KEY INTELLIGENCE QUESTIONS FOR FY 1975

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01500R000200110054-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: July 29, 1974
• Content Type: MF

PARTMENT OF THE NAVY
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`EORANDUN FOR THE DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
S bj: Key Intelligence Questions for FY 1975
Encl: (1) Recommended additions to the FY-75 KIQ's
1. I have personally reviewed the Key Intelligence Questions
for FY-75 and find them thought provoking and broad enough to
cover the general intelligence issues facing the Navy today.
However, there are issues of vital interest to the Navy that
impact heavily on national level decision makers, such as-
Congress, in the approval or denial of weapons systems
development and procurement based on threat assessments..
2. Realizing the importance and priority of the Key Intelli-
gence Questions as the new driving force behind intelligence
collection, analysis and production, I have forwarded the
draft questions to the key Navy officers, soliciting their
comments and recommendations. Due to the limited time avail-
able for comment and the geographical location of many. of
these key officers, most responses have not been received as
of this writing. I do, however,. intend to forward all solici--
ted comments that arrive directly to the National Intelligence
Officers concerned for their consideration.
3. I hope this partial response will be of value in formula-
t_rg the final KIQs for FY-75.
E. F. RECTANUS
Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy
Director of Naval Intelligence
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resources considered "crucial to the Bna..
during wartime..
analysisin this:- area. will alp. us to such events
as the Cuban missile crisis.
Soviet Long Range and Naval Aviation
since range and, performance are so highly dependent on
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ments in the propulsion system of the Backfire a rcra
-Question 0l2 should be expanded to include any advance-
the efficiency of the propulsion s, s em.
Soviet Naval Systems--
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t-f,rn:l-rh t'hA , use of sea cower presence, what role will the
tftc? Soviet aver ending role in the fro--;
stics of the g uidance tern and any attempt y a
-Question $16 should be expanded to include th^cbaracte'-
Ru=il carrier force play In tnis projec .uu.
of h -,-F'this system interfaces w .rx~ &-"e CO a 1-1V
Ocean surveillance system and what is its current and.
--Ques t i3fl 01a "should be expanded to include an analysis
~~.. A. 1 e ;,!% .
11bat impact will the introduction of SS-Vi1--13s as a re-
place= ent for the SS-N-6s or con>ibination mix in the
Y ' class'suhnarlne have on F L . q
projected capability.
Cninesz i tilital:y ap i ~ y
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olatfcr 1, the present status and projections for
a P RC nuclear su.bi:.arine propulsion s vs e.*ri and the
cormiand and con: t-rol ca?aaili i es of the ?RC to
control such a naval force.
:ihat effect will opening the Suez Canal have on Sovie
The ,fiddle East and South Asia-
presence .'.n. the T a-"?Z Ocean arid t..:'s 2 .~ fit?