- r • l o1 Iu '- - - - - - -·-t -tA8LP-Ji§rfi ARHE-r-T- -------- 28 OCTOBER 1969 DIASIR 3 1-69 1600 EST ND FOREIGN DISSEMINATION 6 COPY NO _ __ SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUMMARY OF SOVIET REACTIONS TO US OPERATIONS· # 9 DECf ASSJFIED E 0 '995J u Sect3 i k• •qJ 8J l f '# j c - µ-D1 NMA Date I •'3 f•f z SANITIZED COPY THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SENSITIVE SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE REQUIRING EXTREME CARE IN HANDLING THIS DOCUMENT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO A SELECT LIST OF ADDRESSEES REQUEST ADDRESSEES DISSEMINATE ONLY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVING A CLEAR-CUT NEED TO KNOW £XCLUDED rROM AUTOMATIC HORADIHO DOD DIR HDO 10 DOE NOT APPLY SANITIZED COPY 921806 '-- ·r- · i ·-· 1 t -u ••z ·· 4 I • '-J - t • c roP SECRET UMBRA SUMMARY OF SOVIET REACTIONS TO US OPERATIONS #9 The following summary is one of a series of reports to be issued as information concerning Soviet reactions to US Military Readiness Tests becomes available As a general rule Soviet activities considered unrelated to such tests will be reported in other DIA publicatiQns I T8P SE'CRH UMBRA 4 ·· SANIIIZED COPY· SOVIET REACTIONS TO US OPERATIONS HIGHLIGHTS Soviet military activity which may be in response to the present US Military Readiness activities during the period 261600 tc 281600 EST October is as follows It is assume that jthe Sov ets would have o ained an initial read-out by yesterday of film from COSMOS 302 which was deorbited -- on schedule -- on 25 October In the Indian Ocean area a Soviet F-c ass conventionally powered attack submarine and two surface ships previously part of the group located near Socotra Island have been sighted in the southern Persian Gulf ' 28 Oct 69 SPECIAL DIA Intelligence Summary ' TflP CR f J UMBRA SANITIZED COPY ' 1 Page 1 ' ' POP 5ECllET lJMBRA SAN TZED l C - 2 Strategic Rocket Troop 28 Oct 69 Normal activity SPECIAL DIA Intelligence S ary Ir p 3 f uJ 't'OP SECRE UMBRA llUI Ot •03 Page 2 • r• t• • ' I 'i - EXEMPT MRNLN 6'1-- -03 'i' ·- p 5 of II PP· · TflP SELRerUMBRA ·I ' ' 4 Tactical Air Forces Normal ctivity 5 Air Defense Force Normal activity 6 Military Air Transport 7 Ground Forces Normal activity Normal activity 8 Naval Forces In the Indian Ocean area the Fclass conventionally powered submarine DON-class submarine tender 995 and MAYAK-class small refrige ated cargo ship ULMA were sighted in the southern Persian Gulf early today They probab1y left the Socotra Island area about 24 October No port visit in the Persian Gulf area has been announced but the presence of the submarine in these confined waters suggests that one is scheduled The KRESTA-class guided-missile light cruiser KASHIN-class guided-missile frigate DLG ALLIGATOR-class tank-landing ship SOFIYA-class oiler and four space-event-associated ships apparently remain in the S9cotra area In the Sea of Japan a KASHIN-class DLG continues to shadow two us destroyers In the Atlantic OKEAN-class intelligence c9llector LINZA has departed her station off Holy Loch and by today was believed to be in the area south of Ireland where USS YORKTOWN has been o erating SPECIAL DIA Intelligence Summary 28 Oct 69 - ft'JP 5EClt 'f' UMBRA AJLAJ o 03 i' l ti 'l f 6 o' J Page 3 ' EXEMPT MR NLN O f -_ o - j p of I I pp t TOP SECRET UMBRA The Soviet Mediterranean Squadron is reacting to the presence of US naval units in the eastern area As expected it is continuing the increased surveillance that was initiated during NATO Exercise DEEP FURROW Many units of the Squadron have been and remain in eastern Mediterranean ports or nchorages Several however are monitoring US Task Groups north and southeast of Crete Two surface combatants remain in the vicinity of Cyprus whi·le another appears to be leaving the western Mediterranean possibly to shadow the USS SARATOGA Task Group Three MIRKAclass escorts that joined the Squadron on 26 October have continued a southward transit from the Aegean Sea and were nearing Alexandria today Two surface combatants and a surveying ship that are scheduled to return to the Black Sea are off the Dardanelles A total of six units -- three surface combatants two W-class conventionally powered attack submarines and the surveying ship -- are scheduled to transit the Turkish Straits northbound by 1 November None has been s heduled southbound before 1 November The Squadron presently consists of 40 units -- 17 surface combatants 10 submarines including a J-class conventionally powered cruise-missile unit two intelligence collectors and 11 other naval auxiliaries 9 Naval Fleet Air Forces Normal activity SPECIAL DIA Intelligence Summary 28 Oct 69 fOP SECRET MBRA L A Olt•D1 f f'f' iiJ Page 4 fO P SECRET UMBRA • There is s 1 increased US readiness tests TOP SECRET UMBRA NO FOREIGN DISSEM BACKGROUND USE ONLY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION 28 Oct 69 SPECIAL DIA Intelligence Summary Page 5