STRATEGIC MISSILE BULLETIN: THE ORGANIZATION OF COMBAT SUPPORT OF A REGIMENT EQUIPPED WITH STRATEGIC MISSILES

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1962
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
5 MAR 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : STRATEGIC MISSILE BULLETIN: "The Organization
of Combat Support of a Regiment Equipped with
Strategic Missiles"
1. Enclosed is a verbatim translation of an article which
appeared in a Soviet Ministry of Defense publication called
Information Bulletin of the Missile Troops (Informatsionyy
Byuulleten Raketnykh Voysk). This publication is classified
TOP SECRET by the Soviets and was first issued in 1961. It is
intended for generals and officers of the Missile Troops.
2. In the interests of protecting our source, this material
should be handled on a need-to-know basis within your office.
Requests for extra copies of this report. or for utilization of
any part of this document in any other form should be addressed
to the originating office.
Richard Helms
Deputy Director (Plans) 5ox1-HUM
Enclosure
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Original: The Director of Central Intelligence
cc: Military Representative of.the President
Special Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
The Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
The-Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
Department of the Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence
Department of the Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
U. S. Air Force
The Director, National Security Agency
Director, Division of Intelligence
Atomic Energy Commission
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Intelligence Committee
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Assistant Director for National Estimates
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT STRATEGIC MISSILE BULLETIN: "The Organization
of Combat Support of a Regiment Equipped with
Strategic Missiles"
DATE OF INFO: September 1961
APPRAISAL OF.
CONTENT Documentary
SOURCE Reliable source (B).
. Following is a verbatim translation of an article titled
"The Organization of.Combat Support of a Regiment Equipped
with Strategic Missiles", which appeared in the 1961 Second
Issue of a TOP. SECRET Soviet publication titled Information
Bulletin of the Missile Troops (Informatsionyy Byu a en
Raketnykh Voysk). The 1961 Second Issue was sent to press
on 19 September 1961.
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The Organization of Combat Support of a Regiment
Equipped with Strategic Missiles
Taking into account the very great importance of
missile troops in modern warfare, our probable enemies
will strive to undermine their combat readiness and
destroy them in the initial period of a war. To fulfil
this task, the enemy can make use of weapons of mass
destruction and other forces and means. Considerable
significance is attached to the training of intelligence
and sabotage groups (detachments) and of special agents.
Modern means enable one to. arm sabotage groups with
light automatic weapons (usually noiseless), devices for
night observation, portable radio sets, radio beacons,
and chemical and bacteriological weapons. Independent
groups and detachments may be armed with small controlled
atomic mines and other atomic charges, light tanks, light
guns, mortars, etc.
At the present time, the USA is making intensive
preparations for the wide use of intelligence and sabotage
groups. For this purpose special troops have been and
are being created, and these troops are given appropriate
training for operations in the deep rear area of the enemy.
In peacetime the enemy tries to send saboteurs and
spies into the interior of our country for the purpose
of obtaining intelligence on the location of launch sites,
depots, arsenals, and other vital strategic installations.
Special attention is paid to obtaining intelligence on
the main siting areas of intermediate range and inter-
continental missiles. The enemy also. makes use of secret
agents, diplomatic representatives, balloons, reconnaissance
planes, and reconnaissance satellites (sputnik-shpion)
to obtain intelligence on these installations.
The USA has worked out a combat manual entitled
"Guerrilla Warfare". This manual lays down specific
tasks and methods of operation for intelligence and
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sabotage groups and other agents on, enemy territory
both before the beginning of war and during a war.
The press of bourgeois countries spreads information
on the capabilities of intelligence and sabotage groups
and detachments and of individual agents in a future
war.
The primary means for dropping sabotage groups and
detachments into the deep interior. of the country-'is
by aircraft. The composition of. the various' sabotage
groups. and detachments which are dropped will depend
in each specific case on the task which they are to
fulfil. In the opinion of American intelligence, their
strength can be 7 to.15 persons and more. The American
manual emphasizes that the best. results can be attained
by the operation of small groups, led by experienced
commanders.
Sabotage groups and detachments are not intended
to wage lengthy combat; they can conceal themselves
easily in the enemy's rear area and move rapidly over
long distances. Their combat operations can be of
various kinds and will depend on the way in which the
groups (detachments) are dropped into the interior
of the country, the.places where they are dropped, and
their composition. Sabotage can, as'a rule, be carried
out in three main ways: by secret penetration of the
target, armed attack (raid), and by employing sabotage
means against targets from the nearest concealed
approaches.
