CIA REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRBORNE DF AND INTERCEPT IN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R001300030062-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: September 9, 1969
• Content Type: MF

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THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON
9 SEP 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
THE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
SUBJECT: CIA Requirements for Airborne DF and Intercept in Laos
I have carefully considered the request by the Director, Nato nal Security
Agency (DIRNSA) for five EC-47 ALR 38/ZULU configured
satisfy airborne direction finding (ARDF) and airborne intercept require-
ment in support of CIA activities in Laos. ULU I have determined that there are insufficient EC-47 ARLe 8/Z to satconfigured
aircraft currently available in Southeast a
immediately the request made by DIRNSA.
additional seven will be field
aircraft with this capability in SVN, and an The five EC-47 aircraft
modified to this capability by December, 1969.
undergoing modification to ALR-35 not due to be COmNU are attrition
d until July
replacements for SVN resources and are ntly d in
1970. All currently programmed aARDF resources dditional EC-47's
rcouldenot beemodified
support of operations in SVN, and
r
in time to satisfy the immediate requirement. Due to the limited numbe
have
of resources to satisfy critical requirements, both in SVN and Laos,
concluded that these resources must remain under the unified operational
control of COMUSMACV.
sorties per Northern Laos
I have noted that the EC-47 ARDF
1969 toa13 sortie rate for increased from an equivalent of CIA sorties per week in July 1969. I nevertheless
at consider
war antrations
in Laos of sufficiently critical importance, uest further increase in airborne DF and intercept
this increased coverageQrsubject only
that COMUSMACV undertake to provide
to SVN
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on
to highest priority requirements in relat
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