AN ANALYSIS OF OSA-NPIC PROCEDURES FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND ACTIONS TAKEN FOR MISSION CO25C

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• Publication Date: January 27, 1965
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AN ANALYSIS OF OSA-NPIC PROCEDURES FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
AND ACTIONS TAKEN FOR MISSION C025C
1. OSA, having the responsibility for successfully
carrying out U-2 missions over various parts of the world,
relies on all sources of information which indicate a possible
threat to the safety of the mission. Experience has shown
that unlike other operations involving the use of the aircraft,
that there are fewer items to be considered as a threat to the
U-2 because of the aircraft's very high operating altitude.
Of special interest in the past have been hostile intercept
aircr.-aft, including the associated destruction systems and the
thre.! of the surface-to-air missile.
2. Intelligence information relative to the intercept
aircraft which might react in a hostile manner toward the
U-2 is obtained from many sources; however, the primary office
we loi-k to for aircraft performance estimates has been OSI/DDS&T.
In addition to performance estimates, OSI maintains an up-to-
date .)i'der of Battle for high performance aircraft; particularly
those which might pose a threat to thy: U-2. Daily contact
NSA review(s) completed. MORI/CDF
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with OSI is maintained by OSA to insure that OSA has the
late:-;t estimates and aircraft Order of Battle. Relations
betwc-:n-i OSI and OSA have been excellent. 25X1
3. The primary source of surface-to-air missile (SAM) 25X1
Order of Battle has been NPIC, and this should be obvious
since photographic interpretation of particularly KH materials
has he(.:n the greatest source of SAM Order of Battle by a large
However, by far the most
prolific and positive source of SAM Order of Battle comes
from NPIC.
4. Realizing that NPIC is the main source of SAM Order
of Battle, OSAVhas made it a precedent to maintain close
liaison with NPIC at all times on new SAM Order of Battle
information. There should be no doubt that NPIC realizes its
role in support of IDEALIST Operations, and though the exact
role which NPIC plays in the U-2 operations is not spelled
out in so many words, a precedent has been established over
the years which is irrefutable.
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5. Since targets for
(Mukden) and Cheng Tu in the Szechwan Basin,
coverage are widely
scattered throughout China and normally stand in excess of
300, it is understandable that NPIC cannot search, within a
short time, every square mile of KH photography for SAM sites.
Howev::i?, the primary targets for coverage with the U-2 are
relat.:_vi~ly few and it is these targets which are of critical
interest to the Intelligence Community. Lan Chou, Pao Tou,
Peiping, the MTR at Cheng Tzu, the aircraft plants at Shenyang
OSA had occasion in the past to request
NPIC to prepare mosaic maps of such places as Lop Nor, the MTR,
KoKo Nor and Lan Chou for the purpose of accurate flight
planning-by OSA: Operations . Some of these requests have been
in writing and others by phone, depending on the situation
and amount of time involved. Where the planning of a mission
is underway and the operation imminent a phone call to NPIC
or an oral request at one of the pre-launch briefings is made
to the NPIC representative. This request is made generally
by the Intelligence Division, the IDEALIST Division, or D/FA.
OSA does not ask for a guarantee from NPIC that there are no
SAM sites at a particular location, but that the area has
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been :,parched and reported on. Such was the case for
6. The programming Officers for the KH CORONA vehicle
were contacted by cable in December of 1963 (See Tab-A),
requesting coverage of an