To execute any of these methods,,,the enemy carries
out thorough reconnaissance of the target to determine:
its designation, the security arrangements and the system
of defense, the existence of concealed approaches to
it, and the organization of.the daily routine at the
target.
The characteristic features of the operations of
sabotage groups and detachments are surprise and
mobility., The attack is made at night and in bad weather.
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Depending on the situation, a detachment participating
:in a raid may be split into three-groups, each of which
is set a definite task. The first group is usually given
the task of overcoming the guards and ensuring that the
second group gets through to the target. The second
group destroys (wrecks) the objective. The third group
covers the withdrawal. All operations are executed
according to a. plan which is worked out and drawn up
in advance.
Sabotage can also be carried out by individual
intelligence officers and agents who have already been
infiltrated into the interior in peacetime. They are
activated at the beginning of combat operations. In
addition, with the purpose of putting the primary siting
areas of missile regiments out of action at the beginning
of combat operations, the enemy may drop. airborne troops
in considerable strength.
If the security arrangements and defense of strategic
targets are inadequate, and if the personnel employed at
such installations are not properly trained in keeping
military and state secrets, .the enemy will be able to
carry out sabotage and put,,,any important targets out of
action, including launch and technical sites, sites of
technical repair bases, command posts of missile large
units and units, supply stations, and important structures
on routes of movement and supply routes.
Prevention of sabotage and the timely liquidation
of the enemy's intelligence and sabotage groups
(detachments), as well as stopping his agents from
directing aircraft and guided missiles on to installations of
the Strategic Missile Mr?oops, can only be- achieved by
carefully organizing combat support and making sure
systematically that such support is functioning properly.
Combat support is organized with the aim of prevent-
ing a surprise attack by the enemy's ground and airborne
troops and of enabling subunits of a missile regiment,
occupying a primary siting area, to fulfil their allotted
tasks successfully in good time under any conditions.
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Combat support includes: reconnaissance, local
security and defense, antiaircraft defense, protection
against weapons of mass destruction, camouflage, and
radio countermeasures. A missile regiment can be kept
in a state of constant readiness for battle and can
fulfil its combat tasks in time only if all' forms of
combat support are organized with thoroughness.
Combat support in a missile regiment is organized
on the basis of instructions or combat orders regarding
combat support issued by the. commander (staff) of"a
missile division. In accordance with these instructions,
the commander (staff) of a missile regiment must determine
the measures for each kind of combat support which fit
in with the conditions prevailing in his siting area.
The commander of a missile regiment instructs his
staff to organize combat support and determines the
necessary forces and means for this.
On the basis of the task set by the regimental
commander, the staff works out and puts into effect the
measures for organizing combat support. In doing this,
the staff must take into account the possible operations
of the enemy, the capabilities of organic and attached
(supporting) units and subunits for combat support action,
whether units and subunits of other types of armed forces
with which cooperation could be organized are located
near the regiment's primary siting area, what the weather
is like, and also the political attitude of the local
population.
Inte.liigence
The staff of the regiment ensures that reconnaissance
is carried out against the enemy's sabotage groups
(detachments) and that the terrain is studied.
Reconnaissance is carried out with the aim of timely
detection and annihilation of the enemy's sabotage and
intelligence groups (detachments) and of his technical
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devices for sabotage. With this purpose, provision is
made for the organization of observation, for operation
by reconnaissance groups and patrols, and for the
combing of the terrain on the axes of the enemy's
probable operation in the primary siting area and on
the nearest approaches to it, on the supply routes, and
in the neighborhood of stations where missile weapons
are unloaded. The forces and means which are to be
employed for reconnaissance are determined by the
commander of the regiment, on the basis of the tasks
set and the information regarding the situation.
When the regiment goes over to an increased degree
of readiness, reconnaissance is intensified and conducted
continuously on all axes; definite zones of terrain and
areas are allotted to subunits, which they reconnoiter
with their own forces. Regular exchange of information
obtained by reconnaissance is arranged with units
located near the regiment, and operations for fulfilling
reconnaissance tasks are coordinated with them.
To detect and destroy means of sabotage on the
nearest concealed approaches to the primary siting area,
combing of the terrain in close order is organized as
needed, the personnel of battalions and of the service
subunits being drawn in for this. Sabotage devices
which are discovered are rendered harmless or destroyed
by a specially trained team under the direction of unit
engineers. In organizing reconnaissance, the staff of
the regiment must take into account the tasks which
are being fulfilled by other units and large units
located in the area concerned. All the intelligence
obtained by 'reconnaissance is fed to the staff,
analyzed there, and reported to the commander of the
regiment.
