MONITORING OF BALTIC SSR'S

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9
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• Document Page Count: 25
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 7, 1952
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORAVIN FORS Deputy Director (Intelligeaee)
SUBJECTS Ysitcring of Baltic guts
1. The attached project is forwarded for oon-
sideration by the Projects Review Committee. It Wald
be greatly apprsciat.d if this project ocn)d be am-
ddered by the Cemdtte during its ss.Eing next week
or, at the latest, the week after.
2. Reparuentatiws of BBC will be in Xasbdsgten
early in Deseebc to discuss ^mdtoring astivities with
TBID, and Baltic coverage sheuid be discussed with they
at that Una
3. This project was approved in principle by the
Deputy Director (Intelligence) on 31 October 1952.
Enclosure
Subject Project
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Distributions
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1 - Each PRC Member
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2 - FBID
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lgidRAiU:i FOR$ Dirsetor, OIR, Department of State
Director, 028, Dspartannt of State
Assistant Chief of Staff, O.Q, Department
of the AI
Chiot of Psychological Wartare, Departasst
of the Arwy
Director of gavel Intelligence. r4parbmt
of the Kay
Director of Iatelligenw, Headquarters, USA?
Deputy Director (mans)
Assistant Director for National Estimates
Assistant Director for Current Irate ligewee
Assistant Director for Research and Reports
SUBdr:CTi Monitoring of Baltic SSH'$ a
1. It is desired to assess intelligence and psychological warfare
regairwots for aenitoriag coverage of daaestio broadcasts in northsestwu
9398, particularly the Baltic republics, against the expense and organise.
tienal souplloations involved is effecting it.
2. Attachment reports the result of a MC runup of potential
eorerogs, concluding that a satisfactory sparatioa night be carried out
at an sal cast of about 050,000 under a procedure in which recordings
aid be nailed to )agland for processing, with a delay of perhaps 96
hems In retorting resultant infernation. Processing at the maadtering
site and reporting by tsleoenw -(cation. would add sabstatially to the
east.
3. The potential si gsifieant yield fron web a wwsi teeing operative
is estimated to aps+ap bemoan five and tea thousand wards per day is the
foliating principal oatagoriss to order of velaeor
a. teanaio agriwltnral industrial data an the area of the
Up pabliehed in the TRIS Fri Ab~nt
b. Regional political and sociological information such as
1825 publication derive free other Soviet regional broadesst.
c. Isfaation useful to the U.S. psychological effort
exclusive of that covered by categories & and ).
Sample transcripts an available free FATS on request.
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4. Your eattnta of the valve of this soveragr, year opinion vhathsr
the valve would be Mrionsly rodesod by a 96?horr daisy, md mq farihar
ommnts you aae7 can to make on the project are aolioitode
eel Deputy Director (Intalllganoe)
Assistant Director for Tatellirence Coordination
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The D.partaaat of 8tal is d.ftait.ly Tatar etad is monitoring
of the laltio arno from vhiah we an presently ree.iving only a
Very hailed asst of information. Who ,pope .M ao*rraga weld fill
a 9q it ear tnt.llipane, the value of r-i,d mq be somewhat tmpatr.d
by the .ettsatod 9-mar d lq -rt'said saverlhelse. be of great
velm.
Ia via of the neuniep dalq In .btaiaing the ropll . to yew
massrandaa. I have already Informed hhID verbally of the Deprrt t'o
..tiawte of the vrly at this ..ne.g..
bttsg Watt
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I -MORAIOVM FCRs THE DIRECTOR OF C9ITRAL INTELLIGENCE
Attnc Assistant Director for Operations
SUBJECT; (Confidential) Monitoring of Baltic SSRes
1,. Feferen:e is made to your memorandum :t 21 Augr,st
1 :2, su:.ject, sane as ?tovs., soliciting comments on the
estimated value of sutject coverage in fulfilling intelli-
et:cP and psyc':ologtcal warfare requirements.
