INTELLIGENT ASSESSMENT(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003300240041-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: July 5, 1979
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2005/01/1 CIA- D 8P OB01554R003300240041-9
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Naval Systems Division, DWI
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Intelligence Assessment
1. I read your interesting intelligence assessment on Soviet
capability to trail covertly Western ballistic missile submarines.
It is certainly a thorough piece of work.
2,. One thought I have always had in this regard was the leverage
which the defender has against trailers attempting to pick up an SSBN
when leaving port. Once we learn that the Soviets are attempting this
(even if individual trailing events can be done covertly, it seems to
me we would gain a sense that this was a Soviet tactic reasonably
quickly), I suggest that we would take countermeasures. The most
3. All portions are SECRET.
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