For the practical solution of all problems concerning
combat support, it is necessary for the staff and all the
personnel of the regiment to have a good knowledge of the
nature of the terrain in the primary siting area.
Regimental headquarters organizes a study of the terrain
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adjacent to the primary siting area. In doing this,
attention is paid to the existence of concealed
approaches which are suitable for the operations of
intelligence and sabotage groups (detachments) and
where the enemy's sabotage devices might be located.
.The probable places where airborne landings may be made
are determined, as well as the possible axes for the forces'
movement toward-the siting area.
In the process of studying the terrain, the most
suitable lines are determined for the posting of guards
(posts) and observers and for use in case it becomes
necessary to organize self-defense of the siting area
as well as sectors of terrain which it is essential
to watch.
The extent to which the terrain adjoining the
siting area is studied depends on the specific conditions
in the given area, on the operational tactics of the
enemy's sabotage groups (detachments), and the
capabilities of his technical sabotage devices, and
the study can cover up to8 to 10 kms and sometimes
more.
The staff of the regiment organizes the study of
the terrain in the areas where stations for unloading
missile weapons and fuel components are located, on
the supply routes, and also in the alternate siting
area in case a change is made in the combat formation
involving the substitution of a regiment armed with
mobile types of'ground equipment.
In studying terrain, attention is focused, on
its cover and camouflage possibilities, whether there
are any sources of water and in what condition, and
on whether the terrain is dangerous from the
viewpoint of fire protection.
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Local 'Security and Defense
The aim of local security and defense is to prevent
a surprise enemy attack and the destruction of siting -
areas by him, to deprive him of possibilities of infil-
trating sabotage devices, and to prevent his aircraft
and guided missiles being homed on to targets.
Local security and defense are organized to take
into account the terrain,. the kind'of operations that
the enemy's sabotage groups (detachments) are expected
to take, and the possibilities of coordination with
neighboring units and units of other types of forces.
The security and defense of siting areas must be of
an all-round nature. It must ensure reliable screening
of the regiment's primary siting area in all directions
from which it may be threatened. To combat the enemy's
landings, moreover, it is also essential to detail
subunits and to allot sectors to them for which they
will be responsible.
In working out measures for local security and
defense, the staff of the regiment must:
1. Determine the directions from which the enemy
.is likely to attack and the directions from
which his reconnaissance and'sabotage groups
are likely to go into operation.
2. Organize local security of targets within
the siting area .(launch sites, technical
sites, fuel depots, oxidizer depots, missiles,
and other primary targets).
3. Organize local security of the siting area
,along its perimeter, using technical means.
4. Organize self-defense of the siting area.
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The task of providing local security and self-
defense for the siting area is given to the
authorized personnel of the unit (subunit).
To organize self-defense, the staff of the
regiment allots zones (areas) of the terrain
to battalions, which can include the dispositions
of subunits, and also allots to them sectors of
terrain on the approaches to the siting area
and then sets the tasks in self-defense.
Within the limits of each zone (area) the terrain
is prepared by engineer work, especially in the
directions from which the enemy's attack is most
likely to come; sectors are earmarked for setting
up unobtrusive obstacles, minefields, and other
obstructions. As a rule, mines are placed in
position at the beginning of combat operations.
A system of fire for small arms is organized.
The staff determines the procedure in which
subunits will occupy self-defense positions,
organizes cooperation between subunits of the
regiment in repelling enemy attacks, as well as
cooperation with other units located near the
siting area.
5. Make provision for measures to combat enemy air-
borne landings; for this purpose the staff
establishes communications and cooperation with
the units and large units responsible for the
defense against airborne landings of the territory.
within the boundaries of which is found the
regiment's siting area. In each battalion and
in subunits of the rear services, groups led by
officers are formed to annihilate the. enemy's
airborne landings both while the troops are being
dropped and after they have landed. The strength
of these groups may be 15 to 20 persons. If
necessary, such groups are strengthened by
personnel from the subunits from which troops
have been drawn. to form the groups.
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To increase the reliability of the defense
along the perimeter of the siting area, engineer
and technical means must be utilized. This will
allow economy in the number of personnel drawn
in to fulfil the tasks of local security.
6. Convey to all personnel the warning signals of
atomic danger, air attack, and other signals
fixed by 't he senior commander; signals denoting
ground attack and signals for.. summoning the sub-
units to fulfil the set tasks must also be worked
out and conveyed to personnel.
7. Detail the necessary number of motor vehicles and
signal. means to support the operations of subunits.
8. Amplify instructions regarding the tasks and
their fulfilment in conformity with changes in
the situation.
