IDEALIST PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500050034-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: February 1, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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IDEALIST Program
L Tbs attached me n ora edwn outli" s oevoral combinations
for the employment of U-Z aircraft In the IDEALIST Frogram< I
s that combination "De?, attltaet ag nine 1.75 configured U.Z
aircra.tt, wed provide CIA with the capability necessary to dis-
charde Its o aee*t al r-eeasp+ stbtitties. It to rocaa ended that as
the Director of the National Reconn*ts*ssece Office,
of this Program and authorize the soutane requested In paragraph
six beel.
Z. Under Combination "WY, the A ency would start
aircraft at our permanent detachment the Edwards d
tsc meent would be equipped with four aircrals. providing us with
dual stain caa ility, and the three remaining aircraft, stati
Lockhesd Ataeraft Corporation, wed permit a substitute aircraft
to replace other aircraft in rotatiarW m&Ihtenaa ce (MAN). anger
aircraft for system testing sad a third as &r back-Up operational asset,
3. In addition to the funds presently available In the N&O
D A L WT budget, I Iwill be required to
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urgency is the notification to Pra
conceernieat the procnr.ment of the 1.75 ends. As noted in
requirement for lose coat than stated herein. We do not have sufficient
information at this time but prefer to proceed with the program at out-
lined and make the desired changes once the feasibility of the various
alternative* has been explored.
du, Pratt and Whitney has assured delivery
~y August 1963 & ad two were by September provided
go-ahead before 1 March. As has been the practice in
U- Program. we wilt look to the Air Torcee to pro ida the engines
and the supporting airlift for the overall progrsa>
We are presently considering several approaches to our
sera procurement, and we are confident that We can. *Ati.sf r our
d is modification two 3-57 aircraft to J-75 configuration,
tech rep and T & U contracts.
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a. the traneterr of a U-Z aircraft fr,.mi the
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