LETTER TO COLONEL HARRIS B. HULL FROM ROBERT AMORY, JR.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001200030031-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: June 6, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

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Colonel Harris B. Hull, USAF",
Ds uty for Inge: i.l ii goa ze \,;
. Headqutcrt*rs, Far Seat Air Foroes
A. P. 0. 925
San ranciaco, Californ,3.a
Dear Harris:
Suess General Gabel is a, ;trrcm Washington for a month or so,
his office referred your letter rsarding the `J-104 (Carol) aircraft
to as. I enjoyed reading throu it aex! then referred it to our
analya ti;s who will find it use1 ul, I at sure.
it is good of you to keep our Interests in .`wind and we fruatly
appreciate your offer to keep us,up to date on this subject.
Post wishes,
oDI: jb
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1I7. MAY 1957
Lieutenant General C. P. Cabell, US40
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Dear General Cabeil:
Soviet T'U-104 (C ,M? L) aircraf'k~,*
On 8 and 10 April 1957 A3~port,
gistry number 5415, landed and reeled at Don Muang
This aircraft , ,. 2ligilt testing the roz1Ue
Bangkok, 7ihailar~d. a subsequent fi
from Moscow to Djakarta, Iniptesia,
early in 1? .y carrying Soviet 'resident Klementi V'orosai.ilov on
state visit to Djakarta.
The attached supplementary report contains a brief, Res=T.
of the coverage obtained at Bangkok, and is f orwarded foir y
inf orniati.on.
To fulfill the Specific Requests for Information established
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by Headquarters USAF and the Air Technical Intelligece continued
CenCentererFEAF Air Technical Intelligence Liaison Office plans a exploitation of flights within the South last Asia area. An Air
Technical Intelligence Liaison officer was in Djakarta during
the Soviet visit to exploit the aircraft used, and in*bD'zcctionbe
were sent to each Air Attache office in countries exj*cted
utilized by the Soviets during these flights.
bile we have obtained good basic data on fuel tanks, aft
tennae, electronic equipment, and landing gear; the Air Yechni-
cal Intelligence Center and Headquarters USAF have requested
additional intelligence on the power plants, sun
cargo-
and the capability of this aircraft to be converted tot erred
carrying aircraft. Our interest in the CAMEL is heigh Soviet
power the fact that it is repre~irstvline offensivesSign oviet tAr Force
plant engineering in other
aircraft, notably the BADGR and BISON.
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nt .lligence , reports have been and will contin" to
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e .forwarded or, etch exploitation.
S1ncerely,
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1 Intl HARRIS B. HULL
Suppl ent to Colonel, USAF
CAKEL ppl t Report Deputy for Intelligence
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its you knoc--i, 1,Wenorul ::, Nall is out of the
?;ountry, ned in ;its absence I sho:tld like to thank
you for your letter of 1
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tee too, were intrigued .i..-y the possibilities thi
cat'.iera seemed to offer and instigated action some
tit}c :1ijo for procturei-4eut of several units for our
test and evaluation. ID 'gay 1937, we received five
cal::e ras which are , resently bein+, evaluated both
i, chanically and o ideally,
for, we tt