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In organizing local security and self-defense of a
siting area, the staff of the regiment takes into account
the disposition of other units and large units located
near the regiment's dispositions, as well as the way in
which the defense of such units is organized.
Antiaircraft Defense
The antiaircraft defense of a missile regiment, located
in a siting area, is an important element inn the general
system of security and defense. The antiaircraft defense
is called upon to fulfil the following tasks: the.timely
detection of the enemy in the air and of his pilotless
weapons and the notification of troops; destruction of
the enemy's air (missile) weapons of attack.
These tasks will be performed by.special units
(subunits) of the Antiaircraft Aefense Troops of the
Country on orders from a higher command.
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The staff of a missile regiment must take into
account all the possibilities for organizing antiair-
craft defense available in the regiment and plan
appropriate measures. Such measures include: the
organization of cooperation with antiaircraft defense
units, covering the main siting area, and the establish-
ment of communication with them; determination of the
work procedure for subunits to ensure launchings during
air attacks; setting up of an auxiliary antiaircraft
defense post; determination of the procedure to be
followed in subunits for the protection of personnel
and equipment during enemy air attacks; fixing warning
signals regarding danger of attack from the air and
the procedure for conveying them to personnel.
The antiaircraft defense post is organized at the
regiment command post, .its main task is to receive
warning signals regarding the danger of enemy air attacks
and to convey them immediately to all personnel of the
regiment; in addition, the antiaircraft defense post also
watches the air.
Protection Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
Defense against weapons of mass destruction is one of
the most important aspects of combat support. It is
organized in a missile regiment in order to reduce the
destructive effects of nuclear weapons and other means
of mass destruction on personnel and equipment to the
greatest possible extent.
To fulfil this task, the staff must determine:, the
procedure for warning personnel about the danger of nuclear
attack and about .a chemical attack; the procedure and
methods for conducting chemical and radiation reconnaissance;
the number of shelters necessary to protect personnel;
the places where personnel will get medical attention,
as well as places for the decontamination, degassing,
and disinfection of missiles, special equipment, and
motor-transport; the complement and tasks of an emergency
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rescue team; the procedure for the dosimetric checking
of personnel for the effects of radiation; the pro-
cedure to be followed by subunits of the regiment in
the event the siting area is contaminated by radioactive
and toxic substances; the methods of protecting food-
stuffs and food distribution centers (pishcheblok)
from contamination by radioactive and toxic. substances;
and the procedure for giving treatment to personnel for
the prevention of.disease.
As a rule, warning signals regarding the danger of
nuclear attack and chemical attack are established by
the senior commander. All means of communication are
used at the command post for receiving the signals and
conveying them to personnel.
To conduct chemical and radiation reconnaissance
.in a siting area and in the nearest approaches to it,
a post for chemical and radiation observation is
established in the area of the regimental command post.
Reconnaissance is conducted by the personnel of the
section for chemical and radiation reconnaissance, which
is within the T/O(personnel)of the regiment. Together
with this, auxiliary chemical patrols must be organized
in battalions.
For the timely and continuous receipt of information
regarding the radiation situation in the siting area and
for the taking of essential measures to ensure the ful-
filment of the set tasks, it is advisable for the regiment
to have a set of automatic data units with a receiving
and transmitting device (komplekt avtomaticheskikh
datchikov s priyemno-peredayushchim ustroystvom) for
conducting radiation reconnaissance.
It is essential to fit out shelters and cover for
personnel on the basis of one shelter for 8 to 10 persons.
Shelters must be hermetically sealed and provided with
filter ventilation installations. Special places should
be fitted out in the siting area or near it for giving
medical attention to personnel, and also for the
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decontamination, degassing, and disinfection of missiles
and special equipment: for medical treatment of personnel
- one or two places for each regiment, and situated in
areas which are convenient for the housing and con-
cealment of men; for the special treatment of equipment -
one place for each battalion.
The places for treating personnel and equipment
must be located in areas which meet the demands of
concealment, and there must be good access ways. to them.
The fitting out of the places is the responsibility
of the regimental commander's deputy for rear services,
the senior medical officer of the regiment, and the
chief of the chemical service.
An emergency rescue team is organized in the
regiment to eliminate the results of the enemy's use of
nuclear weapons and also to rescue persons and combat
equipment in the event of accidents during preparations
for combat operations. It is advisable that the team
should consist of: 20 to 30 persons from the personnel
of launch and technical battalions, a chemist, and a
medical instructor. To ensure the team's work and
mobility, it is essential to provide it with a bull-
dozer or prime mover.a motorcrane, and one or two motor
vehicles. The personnel of the team are provided with
means of protection and with entrenching tools. The
team must be trained to carry out emergency rescue operations
.and to put out fires.