2. the "ivld frrm such a monitoring operation it of
cka'. value tv this Headquarters in the planni'.g of psvthc-
Y,qlcal warfare opera`.ior.s and analyting Soviet p)litr.cal
and socic.og.tal trends. The otorsaic-industrial data of
the type puLlished in the FBIS Economic Atstracts is ea'r+7,e-
1y tsetv,l in the USAF Targeting program;. li many irsta^ces
.t h,as provided the first indication of the exist*-ca of
various i~-d?.s:ria1 iratallations and is val:a:.ie jr deter-
r,:ini+y :.irre: t prodaction..
3., A delay of ninty-six (96) hours or wore would r;t
appreciably reduce the value of this :overage irsofar as
?he USAF is toncsrned,.
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narthewton oaf ar rp.Nts ear oaaasat.,
2. Na feel that the prepsaal epar?tia .aeu rl,sta??
iaforaetion of value to insist branebes maw pp`}. 1%,
""Mated 96-hour delay in pr6eee8Ia2 sbetild not ssrlesgly
reduce the value to ue of the aadters4 tots.
3. If a decision is resebad to effect this Baltle .ever.
ale, we should appreeiats being alerted relardinl the dot* the
YBID Bill bsgla to p?blla the brosdeast?.
4. It Is mderstosd that the MA area will not bt rsgairal
to provide any flnaaaial support in oemaeetion with the projeet.
Chisty Pn ea and Psyeholsflsal
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MwANI>O>I fl AAIYliMt VWCfl 101 O?SUTMU
3'JBJbCT t rionttoring of Baltic 961t?
1'aIr_:R6110K t JW o from &Woo dated U #ugu?t 1951
Monitoring of Baltic Bats
1. Production of National Intelligence
F;stimate& relating t+, the Sovlct ', icon is always
t,irldend oy a lack of detailtd evidence. Our
information oonoernlnt, the baltio Territories is
tspccially seaitf. Monitoring of Baltic =$a would
thureforc proba!ly make a distinct contribution to
our inte111 ones effort. Morsovero according to the
fitUs TY,e Year Plan,, the Baltis area will have
rraater iwortanou in th* wit few years than it has
had In the post. As a oonssaasnoci any information
we get an this area will shad considerable light un
the aha,ges taking place throughout the Soviet Union
under the pressme of this last Plan.
t. The 96-heir delay cautioned would
not be important solar as tbs interests of M
are concerned.
staBIYN tar
Assistant Direstor
Natiseai fistii.tes
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Assistant Dirsetor for Opsntioms
Assistant Dinetor for Reosardh aid Repot a
Monitoring of Dallis 331
Your mom at 21 August 1951a film same u above.
1. the soaraitf of irfbs.atiar an We Dallis area of the ossl
(Outland) arts the proposed mrnitordmg project of value to ORD.
Regional prows may contain seomods data on the Outland and
rslyred programs from Moscow Now dies would nesnariy be
selective and slanted toward the interests of the Dallis area.
2. The value to 00 of the proposed ooverop would be wmffectsd
by the 96-hour dely mentioned in your smmorsndue.
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!C1. s 3morpndus from the Assistant Director
for operations, dated 21 August 1952,
some suLject.
1. I n reply to the reference ,m`>aorandua, the
)ffice of :;urrent S nte1lijenee :e ieves the moni.torin6
of the raltic SSR broadcasts woald resalt in intelli-
oence information of sufficient value to warrant the
an-mal eon of 50,000.
2. 'n our opinion, the chi-ratter of the informa-
tion is ?ac!i that the fn;;r txy la, is receipt will not
sicniric-ntly affect its value.
"setatant Director
Csrrent Intelligence
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- 07:45
Gomel
13:30
- 14:00
Molodechno
14:00
- 14:30
Pinsk
14:30
- 15:00
Polotsk
15:00
- 15:30
Mozyr
16:40
- 17:10
Brest
17:10
- 17:40
Mogilev
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