CONSIDERATIONS IN THE SELECTION OF(Classified) AND FOR THE INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT OF(Classified)OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01009A001400040003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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Considerations in the Selection of UW Areas and
or 3 e ? i e111 epee Support of UW Opera tons
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2 it shoWLd be clearly understood th t, ma~?y Maria l es must be
considered and ' at al factors are relative, especially in U W operatsonso
1,710 attempt has been made to delineate rigidly the type of UW operation
that should be conducted within or from the reeamaend.ed areas. The fact
that s? . e areas are described as. primarily for E and E does not, prec nde
their use for small-scale guerilla warfare or as bases for saboteurs.
Conversely, some of the multipurpose areas recommended are also the ? yeas
Most suitable for E and E activities, Furtbe ore,, the selection does
not presume to include all possible ` ' areas, since the number was l.im,a ted
to a maximum set forth in the boric requirement.
3. It should be understood that these reports were not influenced
by the previous selection of [ or E and E areas by Jo:irtt or Sep trice
Headquarters and that the recommended areas were selected without reference
to any current war plane or programs and capabilities of specific oper-
ational missions. Finally, and most important, the effects of possible
nuclear fallout on the recommended areas were not examined in making the
selections.
4 In su s:cion,, it should be emphasized that these reports are
basic intelligence studies designed to assist in determining the most
suitable areas for UW operations in each country or region within each
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Theater. They do not purport to provide ..he detailed cur ;fe7x
essential to successful 3 o- er:.r.7~
f ~ iG~.Gd !`3~'sE: reports ~first step. After their coordination. with and disseminatwon to `,,,ee
'nified and severer, operational Corm ds concerned, it is ntiei-;~;.^-?; d
that subsequent action may include she following:
++. 1 e u1i ent of The ter pans and Service .iL
regu rcL s?e-Y-:.Ls
to permit a ma ium. uti izat1O . of the most suitable err ees .
b. A statement of the expected priority or the se?
types' of MI activities, ?rarticular.1y 8-s applied to x,Llta arpoL e
areas.
c. The selection and analysis of additional U WT areas that
'aecessaryy to support Theater plans,, or further
of the initially recommended areas as required for their
exo n.s on and. E all utilizations
d. A review of the requI.nements placed on CIA, and a
/r~~,,e ppr~~,,aisal, of CIA-capabilities , especiaj ly after the ti 3,31
et: on
CtL%d 5.. above.
Se-'w ice action to obtain and d es: e.fae detailed 25X1 C
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)n on the W areas in, relation to , .
f. Finally, the collation and production of operational
intelligence in support of the J'J areas and of other current
requirements of heater war p:+a: s. This lest step could be
most e fect-} vely accomp shed by a coordinated C. A/Se-xn Cos
joint effort
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