In the event of enemy air, nuclear/missile, chemical,
and bacteriological attacks, the main tasks of the
regiment's subunits will be: reliable protection and
defense of the siting area, conducting emergency rescue
and recovery operations, conducting chemical and
radiation reconnaissance, dosimetric checking of personnel
for radiation, putting out fires, and carrying out other
measures connected with eliminating the results of
enemy attacks.
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Camouflage
Camouflage comprises a series of measures for con-
cealing structures in the siting area, for setting up
dummy targets, and for changing the pattern of landmarks
around the siting area. Under modern conditions, the
camouflage of a siting area will undoubtedly be
supplemented by camouflaging much ground around it.
Limited camouflage.of a siting area without its being
tied in to the general plan for camouflaging the territory,
loses its purpose under modern conditions. Camouflage
work is carried out by the personnel of the regiment and
only those measures requiring the use of special
camouflage means of mechanization are carried out by
combat engineer and construction. organizations.
In preparing camouflage, the staff must determine
the camouflage attributes of the terrain, the most
advisable ways of using the material at hand and
standard means, the procedure for blacking-out light
and muffling sound, the procedure for organizing radio
deception, the measures that it. is essential to put
into effect for antiradar deception, the measures for
maintaining combat secrecy, and the ways of checking the
state of camouflage.
Depending on the nature of the terrain on which
they are located, siting areas can be camouflaged to
look like enterprises of the timber industry, of the
food industry, fuel.depots, etc. In doing this, it
will be important to.make correct use of the material
at hand and standard resources for camouflage purposes.
All work which might draw attention to a siting
area must be carried out only under cover of darkness
and lack of visibility. The kind of activity that can
be regarded as particularly revealing is the transporta-
tion of missiles, warheads, components of missile
fuels, and work on missiles at technical and launch sites.
Combat activity of all subunits of the regiment under
night conditions must be constant and normal.
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The primary aim of blackout is to impede reconnais-
sance and bombing by enemy aircraft-during the hours of
darkness. Blackout of lighting must be done so that
it does not hinder the work with missile equipment.
Blackout can be arranged by mechanical and by lighting-
engineering (svetotekhnicheskiy)methods and also by
combining these methods. The mechanical method provides
for the use of light-proof material to black out windows.
and doors of structures, of special vehicles and busses,
and also for the use of standard sets (tabelny komplekt)
of light-proof devices (svetomaskirovochnoye ustroystvo).
The lighting-engineering method consists of concealing
the sources which generate. light from being observed
from aircraft and of reducing to a definite extent the
strength of the light which falls on. the illuminated
surface.
The state of the camouflage of a siting area is
checked periodically by officers of the staff and on
instructions from the higher headquarters by observation
checks from the air (with photographic and radar means).
.The plan of the higher staff may draw the regiment
into the fulfilment of radio countermeasure tasks. The
staff of the regiment organizes radio and radar deception.
To hamper the enemy's efforts to reconnoiter radio-
technical means, it is essential to practice radio
deception daily in such a way that it will not only
conceal the existing pattern of disposition of the
radiotechnical means, but will also impede the enemy's
attempts to determine the nature of the objective and
the contents of the transmissions. To ensure maximum
concealment, the use of radio communications is regulated
by special instructions from the higher staff. Trans-
mitting by radio and radio relay sets from a siting
area in peacetime must be categorically forbidden. Use
of radio means for transmission purposes is allowed only
when combat tasks are being fulfilled.
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Radar deception is done with the purpose of con-
.fusing the enemy's radar reconnaissance and his air
operations against the missile regiment's siting area.
It can be achieved by using vegetation (woods and
other vegetation) and by setting up corner reflectors,
metal nets, and antiradar coverings both at places
which stand out around the siting area (inhabited points,
railway bridges, ponds, lakes, distinctive bends in
rivers, etc.) as well as in the siting area itself.
The more complicated antiradar deception tasks, which -
are beyond the capabilities of the regiment's personnel,
will be carried out by special engineer troops within
the general camouflage plan for the territory.
Taking into account the decisive importance of
strategic missile troops in a future war, as well as
the likelihood of action against their siting areas
by enemy sabotage groups (detachments) both before a
war, as well as in the initial period of a war, reliable
combat support of the combat activity of missile troops
is the primary and main task of all their personnel.
Thorough organization of combat support of siting
areas is of decisive significance for maintaining missile
troops in a high state of combat readiness before the
beginning of war and for delivering a strike at the
enemy with the aim of thwarting his treacherous intentions
in the initial period of a war.
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