RECOMMENDED UNCONVENTIONAL-WARFARE AREAS (Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01009A001500030001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 1, 1958
• Content Type: IR

Copy No. 16
GEOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
RECOMMENDED UNCONVENTIONAL-WARFARE AREAS IN
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March 1958
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND REPORTS
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Considerations in the Selection of DW Areas and
6 1 7 e r ence Su era Ina
(IA/RR,G-125
to The general considerations in the selection of the reconn:tnded
areas:
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2. It should be clearly understood that many variables must be
considered and that all factors are relative, especially in UW
operations, No attempt has been made to delineate rigidly the type of
UW operation that should be conducted within or from the recommended
25X1 C areas., The fact that some areas are described as rimaril for E and 25X1 C
E does not reclLdo heir use for,
Convcrsely, some o e multipurpose areas
recommended are also the areas most suitable for E and E activities,,
Furthermore, the selection does not presume to include all possible
UW areas, since the number was limited to a maximum set forth in ~ae
basic requirement,
3. It should be understood that this report was not influenced
by the previous selection of UW or E and E areas by Joint or Serv.L,e
Headquarters and that the recommended areas were selected without
reference to any current war plans or programs and capabilities o:"
specific operational, missions., Finally, and most important., the offects
of possible nuclear fallout on the recommended areas were not exauatned
in making the selections,
J In summation, it should be emphasized that this report is a
first phase intelligence study designed to assist in determining
the most suitable areas for UW operations.,
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It does not purport to provide the detailed current intelligence
essential to successful U1 operations This report represents (only
a first step. After its coordination with and dissemination to the Unified
and operational Commands concerned, it is anticipated that subsequent
action may include the following:
Yap The alignment of Theater plans and Service requirements
.to permit a rmLximum utilization of the most suitable areas,
b, A statement of the expected priority for the severcl
types of Urv activities particularly as applied to multipurpose
areas,
c.; The selection and analysis of additional UW areas ',hat
may be necessary to support Theater plans, or further anal.--3ie
of the initially recommended areas as required for their
expansion and full utilization,,
d . h review of the requirements placed on CIA, and a
reappraisal of CIA capabilities, especially after the comp;,etion
of the steps indicated ir paragraphs a, b, and c above"
4. -'ervice action to obtain and disseminate detailed
information on the U areas in relation to approved war Dlr Jrs
which will include
i`.. Finallyl the collation and production of operation&?.:i
irrtell1gence in support of the UW areas and of other currerJ-,
requirements of Theater gar plans., This last step could bc,
most effectively accomplished by a coordinated CIA/Servicer:
joint effort.:
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