TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE ON THE JAPANESE AIR FORCE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000100070152-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2013
• Sequence Number: 152
• Publication Date: August 9, 1944
• Content Type: MEMO

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9 AUGUST /944
Frm: Commader in Chief, United States Moat.
To: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and
Pacific Ocean Arca.
Subject: Technical Air Intelligence on the Japanese Air Force.
Enclosures:
(A) SocNev ltr. serial 1298916 dated 28 June 1944.
(8) ComSoPao A8/(25) Serial 0443.
(C) Ltr of Authority for TAI Field Officers - suggested.
1. Technical air intelligence on the Japanese Air Force
(Army and Navy) is obtained from captured aircraft and equipment,
m_a_s's..-oorosin_'andeathereonacaptured documents, prisoners of war,
etc., and 'provides deta'on performance, vulnerability, fields of fire,
recognition and tactics of the Japanese Air Force. This data affecto
operations, tactics, planning, target?information, domestic design, and
economic warfare.
2. 4t present, the basic information including captured air
equipment is collected by various allied intelligence agencies, and
forwarded to Southeast Asia Command New Delhi, Allied Air Forces South-
west Pacific Area, U.S. Army Air Forces, U.S. Navy Department, and in
looser amounts to other places for evaluation. Memo, no one central
agency has all the available data for effective evaluation, and there
is duplication of effort.
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3. In view of the abovoIxthere has been established under
the cognisanco of the Chief of Nave-L Operations (Director of Navul
Intelligence) a single agency equipped aad staffed with personnel
competent to mike final evaluation and dissemination of technical air
intelligence on the Japanese Air Force.
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40 For the purpose of essisting(area)commandors in the
collection and salvage of Japanese aircraft And theix\equipment,
specially trained and qualified technical air intollfigencepersonnel
will be furrished for attachment totW4"manAAt'oPerate there-
under in connection with all technical intelligence matters.
OD in order to facilitate generally uniform procedure, tho
Director of Naval Intelligence will provide necessary standardized train-
ing courses for technical air intelligence personnel, and such manuals
and other publications on technical air intelligence as may be found
necessary.
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CONNOETAM,
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RES4TRICTED
IIBJECT:
Technical Air Intelligence on the Japanese Air Foroe.
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&ddressee is irected to:
(a) Appoint from trained technical air intelligence personnel
furnished theirnommand, an area technical air in1sAl4genoe officer
toAxeeeise control over TAI activities within theTefarland assist
thdW4Vcommander in the collecting, evaluating, and shipping of all
Japanese airborne equipment (excluding bombs, manes, and torpedoes)
and aircraft servicing supplies and equipment, nameplate data.
(b) Maintain liaison with other(area)commanders on techni-
cal air intelligence matters. ?
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1. -0,)0) -Supply the necessary assistancek6?enable Technical
Air Intelligence Units to locate, inspect, collect!, salvage? and
transport, by fastest practicable means, captured air equipment after
such preliminary examination ea the area commander may desire, to
the Technical Ur Intelligence Center, tnacostia, MC?, or other
address designated by the Director of Naval Intelligence.
/ %(1)
Forward to the Technical Air Intelligence Center or
other address designated by the Director of_naval_Intelligence:
40-1y- Nameplates and markings from Japanese airoriftmind
aircraft eqUipment, phetographs, or 0,Vielii4dgotions of markings
antnamates which cahnot_bp_rebbed er,reaeved,
(3)1)- Captured documents or reproductions thereof contain-
ing technical information on the Japanese Air Force._
OP 3) All technical information on Japanese Air Forces ob-
tained from Prisoner of .7ar interrogation,
efs) 4) All other technical intelligence related to the Japa-
nese Air Force.
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7 (e) Furnish TAI personnel with such individual authority
as may be required (see copy of suggested letter of authority,
enclosure (A)),
(c) (f)
equipment.
(8) 7. Such parts of all previous directives as are in con-
flict herewith are rescinded,
eb eo Enclosure (B) outlines an organization which success-
fully functioned in the South Pacific for collecting and safeguarding
captured aircraft and aircraft equipment. It is furnished, for
guidance and should be followed wherever practicable.
66) 9? (Arrangements have_been made to have_instre014na_.
similar to the above issued by the U.S. A and the British is
theatere whWi-e'theY haVe primary inieres 4 IL
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Take all necessary steps to safeguard all of the above
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(ci) 10, It is not intended that the above will in anyway
410 deprive the area and theater commanders operating against the Japanese
of the opportunity of collecting and making such initial evaluation
of captured air equipment and related information and dissemination
of the-results as may be necessary to meet their awn inrediate tacti-
cal requirements.
Copy to;; (with encl.)
ComNavGroupCJ1NA
ACA 0-2
ACAS Int. USAAF
ComSeventh Fleet
// C,. M. COOKE, Jr,
Acting Chief of Staff
CONENinAL
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