Dear Ruf,

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• Publication Date: November 8, 1968
• Content Type: LETTER

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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20350
PERSONAL
77
Ser: 00056F1
8 Nov 1968
Dear Ruf,
I am. enclosing a memorandum from RADM George Miller concerning
the cruise missile threat. As you know, ONI's position right
along has been that most of the SS-N-3s would probably be targeted
against ships, but that the missile has a capability against land
targets and that at least some would probably be targeted against
land targets. As Admiral Miller points out, we should not pre-
clude the possibility that under some scenarios they could be ex-
tremely effective against land targets.
I would appreciate your views on the memorandum. We have asked
our Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center to review their
information on the SS-N-3 capability against land targets, e.g.,
guidance and test firings.
Our current NIEs do nod to the land aspects of this problem but
leave the overall impression that this is a wasting asset for
the Soviets in view of their increasing ballistic missile cap-
abilities at sea. Nevertheless, it remains a significant cap-
ability against CONUS that no planner can afford to ignore. I
hope, therefore, that the intelligence community will remain
alert to the problem and that we won't be so preclusive in future
tes concerning the likelihood of the use of this missile
mproved versions) against land targets.
With warm personal regards,
! % / / F ' . J71 ARLIP%NG I I
Rear Admiral,/U, S Navy
Assistant Chief of Na 1 Operations
(Intelligence)
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(1) OP-97 memo ser 000116P97 of 28 Oct 1968
Vice Admiral Rufus Taylor, U.S. Navy
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
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