Approved For Release 2000 01 St Zz C A-RD 1S00750A000200090031-5 TCS-Z880-58 Copy of 20 ARC-M-18 AD HOC R Jrot Jm EMENTS COMMITTEE ON PROJECT AOUATONE AllC M inut•• of M••ting Held in Room 114' Admini•tratlon Building Central lntetU1enc• A •ncy at 10 00 a m 15 March 1958 PRESJ NT 25X1A9a 25X1A Cl A Colonel William A Dodd• OACSl Lt Cot Harold E Snow Jr OACSI Commander J M Lar•en ONI Majow Donald Conrey ONl Lt Comdr Fl'ed A M 181111 ON1 Colonel Jam•• H Macia Jr AJ'CIN Lt Col Georg• J Keithley AJ'CIN CIA 25X1A ecvity Aapeet of TALENT AOUATONE1 El JNT 1 Effort• to define certain typ•• of operational information requir•ci by certain 11aer1 of TALENT J LINT u previo11ely att•mptod la ilC-M-77 TCS-28'1'7-58 par- raph reeulted a• follow• ELINT proce11or1 and analy•t lnterpret•r• wh• would require altitude track and time to the minute in aorn•·· ca1e11 to th• day and how- in other a b A 1mall arou p of advieore to Committee member• on the aubJect of requirement• Reaearcb • D •lopment teehniciana tars•dna expel'tt -- who wo•ld require lttwde and total recording tim• of tape lncludlns total dletanc• coverable u repr•••nted by thb tape time w•• pr•••nt only for the firat item on the aaeada 25X1A9a Approved For Release 2000 08 22 CIA-RDP61 S00750A000200090031-5 · · i ' · Approved For Release 2000 0B N CIA-ADP@1 soo750A000200090031-5 TCS 2880-58 2 c lntelU9ence evaluetor• who int 1'pret proc••••d ltLINT data and combine it with oth•r •oU c•• of electronic intelliaeace for the pmpo•• of turnln1 out a finlahed plec e of analy•i•• Th••• m ea need to compv• th• actual ELINT deta collected with the capability of the EldNT collection effort u it wu •••din the pardculv operation thet collected th• data in order to 1lv• foll meantn1 to th• intercepted data Th••• men wo•ld require altitude track and Um e 2 It wu apecuteted that the fore1oing incilndaal• would nmnber in the order ol 150 to ZDO Th• Ch lrman •tat•d that he would provide th• forepln1 to th• Project SeclU'lty Officer for aw dance u to what new deyic• h• wt1hed to lntrocl•c• for 1eculty control of the typ•• of information which had lMen defined PrevlO I• analy•h hu ehewn that Pl• require alti d• and track and ln • om• cu•• t m• - tlmo belna aleo relevant on occuion to tho•• 111in1 COM INT and other aourc••• 3 The Air rorce repr•••ntatlve 1tated that whereu he did not believe it to ••tNlilh additional ••curity clu•lflcation• it 111i1ht po•eibly be more effecdYe to ••tal U•ll grad•• of certification within the TALENT ayete m e11ch a• TALENT Grade One Orade Two and Cnade Thr••• 1n any •v•nt the Air Force would do ltl beet to accommodate whatever wa• p opo••d exoept that the proposal would ha•• to include 1ome mean• for th• T AL ENT Security Offtoer ln hil ency bein1 fully acqaamted with who in ill• Alr Force wu ai••n thl• additional information in o•d•r to be able to an•wer promptly on the of al Air Fore• T AL ENT cleared per aonn•l wi•• •ta tu• ReCJ h' inent1 for Pedphel'al ELINT Colleedont Syetem ·J'om w•• •• Tlae M Hoc Requirement• Committee reque1ted by the Project Director to advi•• him on requirement• for peripheral 1 UNT collection by Syetem Fou s ln conalderina thia matter th• Air Foree repl'eeentatlve • tated thats a lt wu bll underatandina 1hat ACVATONE operatio11e were to b• directed excla•iY•ly on penetration• of the Soviet B oe or other denied a reu Approved For Release 2000 08 22 CIA-RDP61S00750P Qb J200090031-5 Approved For Release 20 1fiM23'32 Iii I itb#b l§0b §oA000200090031-5 3 TCS-2 80-58 b There are in •xi•tence autbort de• for peripheral INT collec tion ln Ch• Depa Cm•nt of Delea•• and equipment for •a ell planned or in b•lna• c Becau•• of th• two for 1oln1 point• h• coa•id•r•d it inappropriate for th• Committee to advl•• on requirement• for AOVATON B p•rlpheral ElJNT collection The prenou a ln•tuce of Ad Hoc Jteflulrement• Committee r•qwemenu for B Aa ENTS Sea durin1 th• So riet neet m••u••r• in October 1917 ii explained by tll• Ail Force repr••entativ• aa oc cuion where a wdque opporaudty for c0Ueotw11 exbted and I or wldch no capability wu available other than AQUA'l'ONI 6 Th• Na- y repr•••atadve indlcat•d th• importance of ilHurina that any AQVATONE peripheral 11 LINT coUeetion fllpt• be properly coordinated with comparable fllgat• by Navy The ELINT Staff Officer exprHaed the view that the A OVA TONE Sy•tem J'our c99abillty tor eol1ectlon by peripheral miHlon• wu in additlon to that which either or i• pr•araa nmed in the Air Fore• except th• Air Force plan11ed ue of the •em• vehicle» TM• i • not to he polnt d o t that tho•• 1 •• Mr Foree c pabtUtt••• could aot collect u•eful and unique data•• compu•d to AOUATONE 7• •xl•t• ••Y• e The LINT Steff Officer propoHd that AQVATONE peripheral ELINT Syetem Four collection ahould b• directed at th• followtn1 ueu lbted in order of importanc•t Priority One Oulf of FINLAND LENlNOllAD BARENTS Sea _ NOVAYA ZEMLYA b PrioJttty Two KAMCHATKA Penht•ula c Priority Threes North SibHian Coutllne in partic lar airfield• in the are cl Priority Fours Southern periphery ot Soviet Union •• Priority J'lvei auHlM lee bland• in tb• Arctic Ocean lt would app•ar that in thi• ln•tano• photo1raphtc coYera • mipt Approved For Release 2000 08 22 CIA-RDP61S00750A900200090031 -5 · · ' l_Y Approved For Release 2000 08 22 elA-ADPb iSJJJsoAtJ0200090031 -5 T CS-2880- 58 4 lao be u • eful In the event tlt at the • ua1••tion of th• Army member for coacuzrent photoaraphic coverq• were feaai'bl• it wu then thought by the ELINT Staff Officer that th la prtorlty would be rabedJ he •u11e•t•d that concurrent photoaraph c cov•ra e mtaht be feuible throuah the of Syatem Six 11•• 9 Th• 'riew• expreaaed above by the ELmT Stall Officer were concurred ia by the Army Navy and the repre••ntative o th• DD 1 CIA 25X1A9a ES O R EBD ' ·Chairman Ad Hoc Reqmement• Committee JQRicw Replar ARC Dbtributlon • Approved For Release 2000 08 22 CIA-RDP61S00750A0 02 00090031-5 '