AIR FORCE REQUESTS FOR SANITIZATION APPROVED BY THE UAB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R002600220005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 26, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY, Utilization Advisory Board
SUBJECT: Air Force Requests for Sanitization Approved by the UAB
1. In order to insure that all agencies concerned with the utilization
of TALENT materials are knowledgeable with sanitizations accomplished
by the United States Air Force, the following items are listed for the
benefit of those concerned.
a. The Utilization Advisory ?Board. in TCS paper 372.56 dated
7 November 1956, approved the use of TALENT materials in the pro-
duction of Air Facility Publications for distribution outside d the
TALENT Control System. This publication includes inserts on indi-
vidual airfields for the Airfields 2k Seaplane Stations of the World. A
drawing of the runway, its orientation, taxiway, revetments, facilities
and textual information pertaining to occupancy and order of battle
information is included on the sheet.
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b. dated 7 November 1956, granted
approval for extracting target intelligence from TALENT materials,
and its' dissemination outside of the TALENT Control System. The
target materials being produced utilizing sanitized TALENT infor.
mation include:
(1) 100 series target charts.
(2) 25 series target charts.
(3) Corrected 25 series mosaics and tactical target
illustration sheets. (Corrections on mosaics are
in the form of a magenta overprint.)
(4) Target Area Analysis Radar (TAAR).
Production Criteria is:
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(1) Materials produced shall meet minimum established
standards, in order that they will be usable to all
agencies. They are not to be designed to meet the -
VJA TALMils of the producer only.
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(2) The materials are not to be marked in any way which
would indicate a difference from other standard target
materials.
(3) The classification of the finished materials will be
determined in consideration of the other intelligence
25X1A which it contains.
c. dated 4 December 1957 approved
the release of a sanitized report on the special weapons and storage
areas adjacent to or near Soviet Long Range Bomber Bases. This 25X1A
resulted in the release of In addition to
this fabricated report, an actual collateral source is available, though
very limited in detailed information, in the form of USAF Detailed Air-
field Photo Intelligence Report No. 53 (SECRET).
25X1A
d. approved a Hq
USAF plan or using a ion ? erived from TALENT sources in
USAF non-TALENT publications. The Order of Battle documents
and Intelligence Reports that are affected are as follows:
(1) Hq USAF Air Order of Battle of the Sino-Soviet Bloc.
(2) Hq USAF Anti-aircraft Artillery Order of Battle of
the Sino-Soviet Bloc.
(3) Hq USAF Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Order of
Battle of the Sino-Soviet Bloc.
(4) Hq USAF Radar Order of Battle of the Sino-Soviet Bloc.
(5) Air Intelligence Notes (AIN).
(6) Selected Intelligence Reports and Briefs (SIRAB).
(7) Briefs of Significant Intelligence Items (BOSH).
(8) Chiefs of Staff Intelligence Bulletins (COSD3).
(The limited delegation of authority and responsibility for production of
USAF Radar Order of Battle documents has been passed to Headquarters
Strategic Air Command. Reference USAF memorandum to the Director
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Memo for Secretary, UAB(contid) 25X1A
of Central Intelligence Agency, Attn:
1957, subject: Utilization of TALENT Materials in USAF Radar Order of
Battle publications, TH 5802-7)
25X1A
dated 21 November
e. Other individual actions a roved b
Board are summarized in
February 1957. These include:
(1)
(2)
n Advisory
dated 14
9 January 1957 - Approved Air Force request to produce
and distribute special sanitized report on Russian PATTY
CAKE radar.
10 January 1957 - Approved Air Force request to discuss
sanitized versions of the Mozhaysk installation information
with Dr. Edward Teller, Dr. Mark Mills, Mr. George M.
Ives, and Mr. L. H. Bayer.
(3) 17 January 1957 - Approved Air Force request to discuss
sanitized versions of the Mozhaysk installation infor-
mation with Mr. David Griggs and Mr. Louis Alvarez.
(4) 25 January 1957 - Approved Air Force request to discuss
sanitized versions of the Mozhaysk installation infor-
mation with Dr. J. R. Zacharias, Dr. Louis N. Ridenour,
Jr., and Mr. Burton P. Brown.
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Colonel, USAF
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"THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
INFORMATION AFFECTING
THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF
THE UNITED STATES WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE ESPIO-
NAGE LAWS, TITLE 18, USCA,
SECS. 793 & 794, THE TRANS-
MISSION OR REVELATION OF
WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO
AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW"
COVER SHEET ONLY
(CONFIDENTIAL)
CLASSIFICATION
HANDLE BY TALENT
CONTROL CHANNELS
ONLY