the rxatioa there is
'us In establishing this
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reactio
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ttid -ca 'tieAtt is develaptg ug capability. In view of
live a+~e: between the USSR, and the United
rr prssaY to resume ato,xrr tc teetin, In the Atrr,osphare.
th& 4dvau1*g of a quick reaction ca b
In readily he a&w. t 4& Yo to ensure tiar3.iy
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