Approved For Release 2000 - TGE-ll l-Ei 4L 3 Angeli 1957 nun-ma PIPE 1'01 THE JOINT 9%3 OF STAFF 0 Lu AT AND Willi-5 Gentlemen We to de ne lee you the unique rele ehieh phehleephr pleye tn the prehe en of Intelligence um-lee which provide the been ex- hepeeteet deeielene Item the Ne enel annuity All a the principal objee vee we will dinne- nu Into the etrengthe the hm been determined by the Ne ontl Intelligence Immunity to he the meet ein leent in the See-lei ebi ty te etrike the United lime The-e en The Bede guided miee e eyetem the Bee-Let nucleu- ereepene production purge-n end the e et long-range bomber Our present intelligence on Ill 9 ethic-1 Soviet eepebilitiee e611 aniline leader e1 eneertelntlee It when entity e ear medal intern die en the eta-engine II teegmentery end eeneequently our ee metee in eeme edmtt to eign ieent nee-glee e pneeihle error as pine end bed'ete to upper them invelve veet me at end et end muted ere It bend on interment hurling men- ne e error Jeane-ding plen- end budget eel be mentally ducted by reducing mee ne And we lee the In the AQIIATONE eretem we here en Import-m he In reducing pee- bre were In the erl eel eld at leviet guided mlee e we ed eeme ed on melee intelligence Iepe intelligenee emcee hm presided knowledge of II 2 69 heule e miee e ring en the 1A1 renge einee 19 We heve never eet belneue mieelle We here had enly limited idem e en reset-ding launching pede erection Ind handling equipment geidenee mums-unn- end equipment teet etude Approved For Release 20 10 03 EEC-05338157 full eternal and athlr anointed Reaching divine 13 13 on than item an essential for nun-at to the list type and par load of uni-Iii guidanc- I tcmn and type- of engine and in prom-ion This type 0 information in vital in the production at estimate at present Ind potential Sufi During MEATONE worm in July 91 1956 two small prohibit mini militia were but it wu not until that two week up that we had man In I major physical facility lupwr ng the USSR built-tin minim tut program New at TAM we have and cm Indy in an a Hillier-1y new ring-haul in undu- cenutructiun The current on th- in- obiiquo in this them our ability to identify ml in probably th- umd launching nth-with in niacin-d equipment md-- enuivtbiy acme long-rung miniiu The in homwr consider-hi- iniorm stiun on the reap-head support ailments Th- Tm in the rst Vila-i avidoneu I facility halting en n Soviet 1cm tout prop-m A complete hi ttd covert - could have given in ation- net only an the Itltul at the pregnant but you Iibly the timing nu critical 01mm in the guidod uni-Iii utimatu Ind-at the mum-nh-would he pu cuiuly useful in In evaluation a current Soviot claim- an 1631 prep-u We intond to go but Icon in operationally iuuibh to eiuify th- imehinl site it TYIIRA TAM Approved For Release 25x10 Approved For Release 2000108126 Approved For Release Approved For Release 2000I08I26 SC-05038I57 - 4 25x1 4 Our principei eetiml ve probleme with regard In the Soviet leng- range bomber relete to ite eepeb itiee lee emit en 1like in nembere end type of delivery vehiclel eveileble to the erce ee well ee the eveilehility 0 meters e eerieue in While eur exploit ien of wide veriety of intelligence dell bee permitted breed Ie metel e the meant end eepe- bilitiee e the long-reuse bomber ieree there ere lilnifieent ape which we betiee-e could be by edditien phehgrephie coverele Photogeephy e1 he only knew prince - at 318011 jet 110 7 bmbere he eneb'led ee to deteumine mere the production eepeeity e the pleat Similer phote 'e lr o the daze-nit mun scream alum end mriht-uatdent ied rem other ee weaning eepeble of producing hem bombereuv-me eneble we re nee-ere their emu end petentiet production capabilities with degree e precieien not new 0m- kneerledge the true eteture of the Soviet he bember farce hee been limited not only by leek e Mammal en preduc on but equelly by the leek e heed of the heme been of thin force Andyeie of rerieue twee a intet ligenee Hangeepby con rming thin belief would previde bench meek enebling ue te In more mm llf then ie the end deployment oi See-let heevy bomber ere-e Veleeble intelligence by-peeduete elee an be eminipeted ee remit a the merge or the primer - eyeteme we heve Heme phetegeephy cm be expected in yield deteile at other Met air teeneperutien eyeteme ledeetriel ieeititiee end eater end winter mlete vhieh be of only then the iniemetien we eniieipete en prim- 1 ehjee vee One at the entetending banal e ecte the we know will be derived by fit mreiee Approved For Release 2000108 56 05038 5 7 - 5 - of the ADULTOHE cap-hint will be en in ear knowledge at ee-let elr deienee eepeb l ee 25x1 D1 21 Thie intrelle in knowledge will rem In I rmer been ex- epee use the heel entitlement oi eu- the fame And 11 she meet be noted the the enemiee e the esp-Huey ever elherwiee 1 11 1 e the Bede union weld levee inetelle ene end ee vltlee e com- pletely unknm but may eunl cent nature In the 7mm ere e the Soviet Men to the Hahn border when ere bed prudently km only e the deployment e Soviet netted merit photography hee I'm-led en elven-h ell appre metely 15 000 feet in length I - under con-Medan The eet ehment at each 3 Reilly in In nee not normally eeneidered to he the to It len'neenge e1 - ierce opere ene epene up I new reel of 11m Soviet pine for employment at its hug-rage e1 - meme byproduct AQUATOHE photograph-r yielde ten-rein idem- ee been which curate re ex nee-ileum end bombing chute am he eonemed Approved For Release ZDDUIDBIZB i l This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu